Concerts in Brooklyn

When Friko delivered their debut album Where we’ve been, Where we go from here, the Chicago-based band introduced a galvanizing new voice into the indie-rock canon. Both uncompromising in spirit and thrilling in impact, the 2024 LP landed on best-of-the-year lists from the likes of Pitchfork, the cover of NME, and led to glowing acclaim from Rolling Stone, Paste, NPR Music, and SPIN (who noted that the album “places them in a lineage of great indie- and alt-rock acts…bands with prominent weird streaks, arena-sized potential, and the chops to build a bridge between the two”). See them live at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday October 23!

Brooklyn jamtronica band Space Bacon played their first Brooklyn Bowl headline show in 2025. Indiana quartet Dizgo blends jamtronica with funk, soul, and psychedelic rock. See them live at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday, October 23!

L.A. musician Thundercat is known for his singular artistry – whether he is winning the Miles Davis Award at the Montreal Jazz Festival for his contribution to jazz, or crafting songs that resurface again and again on TikTok. Since his prominent role on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, he has collaborated with Donald Glover, HAIM, SZA, Gorillaz, Stevie Wonder, Kaytranada, Travis Scott, Pharrell, and Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson Paak) — and played landmark sets at Coachella, Glastonbury, Afropunk, and Primavera to name just a few. See him live at Kings Theatre on Friday October 23!

The Rock and Roll Playhouse Presents Chicago siblings GQ and JQ, The Q Brothers, fuse hip-hop and theater, turning Shakespeare into comic rap "Add-RAP-Tations" like Othello: The Remix, which played London's Globe. See them live at Brooklyn Bowl on Saturday, October 24 11am doors!

The Living Tombstone's viral FNAF anthem hit No. 4 on Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic chart, and their new album Rust dropped via Warner Music in 2025. Catch the duo live on The Multiplayer Tour at Brooklyn Steel on Sunday October 25!

Franck Raharinosy has led sound meditations since 2016 with gongs and singing bowls. He's joined by Sara Auster and Nigol Koulajian, 30+ years in Zen and pranayama. Unwind with a soundbath at Brooklyn Bowl on Monday, October 26!

Brothers Dana and Alden McWayne, along with a troupe of multi-instrumental artists, come together to create jazzy melodies with indie sounds inspired by their unconventional upbringing in Eugene, Oregon, live at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday October 17!

One of the most talented voices in contemporary rap, Vince Staples takes the hardened perspective of his Long Beach-via-Compton upbringing and elevates it above his contemporaries, live at Brooklyn Steel on Tuesday October 27!

Shakedown Citi formed in 2023 when its members met in the Shakedown Street parking lot scene at Citi Field. Their improvisational, Grateful Dead-inspired jams favor spontaneous arrangements over note-for-note tributes. See them live at Brooklyn Bowl on Wednesday, October 28!

Founded in Palo Alto in 2006, Nekrogoblikon blend melodic death metal with folk, comedy and symphonic power metal influences. Celebrate 20 years of the band live at Brooklyn Bowl on Thursday, October 29!

New Jersey-raised Patrick Droney, a onetime teen guitar prodigy, is a soulful pop singer/songwriter and virtuosic guitarist in the vein of John Mayer. See him live at Brooklyn Steel on Thursday October 29!

Formed in 2017 by Beacon High School students in Hell's Kitchen, pop-rock band Laundry Day has opened for Clairo, Ed Sheeran, and The 1975. See them live at Brooklyn Steel on Friday, October 30!

Playing sharp but engaging post-hardcore with complex melodic lines, edgy guitar figures, and plenty of eccentric wit (their name, for instance, sounds French, but doesn't mean anything), Les Savy Fav were formed in 1995 by five friends attending the Rhode Island School of Design. See them live at Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday October 30!

Born in New York City subway stations, Too Many Zooz play "brass house," blending jazz, Afro-Cuban rhythms, funk and EDM. A viral 2014 Union Square video brought them wide attention. See them live at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday, October 30!

London electronic duo Bassvictim, singer Maria Manow and producer Ike Clateman, earned Pitchfork's praise for debut album Forever, a Best Albums of 2025 pick. See them live at Knockdown Center on Saturday, October 31!

*New Date* New York-based singer-songwriter Margaret Glaspy blends raw indie rock with introspective folk, earning acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, and Rolling Stone. Touring behind her new album 'I Am Both,' produced by Joe Henry, she brings her sharp songwriting and distinctive guitar work to Music Hall of Williamsburg on Tuesday December 8!

*New Date* Tinlicker, the acclaimed Dutch electronic trio from Utrecht formed by Micha Heyboer and Jordi van Achthoven, now joined by vocalist Hero Baldwin, blend progressive house, deep house, and indietronica into emotionally rich, genre-defying anthems. Touring in support of their new LP "Dreams of the Machine," don't miss their live band debut in the U.S. at Brooklyn Paramount on Friday December 11!

*NEW DATE* Solar Federation: A Tribute to Rush, the award-winning, female-fronted Rush tribute band from Central PA, delivers faithful renditions of prog rock's most complex catalog with passion and precision. The only U.S. Rush tribute invited to headline Neil Peart's memorial concert, they bring the spirit of Canada's greatest to Racket NYC on Saturday January 16!

*New Date* MC Lyte released 1988's Lyte as a Rock, the first full-length solo album by a female rapper, and is a 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Join her performance and birthday celebration at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday March 19!