Festival season has been kicked into overdrive. Just when festivalgoers thought the announcement would slow down, organizers of the North Carolina Folk Festival and Bumbershoot rolled out their official lineups.
Speaking of announcements, several musicians unveiled their respective tour dates this fall. for Vince Staples that is the Cry Baby Tour. Knocked Loose & Denzel Curry are joining forces for their co-headlining The Hive Mind Tour. The So Help Me God Tour for Kelsey Lu is picking up steam. Zolita will launch her Hell’s Belles Tour soon. G Flip will hit the road for their Bed On Fire Tour.
Although Teddy Swims is not an independent artist, when the fall leg of his The Ugly Tour begins, he will be surrounded by them. Natasha Bedingfield, Allen Stone, Mac Ayres, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, and MarcLo have signed onto The Ugly Tour as opening support. Other recently announced special tours include Noname’s 10th anniversary The Telefone Tour and Frankie Cosmos’ 10th anniversary Next Thing Tour.
But as for shows, concert lovers can enjoy this coming week (beginning on June 22), there are plenty to check out. This week our top live show recommendations include Jhariah’s Trust Ceremony Tour stop at Bowery Ballroom, Tobe Nwigwe’s two-performance pop-up at Blue Note NYC, Chrissy Chlapecka’s Girl On The Moon Tour stop at MilkBoy, Big Freedia’s Pride In The Key Of Bounce show at Sony Hall as part of Blue Note Jazz Festival 2026, Son Little’s CityFolk Tour at Music Hall of Williamsburg, MGMT’s DJ set at Knockdown Center, Lowertown’s Ugly Duckling Union Tour stop at Bowery Ballroom, Harvey Street’s Talk It Out Tour stop at Mercury Lounge, and more. View our entire curated list below.
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Angela Autumn
Date: Monday, June 22, 2026
Venue: Night Club 101
Show Time: 7 p.m.
Openers: Rachel Angel
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Jhariah
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Venue: Bowery Ballroom
Show Time: 7 p.m.
Openers: Lora Mouna
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Tobe Nwigwe
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Venue: Blue Note NYC
Show Time: 8 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.
Openers:
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Chrissy Chlapecka
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Venue: MilkBoy
Show Time: 8 p.m.
Openers: Slajer
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Big Freedia
Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Venue: Sony Hall
Show Time: 8 p.m.
Openers:
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Son Little
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
Venue: Music Hall of Williamsburg
Show Time: 8 p.m.
Openers: Tonina
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MGMT (DJ Set)
Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Venue: Ruins at Knockdown Center
Show Time: 3 p.m.
Openers: Fundido b2b Martha Pinel and Ivan Berko
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Austin Millz
Date: Friday, June 26, 2026
Venue: Franklin Music Hall
Show Time: 8 p.m.
Openers: DJ DIAMOND KUTS
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Harvey Street
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
Venue: Mercury Lounge
Show Time: 6 p.m.
Openers:
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Lowertown
Date: Saturday, June 27, 2026
Venue: Bowery Ballroom
Show Time: 8 p.m.
Openers: Holidays in United States
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Leo Middea
Date: Sunday, June 28, 2026
Venue: Littlefield
Show Time: 8 p.m.
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