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New YorkConcerts, Sports & Live Events — Tickets, Dates & Prices
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Concerts in New York Tonight
6 live shows happening in New York tonight — concerts, sports, comedy, and theatre on sale right now.
Best Shows in New York Next Week
Top picks 7–14 days out. Headliners on sale now, sorted by date.
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Sold-Out New York Shows This Month
2 New York shows marked sold out this month. Resale tickets often appear on Ticketmaster's Fan-to-Fan exchange — click through to check current resale pricing.
Cheapest New York Concert Tickets
Lowest face-value primary tickets in New York, starting from $19. Upper-level and balcony seats sorted by price.
Top New York Concert Venues — Capacity, Parking, Tips
The most-booked venues in New York based on this month's tour activity. Tap any venue to jump to its next show on Ticketmaster.
New York Concert Calendar — Upcoming Months
Month-by-month breakdown of every confirmed show in New York. Tap any month to see the full lineup.
Live Concerts in New York — 194 Upcoming Shows on Sale
Looking for concerts in New York tonight, this weekend, or later this month? New York is one of the busiest live-music markets in the United States — every official New York concert ticket, comedy show, sports game, and festival on sale right now, pulled live from Ticketmaster every 6 hours. No resale markups, no scalpers, no broken links.
From arena tours at Madison Square Garden to club shows and theatre runs across New York, this is the fastest way to see what’s on tonight, what’s touring this month, and which New York dates are still available before they sell out. Tap any show below for live pricing, seat maps, and the official Ticketmaster checkout.
People Also Ask — New York Live Events
What concerts are in New York tonight?
6 live shows are happening in New York tonight, including The Banksy Museum New York! and The Banksy Museum New York!. See the full list at the top of this page.
When is the next Knicks game in New York?
Check the Sports filter above for the next Knicks home game at Madison Square Garden. The Ticketmaster feed refreshes every 6 hours so the schedule is always current.
How much are New York concert tickets?
New York concert tickets typically range from $35 (upper-level) to $300+ (floor / VIP). Mid-week shows often run 15–30% lower than weekend headliners.
Where can I buy cheap New York tickets?
Every event card on this page links directly to Ticketmaster's primary checkout — face-value pricing, no resale markup. Use the "Cheapest" section above to find lowest-priced shows.
What time do New York concerts start?
Most New York concerts start between 7:00 PM and 9:00 PM local, with doors opening 60–90 minutes earlier. Knicks home games typically start 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
Are New York shows sold out?
2 New York shows are marked sold out right now. The "Sold Out" section above shows resale-only listings via Ticketmaster Fan-to-Fan.
What's the best venue for concerts in New York?
Madison Square Garden hosts the biggest tours, but Banksy Museum New York has the most variety this month with 36 shows confirmed.
Can I get last-minute New York tickets?
Yes — sold-out shows often release additional inventory 24–48 hours before doors. Bookmark this page or save events to your watchlist to track price drops.
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Inside New York
New York City runs the biggest live-events market in North America, and most nights it is not even close. Five boroughs, more than eight million people, and a venue grid that stretches from Madison Square Garden in Midtown to Barclays Center in Brooklyn to Forest Hills Stadium in Queens — there is no other city on the continent that books this many headliners on the same Tuesday. The arena and stadium tier alone covers most of the calendar. The Garden hosts Knicks, Rangers, and the biggest touring concerts above Penn Station. Barclays Center runs the Nets, Islanders home dates, and arena tours across the East River. Radio City Music Hall books long-running residencies plus the Rockettes Christmas Spectacular through the holiday stretch. Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side keeps the listening-room residency model alive. Yankee Stadium and Citi Field handle the stadium concerts when summer touring routes through. The mid-size and indie circuit is just as deep. Brooklyn Steel in East Williamsburg, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Webster Hall, Terminal 5, Irving Plaza, and the Knockdown Center in Maspeth book the touring acts that smaller markets never see. Broadway anchors the theater capital of the English-speaking world along the Times Square corridor — 41 commercial theaters running eight shows a week. Off-Broadway and downtown stages keep the experimental side moving. Comedy runs year-round at the Comedy Cellar on MacDougal, Stand Up NY on the Upper West Side, and the Comic Strip on the Upper East. Add the festival slate — Governors Ball, Electric Zoo, Panorama's legacy programming, SummerStage in Central Park — and there is no week on the calendar without something major on somewhere in the city.
What's happening in New York right now
The event grid on this page pulls live listings for every confirmed New York show, game, and festival on sale right now, sorted by date with the soonest at the top. Use the category filters to narrow it down to concerts, Broadway, sports, comedy, or club nights, or scroll the full week if you are open on what to see. Each card links straight through to ticket availability so you can check seats and price without bouncing between sites. New York runs on a different weekly rhythm than most cities. Monday is the traditional dark night for Broadway, which makes it the lightest theater night of the week — but the comedy clubs and concert venues run a full schedule. Tuesday and Wednesday is when off-Broadway previews go up at discounted prices and the smaller indie tours book the Bowery, Mercury Lounge, and Music Hall of Williamsburg. Thursday is the start of the weekend in this city — patios across the West Village and Lower East Side fill up by 6, and every major venue has a show. Borough patterns matter for planning. Midtown around Times Square is where Broadway and the Garden cluster, so dinner reservations there book solid on show nights. The East Village and Lower East Side run the indie club circuit — Mercury Lounge, Bowery Ballroom, and Webster Hall sit within ten blocks of each other. Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn handle the warehouse and indie shows that run latest. Harlem keeps the Apollo Theater and the jazz heritage rooms going north of 110th. Check the listings, pick a corridor, and you can usually hop between two or three shows in one night.
New York events this weekend
New York weekends start Thursday and do not really stop until Sunday night. Thursday after-work bars across the West Village, Lower East Side, and Williamsburg fill up by 6 pm, and the first Broadway curtains go up at 7. Friday is the heaviest theater night of the week, with all 41 Broadway houses running an 8 pm show plus the Garden, Barclays, and Radio City typically booked for an arena tour or comedy headliner. Saturday adds matinees — Broadway runs 2 pm shows alongside the 8 pm slot, so you can comfortably catch two shows in a day. Brooklyn runs latest. Williamsburg and Bushwick warehouse parties at venues like House of Yes, Elsewhere, and the Knockdown Center routinely run until 4 am on Saturday nights, which is the legal close time for bars and clubs serving alcohol in New York. Manhattan clubs along the West Side and the Meatpacking District operate on the same schedule. Sunday afternoons skew toward Broadway matinees, brunch shows, and free programming — SummerStage in Central Park books free concerts every weekend from June through August, and Madison Square Park, Prospect Park Bandshell, and Lincoln Center plaza all program free Sunday sets in summer. The festival calendar shapes the bigger weekends. Tribeca Festival in June, Pride the last weekend of June, Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in June, SummerStage running through August, Electric Zoo over Labor Day weekend on Randall's Island, the US Open at Flushing Meadows late August into early September, the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day, and the New York Marathon on the first Sunday of November. Pick the weekend, check what falls into the window, and build the rest of the trip around it.
Things to do in New York today
The fastest way to see what is on in New York today is to scroll the event list above, which auto-sorts by start time. Same-day Broadway tickets are usually available through TKTS at Times Square, Lincoln Center, or the South Street Seaport — booths open at 3 pm for evening shows and offer 20 to 50 percent off the box office rate. Comedy clubs at the Comedy Cellar, Stand Up NY, and Gotham Comedy Club almost always have walk-up seats outside of weekend headliners. For Knicks, Rangers, Nets, Yankees, or Mets games, last-minute resale through verified sellers is the most reliable route. New York runs the latest of any city in the country. Bars and clubs are legally allowed to serve alcohol until 4 am, and most Manhattan and Brooklyn rooms run right up to last call. Comedy clubs typically run an 11:30 pm or midnight second show on Friday and Saturday. Live music at the Bowery, Mercury Lounge, and the Knitting Factory in Brooklyn often does not start the headliner until 10 or 11. The subway runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year — there is no last train. Midweek nights are noticeably easier for walk-ups. Tuesday and Wednesday is when off-Broadway previews offer the deepest discounts, the Comedy Cellar runs new-material nights with established headliners working out sets, and smaller indie shows at venues across the East Village and Brooklyn rarely sell out. If you want a quieter version of New York with shorter dinner waits and easier ticket pickups, target midweek.
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Concerts
New York is the first or second stop on basically every major tour that comes through North America. Madison Square Garden handles the 20,000-seat shows above Penn Station. Barclays Center runs the same tier across the East River in Brooklyn. Radio City Music Hall books long-running residencies and special events. Forest Hills Stadium in Queens and Yankee Stadium handle the stadium tours when summer routes through. Mid-size touring hits Brooklyn Steel, Terminal 5, Webster Hall, Irving Plaza, and the Hammerstein Ballroom. The indie circuit — Bowery Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Elsewhere, the Bowery Electric, Baby's All Right — books shows almost every night of the week. Genre coverage is total: pop, hip hop, rock, country, Latin, K-pop, classical at Lincoln Center, jazz at the Village Vanguard and Blue Note, everything.
Broadway & theater
Broadway is 41 commercial theaters along the Times Square corridor, running eight shows a week (Tuesday through Sunday, typically dark Monday). Long-running musicals like Hamilton, The Lion King, Wicked, and Chicago sit alongside revivals, new plays, and limited-run star vehicles. Off-Broadway covers a wider experimental range — the Public Theater on Lafayette, the Atlantic, Playwrights Horizons, Second Stage, and Lincoln Center Theater's smaller stages program new work year-round. Off-off-Broadway downtown stages keep the experimental and immersive side moving. Preview pricing in the weeks before an opening is significantly cheaper than the official run, and same-day rush, lottery, and TKTS booth discounts are how locals see Broadway without paying full price.
Comedy shows
New York comedy is the deepest scene in the country, with multiple full-time clubs running shows every night. The Comedy Cellar on MacDougal Street is the institution — three rooms (the original Cellar, the Village Underground, and the Fat Black Pussycat) all programming nightly with rotating lineups of working comics, often featuring surprise drop-ins from headliners working out new material. Stand Up NY on the Upper West Side and the Comic Strip on the Upper East run the same model. Gotham Comedy Club in Chelsea books touring headliners on weekends. The Bell House in Brooklyn, Union Hall in Park Slope, and the Bowery's mainstage host alt-comedy and podcast tapings. Weekend headliner shows book up days in advance; midweek is usually walk-up friendly.
Sports games
New York hosts nine major pro sports teams across the five boroughs and the metro area. The Yankees (MLB) play at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx from April through September, with playoff runs into October. The Mets (MLB) play at Citi Field in Queens on the same schedule. The Knicks (NBA) and Rangers (NHL) share Madison Square Garden from October through April, with playoffs into May and June. The Nets (NBA) and Islanders (NHL, partial home schedule) play at Barclays Center in Brooklyn. The Giants and Jets (NFL) both play at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, a quick train ride from Penn Station. Knicks and Rangers tickets move fast and command secondary-market premiums; Yankees and Mets are easier walk-ups outside of marquee opponents and the playoffs.
Festivals
New York's festival calendar runs nearly year-round. Governors Ball at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park anchors the early-summer festival slate in June. Electric Zoo at Randall's Island runs over Labor Day weekend with three days of electronic headliners. SummerStage programs free concerts across Central Park and parks in all five boroughs from June through August. Tribeca Festival brings film premieres, talks, and live programming to lower Manhattan in June. The Panorama festival on Randall's Island ran from 2016 to 2018 and shaped the late-summer touring slate even after it wound down. Pride the last weekend of June, the West Indian Day Parade on Labor Day, the San Gennaro Feast in Little Italy in September, and the Halloween Parade through the West Village round out the slate.
Free events
Free programming runs all year in New York if you know where to look. SummerStage at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield programs free concerts almost every night from June through August, with parallel programming at parks across all five boroughs. Bryant Park runs free outdoor films on Monday nights in summer plus winter holiday market and skating. The Lincoln Center plaza programs free outdoor performances through the warm months. The Met Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, and most major museums run pay-what-you-wish hours for New York residents. Madison Square Park has free concerts and public art installations year-round. The Halloween Parade, the West Indian Day Parade, and the Pride march are all free to watch from the street. The event list above includes free options when filtered by category.
Live music
Outside the arena tier, New York has the deepest small-room live music scene on the continent. Bowery Ballroom on Delancey and Mercury Lounge on Houston anchor the Lower East Side indie circuit. Webster Hall on East 11th and Irving Plaza on Irving Place run the mid-size shows. Brooklyn Steel in East Williamsburg, Music Hall of Williamsburg on North 6th, Elsewhere in Bushwick, and Baby's All Right on Broadway in South Williamsburg cover the Brooklyn indie tier. Village Vanguard on Seventh Avenue South and Smalls on West 10th run nightly jazz with no cover or low cover. Blue Note on West 3rd books bigger jazz names. Rockwood Music Hall on Allen has three small rooms running multiple sets a night. Cover charges range from free to fifty dollars depending on room and headliner.
Nightlife & clubs
New York's club and nightlife scene runs latest in the country — bars and clubs can legally serve alcohol until 4 am, and most do. The Meatpacking District west of Ninth Avenue runs the bottle-service rooms and bigger club nights. The Lower East Side and East Village run the dive bars, cocktail rooms, and smaller DJ spots. House of Yes in Bushwick programs themed parties with circus performers and immersive design that routinely runs until 4. Elsewhere in Bushwick books warehouse and electronic shows on its main floor and rooftop. Output's legacy and the venues that followed in Williamsburg keep the dance music circuit moving. Hudson Yards and the West Side handle the bigger nightclub rooms. Most clubs open at 10 or 11 and run hardest from midnight onward.
Top neighborhoods
Midtown / Times Square
Midtown around Times Square covers the densest concentration of major venues in the country — 41 Broadway theaters running eight shows a week between West 41st and West 54th, Madison Square Garden directly above Penn Station, Radio City Music Hall on Sixth Avenue, the Beacon Theatre on Broadway and 74th up at the Upper West Side edge, and Hudson Yards anchoring the far west side with the Shed performing arts venue. Dinner reservations near Times Square book solid on show nights — restaurant row on West 46th between Eighth and Ninth handles the pre-theater rush, usually with 90-minute table turns. The 1, 2, 3, N, Q, R, W, A, C, E, and 7 trains all converge in the area, making it the most transit-accessible event district in the city.
East Village / Lower East Side
The East Village and Lower East Side run the indie club circuit south of 14th Street. Mercury Lounge on Houston is the proving-ground room where indie bands play their first New York show, with a 250-capacity that has launched careers since 1993. Bowery Ballroom on Delancey is the next tier up at 575 capacity. Webster Hall on East 11th, just over the border into the East Village, books mid-size touring acts. Pianos and Arlene's Grocery on Ludlow keep the smaller indie circuit running. Cover charges run from free to thirty dollars. The F train at Delancey-Essex, the L at First and Third Avenue, and the 6 at Astor Place all serve the neighborhood, with dive bars and late-night food spots open on every block.
Brooklyn — Williamsburg / Bushwick
Williamsburg and Bushwick in north Brooklyn run the warehouse and indie venue circuit that defines the borough's live music scene. Brooklyn Steel in East Williamsburg is the 1,800-capacity flagship — repurposed from an actual steel fabrication facility, it books the indie and alternative tours that fall between Bowery Ballroom and Terminal 5. Music Hall of Williamsburg on North 6th is the 550-capacity sister venue with the same booking team. Elsewhere on Kent Avenue in Bushwick programs a main floor, basement, and rooftop. House of Yes on Wyckoff is the immersive party venue with circus performers, themed nights, and 4 am close. The L train runs from Manhattan straight into the heart of the neighborhood, with the J/M/Z also reaching Bushwick.
Harlem
Harlem covers Manhattan north of 110th Street and runs on jazz heritage and Black cultural institutions. The Apollo Theater on West 125th Street has booked legendary names since 1934 — Amateur Night on Wednesday continues to launch careers, and the touring schedule programs major acts year-round. The Cotton Club's modern incarnation on West 125th near 12th Avenue runs jazz dinners and live programming. Smaller jazz rooms like Smoke Jazz Club on Broadway and 105th and Minton's Playhouse on West 118th keep the small-room jazz tradition active. The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture programs talks and performances on Malcolm X Boulevard. The 2, 3, A, B, C, and D trains all serve the neighborhood from Midtown in under 20 minutes.
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village runs the comedy and jazz capital of the country along MacDougal, Bleecker, and the surrounding blocks. The Comedy Cellar on MacDougal is the institution — three rooms across the block, all programming nightly with rotating sets from working comics and frequent drop-ins from established headliners working out new material. Blue Note on West 3rd books the bigger jazz names in two sets a night. Village Vanguard on Seventh Avenue South has been running nightly jazz since 1935. Webster Hall just to the east handles mid-size touring rock. (Le) Poisson Rouge on Bleecker books an eclectic mix of jazz, classical, indie, and electronic. The West 4th Street station serves the A, B, C, D, E, F, and M trains.
Queens — Forest Hills / Long Island City
Queens runs two distinct event corridors. Forest Hills in central Queens is home to Forest Hills Stadium — a 14,000-capacity outdoor amphitheater that hosted the US Open tennis through 1977 and now books major summer touring acts from May through September. The neighborhood around the stadium is residential and quiet, with the E, F, M, R, and 7 trains all accessible from nearby. Long Island City along the East River runs MoMA PS1's warm-weather Warm Up parties, the Knockdown Center in Maspeth for warehouse shows, and Brooklyn Bowl Queens. Citi Field in Flushing handles Mets home games and stadium concerts. The 7 train runs from Times Square out to Flushing in about 30 minutes.
What's on by month
January
January is cold and quiet, which is exactly when NYC Winter Restaurant Week arrives — a three-week prix-fixe promotion across more than 600 restaurants. Knicks, Rangers, and Nets home games are in full swing at the Garden and Barclays. Broadway is mid-season. Outdoor skating at Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center, Wollman Rink in Central Park, and the LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park is all open daily.
February
NYC Restaurant Week continues into February. President's Day weekend brings extra family programming. Lunar New Year parades run through Chinatown and Flushing on the weekend nearest the lunar new year date. Knicks and Rangers continue their home stretch. Broadway is in mid-season run. The Westminster Dog Show comes to the Garden in mid-February.
March
St. Patrick's Day on March 17th brings the parade up Fifth Avenue, the largest in the world. The Big East Tournament fills Madison Square Garden with college basketball the second week of March. Yankees and Mets spring training games happen in Florida, with home opener at the end of March or early April. Broadway awards season starts ramping with Drama Desk nominations.
April
Yankees and Mets open the home season in early April at Yankee Stadium and Citi Field. Tribeca Festival programming starts ramping toward its June peak. NHL and NBA playoffs typically begin mid-April — when the Knicks, Rangers, or Nets are in, Manhattan turns into one giant viewing party. Brooklyn Botanic Garden cherry blossoms peak late April into early May.
May
Five Boro Bike Tour the first Sunday of May closes streets across all five boroughs. Frieze New York art fair runs at the Shed at Hudson Yards. Bowery Ballroom, Brooklyn Steel, and the indie tier hit peak booking. Yankees and Mets home schedules are in full run. Broadway opens its final push toward the Tony Awards in early June.
June
Tribeca Festival runs the first two weeks of June with film premieres and live programming. Governors Ball anchors Flushing Meadows-Corona Park early in the month. NYC Pride takes over Manhattan the last weekend with the Sunday march drawing millions. SummerStage opens its season at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield. The Tony Awards air live from Radio City Music Hall on the second Sunday.
July
July 4th fireworks over the East River from the Macy's display draw the biggest crowd of the summer. Lincoln Center's Summer for the City programs free outdoor performances all month. SummerStage is in peak summer run. Yankees and Mets home games dominate the sports calendar. Shakespeare in the Park at the Delacorte in Central Park runs free productions with same-day distribution lines.
August
SummerStage continues its peak run through August. The US Open Tennis Championships begin late August at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, running into early September. Outdoor concerts at Forest Hills Stadium hit their peak. Restaurant Row on West 46th is at full summer patio capacity. Williamsburg and Bushwick warehouse parties run latest.
September
Electric Zoo over Labor Day weekend on Randall's Island closes out the summer festival run. The US Open final weekend lands in early September at Flushing Meadows. The West Indian Day Parade up Eastern Parkway on Labor Day draws the biggest single-day crowd of the year. Broadway's fall season kicks off with new productions opening. New York Fashion Week takes over Hudson Yards and venues across Manhattan. The San Gennaro Feast fills Little Italy in mid-September.
October
NHL and NBA regular seasons start in mid-October — Knicks, Rangers, and Nets back at the Garden and Barclays most nights. The New York Film Festival runs at Lincoln Center through the first two weeks. The Village Halloween Parade up Sixth Avenue on October 31st draws over two million spectators. NYC Wine and Food Festival programs tastings across the city. Open House New York gives access to closed buildings the third weekend.
November
The New York City Marathon runs through all five boroughs on the first Sunday — over 50,000 runners and the largest annual sporting event in the city. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade fills the route from the Upper West Side down to Herald Square on the morning of Thanksgiving. The Rockettes Christmas Spectacular opens at Radio City Music Hall mid-month and runs through early January. NYC Fall Restaurant Week runs the first three weeks of November. Holiday markets open at Bryant Park, Union Square, and Columbus Circle.
December
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree lighting in early December opens the holiday stretch — the tree stays lit through early January. The Rockettes run multiple shows daily at Radio City. The Nutcracker by the New York City Ballet plays at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center through the month. Holiday markets at Bryant Park, Union Square, and Columbus Circle run through December. New Year's Eve at Times Square brings the ball drop on December 31st, with the surrounding streets closing by early afternoon.