It's no secret that NYC is a top-tier tour stop for every artist. Here's who's stopping by this month!
Corey Fuller - Staff Writer•
The NYC music scene has just about everything you could look for. The world’s largest names, the best venues around, and pit stops of world tours that will be remembered forever! Don’t believe us? We’ve put together a list of the best concerts in NYC coming in October2024 that you need to check out, from free concerts to nationally touring acts.
See who’s coming to the Big Apple below and get your tickets now:
October 1 – 25: Summer Concert Series at The Rooftop at Pier 17
The Rooftop at Pier 17 is wrapping up their 2024 season this October with a lineup ranging from indie to rap! It’s one of our favorite music venues in the city, thanks to its open-air stage and unparalleled skyline views…and you can see the final schedule below:
- October 1 – Till Lindemann
- October 10 – Brett Young
- October 12 – Nothing But Thieves
- October 17 – BLXST
- October 18 – Inhaler
- October 24/25 – Still Woozy
October 2 – 19: Candlelight Concerts
What could be more stunning than listening to some of your favorite tunes in a candlelit environment? Join an ensemble of full string quartets and enjoy an evening focused on a certain theme or artist. Check out our favorite Candlelight concerts happening this month and buy your tickets right now:
- October 2 – Candlelight Jazz: A Tribute to Frank Sinatra
- October 10 – Candlelight: Best of Hip-Hop
- October 10 – Candlelight: From Bach to The Beatles
- October 10 – Candlelight: The Best of Video Games
- October 11 – Candlelight: The Best of Joe Hisaishi
- October 11– Candlelight: Tribute to Whitney Houston on Strings
- October 12 – Candlelight: Ed Sheeran Meets Coldplay
- October 19 – Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
- October 24-25 – Candlelight Halloween: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics
October 3: P!NK
Global pop sensation P!NK is bringing her latest world tour to New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium this month, playing out some of her biggest smash-hits to date! Coming off her TRUSTFALL album of 2023, the ‘So What’ superstar will grace the Tri-State area’s biggest stage, bringing along The Script and KidCutUp as support.
📍 MetLife Stadium
October 3: Peso Pluma
Mexican star Peso Pluma is bringing his Éxodo Tour to Brooklyn this October in support of 2023 Grammy award-winning albumGénesis as well as his latest release of the same name, Éxodo, in June 2024. Pluma has become of the Latin music industry’s most popular figures in recent years, earning himself over 48 million monthly Spotify listeners.
📍 Barclays Center
October 3 – 31: Knockdown Center Shows
Performances at Knockdown Center will be in full swing throughout October, with international house and techno, NYC dance residents, and more. Check out the lineup below:
- October 3 – Toro y Moi
- October 4 – Alessandro Cortini
- October 5 – Adam Port (Ruins)
- October 5 – NOW HERE by Paco Osuna
- October 6 – Tiki Disco Season Closing (Ruins)
- October 10, 11 – COLORS: Of NYC w/ Moses Sumney, Mustafa, Naomi Sharon & more
- October 11, 12, 13 – Disclosure
- October 19 – Aluna presents Noir Fever
- October 20 – Sega Bodega
- October 21 – The Voidz
- October 26 – Horse Meat Disco NYC: Halloween
- October 31 – NY Night Train 19th Annual HAUNTED HOP Halloween Spooktacular
📍: Knockdown Center
October 4 – 26: Forest Hills Stadium Shows
The 2024 season at Forest Hills Stadium concludes this October, and they’ve got one last month of lineups that are super hot! Check out who’s gracing the Queens stage this month below and the full lineup here:
- October 4, 5 – KAYTRANADA
- October 19 – An Evening with Sturgill Simpson
- October 24 – Massive Attack
- October 25 – Tiesto
- October 26 – Gryffin
October 4 – 31: The Brooklyn Mirage & Avant Gardner
Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner is wrapping up its summer season, and its prestigious Brooklyn Mirage venue has s full schedule, welcoming all kinds of electronic acts spanning from house to techno! Check out what’s on their October schedule below:
- October 4 – Amelie Lens
- October 5 – Mathame
- October 11 – Waxtroda
- October 12– LSZEE
- October 17 – BLADEE
- October 18 – Disco Lines (The Great Hall)
- October 19 – Deborah de Luca (The Great Hall)
- October 24 – Three 6 Mafia
- October 31 – Chase & Status
October 4 – 26: Gray Area Shows
Move and groove to some of house music’s most exciting rising DJs with Gray Area, an event curation company who’s mission is to “unite the international house music community.” They tap DJs from all over the world to create one-of-a-kind parties, label showcases, and so much more! Check out some of the events they’re throwing this month:
- October 4 – CYRIL at Musica
- October 5 – Friendship presents Uncharted NYC w/ Gary Richards at Circle Line Cruises
- October 5 – NOW HERE by Paco Osuna at Knockdown Center
- October 5 – Shermanology Presents D’EAUPE at The Chocolate Factory
- October 6 – Bart Skils at Superior Ingredients Roof
- October 11 – Com Truise at Superior Ingredients Roof
- October 11 – SPINALL at Musica
- October 12 – Chelina Manuhutu x Tom & Collins at Musica
- October 13 – Shimza at Superior Ingredients Roof
- October 18 – Giolì & Assia at Irving Plaza
- October 18 – Denis Sulta at The Chocolate Factory
- October 19 – Lee Foss at Musica
- October 25 – Matt Sassari & more at Musica
- October 26 – Fox Fiction: A Production by Juliet Fox at Musica
October 4 – 6: Gracie Abrams
GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter, Gracie Abrams is readying her biggest NYC shows to date at none other than Radio City Hall! The Secret of Us Tour touches down in Manhattan for three nights, in support of her latest sophomore album, The Secret of Us. Abrams recently joined Taylor Swift on the highly acclaimed Eras Tour as direct support, as well as performing a limited run of sold-out acoustic shows with Aaron Dessner in NYC, Nashville and LA. Role Model will serve as direct support for the Radio City Music Hall stint.
📍 Radio City Music Hall
October 4 – 6: We Belong Here: Central Park
A brand new electronic music festival is debuting in Central Park this October called We Belong Here Festival! This event organizer is no stranger to awesome events though, hosting plenty of pop-up shows and events around NYC, including a huge triad of Governors Island shows this summerhttps://secretnyc.co/we-belong-here-music-festival-nyc/. This festival is set to be their biggest event ever, welcoming in acts FISHER, Kaskade, Monolink, and so many more over the course of a weekend.
📍 Central Park (Wollman Rink)
ℹ️ More info here
October 4: Bleachers
Jack Antonoff-led band Bleachers will be performing their biggest headlining NYC show to date, right off the back of releasing their new self-titled album back in March. The show itself is called “For One Night Only From The Studio To The Stage”and is set to be one of the band’s biggest performances in their entire career.
📍 Madison Square Garden
October 5 – 6: Vampire Weekend
After a 5 year music hiatus, the indie band Vampire Weekend is back in NYC this month, fresh off their new album Only God Was Above Us.They’re set to do something very unique and play two shows back-to-back one Saturday night, and one Sunday morning. The support includes Mark Ronson on day one, The Brothers Macklovitch on day two, and Turnstiles on both.
📍 Madison Square Garden
October 7: Justin Timberlake
More than a half a year after Justin Timberlake’s wildly successful free show at Irving Plaza, he’s bringing a full arena tour to Brooklyn this time in support of his new album Everything I Thought I Was. It’s set to be his first tour in 5 years, so you’ll get a taste of everything from the classic ‘Sexy Back’ to new lead singles like ‘Selfish.’
📍 Barclays Center
October 9 – 13: Barry Manilow
With over 65 million albums sold, 3,000+ concerts, and 28 platinum records, we don’t need to explain the greatness of Barry Manilow. The king of the “Copacabana” himself is returning to NYC for a very special run of shows where he’ll play out the biggest tracks of his incredible career.
📍 Radio City Music Hall
October 10: Stevie Wonder
25-time Grammy winner Stevie Wonder is coming back to NYC, admist the lead up to the general election in November. The show itself is titled “Sing Your Song! As WeFix Our Nation’s Broken Heart,” an ode to bask in the music during these strange times and choose “joy over anger, kindness over recrimination, peace over war.”
📍 Madison Square Garden
October 11 – 13: Disclosure
Coming back to NYC in over 2 years, electronic duo Disclosure is taking over Queens’ Knockdown Center for an epic weekend takeover. They’ll be playing Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, with the first and last shows being inside in the main hall and Saturday’s in the ruins outdoors. Disclosure have had quite the summer, dropping some of dance music’s biggest anthems in ‘She’s Gone, Dance On’ and ‘in2minds’ with Chris Lake.
📍 Knockdown Center
October 11 – 15: Rex Orange County
On the heels of his new album The Alexander Technique,Rex Orange County is bringing his acclaimed live performances to NYC, hosting a mini-residency at Beacon Theatre! This purposely chosen venue is a decision Rex made…with an aim to “build out a stage show best suited for theaters that will allow him to bringThe Alexander Technique to life in a stage show.”
📍 Beacon Theatre
October 11 – 12: Black Coffee
After an incredible hybrid/live set last year at Madison Square Garden, beloved South African house music DJ and producer Black Coffee is back to conquer one of NYC’s coolest new venues, Under the K Bridge. He’ll bring his melodic and feel good beats to Brooklyn, where a rave under a literal bridge will occur…making for one of the year’s best dance parties. Support over the course of the two nights includes James Blake (DJ Set), DJ Koze, and more.
📍 Under the K Bridge
October 16 – 18: Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish returns to Madison Square Garden yet again, this time in support of her third studio album, HIT ME HARD AND SOFT, which dropped earlier this year. Her project was met to fantastic reviews, including a debut at number two on the Billboard200, and 10 charting in the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100. She’s playing the iconic MSG for three nights, with Nat & Alex Wolff as support.
📍 Madison Square Garden
October 19 – 20: Maggie Rogers
Embarking on her first ever arena tour, Maggie Rogers is bringing her newest album Don’t Forget Me to life at the world’s most famous arena. Rogers highly coveted headline performance this October comes just a few months after going viral for hosting an intimate Irving Plaza show where she herself handed out tickets at the box office to combat touting and price scalping.
📍 Madison Square Garden
October 24 – 25: Still Woozy
Indie pop band is set to bring you into the Loveseatwhen they swing around to the Big Apple this fall. They just dropped their latest album over the summer, and they’re set be the season finale of the lovely Rooftop at Pier 17!
📍 The Rooftop at Pier 17
October 25 – 26: Circoloco
One of NYC’s largest Halloween parties is set to return to Brooklyn, with two nights in October and one night in November of notable international DJs. Produced by Teksupport, Circoloco Halloween will see Ibiza-style DJs take over NYC for its biggest iteration of the party series ever, with a lineup including &Me vs Rampa, Golfos (Dennis Cruz & PAWSA), Jamie Jones, The Martinez Brothers, plus many more.
📍 Brooklyn Storehouse
October 30 – 31: Leon Bridges
Be some of the first to hear tracks from Leon Bridges‘ new albumLeon(releases October 4) when he comes to NYC this month! He’ll be playing 3 intimate nights at Beacon Theatre, an intimate venue purposely chosen to bring the “magic and connection that made this record to the tour.” Bridges vows to turn the venue into a “listening room” which will allow him to showcase the new record and return to his roots of analong instrumentation and live guitar. Hermanos Gutiérrez will be direct support.
📍 Beacon Theatre
See also: The Best Things To Do In NYC This October
