Summer concerts: July

At press time, tickets were available to the following shows. All dates subject to change.

1 Man Man + Dengue Fever + Illinois McCarren Park Pool. FREE

1 Rodrigo y Gabriela + Vietnam Central Park SummerStage. FREE

2 Radio Birdman + Awesome Color Blender Theater at Gramercy. Advance $22.50, day of show $25.

2 Rush Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $40.50–$125.50.

4 Crooked Still Madison Square Park. FREE

4 The New Pornographers Battery Park. FREE

5, Aug 22 The Delfonics Jul 5: Von King Park. FREE Aug 22: Jackie Robinson Park. FREE

5 Isaac Delgado + Xiomara Laugart + Pistolera Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

5 Mahotella Queens BAM at MetroTech Commons. FREE

5 Shearwater Castle Clinton. FREE

5 Two-Step Night with Big Apple Ranch + Miss Babs and the Kickin’ Boogie Band Josie Robertson Plaza (at Lincoln Center). FREE

Photo: Gene Glover

DON’T MISS
6 July
Fujiya & Miyagi (above) + Ulrich Schnauss
Jul 6. South Street Seaport, Pier 17.  FREE
Last year’s Hot Chip show at the Seaport was the dance party of the season. This summer’s candidate is the oddly named U.K. trio Fujiya & Miyagi, whose clean pop melodies and krautrocklike rhythms sound almost too easy. And any good dance event needs some ambient music—Germany’s Ulrich Schnauss just happens to make some of the best.—Mike Wolf

6 Fujiya & Miyagi + Ulrich Schnauss South Street Seaport, Pier 17. FREE

6 REwind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

6 Sigh + Melechesh Club Europa. $TBA.

7 Built to Spill + Cat Power McCarren Park Pool. Advance $32, day of show $35.

7, 8 Cinematic Orchestra + Ramp + El Michels Affair + Kevin Michael Central Park SummerStage. FREE Jul 8: Cinematic Orchestra (only) Joe’s Pub. $20.

7 Lady Sovereign The Spiegeltent, $30.

7 Live Earth with AFI + Akon + Alicia Keys + Bon Jovi + Dave Matthews Band + Fall Out Boy + John Mayer + Kanye West + Kelly Clarkson + KT Tunstall + Ludacris + Melissa Etheridge + Rihanna + Roger Waters + Smashing Pumpkins + The Police Giants Stadium. $55, $85, $175, $350.

7 G.E. Smith and Taylor Barton + Ellsworth and Hicks Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge. Advance $8, day of show $10.

8 Diana Krall + Chris Botti New Jersey Performing Arts Center. $48–$128.

8 Octopus Project + Erase Errata McCarren Park Pool. FREE

8, 12 Junior Reid Jul 8: with Djakout Mizik + Diams Central Park SummerStage. Jul 12: Von King Park. FREE

8 Summer Slaughter Tour with Necrophagist + Decapitated + Cephalic Carnage + Cattle Decapitation B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Advance $18, day of show $20.

8 Tortoise + Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid Webster Hall. Advance $20, day of show $22.

9 Tim McGraw and Faith Hill Continental Airlines Arena. $51.75, $69.75, $99.75.

9 Bob Weir and RatDog + Keller Williams Central Park SummerStage. $45.

10 Billy Strayhorn Orchestra directed by Michael Hashim Josie Robertson Plaza (at Lincoln Center). FREE

10 Mirah Bowery Ballroom. $15.

10 Nortec Collective + Federico Aubele Central Park SummerStage. FREE

10 Dolores O’Riordan Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza. $35.

10 SambaSunda World Financial Center (Plaza). FREE

10 Adelberto Santiago St. Mary’s Park. FREE

11, Aug 2 Roy Ayers Jul 11: Brower Park. Aug 2: Springfield Park. FREE

11 Deerhunter Bowery Ballroom. $15.

11, 12 Daryl Hall and John Oates Nokia Theatre Times Square. $59.50, $79.50, $99.50.

11 Femi Kuti and the Positive Force + DJ Rich Medina Central Park SummerStage. FREE

11 Orchestra Broadway Crotona Park. FREE

11 Dr. Lonnie SmithTrio Madison Square Park. FREE

11 Spoon Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. FREE

12 Robert Glasper with DJ Logic BAM at MetroTech Commons. FREE

12 Maximo Park Webster Hall. $16.

12 Ron Sexsmith Castle Clinton. FREE

13 The Book of Knots with Jon Langford and Carla Bozulich Blender Theater at Gramercy. Advance $20, day of show $22.

13 Buffalo Tom Bowery Ballroom. $20.

13 Immortal B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. $65.

13 Menomena + Illinois South Street Seaport, Pier 17. FREE

13, 14 David S. Ware Quartet Iridium. $TBA.

13 Zoé + The Pinker Tones + Chetes Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

14 Café Tacuba + Pacha Massive Central Park SummerStage. FREE

14 Lara Ewen and the Unstrung Orchestra + Takenobu Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge. Advance $8, day of show $10.

14 Fruko y Sus Tesos con Alfredo De La Fé Josie Robertson Plaza (at Lincoln Center). FREE

14 Sounds of the Underground with GWAR + Testament + Shadows Fall + Chimaira + Every Time I Die Starland Ballroom. $29.

15 Global Family Day with Hip-Hop Harry + Sippy Cups Central Park SummerStage. FREE

15 Frank London’s Yiddish Carnival with the Klezmatics + Fyvush Finkel + Roberto Rodriguez and more Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

16 The Decemberists + Grizzly Bear + Land of Talk Central Park SummerStage. Advance $30, day of show $35.

16 The Shout Out Louds The Spiegeltent. Advance $25, day of show $30.

Photo: Amanda Decadenet

DON’T MISS
17 July
18 July
20  July
28  July
Slint plays Spiderland
Jul 17, 18. Webster Hall. Advance $30, day of show $35.
Girls Against Boys plays Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby
Jul 20. Bowery Ballroom. $20.
Sonic Youth (right) plays Daydream Nation
Jul 28. McCarren Park Pool. $35.
Who says singles rule? All Tomorrow’s Parties, a label and festival organizer in the U.K., brings its “Don’t Look Back” series—where a band plays a classic album in its entirety—to New York for the first time: Louisville, KY’s recently re-formed Slint revisits its massively influential 1991 record, Spiderland; Girls Against Boys brings back 1994’s Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby; and Sonic Youth exhumes its best album, 1989’s Daydream Nation.—Mike Wolf

17 Angelo y Su Groupo Modelo + Wayne Gorbera y Su Salsa Picante St. Mary’s Park. FREE

17 Os Mutantes Rose Theater (at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall). $40, $55.

17 Marc Ribot’s Riot World Financial Center (Plaza). FREE

17, 18 Slint plays Spiderland Webster Hall. Advance $30, day of show $35.

17 Willie Villegas Entre Amigos + Ernie Acevedo y Su Conjunto Imagen Red Hook Park. FREE

17 Weimar NY: The Spiegel Sessions The Spiegeltent. $35.

18 Black Moon + Sean Price Brower Park. FREE

18, 19 Toumani Diabate’s Symmetric Orchestra Jul 18: Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. Jul 19: BAM at MetroTech Commons. FREE

18 Ani DiFranco Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $TBA.

18 James Hunter Madison Square Park. FREE

19 Alloy Orchestra: Blackmail + Morley Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

19 Arrested Development Von King Park. FREE

19 The Black Lips Maxwell’s. $12.

19, 20 DJ Tiësto Hammerstein Ballroom. Advance $52, day of show $60.

19 Drive-By Truckers Castle Clinton. FREE

19 Ruben Studdard South Street Seaport, Pier 17. FREE

20 Bishop Allen + Rock Plaza Central South Street Seaport, Pier 17. FREE

20 Bobby “Blue” Bland + Catherine Russell Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

20 Neko Case + Eric Bachman Central Park SummerStage. FREE

20, 21 So Percussion and Matmos The Allen Room (at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall). $30.

20 Girls Against Boys plays Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby Bowery Ballroom. $20.

21 Sharhabeel Ahmed, Abu Araki al-Bakheit, Yousif El Mosili, Hadia “Al Balabil,” Ali Al Segid, the Nile Music Orchestra and more Central Park SummerStage. FREE

21 Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts + The Peter Spink Band Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge. Advance $8, day of show $10.

21 The Goo Goo Dolls Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $25, $39.50, $49.50.

21 The Siren Festival with New York Dolls + We Are Scientists + Matt and Kim + The Black Lips + Dr. Dog + Lavender Diamond + The Detroit Cobras + Elvis Perkins + The Twilight Sad Coney Island. FREE

21 Hal Willner’s Doc Pomus Project with Ben E. King + Teddy Thompson + Steven Bernstein + Joel Dorn + Peter Guralnick and more Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

22 Brazilian Girls + Cat Empire + Himalayas Central Park SummerStage. FREE

22 Collie Buddz + Santogold McCarren Park Pool. FREE

22 Dan Zanes and friends Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

22 ZZ Top + The Pretenders + The Stray Cats Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $26, $49, $69.

23 Mayhem B.B. King Blues Club & Grill. Advance $25, day of show $30.

24, 25 Devotchka The Spiegeltent. Advance $30, day of show $35

24, 26, Aug 23 Felix Hernandez Jul 24: Red Hook Park. FREE Jul 26: Springfield Park. FREE Aug 23: Marcus Garvey Park. FREE

24 Johnny Pacheco y Su Tumboa St. Mary’s Park. FREE

24 Poison + Ratt Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $26, $42.50.

24 The White Stripes Madison Square Garden. $39.50, $49.50.

25 Kurtis Blow Crotona Park. FREE

25 Girlyman Madison Square Park. FREE

25 Motion City Soundtrack Blender Theater at Gramercy. $20.

25 Riders in the Sky + Carolina Chocolate Drops Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. FREE

25 Sister Carol Brower Park. FREE

26 Anita Baker Radio City Music Hall. $44.50–$129.50.

26 James Cotton + Carolina Chocolate Drops BAM at MetroTech Commons. FREE

26 Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings Castle Clinton. FREE

26 Ledisi + Summer Johnson South Street Seaport, Pier 17. FREE

26 John Mayer + Ben Folds Nassau Coliseum. $42.50–$59.50.

26 311 + Matisyahu Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $25, $39.50.

27, 28 Lez Zeppelin Blender Theater at Gramercy. Advance $20, day of show $25.

27 The Millennial Territory Orchestra with Laurel and Hardy films + Ethan Lipton Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

28 Boricua Festival with Tito Rojas + Joe Cuba Sextet + Viento de Agua Celebrate Brooklyn at the Prospect Park Bandshell. $3.

28 Liz McComb + King Britt presents Sister Gertrude Morgan Project Central Park SummerStage. FREE

28 Steve Miller Band + Doobie Brothers Nikon at Jones Beach Theater. $20, $36, $70.

28 Modern Man + The Frank Morey Band Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge. Advance $8, day of show $10.

28 Sonic Youth plays Daydream Nation McCarren Park Pool. $35.

28 Kelly Willis Bowery Ballroom. Advance $18, day of show $20.

29 Rock the Bells with Rage Against the Machine + Wu-Tang Clan + Public Enemy + Cypress Hill + The Roots + Mos Def + EPMD + MF Doom Randalls Island. $83.

29 Wild Style 25th Anniversary Reunion with the Chief Rocker Busy Bee + The Cold Crush Brothers + Grandmaster Caz + DJ Grand Wizzard Theodore Central Park SummerStage. FREE

31, Aug 1 Michael Bublé Radio City Music Hall. $59.50–$129.50.

31 Ute Lemper: Voyages The Spiegeltent. $35.

31 Whodini Queensbridge Park. FREE

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• Ticket masters: Trying to score seats to a sold-out show? Savvy concertgoers reveal eight proven strategies to get you in.
• Win our concert tickets: Want to see some of the hottest acts of the summer? One great photo is all you need.
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  • Contest 2: Lily Allen (Meet our winner.)
  • Contest 3: Rock the Bells (Meet our winner.)
  • Contest 4: Live Earth (Meet our winner.)
• Attack of the McVenue: This summer, you’ll find seven fresh clubs, many with connections to big corporations. Does this signal a golden age or Golden Arches for live music?
• Live from New York: The stage, the bathroom and everything in between: Our music staff grades seven of the summer’s newest spots for live music.
• Are new clubs a good thing?: We want to know how you feel.
• Boogie knights: Escort ditches the DJ, bringing back live disco (that’s a good thing, we promise).
• Download-worthy discs: These albums are dropping like it's hot—because it is!
• Summer concerts: June: Your comprehensive calendar to this month's music in New York
• Summer concerts: July: Your comprehensive calendar to this month's music in New York
• Summer concerts: August: Your comprehensive calendar to this month's music in New York
• Summer performers on YouTube: You've heard the songs, but how do these artists stack up live? We give you a taste of their performance mettle.
• Take it outside: Download a block-rocking map of this summer’s outdoor concert venues