Performatist is a searchable index of live performances and cultural events in New York City. It gathers listings from venue calendars and event feeds — jazz clubs, concert halls, theaters, galleries and comedy rooms — and links to each venue or ticket provider. Performatist does not sell tickets.
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A selection of upcoming events in New York City over the next seven days.
El Canto de las Manos at David Geffen Hall brings together a diverse lineup: actor‑filmmaker Bradley Cooper, conductor Gustavo Dudamel with the Juilliard Orchestra, classical performers Colin Analco and SignNexus, and DJ Kurs. The combination points to a meeting of staged presentation and concert tradition—Analco and SignNexus favor ensemble-centered pacing, while Dudamel and the Juilliard Orchestra bring orchestral expertise.
At the Knitting Factory, Lighthearted, Kate Stephenson and Chloe Southern make up a club-oriented rock/pop bill. Stephenson, a New York–based rock and pop artist who plays rooms like the Mercury Lounge and has an emerging Spotify following of about 51,000, builds sets around direct melodies and conversational phrasing. Lighthearted favors clean structures and direct delivery, keeping attention on the songs.
Alto saxophonist Justin Robinson, who has worked with Willie Jones III and Renée Neufville and is a regular at Dizzy's Club, leads his quartet at Smalls Jazz Club. The group performs original compositions and jazz standards; Robinson's collaborations with musicians such as Giveton Gelin and Gerald Cannon inform the ensemble's approach.
As part of the New York Comedy Festival, Pat McGann appears at the Gramercy Theatre. His stand-up draws on everyday situations and the mechanics of conversation, delivered in a steady, unhurried cadence that favors clarity, timing and phrasing over spectacle. His recorded work sits in the comedy category on Spotify, where he registers as an emerging artist with a small but trackable audience.
Sammy Rae & The Friends and Melt appear at the Brooklyn Paramount, listed together on a bill that pairs Rae's live-first, jazz-pop and rock-tinged ensemble with Melt's rock/pop project informed by the Japanese underground. Rae's band is known in New York for tight ensemble playing and rhythmic drive, while Melt emphasizes speed, distortion and abrupt shifts, using volume and texture as compositional tools rather than effects.
Hiss Golden Messenger, MC Taylor's long-running folk and country project built around plainspoken narratives and groove-minded arrangements, brings the I'm People Tour to Irving Plaza. The bill also features Sam Amidon, a country-rooted singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who reworks folk tradition with close attention to tone and lyric; both artists favor clarity and songcraft over spectacle.
Teksupport presents Volkoder in an all-night set at The Chocolate Factory, with Aiden and Johannes Schuster completing the lineup. All three have established long-form DJ practice in New York, favoring long transitions, restrained effects and measured tempo shifts that treat the room as part of a single arc. Volkoder’s tech-house/indie-dance orientation brings a structured, groove-focused throughline to the evening.
Brooklyn’s Knitting Factory hosts Dylan Thom and horse laugh in a two-act bill. Thom brings guitar-forward songwriting and compact, band-focused arrangements; horse laugh offers an electroclash-tinged pop approach that trades spectacle for tight, studio-shaped songs adapted for live rooms. The pairing highlights contemporary rock/pop that foregrounds voice and pacing over stage show.
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