Ten curated Scope NYC picks for Monday, October 5, 2026.
T.3 brings its three-part vocal blend to Mercury Lounge for an early show. The New York trio is known for arrangements spanning pop and musical-theater songs, an intimate-room alternative to hearing vocal harmony through a phone screen.
Margaret B. Steele restores the story of Adelaide Herrmann, the vaudeville magician who took up the act after her husband’s death. Archival images, a multimedia presentation and live demonstrations of Herrmann’s signature effects make this book event a performance as well.
Six performers build the New York Modular Society’s seventh-anniversary program from live modular synthesis, with each set taking the rooftop from one patch of sound to the next. This is a hands-on corner of the city’s electronic scene, played in real time.
Lia Menaker marks an album release at Sleepwalk, sharing the bill with Addi McDaniel and Ari Weissberger. The small-room format suits a night centered on new songs and the Brooklyn musicians around them.
Ted Nash’s big band revisits Presidential Suite at Dizzy’s Club, where brass and reeds can stretch the saxophonist’s orchestral writing across the room. Okema T. Moore joins as guest reader for this evening-length program.
Free Film at Lincoln Center talk pairs Alain Gomis with brothers Arie and Chuko Esiri to discuss their NYFF films, Dao and Clarissa. The conversation links a family memorial and wedding across continents with a Lagos-set Woolf adaptation.
Everything Everything plays Get to Heaven in full for its tenth-anniversary tour stop at Irving Plaza. The band’s art-pop songs balance restless rhythms and bright hooks, making this a rare chance to hear the 2015 album as one piece.
Verdi’s new Met production sets Macbeth’s violent rise against Elizabethan and contemporary imagery. Lise Davidsen’s Lady Macbeth and Quinn Kelsey’s haunted king lead the cast, with Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting.
beabadoobee brings The Powerlines Tour to Madison Square Garden with Wisp as special guest. The arena date pairs her sharp-edged pop songwriting with an opener from the newer shoegaze wave.
Will Gorman leads the early set at Ornithology on voice and piano, with Vincent Dupont on bass and Eric Dupont on drums. A close Brooklyn jazz-room set gives Monday a chance to start with a trio rather than a large-room show.