Here is the monthly music calendar for June 2014. Listings on the calendar are for venues in New York City and for bands that I can personally recommend or which I have reason to believe are worthwhile. All shows listed here are free or have tickets which cost $40 or less. I’ve tried to list the set time for each band. If all I have is a time when the show starts or when doors open, I’ll list that and so note it. As usual, this calendar will be updated from time to time during the coming month.
Latest Update: June 27
June 1 – Jim Keller Band – Rockwood Stage 2 – 8pm
June 2 – Alejandro Escovedo – The Bowery Electric – 8:30pm (Acoustic Solo); 9:30pm (full band)
June 2 – Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 2 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 3 – Jahn Xavier – Harley Davidson of NY – 6:30pm
June 3 – Old 97s and Lydia Loveless – Webster Hall – doors 7pm / show 9pm
June 4 – Benefit for Robert Aaron featuring James Chance, Spanking Charlene, Eric Andersen, Felony Bebop Club, Joey Kelly All Stars, Thousand Yard Stare, Crazy Mary, Ned Sublette, Puma Perl, LifeLiss, Phil Gammage, Kevin Tooley, Marisa Licata, Johnny Cement, Danny Ray, and possibly more – R Bar – 6pm
June 4 – Mia Dyson – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm
June 5 – Darlene Love – MetroTech Commons – Noon
June 5 – The Losers Lounge Presents: The Talking Heads – Joe’s Pub – 7pm
June 5 – Michaela Anne – Hill Country Brooklyn – 9pm
June 5 – Madi Diaz – Rough Trade – show 9pm
June 5 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10pm
June 6 – The Losers Lounge Presents: The Talking Heads – Joe’s Pub – 7pm
June 6 – The Losers Lounge Presents: The Talking Heads – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm
June 6 – Demolition String Band – Rodeo Bar – 10:45pm
June 7 – Sonya Kitchell & Co. – Brooklyn Bowl – doors 6pm / show 8pm
June 7 – Poundcake – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
June 7 – Rony’s Insomnia – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 8 – Jim Campilongo and Honeyfingers – 55 Bar – 8pm
June 8 – Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis – Joe’s Pub – 9:30pm
June 9 – Aly Tadros – Pianos – 7pm
June 9 – Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers – Hill Country Brooklyn – 7pm
June 9 – Treetop Flyers – Rockwood Stage 2 – 9pm
June 9 – Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 9 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 10 – Bucky Hayes – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 10 – Jeremy Messersmith – Bowery Ballroom – 9pm
June 11 – Thomas Bryan Eaton and Hobson’s Choice – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
June 12 – Chuck Prophet (performing Temple Beautiful with strings), Megan Reilly – Bowery Ballroom – doors 8pm / show 9pm
June 12 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 12 – Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers – Hill Country NY – 9pm
June 12 – Tribute to The Rolling Stones Part 2 – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
June 13 – Dear Georgiana – Spike Hill – 10pm
June 14 – Mary Gauthier – Joe’s Pub – 7:30pm
June 15 – Joe Ely, Lenny Kaye – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
June 15 – Rich Hinman - Rockwood Stage 2 – 8pm
June 15 – Richard Julian Band – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 16 – Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 16 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 16 – Dirty Water Dogs – Ear Inn – Midnight -3am
June 18 – Willie Nile – Highline Ballroom – doors 6pm
June 18 – Nicole Atkins – Madison Square Park – 7pm
June 18 – It’s a Nugget if You Dug It – Nuggets 40th Anniversary + 2 with Tony Shanahan, Lenny Kaye, Glen Burtnik, Joan Osborne, Marshall Crenshaw, Steve Wynn and Kevn Kinney – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
June 18 – North of Amarillo – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
June 19 – Ethan Eubanks – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
June 19 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Stage 3 – 10:30pm
June 20 – Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion, Milton – Rockwood Stage 3 – 7pm
June 20 – The Looking – The Cutting Room – doors 6:30pm / show 7pm
June 20 – Michaela Anne – Highline Ballroom – 7:30pm
June 20 – Secret Someones – Brooklyn Bowl – show 8pm
June 20 – John Doe – The Bell House – doors 7pm / show 8pm
June 20 – Puss n Boots – Sunny’s – 10pm
June 21 – Houndmouth – Brooklyn Bowl – doors 6pm / show 9pm
June 22 – Jim Campilongo and Honeyfingers – Barbes – 8pm
June 23 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 24 – John Doe – 6th Annual Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival (in the parking lot behind City Winery) – 5pm
June 24 – Bucky Hayes – Parkside Lounge – 9pm
Jun24 – Elizabeth and The Catapult – Rockwood Stage 3 – 10pm
June 25 – Wreckless Eric – Mercury Lounge – 7pm
June 25 – The Bushwick Book Club sing songs inspired by Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking – performers include Bob Holman, Chris Rael, Zane Van Dusen, Susan Hwang, Leslie Graves, Casey Holford, Jessie Kilguss, Pierre de Gaillande and Shannon Pelcher – Barbes – 7pm
June 25 – Thomas Bryan Eaton and Hobson’s Choice – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
June 26 – Courtney Lee Adams Jr. – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
June 27 – Sasha Dobson – Rockwood Music Hall – 8pm
Update: June 27 – Spanking Charlene – Fat Baby – 10:30pm
June 28 – Jahn Xavier – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
June 28 – Rony’s Insomnia – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
June 29 – The Great Harmony Swap Duets Show with Monica “Li’l Mo” Passin, Sherryl Marshall, Lisa Lowell, Linda Hill, Tom Clark, Rebecca Turner, Dave Foster, Charlene McPherson, Jahn Xavier, Eric Ambel, Drina Lessard Seay, Annie Mark, Amy Allison, Elena Skye, Scott Anthony, Rembert Block, Elisa Peimer, Arno Hecht, Leslie Wagner, Deena Shoshkes, Colleen Hindsley, Chris James, Julie Grower and Boo Reiners – Treehouse at 2A – 9pm
June 30 – Tony Scherr Trio with Anton Fier and Rob Jost – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
June 30 – Jim Campilongo Trio with Chris Morrissey and Josh Dion – Rockwood Music Hall – 10pm
July and Beyond
July 1 – James Maddock – Rockwood Stage 3 – 8pm
July 1 – Nick Africano – Rockwood Music Hall – 11pm
July 2 – Rony’s Insomnia – Pianos – 9pm
July 2 – North of Amarillo – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
July 3 – Sonya Kitchell – Cameo Gallery – show 8pm
July 3 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Stage 2 – 10pm
July 6 – Aaron Lee Tasjan and Caleb Caudle – Rockwood Stage 3 – 9:30pm
July 8 – So Brown – Rockwood Music Hall – 7pm
July 8 -Marshall Crenshaw and The Bottle Rockets (Requests Show) – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
July 8 – Nick Africano – Rockwood Music Hall – 11pm
July 9 – John Fullbright – Madison Square Park – 7pm
July 10 – Jim Boggia, Benjamin Cartel – Spike Hill – show 8pm
July 11 – The Pretty Babies – Beast of Bourbon – 9pm
July 12 – Arum Rae – Brooklyn Night Bazaar – 7pm
July 12 – Mancie – The Rock Shop – show 8pm
July 13 – New Ponies – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
July 14 – Eli “Paperboy” Reed & Honeyfingers play Modern Sounds in Country and Western – Rockwood Stage 2 – 11pm
July 15 – Puss n Boots – The Bell House – doors 7:30pm / show 8:30pm
July 15 – Camera Obscura, Laura Cantrell – Le Poisson Rouge – doors 8pm / show 9pm
July 15 – Michaela Anne – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
July 15 – Nick Africano – Rockwood Music Hall – 11pm
July 16 – Ann Klein – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm
July 16 – Camera Obscura, Laura Cantrell – Music Hall of Williamsburg – doors 8pm / show 9pm
July 16 – North of Amarillo – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
July 17 – The Looking – Rockwood Stage 3 – 8pm
July 17 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Stage 3 – 10pm
July 18 – Jill Sobule and Friends (A Live Album Recording) – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
July 18 – Lydia Loveless – BB Kings – 8pm
July 18 – Rony’s Insomnia – Rockwood Music Hall – 9pm
July 21 – Homeboy Steve CD Release Show – Parkside Lounge – 8pm
July 23 – North of Amarillo – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
July 24 – James Maddock – The Cutting Room – doors 6:30pm / show 7:30pm
July 25 – Dayna Kurtz – Barbes – 8pm
July 25 – Richard Julian – Rockwood Stage 3 – 9pm
July 27 – Jim Campilongo and Honeyfingers – Barbes – 8pm
July 29 – Conor Oberst with special guest Dawes – Central Park Summerstage – doors 6pm / show 7pm
July 30 – Zephaniah and the 18 Wheelers (Jim Campilongo, Jonny Lam, Roy Williams, Scott Colberg, Nick “Crime” Anderson, Zephaniah O’Hora) – Rockwood Stage 2 – 7pm
July 30 – North of Amarillo – Skinny Dennis – 9pm
July 31 -Paleface – Hill Country Brooklyn – 7pm
Aug. 2 – The Baseball Project – Rough Trade – doors 8pm / show 9pm (on sale Friday 5/9 at Noon)
Aug. 6 – Marshall Crenshaw (Requests Show) – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
Aug. 6 – Sister Sparrow and The Dirty Birds – Madison Square Park – 7pm
Aug. 6 – Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell – Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park Bandshell – show 7:30pm
Aug. 9 – Rosanne Cash, The Lone Bellow, Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale – Lincoln Center Out of Doors at Damrosch Park Bandshell – show 6pm
Aug. 12 – Drivin’ N Cryin’ and Aaron Lee Tasjan – 6th Annual Hudson Square Music & Wine Festival (in the parking lot behind City Winery) – 5pm
Aug. 15 – Red Wanting Blue – Bowery Ballroom – doors 8pm / show 9pm
Aug. 21 – Jay Stolar – Rockwood Stage 3 – 10pm
Sept. 18 – Peter Case, Amy Speace – Rockwood Stage 3 – 7pm
Sept. 20 – The Mastersons – Rough Trade – 8pm
Sept. 23 – The Mastersons – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
Sept. 30 – Poundcake – City Winery – doors 6pm / show 8pm
Oct. 10 – The Kennedys 20th Anniversary Show – Rockwood Stage 3 – 7:30pm
Oct. 25 – Eddie and The Hot Rods – The Bowery Electric – show 7:30pm
Nov. 1 – The Dream Syndicate – Bowery Ballroom – Time TBA
