October 1: Ryan Sawyer, Wendy Eisenberg, Animal Surrender, Domestic Drafts @ Cassette
October 1: Nels Cline (Consentrik Quartet), Ingrid Laubrock, Chris Lightcap, Tom Rainey @ Littlefield
October 1: Lorde, The Japanese House, Chanel Beads @ Madison Square Garden
October 1: The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid To Die, ASkySoBlack, Sleepwack @ Market Hotel
October 1: David Byrne @ Radio City Music Hall
October 1: TOPS, Starcleaner Reunion @ Webster Hall
October 1: Tomeka Reid, Lesley Mok, Yvonne Rogers (trio) @ The Stone
October 2–3: Gelli Haha, Shallowhalo @ Night Club 101
October 2: Drugdealer, Sedona @ Bowery Ballroom
October 2: Oneida, Michael Beach, SAVAC @ Union Pool
October 2: Dry Cleaning, Infinity Knives, Brian Ennals @ Warsaw
October 2: Synthicide: Velvet May, Max Headroom, Andi @ Bossa Nova Civic Club
October 2: Marty Erlich & Tomeka Reid @ The Stone
October 3: Kevin Gates, DJ Chose @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 3–5: We Belong Here feat. MGMT (DJ), Gordo, Ellerbrook (DJ), Carl Cox, and more @ Greenpoint Terminal
October 3: Tomeka Reid, Tomas Fujiwara, Ikue Mori (trio) @ The Stone
October 3: Ninajirachi, Somewhere Special, and more @ Market Hotel
October 3: Mustafina, Thought Partner, Arklight @ Main Drag Music
October 3: Rally in the Jungle: 3mouth, nguyendowsXP, amita Pierce Jackson @ Trans-Pecos
October 3: Gojnea76, Marlie, Jack Mulqueen & Yochanan @ Signal
October 4: Manuka Honey, Authentically Plastic, DJ Lita & WTCHCRFT b2b sh4dows @ Paragon
October 4: John Maus, Christopher Owens @ Warsaw
October 4: DJ Stingray 313, Akua, and more @ BASEMENT
October 4: Synthicide: Qual. Moon 17 @ TV EYE
October 4–5, 11–13: InGardens Festival feat. Janice Lowe Trio, Lesley Mok Trio, Patrick Brennan, Luke Stewart, and more @ First Street Green
October 4: Dumpstaphunk @ Brooklyn Bowl
October 4: Bush Tetras, Los Microwaves, Pons, Genre Is Death @ Market Hotel
October 4: Lutalo, Spellbinder @ Night Club 101
October 4: Ches Smith Clone Row, Ikue Mori, Tomerka Reid, and more @ Public Records
October 4: KYRUH, Donis, and more @ secret location
October 5: Aminé, Sango @ Central Park SummerStage
October 5: midwxst @ Racket
October 5: Farsight, Maenad, Drummy b2b Nick Boyd @ Bossa Nova Civic Club
October 5: The Ghost feat. Zach Rowden, Branden Lopez, Henry Paz, Holman Alvarez, and Whit Dickey (quartet) @ P.I.T.
October 5: Mister Sunday: Eamon Harkin, Justin Carter @ Nowadays
October 6: Michael Kiwanuka @ Beacon Theatre
October 6: Skullcrusher @ Night Club 101
October 6: Deltron 3030, Kid Koala, Leilani @ Webster Hall
October 6: Tom Skinner @ Night Club 101
October 7: Yazmin Lacey @ Cafe Erzulie
October 7: J.R. Bohannon, Greg Fox, Steve Gunn, Mark Morgan @ Cassette
October 7: Tom Hamilton @ Light and Sound Design
October 8: Makaya McCraven @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
October 8: Sloppy Jane, Lea Jaffe, girlpuppy, Good Anya @ Night Club 101
October 8–9: 2hollis @ Terminal 5
October 8: Delicate Steve, Pinc Louds, Katy Pinke @ Xanadu
October 9: Matthew Danger Lippman, Storey Littleton, The Curls @ ALPHAVILLE
October 9: Lily Seabird, Thomas Dollbaum @ Baby’s All Right
October 9: Tune-Yards @ Bowery Balloroom
October 9: Zoh Amba, Jake McKelvie, Michael Martin Doherty @ Cassette
October 9: Pile, NNMAMDÏ, youbet @ Sony Hall
October 9: JW Francis @ The Sultan Room
October 9: Garbage Party: Kill Alters, Reagan Holiday, RGEM (DJ) @ TV EYE
October 9: High Vis, Crush Your Soul, Cold Gawd, Secret World @ Warsaw
October 9: Taraneh, Eliusin, Comet @ Xanadu
October 9: Harassment, Alex McGrath & Francesca H, Unknown Sound Collective, Exit Seraphim @ Kaleidescope
October 10–12: Air @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 10–12: We Belong Here feat. Porter Robinson (DJ,) Wax Motif, Nora En Pure, and more @ Wollman Rink
October 10–11: David Byrne @ Radio City Music Hall
October 10–11: Teksupport: PAWSA @ Brooklyn Storehouse
October 10: Hotline TNT, DUSK @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
October 10: Kneecap (livestream) @ Kings Theatret
October 10: Jacques Greene, Nosaj Thing, Purelink, QRTR @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 10: Aurora Halal, Deep Creep, LOIF, Eden Aurelius @ Public Records
October 10: Erik Friedlander, Wendy Eisenberg, Myk Freedman @ The Stone
October 10: Robb Bank$ @ Baby’s All Right
October 11–12: Yusuf (Cat Stevens) @ Town Hall
October 11: Rafiq Bhatia @ Public Records
October 11: Sir Chloe, Suzy Clue @ Webster Hall
October 11: Scarlet Rae, girlpuppy, Superfan
October 11: Wet Ink Ensemble @ The Tenri Institute
October 11: John Carroll Kirby, Miho Hatori @ First Unitarian Congregational Society
October 11: Erica Eso, Kalbells @ Union Pool
October 11: Nonstop: Anthony Naples, Kilopatrah Jones, Sugar Free, Theo Parrish, Very J @ Nowadays
October 11: gun.mp3 @ Isola Brooklyn
October 11: DJ SWISHA, SilkyBlack @ House of Yes
October 12: Carl Craig & DJ Minx @ Public Records
October 12: Mister Sunday: Soul Summit @ Nowadays
October 12: Jubilee @ Gabriela
October 13/14/16/17–8: Grizzly Bear, L’Rain/This Is Lorelei/Sam Evian/Chanel Beads @ Brooklyn Steel
October 13: Natural Information Society, Kalia Vandever @ Roulette
October 13: Petey USA, Alex Cameron @ Webster Hall
October 14: Big Dumb Baby, Baby Fischgrund, Kid Lake @ Cassette
October 15: Asylum Support Clinic benefit: Porches, more eaze, fantasy of a broken heart, Mature, Body Meat (DJ), People (DJ), Jaboukie Young-White, and more @ Baby’s All Right
October 15: Grandaddy, Greg Freeman @ Brooklyn Steel
October 15: Rico Nasty @ Irving Plaza
October 15: YOB, Windhand @ Pioneer Works
October 15: Pardoner, Halloween, Bullseye, Guyscrapers @ The Broadway
October 15: Henry Fraser @ The Stone
October 16: Guerilla Toss @ Brooklyn Bowl
October 16: Peel Dream Magazine, 22° Halo @ Baby’s All Right
October 16: Bambara, Malice K, Buck Gooter @ Bowery Ballroom
October 16: Henry Fraser & Michael Cabuto @ The Stone
October 16: Cakedog, username, and more @ Bossa Nova Civic Club
October 16–18: My Morning Jacket, BALTHVS @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 16: Margaret Glaspy, Daphne Gale @ (Le) Poisson Roge
October 16: Kota The Friend @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 16: Car Culture, Ian Kim Judd, and more @ Nowadays
October 17–18: BRIC JazzFest: Chief Adjuah, Adrian Younge, Nubya Garcia, Karriem Riggins and more @ BRIC House
October 17: Julian Lage @ Town Hall
October 17: Brian Chase (of Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Lee Ranaldo (of Sonic Youth), David Watson @ Roulette
October 17: Bret McKenzie (of Flight of the Conchords) @ (Le) Poisson Rouge
October 18–19: Will Butler, Sister Squares @ Joe’s Pub
October 18: Henry Fraser, Michael Halderman, Eliana Glass, Anthony Pearlman, and John Starks (quintet) @ The Stone
October 18: Upchuck @ Elsewhere
October 18: Madison McFerrin, 13th Law @ Elsewhere
October 18: Mutilated Fest: Beheaded, Incinerate, Dripping, and more @ The Meadows
October 18: Disclosure (live), Villager @ Forest Hills Stadium (early)
October 18: Disclosure, Bullet Tooth, Don Ri @ Knockdown Center (late)
October 18: Quadeca @ Irving Plaza
October 18: Madi Diaz @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 18: bloodsports, Venus Twins, and more @ Union Pool
October 18: Dripping Nonstop: Elena Colombi b2b Relaxer, Nidi b2b DJ N***a Fox, and more @ Nowadays
October 18: Jayda G, Rissa Garcia, Marco Lys, and more @ Elsewhere
October 18: Softi, DJ JM, Mui Mui @ secret location
October 18: DJ Assault @ Market Hotel
October 19: WE SAVE US: MGMT (DJ), Pom Pom Squad, and more @ Brooklyn Bowl
October 19: Ravyn Lenae @ Terminal 5
October 19: Alice Phoebe Lou @ Bowery Ballroom
October 19: The Psychedelic Furs, Gary Numan @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 19: Disclosure, JADALAREIGN @ Knockdown Center
October 19: Saul Williams, Carlos Niño @ The Sultan Room
October 19: Wayne Horvitz: Solos, Duos, and Pocket Ensemble @ The Owl
October 19: Marcel Dettman @ Nowadays
October 19: bullet tooth @ Public Records
October 20: gushes, Low Tides, Kaye, ALYXÅNDRA @ TV EYE
October 20: Doechii @ The Theater at Madison Square Garden
October 21: Modest Mouse, Built to Spill @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 21: D.A. Crimson, Gabriel Delicious, Pain Annihilator @ Cassette
October 21: Princess Nokia @ Baby’s All Right
October 22: John Medeski @ The Stone
October 22: Neko Case, Des Demonas @ Beacon Theatre
October 22: Jeff Tweedy, Liam Kazar @ Brooklyn Steel
October 23: Ela Minus, Danz CM @ Elsewhere
October 23: Wood River, Timo Vollbrecht @ The Owl
October 22: Cafune, Crushed @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
October 22: White Reaper, Dazy, World’s Worst @ TV EYE
October 23: Jack Antonoff, Hayley Williams, Role Model, Maria Zardoya (of The Marias) @ Beacon Theatre
October 23: Clara La San @ Night Club 101
October 24: Yves Tumor (DJ) @ Elsewhere
October 24–25: PinkPantheress @ Kings Theatre
October 24: Caroline Rose @ National Sawdust
October 24: Peggy Gou @ Avant Gardner
October 24: John Medeski & Billy Martin @ The Stone
October 24: A.J. Croce @ Town Hall
October 24: Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., The Macks @ TV EYE
October 24: John Medeski & Ikue Mori @ The Stone
October 25–26: Osees, DMBQ, Leila Bordreuil @ Warsaw
October 25: Big Thief, Lomelda @ Forest Hills Stadium
October 25: Fine @ Night Club 101
October 25: Speed, End it, MSPAINT @ Xanadu
October 25: Thundercat @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 25: Bassvictim @ Bowery Ballroom
October 25: Te Shi @ Elsewhere
October 25: John Medeski & Aba Diop @ The Stone
October 25: Ben Special, So Totally, Loadcard, Watching Planes I Touch Myself @ Cassette
October 25: Pressure X HELLTEKK: Hiroko Yamamura, Dakota Velasquez b2b Fuckthepsychs, and more @ secret location
October 25: Teksupport: Nina Kraviz @ location TBA
October 26: Stephin Merritt, Noah Britton, and more @ Union Hall
October 26, 28–29, 31: Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Amber Mark @ Madison Square Garden
October 27–28, 31: Tame Impala @ Barclays Center
October 27: Indigo De Souza, Mothe @ Webster Hall
October 29–30: St. Vincent @ Café Carlyle
October 29: The Rise of the Novel @ Roulette
October 29–30: Robert Glasper, Ledisi (early and late shows) @ Blue Note
October 29: King Princess, Sasami @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 29: Living Colour, Nabihah Iqbal (DJ) @ City Winery
October 29: Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Dean, Amber Mark @ Madison Square Garden
October 29: Na-Kel Smith @ Market Hotel
October 29: Mother Soki, Sex Week, Swordes @ Night Club 101
October 29: Eucademix, Dream Crease, Cassandra Croft @ Public Records
October 29: Ezra Furman @ Webster Hall
October 29: Mark Dresser, Gerry Hemingway, Earl Howard, and surprise guest (Quartet) @ The Stone
October 30: Little Simz @ Brooklyn Paramount
October 30: Purity Ring @ Brooklyn Steel
October 30: Conway The Machine @ Racket
October 30: Debby Friday @ Public Records
October 30: Mark Dresser, Matt Wilson, and Myra Melford (Trio) @ The Stone
October 31: PC Music, PinkPantheress, and more @ The Brooklyn Monarch
October 31: Nonstop Halloween: DJ Hell, Helena Hauff, Juliana Huxtable, and more @ Nowadays
October 31: The Vampire Ball: Kittin, Jubilee, LSDXOXO, and more @ Industry City
October 31: Ben UFO, Cic, and more @ Elsewhere
October 31: Egyptian Lover, Byrell The Great, and more @ Paragon
October 31: Honey Bun, KYRUH, Von @ Xanadu