43 May concerts in Birmingham you won’t want to miss

From country legends like Alabama to hip-hop throwbacks like The Pharcyde, there’s live music happening nearly every day of the month this May with something for everyone. Read on for a break down of some top concerts happening this month in Birmingham, organized by genre.

Rock + Alt Rock

Cass McCombs

• When: May 1 @ 8PM
• Where: Lakeview Marina
• $36

Scott Ivey + The Sub Pops

• May 2 @ 7PM
• True Story Brewing
• FREE

Terry Ohms

• May 3 @ 2PM
• FREE
• High Dive Hi-Fi Lounge

Steady Rotation with Oxmoor

• May 10 @ 7PM
• The Nick
• $8

Built to Spill

• May 10 @ 7PM
• Workplay
• $36

Dead Poet Society

• May 12 @ 7PM
• Workplay
• $22

Space of a Day

• May 15 @ 7PM
• Elysian Gardens
• $10

Some Hearts

• May 17 @ 7PM
• The Nick
• $8

Toadies

• May 9 @ 8PM
• Iron City Bham
• $30

Grocery Bag with Slack Times, Domesticatrix & The Replicants + Disincentive

• May 31 @ 7PM
• Saturn
• $7

Country + Singer-Songwriter

Magoo with Davis & Haleigh

• May 3 @ 7PM
• Saturn
• $21

Alabama

• May 9 @ 7PM
• Coca-Cola Amphitheater
• $54

Chandler Jones

• May 10 @ 2PM
• High Dive Hi-Fi Lounge
• Free

Sterling Elza & Cole Barnhill

• May 12 @ 7PM
• Saturn
• $23

Fox N’ Vead

• May 13 @ 6:30PM
• Workplay
• $15

Willis Alan Ramsey

• May 15 @ 7PM
• Woodlawn Theatre
• $25

She Show: with Erica Ryleigh, Violette and Kitty

• May 19 @ 7PM
• Woodlawn Theatre
• $10

Graham & the Damaged

• May 22 @ 8PM
• Elysian Gardens
• $10

The Black Crowes & Whiskey Myers

• May 24 @ 6:30PM
• Coca-Cola Amphitheater
• 6:30PM
• $30

Punch Brothers

• May 27 @ 7:30PM
• Avondale Brewing
• $30

Jazz + Reggae

Rachel Edwards

• May 3 @ 4PM
• Elysian Gardens
• $10

Bo Berry Quartet

• May 7 @ 7PM
• High Dive Hi-Fi Lounge
• FREE

Arturo LaCruz’s Sol Musica

• May 10 @ 5PM
• Elysian Gardens
• $10

Carlos Pino

• May 14 @ 7PM
• High Dive Hi-Fi Lounge
• Free

Sun Ra Arkestra

• May 22 @ 7PM
• Saturn
• $48

The Wailers

• May 29 @ 8PM
• Lakeview Marina
• $42

Jam + Funk

The Steppers with Fury in a Few

• May 9 @ 9PM
• The Nick
• $8

Bertha: Grateful Drag

• May 15 @ 7PM
• Saturn
• $30

Eat a Peach (Allman Brothers tribute band)

• May 15 @ 7PM
• Avondale Brewing
• $20

Dead for Love

• May 23 @ 8PM
• Elysian Gardens
• $10

Hip-Hop + R&B

T3 Birthday Bash

• May 3 @ 3PM
• Legacy Arena at the BJCC
• $99

Kid Cudi

• May 5 @ 6:30PM
• Coca-Cola Amphitheater
• $30

The Pharcyde

• May 13 @ 8PM
• Iron City Bham
• $40

Tech N9ne + E-40

• May 18 @ 8PM
• Iron City Bham
• $51

Post Malone & Jelly Roll

• May 26 @ 7:30PM
• Protective Stadium
• $53

Southern Soul Rising Stars: Marcellus the Singer, Fat Daddy, and Mike Clark, Jr.

• May 31 @ 8PM
• BJCC
• $56

Pop + Electronic

Oscillations (Electronic Music open mic)

• May 19 @ 8PM
• Saturn
• FREE

Metal

Wolves at the Gate

• May 7 @ 7PM
• Workplay
• $15

Architects

• May 7 @ 8PM
• Iron City Bham
• $30

Lorna Shore

• May 9 @ 6PM
• Avondale Brewing
• $30

Alter Bridge

• May 22 @ 5PM
• Avondale Brewing
• $42

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