Best Shows This Week (June 22 - 28) in NYC - Oh My Rockness

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Best Shows This Week (June 22 - 28) in NYC

The Breeders, Tortoise, Of Montreal, Black Country, New Road, The Church, The Moldy Peaches, Horsegirl, Sharp Pins, L'Rain, PinkPantheress, Bleachers, Wednesday, Laurie Anderson, BODEGA, The Hotelier, Weird Nightmare, Cat Power, Laurel Halo, Martin Rev, Woods + more!

June 22, 2026

MONDAY
Composer Max Richter plays with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble at NJPAC. A classy start to the week.
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TUESDAY
Beloved NYC post ___ art rockers BODEGA conveniently plays a deli-ciously *free show* at Market Hotel.
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TUESDAY
Cat Power and (lots) more artists perform the songs of Suicide at a memorial for The Delta 72's Gregg Foreman and to celebrate Alan Vega birthday's at Bowery Palace.
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TUESDAY
The Church play Sony Hall under the milky way tonight.
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TUESDAY
Of Montreal plays Webster Hall. I gotta have my post/indie/psych that pops!
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WEDNESDAY
Black Country, New Road + Horsegirl and Sharp Pins play Central Park SummerStage. "One of the best free shows of the summer," says leading local music blob Oh My Rockness.
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WEDNESDAY
The Breeders play The Rooftop at Pier 17 right on the water. Do they allow cannonballs there or no?
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THURSDAY
Post rock titans Tortoise play the Ruins at Knockdown Center with solid support from L'Rain. More like ChicaGOING.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
MA indieemopunks The Hotelier checks-in with NYC again after a few years of deep rest with two shows at Bowery Ballroom.
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FRIDAY
PinkPantheress plays a *free World Cup pop-up show* in Brooklyn Bridge Park and you should totally gooooooooooooo.
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FRIDAY
Anti-folk superstars The Moldy Peaches (born: 1994) make their Carnegie Hall debut. After all these years, the time was finally ripe.
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FRIDAY
NYC music icon Laurie Anderson performs with jazz quartet Sexmob at Central Park SummerStage and you can go see it all *for free.*
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SATURDAY
Punk Island NYC returns to Randall's Island with a bunch of bands ready to rip. All ages. DIY. Free.
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SATURDAY
LadyLand 2026 returns to Under the K Bridge Park with Kim Petras, DJ Romy (the xx) and lots more.
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SATURDAY
Weird Nightmare (ex-METZ) plays Union Pool. Let's.
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SUNDAY
Labiahead (All Women Radiohead) play (Le) Poisson Rouge. The nighttime show sold-out (no surprises there) so they added a matinee.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Woods, Bleachers, Wednesday, MGMT (DJ set), Martin Rev, Laurel Halo, Frog, Runnner, The Human League, Lowertown (win tickets), Avalon Emerson, Shellshag, Anysia Kym, The Lawrence Arms, John Waters, Leftover Crack (free), Busta Rhymes (free), The Budos Band, Paul Collins' Beat, Playboy Manbaby, Carla Delevingne, Big Freedia, Terry Riley's "In C", Teenage Bottlerocket, Kittie, Lenny Kaye, Amiture Music, Hi-Lo Jack (win tickets), The Reytons (win tickets), KatzPascale (win tickets), bixby (win tickets), The Cab (win tickets), Comedy Bang! Bang! Live!, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Jimmy Eat World, Dark Star Orchestra, The Darts and more!

Plus, MORE FREE SUMMER SHOWS!


THE FULL LIST

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