Music Events in NYC for Sunday, August 16, 2026

Events

1. The Samurai and the Prisoner

   12:00 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

2. Little Spoon Presents: Music of The Beatles + More for Kids, Played by The Rock and Roll Playhouse

   12:30 PM · Brooklyn Bowl

3. Stretch your Imagination in Bushwick

   1:00 PM · Pirate Studios

4. Late Fame

   1:15 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

5. The World Famous Harlem Gospel Choir

   1:30 PM · Blue Note Jazz Club

6. Smalls Afternoon Jam Session Hosted by Ryo Sasaki

   2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club, New York, NY

7. Afternoon Jam in the Cafe

   2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club

8. Pregame Rituals // Alester // Silvera // Atrophy Wife

   2:00 PM · Gold Sounds

9. Vocalist Jam in the Cafe

   2:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club

10. Jazz in the Park at Ralph Ellison

    2:00 PM · Ralph Ellison Plaza

11. The Trek

    3:45 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

12. GET DOWN with DJ E.N

    4:00 PM · Club Cumming

13. Jack Grace Band

    4:00 PM · Mama Tried

14. Cenote Project [Open-Air Sunsets]

    5:00 PM · Somewhere Nowhere

15. From Parts Unknown: A Porch Couch Series

    5:00 PM · Mercury Lounge

16. Haus of Honey

    5:00 PM · The Sultan Room Rooftop

17. Sundae Sauuce: Travis George, King Marie, JUNGIN, Angela Rayos

    5:00 PM · Elsewhere

18. Warren Wolf with Alex Brown and Strings perform Chick Corea's Lyric Suite for Sextet

    5:00 PM · Jazz at Lincoln Center

19. Joe Magnarelli Quartet

    6:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club, New York, NY

20. Tamuz Nissim Quartet

    6:00 PM · Mezzrow, New York, NY

21. Blood and Desire: A Night of Bob Dylan’s Thunder

    6:00 PM · Cafe Wha?

22. Salsa Na’Ma

    6:00 PM · Friends and Lovers

23. Tamuz Nissim Trio

    6:00 PM · Smalls Jazz Club

24. The Disappearing Act | Titan | Lilacs

    6:10 PM · Bowery Palace

25. Eden Marsh, Twin Brother, Dov Beck-Levine

    6:30 PM · Night Club 101

26. Flamenco Jazz Jam

    6:30 PM · Drom

27. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    6:30 PM · Film Society of Lincoln Center

28. Shoshana Bean x Jason Robert Brown: Vinyl Listening Party

    6:30 PM · Technica House NY

29. Aaron Rizzo and Desmond Myers present: The Axis Tour

    7:00 PM · The Bitter End

30. Brandi Carlile - The Human Tour

    7:00 PM · Bethel Woods

31. Eva & Her Virgins w/ Lydia Vengeance, Big Ox, Supercel, Sweet Undertow

    7:00 PM · Arlene's Grocery

32. Evening Jazz Cruise Aboard Manhattan

    7:00 PM · Chelsea Piers

33. FREQUENCY Brittany Campbell, Jacobi Kai, Amber Tiara, & More

    7:00 PM · Nublu 151

34. Jamala

    7:00 PM · Music Hall of Williamsburg

35. Jungle, Dub, House With Paul C

    7:00 PM · Keybar

36. Kidsnot$aints., Kuomo (EP Release)

    7:00 PM · The Sultan Room