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Best Shows This Week (March 30 - April 5) in NYC

Perfume Genius, Nothing, Luna, Dirty Three, Surfbort, Baths, On Cinema, Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Madison Cunningham, Habibi, Drain, Charlotte Cornfield, Divorce, Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band, Angel Du$t, Tigers Jaw, Vitesse X, Hudson Freeman, Thievery Corporation, FanClubWallet + more!

March 30, 2026

MONDAY
Hard Santa Cruz punks Drain headline Warsaw. Ditch your other plans.
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TUESDAY
Canadian singer/songwriter/Merge Records musician Charlotte Cornfield plays Public Records. Bring your partner in crime.
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WEDNESDAY
Stellar SoCal post ___ folk singer/songwriter Madison Cunningham plays Town Hall. Need a +1? All you have to do is call.
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THURSDAY - SATURDAY
Dreamy band Luna plays Bowery Ballroom this week under the first Full Moon of spring aka the Pink Moon. Pink pink pink pink pink moon...
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THURSDAY
Perfume Genius plays New York Society for Ethical Culture. Consider going a moral imperative.
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THURSDAY
Ryan Davis (& The Roadhouse Band), the current state champion of Americana troubadours, plays Music Hall of Williamsburg.
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THURSDAY
Detroit hardcore punks Negative Approach (born: 1981) play TV Eye. If at first you can't get into this, stay positive and try a different way.
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FRIDAY
Acclaimed experimental composer/excellent sound artist Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith plays Elsewhere. Enjoy your musical trip to the cosmos via Bushwick.
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FRIDAY
Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington share their expert opinions, movie expertise and award-winning music at Kings Theatre for On Cinema Live. Spagett!
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FRIDAY
Post rock legends Dirty Three play a clean set at Pioneer Works, their first NYC show in 14 (!) years.
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FRIDAY
Nothing headline a heavy/swirly show at Warsaw that should be really something.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Surfbort plays Night Club 101 and Market Hotel, their first NYC shows in a few years. Recommended if you 🖤 the punk rock.
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SATURDAY
Poppy Nottingham alt/country indie rockers Divorce make their NYC live debut Elsewhere. I hope this band stays together forever. For the kids.
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SATURDAY
Neon Indian and Neggy Gemmy do late night DJ sets at Elsewhere. Go feel the glow.
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SATURDAY
Baths celebrates the 15th b'day of their v. solid album CERULEAN at Littlefield. Recommended if you 🚿 the post glitch pop.
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SUNDAY
Harmonious NYC rockers Habibi plays Baby's All Right and going will make everything fine.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Tigers Jaw, Angel Du$t, Vitesse X, Hudson Freeman, Thievery Corporation, FanClubWallet, Peaer, Cryogeyser, Com Truise, MIKE, Earl Sweatshirt, Lubomyr Melnyk, Hiding Places, Masayoshi Takanaka, The Veldt, Joseph (win tickets), Kota The Friend, David J, Moonchild, Dan Meyer (of Agriculture), Pearly Drops, Screenager, Two-Man Giant Squid, David Cross, Patrick Watson, Ingrid Michaelson, Ryan Caraveo (win tickets), Hunter Hayes (win tickets), Annahstasia, Joudy, Taqbir, Real Young & Lazy Horse, Jacqueline Novak and more!