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N.Flying the K-rock band

Midtown Manhattan

N.Flying set to soar in NYC for US Tour ‘&CON4 : FULL CIRCLE’

Posted on August 8, 2025

Voting is open for the VMAs.

Music

Voting open for VMAs as the award show gears up for return to UBS Arena

Posted on August 7, 2025

woman singing on stage as fans applaud at Lucinda's in East Village

Lucinda Williams on stage, Johnny Cash in the bathroom at the East Village’s newest honky-tonk bar

Posted on August 6, 2025

Busta Rhymes

LI Press

Long Island’s Busta Rhymes added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Mirage parent company, Avant Gardner, files for bankruptcy

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Brooklyn Paper

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! shifts lineup to reflect borough’s changing communities

Keshi in Washington Square Park

‘A man of the people’: Keshi invites fans to bring their guitars for Washington Square Park meet and greet

Posted on August 3, 2025

Braata Productions folks singers huddle for "Banana.”

Caribbean Life

Vibes on Vibes

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Brooklyn Paper

‘Never forgotten’: Investigators renew push to solve 1973 disappearance of Brooklyn teens

ATEEZ returned to Citi Field for a huge show.

Queens

ATEEZ makes triumphant return to Citi Field, drawing thousands of fans

Posted on July 23, 2025

Travis Japan at Sony Hall on Oct 16, 2024.

Music

Travis Japan set to dazzle New York City once more with epic return

Posted on July 18, 2025

SAN of ATEEZ at a surprised listening party in Soho.

Soho

A SoHo ‘Fantasy:’ hello82 surprises fans with ATEEZ listening party

Posted on July 16, 2025

K-pop star BIBI made a pitstop in Midtown to surprise her fans.

Midtown Manhattan

Global icon BIBI takes a bite out of the Big Apple, surprises fans in Midtown

Posted on July 9, 2025

Musical and life partners Kelly Green and Luca Soul Rosenfeld before their gig at Mezzrow in the West Village

Jazz duo builds a life, a home studio, and healing sound together

Posted on July 9, 2025

Baekhyun performed at the Prudential Center.

Music

Thousands cross the Hudson for EXO alum Baekhyun’s first solo concert

Posted on July 8, 2025

the K-pop band NOWZ

Music

Exclusive: NOWZ tells amNewYork they are ready to ignite the world with their music

Posted on July 4, 2025

Man in The Grateful Dead shirt holding book with photograph

Truckin’ through the years: David Gans guides a trip down The Grateful Dead memory lane

Posted on July 2, 2025

Linda May Han Oh performed at the Village Vanguard.

Music

PHOTOS: Bassist Linda May Han Oh takes the stage at Village Vanguard

Posted on June 28, 2025

barclays center planet brooklyn

Brooklyn Paper

Machel Montano, Ludmilla, CupcakKe and more to headline first-ever Planet Brooklyn festival

The Folk Music Society of New York performs at the 2024 "Porch Stomp" folk music festival on Governors Island.

Strum, stomp, sing: Porch Stomp Folk Music Fest hits Governors Island this Saturday

Posted on June 18, 2025

K-Rock group The Rose at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Tribeca

‘The Rose: Comeback to Me’ documentary heals Tribeca Festival through music

Posted on June 18, 2025

queens jazz trail

QNS

Queens Jazz Trail Concert Series brings music to parks from Astoria to Jamaica

Stray Kids partnered with Musicians on Call to light the Empire State Building in honor of the power of music.

Midtown Manhattan

Stray Kids light the Empire State Building in honor of the healing power of music

Posted on June 17, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Rita Ora to headline free Brooklyn concert as Wimbledon’s ‘The Hill in New York’ returns

Conan Gray performs at Gov Ball.

Queens

Gov Ball continues to rock Queens despite downpour

Posted on June 13, 2025

NY: Sunny’s Bar Red Hook

Brooklyn Paper

Sunny’s Bar in Brooklyn defies odds, recognized for inspiring disaster comeback

NYC EDC

Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Army Terminal unveils summer series celebrating culture and community

Hudson River Music festival singers before big crowd

Music

For Pete’s sake: Hudson River Music Festival makes a comeback drawing from legacy of Pete Seeger

Posted on June 10, 2025

July Quin performs at Bronx Summer Jam in 2023.

Bronx

Bronx Summer Jam to return for fourth year in a row this month

Posted on June 7, 2025

American Ballet Theatre Celebrates 85th Anniversary At 2025 Spring Gala – Arrivals

Arts & Entertainment

American Ballet Theatre’s 85th anniversary gala was a love letter to New York’s glamorous soul

Posted on June 5, 2025

Fans reveling at Governor's Ball in Queens in 2024

Queens

Govball is this weekend in Queens — here’s what you need to know

Posted on June 4, 2025

Jazz legend Roscoe Mitchell performs during the 2025 Vision Fest.

PHOTOS: Jazz legend Roscoe Mitchell takes the stage for Vision Festival 2025

Posted on June 4, 2025

Starfox and the Fleet band portrait

Music

Starfox & the Fleet: Theatrical, time-traveling and totally genre-bending glam rock in the East Village

Posted on June 4, 2025

The annual 116th Street Festival in New York City, which has the largest population of Puerto Ricans outside Puerto Rico, is the largest Puerto Rican festival in the world.

40th annual 116th Street Festival to dance through East Harlem this weekend

Posted on June 4, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! announces 47th season lineup featuring Grace Jones, Janelle Monáe and More

8TURN performed recently at Town Hall in NYC.

Music

Meet 8TURN: The K-Pop group showing the world it’s their turn to take the global stage by storm

Posted on May 31, 2025

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Brooklyn Paper

Planet Brooklyn, a two-day ‘first of its kind’ music festival, is coming in August

xikers at the top of the Empire State Building

Music

Road to fame: xikers talks rising to the top with world tour, new album, and climbing up the Empire State Building

Posted on May 29, 2025

ONE OK ROCK

Music

Rebels with a cause: ONE OK ROCK ready to electrify Prudential Center with message of unity and speaking out against discrimination

Posted on May 28, 2025

Devo photo exhibit band members with photographers on Lower East Side

Arts & Entertainment

Whip it good! Devo’s visual new wave legacy honored in Lower East Side photo exhibit

Posted on May 28, 2025

Mayday Parade

‘Three Cheers for 20 Years’: Mayday Parade brings anniversary tour to NYC’s iconic Rooftop at Pier 17

Posted on May 27, 2025

DARUMAS playing together in New York.

Music

DARUMAS say they make no ‘Ex-Cusas’ with their new album ‘DARUMAS+’

Posted on May 27, 2025

Billy Joel performs during the 66th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., February 4, 2024.

Music

Billy Joel cancels tour, reveals brain disorder diagnosis

Posted on May 23, 2025

Jin of BTS lit the Empire State Building.

Music

A reflection of love: Jin of BTS lights up Empire State Building with electric ceremony and sunset performance celebrating new album ‘Echo’

Posted on May 22, 2025

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From Billie Holiday to Blue Note: Jose James’ jazz journey breaks all the rules

Posted on May 21, 2025

Two photos of Prince Royce

Bronx

Prince Royce brings the Boogie Down Bronx to his new album ‘Eterno’

Posted on May 16, 2025

hello82 is now in Soho.

Soho

From Coast to Coast, hello82 opens new headquarters in SoHo

Posted on May 16, 2025

hannibal buress at new venue isola brooklyn

Brooklyn Paper

Hannibal Buress opens new venue, Isola Brooklyn, in former Knitting Factory space

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Permits filed for 6-story residential building with 20 units in Foxhurst

Tony Fabiano surveys the damage caused to his store by flooding at the end of July. Photo: Shane O'Brien.

Little Neck drum school suffers extensive damage during July floods

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Tall order: Smith-9th Streets subway station, city’s highest, to get elevators

“Went Up the Hill,” directed by Samuel Van Grinsven, opens Aug. 15 at the IFC Center.

Q&A: Filmmaker Samuel Van Grinsven on the making of queer ghost story ‘Went Up The Hill’