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Best Shows This Week (November 24 - 30) in NYC

Blood Orange, Aimee Mann & Ted Leo, Kevin Barnes, Shilpa Ray, AVTT/PTTN, Sam Smith, Spite Fuxxx, John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Marc Ribot, Brazilian Girls, The Dictators, Hayden Pedigo, Band of Skulls & more!

November 24, 2025

MONDAY
Kevin Barnes (Of Montreal) plays a solo show at Night Club 101 with solid support from rising indie rocker Ada Lea (of Montreal).
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TUESDAY
John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, Marc Ribot and more downtown NYC luminaries play a big time benefit for Roulette. Bet on this one.
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TUESDAY
AVTT/PTTN (The Avett Bros + Mike Patton of Faith No More et al.) converse with Eric André, plus make their first NYC live performance at The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture. Thinking about it.
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WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Sam Smith continues their... stay with me.... twenty-four (24) show (!) run at Warsaw.
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THURSDAY
Let's talk turkey. Overrated? Underrated? White meat? Dark meat? Stuffed? Fried? We're here to listen.

FRIDAY
Bombastic Brooklyn punks Spite FuXXX blast some fast rippers at Bar Freda. File Under: the opposite of SuXXX.
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FRIDAY - SUNDAY
The Aimee Mann & Ted Leo Christmas Show returns to City Winery, delighting grown-up children everywhere. You have to have a heart of oak not to love these four weekend shows, but please remember to keep the laughs down as voices carry.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Blood Orange begins a big run of six (6) shows at Brooklyn Steel starting this weekend. If you don't love in-the-round shows you are so square.
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SUNDAY
Stellar NYC songwriter Shilpa Ray plays Pianos with solid support from duo Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) & Kid Millions (Oneida).
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Marietta, The Dictators, Brazilian Girls, Hayden Pedigo, All Time Low, Band of Skulls, The Academy Is..., Louis CK, Torture and the Desert Spiders, Blind Guardian, Natalie Merchant, Light Asylum, Heavy Halo, Skull Practitioners, Cohort B, Wince, Lovejoy (win tickets), Talking Sopranos (win tickets), John Cusak (win tickets), Lamp, The Bogmen, I Hate Models, Weathergirl, Nervous Dater and more!