Top New York City Music Tours

Alexander Hamilton spent much of his life in New York City, and with this walking tour inspired by the Tony Award-winning 'Hamilton' musical, you can take a deep dive into the Founding Father's life and the making of the hit Broadway show. Whether you have already seen the show, plan to see it soon, or simply love the cast album, this tour provides context to the story and its songs as you explore lower Manhattan.

There is no more iconic skyline than New York City, particularly by night. With this evening sail, take in the city lights from New York Harbor while listening to live jazz by "The Sounds Waves". Relax against the backdrop of the glimmering lights of the city while sipping Champagne, wine, beer, or a soft drink.

Immerse yourself in the music and food scene of MacDougal Street, one of Greenwich Village's most talked-about thoroughfares, on this walking tour. Ideal for music lovers and foodies, this tour explores off-the-beaten-path attractions and stops to sample music and food. Along the way, a guide shares stories about the folk music scene of the 1950s, jazz, and how this area got the moniker 'America's Left Bank.'

Harlem’s contributions to hip-hop are unmatched, and on this guided walking tour led by a hip-hop historian, you can check out important landmarks like the Apollo Theater, the Graffiti Wall of Fame, Lenox Lounge, and historic Harlem jazz clubs. See popular locations for hip-hop music videos and hear exclusive stories. Admission to the Museum of the City of New York is included.

New York City's Harlem neighborhood is booming with history, but if you’re exploring on your own, you might miss out on some key details of the area. This Harlem gospel multimedia walking tour takes you to a gospel-accompanied church service and shows you around Harlem with a guide who’s lived in the neighborhood their whole life. Plus, you’ll start with a light breakfast and watch a video before you set out.

Get a glimpse of New York City from a different perspective: from a boat sailing around New York Harbor. This tour of the waters around New York features incredible views of the Manhattan skyline and live music from a jazz quintet. Bring some food to eat while sailing around and sip cocktails from the cash bar.

Watch Harlem come alive after dark with a 3.5-hour evening tour to historic churches, landmarks and one of the neighborhood’s best jazz spots. Walk with your guide along vibrant Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, and learn about the cultural heritage of Harlem’s night clubs and gospel churches. Spot some of New York City’s distinctive brownstone architecture as you walk, then finish your evening at a live jazz club, where some of today’s best artists play tunes by Harlem’s music greats.

New York City’s bohemian legacy is strong but can seem to travelers like ancient history. This tour is a masterclass in the history of the Greenwich Village and East Village punk scenes of the 1960s and ‘70s, visiting the fateful places where musicians—from the Velvet Underground to Blondie—lived, rehearsed, and performed. The tour also pays special attention to New York City punk’s LGBTQ roots and the East Village’s broader history.

The best that New York has to offer - amazing history, dizzying landmarks and sounds of jazz! Join me for a walk along Fifth Ave - the name associated with wealth, glitz, and glamor. Fifth Ave is one of the best-known streets in the world, especially the stretch known as Millionaire Row. Once upon a time, it was lined with the finest homes of New York's wealthiest people - a place of ambition, intrigue, scandal, and the most spectacular balls ever given. This tour is not just about the landmarks, it's about the history of New York during the Gilded Age and about the people like the Vanderbilts, the Astors, the Rockefellers, who shaped it into the metropolis. It's about millionaires and architects, visionaries and beautiful models, artists and writers whose names are forever connected to the 5th Avenue. The tour will end at a place where the sounds of jazz rule the night ( food and drinks are available and highly advisable!)

Explore TriBeCa and SoHo by foot on a fascinating tour led by a genuine New York City local guide. As you stroll from site to site in this often overlooked area of the city, hear fun facts and tales about its rich history, music history, art culture, and people. Stop for photos at must-sees such as the infamous Mudd Club and Wetlands Preserve, infamous sites where many bands of yore played their first New York City Show. See locations of a few recording studios vital to many recording groups big and small, plus locations where a few of those album covers were shot. Explore the most filmed and photographed street in a still ungentrified alley separation SoHo an TriBeCa. Stretch your legs with walks the gridless streets of the western corner of Manhattan. See famous headquarters of who you're gonna call when things get spooky.

Discover New York that tourists don't usually get to see. The tour starts in one of the oldest bars in New York famed by its literary history. A Prohibition-era speakeasy, it stayed open despite the law and survived in its original form. We'll take a walk along the path not usually visited by tourists where we'll see a private park and facades of private clubs. We'll get to a vantage point from which we'll be able to see some of New York's most fascinating buildings. I’ll share some of my favorite New York tales filled with daring, ambition, movie characters, love, murder, Prohibition, and ladies' skirts. We'll finish our journey in one of the city's most elegant Prohibition-style parlor where exquisite whiskey cocktail and sounds of jazz will make you feel like a Great Gatsby.

You’ve seen it in movies, you’ve heard it in songs, now let us take you on a stroll through the borough known across the globe with a host that's been in the entertainment business for 30 years. Brooklyn has been an iconic symbol of urban American culture for decades, producing some of the country's most talented authors, artists, musicians and writers.

I've lived the rise of Punk Rock in NYC during the 1980s. I played some of the little clubs and have many friends who were more successful musicians.

Scratch beyond the surface of New York City music with a deep dive into punk, disco, and hip-hop of the 1970s and ‘80s. Tour the neighborhoods where bygone cheap rent and industrial spaces created music hotspots, visiting recording studios, artist homes, and clubs along the way. This tour also pays attention to the neighborhood transformations from economic collapse in 1975 to bohemian havens to luxury art and shopping districts today.

Indie rock fans, walk the streets where your favorite bands got their start on this insider's tour that pays tribute to the indie music scene of the Lower East Side and Alphabet City in all its bohemian glory. Uncover hidden spots like the studio where The Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs recorded their first albums, the bar where Beck and Regina Spektor rocked open mic night, musicians’ former apartments, legendary venues, and more.