October 2012 Music Calendar

Calendar updated daily!

Monday, October 1, 2012

($8) Jim Campilongo @ The Living Room
($25) “Mingus Mondays” w/ Mingus Orchestra @ The Jazz Standard
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

($17-$20) Django Django @ Bowery Ballroom
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

(Free) Brooklyn Shakedown w/ Nutritious @ Bembe
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center
($65-$160) Heart & Alejandro Escovedo and the Sensitive Boys @ Beacon Theatre

Thursday, October 4, 2012

($5-$8) DJ ?uestlove Presents Bowl Train @ Brooklyn Bowl (late night set)
($10-$12) Snarky Puppy @ Brooklyn Bowl
($20) Easy Star All-Stars @ Irving Plaza
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($26-$30) Alabama Shakes @ Terminal 5
($53 – $73) Blondie @ St. George Theater
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center
($130-$1,060) Children’s Health Fund’s 25th Anniversary Benefit Concert feat. Paul Simon, James Taylor, Stevie Wonder and Sting @ Radio City Music Hall

Friday, October 5, 2012

($10) Wax Poetic, Jessica Lurie, DJ Modest P @ Nubile
($20 – $50) John Scofield Trio ft. Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30 sets)2 sets)
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($35) Punch Brothers @ The New Yorker Festival at Gramercy Theatre
($35-$45) Animal Collective @ Williamsburg Park, Bklyn
($45-$50) The Afghan Whigs with very special guest Eagles of Death Metal @ Terminal
($50-$150) Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull @ Beacon Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center

Saturday, October 6, 2012

(Free) SpinSpinNYC: Record Label Launch Celebration @ Dekalb Market’s New York Fashion Week “Fashion Night Out” event
($20 – $50) John Scofield Trio ft. Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30 sets)
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($30) Adam Ant & The Good The Mad & The Lovely Posse @ Best Buy Theater
($45-$50) The Afghan Whigs Mighty Fine, Rev. Vince Anderson and the Love Choir @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($60-$260) Jay-Z @ Barclays Center

Sunday, October 7, 2012

($20 – $50) John Scofield Trio ft. Steve Swallow & Bill Stewart @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30 sets)2 sets)
($25 + 1 Drink) Ravi Coltrane Quartet @ Village Vanguard
($30) Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
($40) Harlem Gospel Choir Brunch @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

Monday, October 8, 2012

($8) Jim Campilongo @ The Living Room
($25) “Mingus Mondays” w/ Mingus Orchestra @ The Jazz Standard
($35-$125) Irvin Mayfield and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra w/ Branford Marsalis @ Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
($55-$65) Bebel Gilberto @ City Winery

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

($10) New York Funk Exchange @ Club Groove NYC
($45-$60) Suzanne Vega 25th Anniversary of “Solitude Standing” Benefit Concert @ City Winery (7pm & 10pm Sets)
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

(Free) Apollo Run @ Union Hall
(Free) Brooklyn Shakedown w/ Nutritious @ Bembe
(Free) Bruce Springsteen Film Screening: The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story @ City Winery
(Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall (12pm Set)
($8-$10) Col. Bruce Hampton & Pharaohs Kitchen w/ Agent Ghent @ Brooklyn Bowl
($10) Erik Deutsch Band feat. Erik Deutsch (Citizen Cope), Avi Bortnick, Jeff Hill, and Tony Mason @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (11:30pm Set)
($20) Save The Village: A Benefit Concert w/ John Zorn, Thurston Moore, Jesse Harris, TriBeCaStan, Flutterbox, John Kelly, Gary Lucas, Red Baraat, David Amram, and Mycale (performing the music of John Zorn) @ Le Poisson Rouge
($25) Martha Wainwright @ Littlfield
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($55-$75) An Acoustic Evening with Ben Harper @ Carnegie Hall

Thursday, October 11, 2012

($10) Cabinet @ The Living Room
($10) Sophistafunk @ Sullivan Hall
($15) Blues Traveler & Leroy Justice @ Brooklyn Bowl
($25) Martha Wainwright @ Le Poisson Rouge
($30) Up From the Bayou III: New Orleans Suspects; Reggie Scanlan (Professor Longhair, Radiators), Mean Willie Green (of the Neville Brothers), Jeff Watkins (Joss Stone & James Brown Band), Jake Eckert (Dirty Dozen Brass), CR Gruver (Leo Nocentelli Band); DJ Logic, Headling are The Radiators in Fishead Stew, Dave Malone, Camile Baudoin, Reggie Scanlan, Frank Bua, Jr., Special Guest Mark Rechler, and Christine Ohlman (BeeHive Queen from the Saturday Night Live Band) @ Beekman Beer Garden
($30-$40) Coheed and Cambria @ Webster Hall
($42) The Go-Go’s @ Best Buy Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($150-$650) Barbra Streisand @ Barclays Center

Friday, October 12, 2012

($10) Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Brooklyn Bowl (12pm set)
($10) Late Night Groove Series: Andy Milne & Dapp Theory @ The Blue Note (12am Set)
($10) The Jamie McLean Band @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (9pm set)
($10) Reflections @ Sullivan Hall
($15) Blues Traveler & Leroy Justice @ Brooklyn Bowl
($15-$18) Marco Benevento @ The Bowery Ballroom
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($55-$95) Pat Metheny Unity Band @ The Town Hall
($75-$85) Morrissey @ Terminal 5

Saturday, October 13, 2012

($15) Kermit Ruffins and the BBQ Swingers & The Gold Magnolias @ Brooklyn Bowl
($25) Staten Jazzland @ the St. George!
($25-$30) Jazz Festival w/ David Sanborn @ St. George Theatre
($25-$30) The Mountain Goats & Matthew E. White @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
($35) Air Supply @ B.B. King Blues Club
($40-$50) Don Felder Formerly of The Eagles, An Evening At The Hotel California @ City Winery
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($75-$85) Morrissey @ Terminal 5
($150-$650) Barbra Streisand @ Barclays Center

Sunday, October 14, 2012

(Free) FELA BOWL: Fela Birthday Bash FELABRATION! feat. Zozo Afrobeat The Shrine Harlem NYC Presents FELA BOWL: Fela Birthday Bash FELABRATION! feat. Zozo Afrobeat @ Brooklyn Bowl
($15) Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Record Release @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (7:30 Set)
($25) Cindy Blackman Santana @ Iridium Jazz Club
($25-$30) Jazz Festival w/ David Sanborn @ St. George Theatre
($25-$30) The Mountain Goats & Matthew E. White @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
($28-$68) Staten Jazzland at the St. George! w/ David Sanborn
($30) Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
($40) Harlem Gospel Choir Brunch @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill

Monday, October 15, 2012

Evan Spelow’s Benefit @ The Brooklyn Bowl
($8) Jim Campilongo @ The Living Room
($25) “Mingus Mondays” w/ Mingus Orchestra @ The Jazz Standard
($32-$35) Brandy: Album Release Party @ Best Buy Theater
($50-$125) Alicia Keys @ Avery Fisher Hall
($55-$65) Bebel Gilberto @ City Winery

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON FESTIVAL
(Free) Apollo Run for SoFar Sounds CMJ Showcase
($10) The Infamous Stringdusters @ Brooklyn Bowl
($20) Zoë Keating @ Le Poisson Rouge
($22) Robert Glasper Experiment @ SOB’s
($25-$30) Christian McBride and Inside Straight @ Miller Theater, Columbia University
($25-$30) The Mountain Goats @ Bowery Ballroom
($30) Meshell Ndegeocello : A Dedication to Nina Simone w/ Lizz Wright , Cody ChesnuTT & Toshi Reagon @ Highline Ballroom
($35-$40) Joss Stone @ Best Buy Theater
($46-$156) Crosby, Still and Nash @ Beacon Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($55-$60) Fiona Apple @ Terminal 5

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON FESTIVAL
(Free) Antigone Rising @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 (4:45pm set)
(Free) Brooklyn Shakedown w/ Nutritious @ Bembe
($8) Apollo Run @ Bowery Electric
($10) New York Funk Exchange @ Sullivan Hall (CMJ)
($15) A Film Screening and Evening with Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz of The Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club- presented by The Modern School of Film and City Winery @ City Winery
($30-$35) Johnny Winter @ B.B. King Blues Club
($46-$156) Crosby, Still and Nash @ Beacon Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($55-$60) Fiona Apple @ Terminal 5
($80-$110) Twins of Evil Tour: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson @ Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom

Thursday, October 18, 2012

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON FESTIVAL
White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($45-$75) Wyclef Jean: Up Close and Personal @ City Winery
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency

Friday, October 19, 2012

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON FESTIVAL
White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
(Free) Tall Tall Trees @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 (9pm Set)
($10) Lily & The Parlour Tricks @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 (12:30am Set)
($12-$15) The Soul Rebels & Friends: ft. Maceo Parker, Moon Hooch, American Royalty & Billy Martin (of Medeski, Martin & Wood) @ Highline Ballroom
($15) Nneka @ Littlefield
($20) Offline Party with Q-Tip @ Irving Plaza
($45-$50) Micky Dolenz (Lead Singer of The Monkees) @ B.B. Kings Blues Club
($46-$156) Crosby, Still and Nash @ Beacon Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($65-$90) Primus @ Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom

Saturday, October 20, 2012

CMJ MUSIC MARATHON FESTIVAL
- ($12) CMJ Showcase feat. The Soul Rebels, Moon Hooch, American Royalty, Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood) & Maceo Parker @ Highline Ballroom
White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
(Free) Orchard Lounge @ Club 39
($10) @ Turquaz @ Sullivan Hall
($25-$75) The Royal Family Ball feat. Soulive, Lettuce & Ledisi @ Terminal 5
($30-$55) Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band @ Pace University
($46-$156) Crosby, Still and Nash @ Beacon Theater
($48-$54) Johnny Lang @ B.B. King Blues Club
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency

Sunday, October 21, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($30) Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
($35-$40) The Psychedelic Furs and The Lemonheads ft. Juliana Hatfield @ Best Buy Theater
($40) Harlem Gospel Choir Brunch @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
($48-$54) Johnny Lang @ B.B. King Blues Club

Monday, October 22, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($18-$21) A.C. Newman @ Bowery Ballroom
($35) Three Days Grace @ Highline Ballroom
($46-$156) Crosby, Still and Nash @ Beacon Theater
($100-$200) RUSH @ Barclays Center

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($30-$40) Dr. Lonnie Smith Organ Trio @ Birdland
($50-$55) Richie Sambora @ Best Buy Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($67-$75) Buddy Guy @ B.B. Kings Blues Club

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

(Free) Brooklyn Shakedown w/ Nutritious @ Bembe (Late Night Set)
($10) Pigeons Playing Ping Pong & UV Hippo @ Sullivan Hall
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($30-$40) Dr. Lonnie Smith Organ Trio @ Birdland
($42.50 – $99.50) Regina Spektor @ Beacon Theater
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($67-$75) Buddy Guy @ B.B. Kings Blues Club
($100-$125) Melissa Etheridge @ Manhattan Center Hammerstein Ballroom

Thursday, October 25, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($12) Langhorne Slim and The Law @ Brooklyn Bowl
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($30-$40) Dr. Lonnie Smith Organ Trio @ Birdland
($45-$60) Shawn Colvin Residency @ City Winery
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($55-$75) Counting Crows @ Roseland Ballroom
($64-$121) Martina McBride @ Beacon Theatre

Friday, October 26, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
John Coltrane Festival @ Lincoln Center
($12) Melvin Seals and JGB @ Brooklyn Bowl
($12-$15) Denny Love w/ Sophistafunk @ The Canal Room
($13-$15) Those Darlins & Heavy Cream @ Glasslands Gallery
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($25-$50) Justin Townes Earle in the spirit of Woody Guthrie @ Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts (Solo)
($30) Donna Jean Godchaux Band @ Iridium Jazz Club
($30-$40) Dr. Lonnie Smith Organ Trio @ Birdland
($35) A Trey Anastasio After-Party with The Everyone Orchestra feat. Jon Fishman (Phish) , John Kadlecik (Furthur) & Special Guests Conducted by Matt Butler @ Sullivan Hall
($39.50 – $49.50) Trey Anastasio @ Beacon Theater
($40-$65) Esperanza Spalding & the Radio Music Society @ Apollo Theater
($45-$60) Shawn Colvin Residency @ City Winery
($50-$85) Mary Chapin Carpenter @ Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater at The Lincoln Center
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
(??) Eddie Henderson @ Jazz at Lincoln Center
(??) McCoy Tyner Jack DeJohnette Dave Holland @ The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Saturday, October 27, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
John Coltrane Festival @ Lincoln Center
(Free) Driftwood @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 (12am Set)
($12) Melvin Seals and JGB @ Brooklyn Bowl
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($25-$50) Justin Townes Earle in the spirit of Woody Guthrie @ Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts (Full Band)
($30) The Everyone Orchestra featuring Jon Fishman (Phish) , John Kadlecik (Furthur) , Lebo & Zach Gill (ALO) , Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green) and Jamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Proj) Conducted by Matt Butler @ Sullivan Hall
($30-$40) Dr. Lonnie Smith Organ Trio @ Birdland
($30-$60) An Evening w/ Asia – 30th Anniversary Tour @ Best Buy Theater
($40-$75) Esperanza Spalding & the Radio Music Society @ Apollo Theater
($45-$55) Aimee Mann @ Town Hall
($45-$60) Shawn Colvin Residency @ City Winery
($50-$90) Betty Buckley: “The Other Woman – The Vixens of Broadway” @ Feinstein’s at Loews Regency
($62-$500) Grace Jones: Hurricane – Return To Roseland @ Roseland Ballroom
($90 for open bar and show) The Equifunk Allstars: Eddie Roberts, Adam Scone, Adam Deitch, Steven Bernstein & Peter Afelbaum @ Beekman Beer Garden
(??) Eddie Henderson @ The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center
(??) McCoy Tyner Jack DeJohnette Dave Holland @ The Allen Room, Jazz at Lincoln Center

Sunday, October 28, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($5) Moonalice @ Brooklyn Bowl
($20-$25) Jimmy Heath 86th Birthday Celebration @ The Blue Note (8pm & 10:30pm sets)
($22-$32) Xavier Rudd @ Irving Plaza powered by Klipsch
($30) Arturo O’Farrill Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra @ Birdland NYC
($30-$55) Banjo Summit: A Gathering of Five String Masters feat. Bela Fleck, Tony Trischka, Bill Keith, Richie Stearns, Eric Weissberg, Pete Wernick and Noam Pikelny @ Pace University’s Michael Schimmel’s Center for the Arts
($30-$189) Blue Oyster Cult – 40th Anniversary Bash @ Best Buy Theater
($35) The Everyone Orchestra featuring Jon Fishman (Phish) , John Kadlecik (Furthur) , Lebo & Zach Gill (ALO) , Reed Mathis (Tea Leaf Green) and Jamie Masefield (Jazz Mandolin Proj) Conducted by Matt Butler @ Sullivan Hall
($40) Harlem Gospel Choir Brunch @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
($40-$55) Brandie Carlile @ Beacon Theater
($45-$60) Shawn Colvin Residency @ City Winery
(??) Eddie Henderson @ Jazz at Lincoln Center

Monday, October 29, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
($8) Jim Campilongo @ The Living Room
($20) Rebirth Brass Band & Wyllys (Special Funk Set) @ Brooklyn Bowl
($25) “Mingus Mondays” w/ Mingus Orchestra @ The Jazz Standard
($25-$30) Eric Hutchinson @ City Winery
($30-$33) Joshua Radin & A Fine Frenzy: 2012 Tour @ Best Buy Theater
($35-$40) Aimee Mann @ Bowery Ballroom
($40-$55) Brandie Carlile @ Beacon Theater
($50-$200) Idina Menzel @ Carnigie Hall

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
(Free) Dred Scott Trio @ Rockwood Music Hall Stage 1 (12am Set)
($25) Dobet Gnahoré @ Acoustic Africa @ B.B. King Blues Club and Grill
($30-$33) The Brand New Heavies @ B.B. Kings Blues Club
($30-$45) Buika @ The Blue Note
($33-$40) Deftones @ Terminal 5
($35) Aimee Mann @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
($37-$40) Cypress Hill @ Best Buy Theater
($89-$125) Journey, Pat Benatar, and Loverboy @ Barclays Center
($250) BOOM for Equality presents… Freedom To Love Now! A Concert For Marriage Equality ($250 Premium Ticket), Doveman, Rufus Wainwright, fun., The National, They Might Be Giants, Justin Vivian Bond, Toshi Reagon, John Cameron Mitchell @ Beacon Theatre

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

White Lights Festival @ Lincoln Center
(Free) Brooklyn Shakedown w/ Nutritious @ Bembe (Late Night Set)
($15-$20) Fifth Annual Zombie Prom feat. I’ll Be John Brown, Milkfat, The Hollows @ Sullivan Hall
($16-$18) Jackie Greene @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
($40) THE METERMEN: Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli, George Porter Jr, Page McConnell @ B.B. Kings Blues Club
($60-$90) The Smashing Pumpkins @ Barclays Center

Musical Musings of a Tiny Rager

So much music, so little time!