May - 2017
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Venues checked: Atwood's Tavern (4/30), Berklee Performance Center (2/26), Blue Hills Bank Pavilion (2/25), Brighton Music Hall (4/30), Cafe 939 (4/30), Calvin Theatre (4/29), Cantab Lounge (4/30), Club Passim (4/30), Great Scott (4/30), Hard Rock Cafe (Boston - 4/30), House Of Blues (Boston - 2/25), Lizard Lounge (4/30), Middle East Corner (4/29), Middle East Downstairs (4/29), Middle East Upstairs (4/29), Midway Cafe (4/30), O'Brien's Pub (4/30), ONCE (4/30), Orpheum Theatre (2/25), PA's Lounge (4/30), Paradise Rock Club (4/29), Royale (2/26), Sally O'Brien's (4/30), Sonia (4/29), The Plough & Stars (4/30), The Sinclair (4/30), Thunder Road (2/25), Toad (4/30), Xfinity Center (2/25), Zuzu (4/29)
May 1st:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Monday Night Bluegrass: Sean Staples, Dave Westner, Eric Royer & Jimmy Ryan @ Atwood's Tavern
- Perfect Pitch: @ Berklee Performance Center
- Swanita Tour: Smino, Jay2, Bari Allen, Monte Booker @ Brighton Music Hall
- Red Tail Ring, Slocan Ramblers @ Club Passim
- Tycho @ House Of Blues
- Ian Kimmel & The Heard, CC & The Catastrophe, Danielle Angeloni @ Middle East Corner
- The Brain Collective, The Unoriginals, Western Education, Satellite Sound, Gigantic Ant, Tali And The Totals @ Middle East Upstairs
- Sarathi., Man Of Lions, Jonny Glenn, J O @ Midway Cafe
- PanzerBastard, Poison Rites, The Humanoids, Armpits @ O'Brien's Pub
- Bleeker, Beware Of Darkness, Badflower @ ONCE Ballroom
- Jillian Gilpatric Trio, Justin Arena Project, Little Shadows, Haley Katrin @ PA's Lounge
- Shawn Carter's Cheapshots Comedy: @ Sally O'Brien's
- Marley Monday: The Duppy Conquerors @ Sally O'Brien's (Late show)
- Alexander Anderson (Senior Recital) @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- One Person Show: Noemi Cruciani, Ernest Deriabin, Francesca Dill, Elizabeth Diedrick, Rebecca Marti, Ajda Stina Turek, John Varkados, Zaid Tabani @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Downbeat Mondays: Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- David Johnston @ Toad
- The White Owls @ Toad (Late show)
- The Way Ways, Bad Fellows, The Owens Family @ Zuzu
May 2nd:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Kieran Ridge Band @ Atwood's Tavern
- Handsome Ghost, Frances Cone @ Brighton Music Hall
- Jenni Lyn Gardner, Laura Orshaw @ Club Passim
- Uni Ika Ai, Arc Iris @ Great Scott
- Tribute Tuesday: (Los Lobos) @ Lizard Lounge
- #MIDEASTCORN: @ Middle East Corner
- The Four Horseman Tour: B Dolan, DJ Abilities, Cas One VS Figure @ Middle East Upstairs
- The Final Monthly Fem Night: Peach Ring, Cassandra, Andrea Pensado, Ashley Wonder, Noa Mori, Abigale Reisman @ Midway Cafe
- Blood Drive, Lon Cheney Jr., The Wooly Mammoths @ O'Brien's Pub
- Horisont, Dirty Streets, Worshipper, Psychic Wounds @ ONCE Ballroom
- Yaman Akdogan Group @ Sally O'Brien's
- Attack Of Le Pigeon @ The Plough & Stars
- Daisy Chen (Senior Recital) @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Record Ops Showcase: CC & The Catastrophe, TEGA, Fordham Road, Sloane Skylar @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Steve Mayone @ Toad
- The Blue Ribbons @ Toad (Late show)
May 3rd:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Laura Cantrell @ Atwood's Tavern
- Billy Crockett, Tom Smith @ Club Passim
- Panama Wedding, Sun Seeker @ Great Scott
- The Answers Tour: SoMo @ House Of Blues
- The Dennis Brennan Band, Ali McGuirk @ Lizard Lounge
- Cindy Latin, Bella Renee & Co., Casey Ahern @ Middle East Corner
- The Besnard Lakes, The Life And Times, Ghosts Of Sailors At Sea @ Middle East Upstairs
- Dis-N-Dat Band, Charleston Sarjeant, DJRJ @ Midway Cafe
- Snowhaus, Colbis The Creature, ozlo @ O'Brien's Pub
- Cold Expectations, Happy Little Clouds, Uranium Daughters @ ONCE Lounge
- Alien Drag, Del & The Wave, Kid Wolf @ PA's Lounge
- Wednesday Nite Blues Jam: Matt Stubbs Trio @ The Plough & Stars
- Javier Vivas @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Children Of The Decree @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- COIN, A R I Z O N A @ The Sinclair (SOLD OUT)
- Fandango @ Toad
- Air Congo @ Toad (Late show)
May 4th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Dan & The Wildfire @ Atwood's Tavern
- Roots Roadshow (Tribute to Lead Belly): @ Berklee Performance Center
- Lespecial, Gang Of Thieves, The Indobox @ Brighton Music Hall
- Power Spurn @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Korby Lenker (CD release), The Young Novelists @ Club Passim
- Miss Tess & The Talkbacks, Lyle Brewer @ Lizard Lounge
- Leon Trout @ Middle East Corner
- Apathy, Celph Titled @ Middle East Downstairs
- Deep Shred Fest: Math The Band, Tall Juan (Record release), Nice Guys, Halfsour, Salty Greyhound @ Middle East Upstairs
- Andyroo @ Midway Cafe
- Tiltwheel, Witches With Dicks, Tied To A Bear, Hospital Beds @ O'Brien's Pub
- Walter Sickert & The Army Of Broken Toys, Scarlet Sails, Radiator King @ ONCE Ballroom
- Whistlebot, Andrew Warnock @ PA's Lounge
- 40th Anniversary U.S. Tour: The Damned, The BellRays @ Paradise Rock Club (SOLD OUT)
- BYO Bluegrass: Dave Rizzuti @ Sally O'Brien's
- Sleeping Lion, SAIT, Claire Bryant & The Babes @ The Plough & Stars
- Louis Cole vs. Domi @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Old 97's, Nicole Atkins @ The Sinclair
- Supersuckers @ Thunder Road
- Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones @ Toad
- Baker Thomas Band @ Toad (Late show)
May 5th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Tim Gearan Band, Young Frontier @ Atwood's Tavern
- Emel, Briana Marela @ Brighton Music Hall
- Michelle Lapoetica, Sway, Elyssa Hughes, Nick Shea, 3's OHM Collective @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Mike Block (CD release) @ Club Passim
- The Gas: @ Great Scott
- Bruvs @ Great Scott (Late show)
- A Lesson In Romantics 10th Anniversay Tour: Mayday Parade, Knuckle Puck, Milestones @ House Of Blues
- Club d'Elf @ Lizard Lounge
- The American Symphony Of Soul @ Middle East Corner
- Amine @ Middle East Downstairs
- Marbin, Jeddy, Fight The Moon @ Middle East Upstairs
- Hippie Hour: Mystical Misfits @ Midway Cafe (Early show)
- So Many Roads (Grateful Dead) @ Midway Cafe
- Matt Charette And The Truer Sound, June Star, Jeff Rowe @ O'Brien's Pub
- The Wild Reeds, Blank Range @ ONCE Ballroom
- Panadictos, El Gran Mitote, Monreau @ PA's Lounge
- The Black Angels, A Place To Bury Strangers @ Paradise Rock Club
- Real Estate, Frankie Cosmos @ Royale
- Jim Coyle, King Blue @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Bikini Whale, Tsunami Of Sound, Billy Connors Project @ Sally O'Brien's
- The Heydaze, Sarah Solovay, Vú @ Sonia
- Knower @ Sonia (Late show)
- Dioniso, Los Esteparios @ The Plough & Stars
- Trevor Mitoma (Senior Recital) @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- City Music Composers and Arrangers Concert: @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Old 97's, Nicole Atkins @ The Sinclair (SOLD OUT)
- Big Ben Hillman @ Toad
May 6th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Roy Sludge Trio @ Atwood's Tavern (Afternoon show)
- Vapors Of Morphine @ Atwood's Tavern
- Draco Rosa @ Berklee Performance Center
- Parsonsfield, Animal Years @ Brighton Music Hall
- Mark Erelli, Eleanor Buckland @ Club Passim (2 shows)
- The Movielife,The Flatliners, MakeWar @ Great Scott (SOLD OUT)
- Open Window Tour: The Stray Birds, Anthony da Costa @ Lizard Lounge
- MC Kabir And The Krush Faktory (w/ members of Dub Down) @ Lizard Lounge (Late show)
- The Nate n' Dave Dynamic Duo @ Middle East Corner (Early afternoon show)
- Celebrity Look-Alikes @ Middle East Corner
- Static Noyze Dance Company @ Middle East Downstairs
- Thought Bomb (with Matthew Flynn), Rick Shapiro + Thu Tran, Bethany Van Delft, Awaaz Do @ Middle East Upstairs (Early show)
- Jam For Jay: The Hendersons, K.O. Stone Still There, The Gravedancers (former members of Harlequin), Billy Squire, The Wicked Pissah Band, The Thigh Scrapers, The Burny Sanders Fake News Jam @ Midway Cafe (Afternoon show)
- AD.UL.T, Great News, Volcano Kings, Pig Parts @ Midway Cafe
- Test Meat, Black Helicopter, The Hose @ O'Brien's Pub
- Session Americana @ ONCE Ballroom
- Mya Nus, The Gala, Unstraight, Lockette, Gideon Grey @ PA's Lounge
- Pink Talking Fish (Pink Floyd/Talking Heads/Phish), Giant Country Horns, Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ Paradise Rock Club
- Stan Martin, Wicked Heart @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Happy Little Clouds, You People, Stars Like Ours, PowerSlut @ Sally O'Brien's
- Zebbler Encanti Experience, Sixis, Tahabdra, Zoo Logic, The What Collective Dance Troupe @ Sonia
- Johnnie Mac And The Local Forecast @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- Kooked Out, The Maxims @ The Plough & Stars
- Midnight Snack, Two Girls @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Bishop Briggs, Shaed, Manatee Commune @ The Sinclair (SOLD OUT)
- Grace Morrison @ Toad
- The Library Band @ Toad (Late show)
- Ruby Rose Fox @ Katrina's
- When Particles Collide @ Uncharted
May 7th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Gospel Brunch: The Revelations @ Atwood's Tavern (Noon show)
- Jimmy Ryan & Hayride (featuring Dana Colley) @ Atwood's Tavern (Afternoon show)
- Honeysuckle, Sam Moss @ Atwood's Tavern
- Russell Howard @ Brighton Music Hall (SOLD OUT)
- Geoff Muldaur @ Club Passim
- Kikagaku Moyo, Herbcraft, New Pope @ Great Scott
- Mayfair: Jesse Dee, Kyle Bent, Aisha Burns, Elephants, Colbis The Creature, Nemes @ Harvard Square (Main Stage)
- Mayfair: Lisa Bastoni, Tom Burris, Lloyd Thayer, Gretchen & The Pickpockets, Noble Dust, Jim Trick @ Harvard Square (Passim Stage)
- The Killtrax Tour: Killswitch Engage, Anthrax, The Devil Wears Prada, Code Orange @ House Of Blues
- Lizard Lounge Poetry Night: The Jeff Robinson Trio @ Lizard Lounge
- Black Diamonds, Fat Boys And Little Men, Moondrive @ Middle East Upstairs (Early afternoon show)
- PRAWN, Emperor X, Animal Flag, SE Ward, Narra @ Middle East Upstairs
- Cold Car, Zack Bolles And Ethan Miller, Nora Asher, Main Street News @ Midway Cafe
- Salem Wolves (Album release), Atlantic Thrills, Today Junior @ O'Brien's Pub
- The Natural Wonders @ Sally O'Brien's
- MNDSGN, Evill Dewer, SPNDA @ Sonia
- Sarah Levecque @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- The Visitors @ The Plough & Stars
- Pond, Kirin J Callinan @ The Sinclair
- Munk Duane @ Toad
- Seth Adam @ Toad (Late show)
May 8th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Monday Night Bluegrass: Sean Staples, Dave Westner, Eric Royer & Jimmy Ryan @ Atwood's Tavern
- Choir Festival (Women's Choir and Concert Choir): @ Berklee Performance Center
- Black Lips, Surfbort @ Brighton Music Hall
- Passim Monday Discovery Series: John Craigie, Rachel Kilgour @ Club Passim
- Radkey, Under Fire, Pulitzer Prize Fighter @ Great Scott
- Mastodon, Eagles Of Death Metal, Russian Cirles @ House Of Blues
- Isonade, Altitvde, Drooplet, Them Clones @ Middle East Corner
- The YMF Tour: Ab-Soul, Little Simz @ Middle East Downstairs
- Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Royal Republic @ Middle East Upstairs
- Jay Allen And The Arch Criminals, Indonesian Junk, The Von Traps @ O'Brien's Pub
- Screaming Females, Ozlo, Laika's Orbit @ ONCE Ballroom
- KYROS, Edge Of Reality, Flight @ PA's Lounge
- Shawn Carter's Cheapshots Comedy: @ Sally O'Brien's
- Marley Monday: The Duppy Conquerors @ Sally O'Brien's (Late show)
- FAMOUS LAST WORDS, Manafest, Shane Slaughter (with Architxct) @ Sonia
- Thales Correa (Senior Recital) @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Rostam, Nat Baldwin @ The Sinclair
- Downbeat Mondays: Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- David Johnston @ Toad
- The White Owls @ Toad (Late show)
- Dead Trains, Bad Boys Club, Let It Rot @ Zuzu
May 9th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- William Matheny @ Atwood's Tavern
- Neverender - Good Apollo I'm Burning Star IV, Part 1: Coheed And Cambria, The Dear Hunter @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
- Brook Adams, Madeline Laine, Sloth Machine, Michael Rider @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- The Jacob Jolliff Band @ Club Passim
- Tribute Tuesday: (The Spirit of 77 - Music of the Punk era) @ Lizard Lounge
- #MIDEASTCORN: @ Middle East Corner
- Airpark (formerly of The Apache Relay), The Solars, Kid Wolf @ Middle East Upstairs
- Dan Barracuda, Nellie Fitzgerald, Graham Peck, Ian Hayes @ Midway Cafe
- Glass House, Retirement, Spelling, Hexpet @ O'Brien's Pub
- Attack Of Le Pigeon @ The Plough & Stars
- Desiigner, 16yrold @ The Sinclair
- Frank Drake @ Toad
- Danielle Miraglia & The Glory Junkies @ Toad (Late show)
May 10th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- The Whistles & The Bells @ Atwood's Tavern
- Ryan Adams, Jenny Lewis @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
- Road To Levitate: Quinn Sullivan @ Brighton Music Hall
- Laura Orshaw & The New Velvet Band @ Club Passim
- Mirah, Tara Jane O'Neil @ Great Scott
- The Dennis Brennan Band, The Nocturnal Adoration Society (featuring Jimmy Ryan and Donna Sartanowicz) @ Lizard Lounge
- Josh Shpak Quartet @ Middle East Corner
- You Me At Six, The Score, The Press War @ Middle East Downstairs
- The Unlikely Candidates, The Palms, The Fame Riot @ Middle East Upstairs
- Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Thalia Zedek @ Midway Cafe
- Zip-Tie Handcuffs, The Mad Doctors, Idiot Genes, Future Spa @ O'Brien's Pub
- Tod Pronto, Tony Tempesta @ PA's Lounge
- Wednesday Nite Blues Jam: Matt Stubbs Trio @ The Plough & Stars
- Maria Juliana Ponton Freire @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Lawrence, Los Elk, American Symphony Of Soul @ The Sinclair
- Fandango @ Toad
- Kitchen Dwellers @ Toad (Late show)
May 11th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- The Highway Finds Tour: Steve Moakler, Drew Baldridge, Smithfield @ Brighton Music Hall
- Breakfast Lunch & Dinner Band, Earth Mother, Leon Trout, Fiesta Melon @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Paul Kelly, Charlie Owen @ Club Passim
- Tei Shi, Salt Cathedral @ Great Scott
- The Great Circle Tour: Midnight Oil @ House Of Blues
- Bulldog, Blair And Co., Sawyer Larson @ Lizard Lounge
- VAMPS, HYDE (L'Arc-en-Ciel) K.A.Z (Oblivion Dust), Palaye Royale, Darke Complex @ Middle East Downstairs
- Populace @ Middle East Corner
- A Lot Like Birds, Household, Hearts Like Lions, OWEL @ Middle East Upstairs
- The Reveille Twins @ Midway Cafe
- Cruel Miracle, The Stops!!!, DiNOLA, The Scrapes @ O'Brien's Pub
- Nonzero Chance, Spaces For Two @ PA's Lounge
- The Additions, The Clippertones, The Sound Down Cellar @ Sally O'Brien's
- Landlady, Abadabad, Kid Mountain @ Sonia
- Violet Nox, Spectramotiv @ The Plough & Stars
- Ester Wiesnerova (Senior Recital) @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- The Family Crest, Gentle Temper @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Too Many Zooz @ The Sinclair
- Ellie Buckland @ Toad
- Baker Thomas Band @ Toad (Late show)
May 12th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Tim Gearan Band, Magen Tracy & The Missed Connections @ Atwood's Tavern
- Empire Of The Sun, Grandmaster Flash @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
- Meat Puppets, Mike Watt + The Jom & Terry Show, Grant Hart @ Brighton Music Hall
- Carissa Johnson, The Offseason, Appleyards, Whoopi Sticks, Runouts @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Kim Richey, Jesse Terry @ Club Passim
- The Gas: @ Great Scott
- Savoy Motel @ Great Scott (Late show)
- Qwill, TODO BIEN, Mike Hastings @ Lizard Lounge
- The Van Burens @ Middle East Corner
- Hamiltunes: Boston @ Middle East Downstairs
- Cougar Bait, Blanket Party @ Middle East Upstairs
- Hippie Hour: Uncle Johnny's Band @ Midway Cafe (Early show)
- The Johns, The Martians (members of Rock Bottom/Bim Skala Bim), If We Go At All, Hambone Skinny @ Midway Cafe
- Rockin' Bob Punk Band, Lost Riots, Michael Kane And The Morning Afters, Mongorellis @ O'Brien's Pub
- Face to Face, Lost In Society @ ONCE Ballroom
- Colorway, The Slum Raisins, The Amy Incident, DIVVISIONS @ PA's Lounge
- Water, Jimmy T. @ Sally O'Brien's
- JackLNDN @ Sonia
- Red Right Hand, Nicole Berke @ The Plough & Stars
- North Mississippi AllStars, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Rev Sekou, Danielle Nicole @ The Sinclair
- Los Goutos @ Toad
- Sarah Blacker @ White Rose Coffeehouse (Lynn)
May 13th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Possum @ Atwood's Tavern (Afternoon show)
- Vapors Of Morphine @ Atwood's Tavern
- Nick Hakim @ Brighton Music Hall
- Fuller Brook Zoo, Mamadou @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Edie Carey, The Small Glories @ Club Passim
- Therapy Session Tour 2017: NF @ House Of Blues
- Analog Heart @ Lawn On The D
- The Othership @ Middle East Corner
- Bahiano (La Voz Original De Los Pericos) @ Middle East Downstairs
- Stilfro, Instant Shawarma, Party Walsh And The Quick Picks @ Middle East Upstairs
- The Cranktones @ Midway Cafe (Afternoon show)
- 5th Annual Joe Coughlin Memorial Concert: M.O.T.O., (Super Special Guest Star), Blue Oyster Coughlin, Classic Ruins, Jay Allen & The Archcriminals @ Midway Cafe
- California X, Squad Car, Blessed State, Life Hacks @ O'Brien's Pub
- Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band, The Van Burrens @ ONCE Ballroom
- Ghosts & Shadows, Positive Negative Man, The Ungraded, Digisaurus, Lucid Lynx @ PA's Lounge (Afternoon show)
- PotterCon: @ Paradise Rock Club
- Perfume Genius, Serpentwithfeet @ Royale
- Tom Hagerty Band @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Gene Dante & The Future Starlets, Dirty Dottys, Modern Day Idols @ Sally O'Brien's
- That Handsome Devil, STL GLD, Kendra Morris @ Sonia
- Abbie Barrett & Band, Biltmore @ The Burren
- Josh Lederman And The Cambridge-Somerville All-Stars @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- Basement Movement @ The Plough & Stars
- Justin Townes Earle, The Sadies, Sammy Brue @ The Sinclair
- Colbis The Creature @ Toad
- Red Tail Hawk @ Toad (Late show)
May 14th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- The Harmed Brothers @ Atwood's Tavern
- Gavin James, Chord Overstreet @ Brighton Music Hall
- Austion & Elliott, The Lied To's @ Club Passim
- Mystic Braves, The Creation Factory @ Great Scott
- Lizard Lounge Poetry Night: The Jeff Robinson Trio @ Lizard Lounge
- Trey Hughes & The Daydreamers, Talia Payet & The Bad Hombres, JO, RiverS @ Middle East Upstairs
- Roy Sludge @ Midway Cafe (Afternoon show)
- Two Cow Garage, The Old Edison, Tied To A Bear @ O'Brien's Pub
- State Champs, Against The Current, With Confidence, Don Broci @ Royale
- Bucky Bear & The Titanium Hipsters @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- KC Harris, Aaron Waldman @ Sally O'Brien's
- Alex Smith, Ryan Alvanos @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- The Symptoms, Humble Digs @ The Plough & Stars
- Deb Talan (of The Weepies) @ The Sinclair
- Tim Mann & Band @ Toad
May 15th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Monday Night Bluegrass: Sean Staples, Dave Westner, Eric Royer & Jimmy Ryan @ Atwood's Tavern
- San Fermin, Low Roar @ Brighton Music Hall
- Above The Din, Green Thumb, August On Sunday, Paraiso @ Middle East Corner
- Told Slant, Hello Shark, Anna McClellan @ Middle East Upstairs
- White Veins, Garrett Roy Jones And The Recipe, Adessa On Bay State, Eva Cassel @ Midway Cafe
- Pick-A-Piper, Squelcher @ O'Brien's Pub
- Toddlerbilly Taco Takeover: @ ONCE Ballroom
- Robot Jurassic, Strawberry Machine, Something Civil @ PA's Lounge
- Shawn Carter's Cheapshots Comedy: @ Sally O'Brien's
- Marley Monday: The Duppy Conquerors @ Sally O'Brien's (Late show)
- Holly Macve @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Downbeat Mondays: Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- David Johnston @ Toad
- The White Owls @ Toad (Late show)
- Ryan Major & The Love Strangers, Luke Reed, Vincent Rivera @ Zuzu
May 16th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Caroline Spence @ Atwood's Tavern
- Electronica Tour: Jean-Michael Jarre @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
- San Fermin, Low Roar @ Brighton Music Hall
- Shannon McNally, Johnny Duke @ Club Passim
- The Kemp Harris Trio @ Lizard Lounge
- #MIDEASTCORN: @ Middle East Corner
- BASH & POP @ Middle East Downstairs
- Kursk (Innamind / Blacklist), Saltus, Hennesseydub, Stephyy @ Middle East Upstairs
- Idling, Settler, KGFREEZE, Oldsoul @ Midway Cafe
- LUNGLUST, MALEVICH, VAULTED, IRON GAG @ O'Brien's Pub
- The Hatchbacks, Thomas Knight, Sam Baler @ Out Of The Blue Too
- Laura Marling, Valley Queen @ Paradise Rock Club
- Attack Of Le Pigeon @ The Plough & Stars
- The Growlers @ The Sinclair
- The Franc Graham Band @ Toad
- The Blue Ribbons @ Toad (Late show)
May 17th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- David Dondero @ Atwood's Tavern
- Wavves, Post Animal @ Brighton Music Hall
- Mark Whitaker, Hayley Sabella @ Club Passim
- ADULT, Void Vision @ Great Scott
- The Dennis Brennan Band @ Lizard Lounge
- NyaLi, Francesca Crowley, Eli Guaden, Dalia & Parker @ Middle East Corner
- Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls), Edward Ka-Spel (The Legendary Pink Dots) @ Middle East Downstairs (SOLD OUT)
- CJ Ramone, Big Eyes, The Dazies @ Middle East Upstairs
- Be You Me, OroborO, Sadha, Space Kase (Casey Opal) @ Midway Cafe
- Bottlecaps, Bong Mountain, Eradicator, Elephants @ O'Brien's Pub
- The Obsessed, Karma To Burn, Lo-Pan, Gozu @ ONCE Ballroom
- Ten Dollar Mistake, The Sacred Mounds, A Bunch Of Jerks @ PA's Lounge
- The Teatro Fiasco Touré: Rival Sons, The London Souls, Howie Pyro, Derrick C. Brown @ Paradise Rock Club
- Spring For Children: Tom Hagerty Band @ Sally O'Brien's
- Wednesday Nite Blues Jam: Matt Stubbs Trio @ The Plough & Stars
- The Growlers @ The Sinclair
- Fandango @ Toad
- Air Congo @ Toad (Late show)
- Todd Rundgren @ Blue Ocean Music Hall (Salisbury)
May 18th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Christopher Paul Stelling @ Atwood's Tavern
- Stephie Peeking & Seeking 7, The Last Second, Mya Nug, Gull Boy @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Gurf Morlix @ Club Passim
- Nemes, Arms And Ears, Pushflowers, Box Of Birds @ Great Scott
- Johnny Trama, Toussaint The Liberator, Ken Clark & Dave DiCenso Expedition @ Lizard Lounge
- Dewpoint Northeast Traffic @ Middle East Corner
- Princess Nokia, LSDXOXO, Bearly Pablo @ Middle East Downstairs
- Together Festival x FACT Showcase: Mumdance, Mr. Mitch, Star Eyes, FACT x Draw DJs @ Middle East Upstairs
- Britt Walsh @ Midway Cafe
- Jon Snodgrass (of Drag The River), Lenny Lashley @ O'Brien's Pub
- SixFoxWhiskey, Crooked Coast, The Quins @ ONCE Ballroom
- Missing The Action, Boy Go Fast, Past Times @ PA's Lounge
- The Record Company, Smooth Hound Smith @ Paradise Rock Club
- Spring Hill Rounders @ Sally O'Brien's
- Knyazz (Best of Korol & Shut) @ Sonia
- MIT European Club Pub Tour: @ The Plough & Stars
- Soul Clap, Dam Funk @ The Sinclair
- Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones @ Toad
- Baker Thomas Band @ Toad (Late show)
May 19th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Tim Gearan Band, The Curtis Mayflower @ Atwood's Tavern
- Pantha Du Prince @ Brighton Music Hall
- Sunken Armada, The Fellowship Of Feeding Wolves, Rules @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Jake Armerding, Jim Trick @ Club Passim
- The Gas: @ Great Scott
- Pomo, Mac Ayres @ Great Scott (Late show)
- Billy Wylder @ Harvard Science Plaza (Noon show)
- Pixies, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ House Of Blues
- Club d'Elf @ Lizard Lounge
- Butterchild @ Middle East Corner
- Together Festival: Kerri Chandler, Detroit Swindle, Adesse Versions @ Middle East Downstairs
- Together Festival: Matrixxman, Kim Ann Foxman, Visceral (Lychee b2b Manv) @ Middle East Upstairs
- Hippie Hour: Mystical Misfits @ Midway Cafe (Early show)
- Rabbitfoot, The Slum Raisins @ Midway Cafe
- I Am Become Death, Ugly, Laughing Stock, Ritual Blade, D-sagawa @ O'Brien's Pub
- Heather Nova, Mishka, Kate Grom @ ONCE Ballroom
- The Dutch Tulips, The New Up, Neon Alley, Zero Disorder @ PA's Lounge
- Drew Holcomb And The Neighbors, Joe Purdy @ Paradise Rock Club
- Johnny Come Latelies @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Busted Jug Band @ Sally O'Brien's
- Storyteller Unplugged Tour: SayWeCanFly, Woven In Hiatus, AlgoRhythm @ Sonia
- The Handymen @ The Plough & Stars
- Lewis Watson @ The Sinclair
- Mike Hastings Band @ Toad
May 20th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons @ Atwood's Tavern
- The Wind + The Wave, The Native Sibling, Justin Young @ Brighton Music Hall
- Mary Fahl (formerly of The October Project) @ Club Passim
- Pixies, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ House Of Blues
- DeDe & The Jazz Cats @ Middle East Corner (Early afternoon show)
- Different StrokeZ @ Middle East Corner
- Together Festival: Com Truise/Clark, Roland Tings @ Middle East Downstairs
- DionneFre$h @ Middle East Upstairs (Early afternoon show)
- Jenny Dee & The Deelinquents, Muck And The Mires, Vicky And The Vengents @ Middle East Upstairs
- Cheryl's 40th!: Jon Cauztik (of Stray Bullets), Dann Russo, Jenn Lombari (of Lucky United), Ferris Mueller, Travis Woods @ Midway Cafe (Early afternoon show)
- Bitter Magnolia, People Like You, Slow Coyote @ Midway Cafe (Afternoon show)
- Viva La Persistence!: Gunpowder Gelatine (Queen), Sara Colb And The Sagamore James Band, Black Tourmaline, Hilken Mancini & Chris Toppin (of Fuzzy) @ Midway Cafe
- Choke Up, Signals Midwest, Great Cynics, Dan Webb & The Spiders, Typesetter @ O'Brien's Pub
- Kaiju Big Battel - Aftermath: @ ONCE
- Kyle Bent, Raw @ PA's Lounge
- Blackheart Burlesque w/ Suicide Girls: @ Royale
- One Thin Dime @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Tom Baker & The Snakes (Vinyl release), The Connection, The Modifiers, Black Cheers @ Sally O'Brien's
- Till Tomorrow, Bandwagon Inferno, The Callouts, Amity @ Sonia
- Busted Jug Band @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- MC Kabir & The Krush Faktory @ The Plough & Stars
- City Music All-Star Concert: @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Ruth B @ The Red Room at Cafe 939
- Andy Shauf, Julia Jacklin @ The Sinclair
- Hammydown & J Bengoy @ Toad
- Spotted Tiger @ Toad (Late show)
- Kris Delmhorst, Tim Gearan @ Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center (Rockport)
May 21st:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Lyle Brewer-Jef Charland-Mike Piehl @ Atwood's Tavern (Afternoon show)
- Bailen @ Atwood's Tavern
- Corporate Punk, Eleanor Buckland @ Club Passim
- Happyness @ Great Scott
- Lizard Lounge Poetry Night: The Jeff Robinson Trio @ Lizard Lounge
- School Of Rock - The Beatles Show: @ Middle East Upstairs (Early afternoon show)
- Red City Radio, The Bombpops, Russian Girlfriends, Rebuilder @ Middle East Upstairs
- Chandler Travis Philharmonic @ Midway Cafe
- Eggy And The California Flowers, Missile Girl, Bunny Boy, Night Nurses @ O'Brien's Pub
- AngelCorpse, Blessed Offal, Peucharist, Witch King, Apollyon @ ONCE Ballroom
- Pixies, Cymbals Eat Guitars @ Paradise Rock Club (SOLD OUT)
- The Natural Wonders @ Sally O'Brien's
- Gin Daisy @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- Aidan Pagnani Band, Chris Kazarian @ The Plough & Stars
- Ship Of The Sun (Grateful Dead) @ Toad
- Kina Zoré @ Zuzu
May 22nd:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Monday Night Bluegrass: Sean Staples, Dave Westner, Eric Royer & Jimmy Ryan @ Atwood's Tavern
- Ozere @ Club Passim
- Nightlands, The Building @ Great Scott
- The Meddling Kids, Bugs In The Corner, The Old Rochelle @ Middle East Corner
- Xasthur, Marissa Nadler, Johanna Warren @ Middle East Upstairs
- Louis Apollon, Phil Holub, Grant Bloom, Maxwell Bailey @ Midway Cafe
- Whoopi Sticks, Fire In The Radio, Cook Bag @ O'Brien's Pub
- The Splinters @ ONCE Lounge (Early show)
- Furanimal, Abraham @ ONCE Lounge
- Grav&Tation, Miele, Cloud 4 @ PA's Lounge
- Shawn Carter's Cheapshots Comedy: @ Sally O'Brien's
- Marley Monday: The Duppy Conquerors @ Sally O'Brien's (Late show)
- The Secret Sisters, Cheyenne Medders @ The Red Room at Cafe 939 (Early afternoon show)
- Downbeat Mondays: Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- David Johnston @ Toad
- The White Owls @ Toad (Late show)
- Proud Parents, Peach Ring, G. Gordon Gritty @ Zuzu
May 23rd:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Patrick Mongeau & The Janky Teeth (CD release) @ Atwood's Tavern
- The Appleseed Collective @ Club Passim
- Conan, North, Wormwood @ Great Scott
- #MIDEASTCORN: @ Middle East Corner
- '68, Listener, The Homeless Gospel Choir @ Middle East Upstairs
- Brian Carpenter & The Confessions, Naftule's Dream @ Midway Cafe
- Easter Bloodhounds, Knock Over City, VAT, Tripping The Stone @ O'Brien's Pub
- Dreamcar (featuring members of No Doubt and AFI), Superet @ Paradise Rock Club
- Urban Cone, Nightly, Let's Wait, Nikolas Nikolas @ Sonia
- Attack Of Le Pigeon @ The Plough & Stars
- REST: @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- Niall Connolly @ Toad
- Ward Hayden & The Usual Suspects, Honey Talk @ Toad (Late show)
- Nobody Safe Tour: Future, Migos, Tory Lanez, Kodak Black, Zoey Dollaz @ Xfinity Center
May 24th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Sol Sol, Wild Life @ Atwood's Tavern
- Rod MacDonald, Geoff Bartley @ Club Passim
- Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Sleeping Lion @ Great Scott
- The Dennis Brennan Band @ Lizard Lounge
- ESS SEE, LAE, Sophie Villy @ Middle East Corner
- Maybird, The Sun Parade, birdgangs @ Middle East Upstairs
- Super Happy Funtime Burlesque!: @ Midway Cafe
- Miracle Blood, Aneurysm, Dead Trains @ O'Brien's Pub
- BLOWW, You Bred Raptors?, GEPH, Soundscape @ PA's Lounge
- Marian Hill, Opia @ Royale
- Wednesday Nite Blues Jam: Matt Stubbs Trio @ The Plough & Stars
- Fandango @ Toad
- Danielle Miraglia & The Glory Junkies @ Toad (Late show)
May 25th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Atlas Lab, The Solars @ Atwood's Tavern
- Maxo Kream, Fki @ Brighton Music Hall
- HSY, The Frigs, Trim, The Channels @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Kelli Eagan, Jim Eagan @ Club Passim
- Miles Mosley + The West Coast Get Down @ Great Scott
- Peter Prince, Jaimie McLean Band @ Lizard Lounge
- Big Spender Trio @ Middle East Corner
- Gregorio Uribe @ Middle East Downstairs
- Attack Of The Flow Gods Tour: RA The Rugged Man, A-F-R-O @ Middle East Upstairs
- Cyndi Cresswell Cook @ Midway Cafe
- BibleCode Sundays, The Pourmen, Patrick Sampson @ O'Brien's Pub
- Old Crow Medicine Show (performing "Blonde On Blonde") @ Orpheum Theatre
- Bears at Work, Violet Intent @ PA's Lounge
- Cold Expectations, Jim Weeks @ The Plough & Stars
- Joe Pug @ The Sinclair
- Todd Thibaud @ Toad
- Baker Thomas Band @ Toad (Late show)
May 26th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Tim Gearan Band, Red Red Rockit @ Atwood's Tavern
- State Of The Union, The Billy Connors Project, Reddy Teddy @ Cantab Lounge (Downstairs)
- Campfire: Gretchen & The Pickpockets, Corporate Punk, Joel Ninesling, Tom Burris, Bill Scorzari, Jill McCracken, David Champagne, Fawn, Kaiti Jones, Bridget Driscoll, Zion Rodman, Miles Hewitt @ Club Passim
- The Gas: @ Great Scott
- Toussaint And The Naya Rockers @ Lizard Lounge
- Terrafunk @ Middle East Corner
- Ott & Bluetech @ Middle East Downstairs
- Hippie Hour: Uncle Johnny's Band @ Midway Cafe (Early show)
- Reindeer, Bird Language, M.G. Lederman, Medical Maps (Album release) @ Midway Cafe
- Psychic Dog, When Particles Collide, Powerslut, The Knock Ups @ O'Brien's Pub
- Goratory, Dysentery, Bacterial Husk @ ONCE Ballroom
- Town Meeting, Hannah Daman And The Martelle Sisters @ ONCE Lounge
- Buster, Monk, Towns, Los Stones @ PA's Lounge
- Tom Hagerty Band @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Xandor, Jake Nelson, Sonex @ Sonia
- Corin Ashley, Modern Day Idols @ The Plough & Stars
- Muddy Ruckus @ Toad
- Leaving Eden, Dark Rain @ Carousel Lounge (Salisbury)
May 27th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- The Silks @ Atwood's Tavern
- JMSN, Alcordo, QUI&Numl; @ Brighton Music Hall
- Campfire: Rosemere Road, Will Dailey, Tom Smith, Carlin Tripp, Chris Kasper, Jakals, Mike Herz, Lay Low Moon, Lindsay Foote, J. Alan Schneider, Alice Howe, GoldenOak, Hayley Sabella & David Tanklefsky, Zak Trojano, Olivia Quillio, Jackie Giroux, Frank Bell, San Lorenzo,Cardboard Ox, Carolyn Flaherty, Caroline Kuhn, Tory Silver, Timothy Davis, Kat Parks & Brad Bensko, LOVE LOVE @ Club Passim
- The Squires Of Soul @ Middle East Corner (Early afternoon show)
- PK And The Mighty Seven (Jamiroquai) @ Middle East Corner
- Bury Your Dead, On Broken Wings, Absolute Suffering, Gator King, Before I Had Wings, Misgiver, Dissent @ Middle East Downstairs
- LuxDeluxe, Earthquake Party!, BABY! @ Middle East Upstairs
- The Runouts, The Martians, Blame Shifters, Nymphidels @ Midway Cafe (Afternoon show)
- The Pomps, Slip And Fall, The Dirty Dottys, Julian Wahlberg (of The Screw-Ups) @ Midway Cafe
- Nuclear Santa Claust, Nervous Triggers, Sticker Shock @ O'Brien's Pub
- Lyres, Cal Cali Band, Classic Ruins, Black Souls @ ONCE Ballroom
- SPH Band Contest: Devilz Sidekikx, Don't Drink The Water, Jones Landing, Temple Of Mars, Unicorn Continent @ PA's Lounge
- Control (The Manray Spring Gathering): @ Paradise Rock Club
- Patsy Hamel Band @ Sally O'Brien's (Early show)
- Big Giant, The Weisstronauts, The Mercy James Gang (Reunion) @ Sally O'Brien's
- Josh Lederman And The Cambridge-Somerville All-Stars @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
- The Library Band, Pat And The Hats @ The Plough & Stars
- Niall Connolly @ Toad
- Andy Mowatt's Steely Jam @ Toad (Late show)
May 28th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Hazel & The Highland Drifters @ Atwood's Tavern (Afternoon show)
- Jugghead Band @ Atwood's Tavern
- Morbid Angel, Suffocation, Withered, Revocation @ Brighton Music Hall
- Campfire: Mattie & Debbie, CIVIC, Julia Mark, Jake Manzi, Rachel Sumner, Sam Moss, The Great Molasses Flood, Reverend Freakchild, Rose Polenzani, Sean Staples, Jim Trick, Chris O'Brien, The Rough & Tumble, Mad Love Orchestra, Prateek Poddar, Conor Hennessy, Lindsay Straw, Niall Connolly, Box Of Birds, Matt Minigell, Madeleine Grace, Mikey Sweet, Maisie Bull, Jeb Barry & The Pawn Shop Saints @ Club Passim
- Lizard Lounge Poetry Night: The Jeff Robinson Trio @ Lizard Lounge
- School Of Rock - The Divas: @ Middle East Upstairs (Early afternoon show)
- The Nomad Stones, Swivel, The Love Dimension, Vanessa Silberman @ Middle East Upstairs
- Shiloh, Squash, Greed Island, Fossy Jaw @ O'Brien's Pub
- Evvergreen, Signals Of Bedlam @ Out Of The Blue Too
- Roy Sludge Trio @ Sally O'Brien's
- BITERS, Frankie & The Studs, Bad Marriage @ Sonia
- Johnnie Mac & The Local Forecasts @ The Plough & Stars (Afternoon show)
May 29th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Monday Night Bluegrass: Sean Staples, Dave Westner, Eric Royer & Jimmy Ryan @ Atwood's Tavern
- Campfire: Elf Night Drunk, Hannah Siglin, Gillian Grogan, Kate Copeland, Lisa Bastoni, Çe&scdeil;ni Trio, Eleanor Buckland, Jamie Kallestad, Anthony Savino, Mountainess, Lloyd Thayer (w/ Warren Senders, Mac Ritchey, & Jerome Deupree), The Littlest Birds, Alex Smith & Jake Brillhart, Honeyfoot, Carl Cacho, Lloyd Thayer, Sonny Jim Clifford, Nate Sabat, Sick Sad & Lonesome, Low Ceilings, Rue Snider, Emily Barnes, Alec Hutson, Nick Nace @ Club Passim
- Andy Mowatt's Steely Jam, Safar, The Chairman Dances @ Middle East Corner
- Rose McDowell, Whore Paint, Dame, Strange Passage @ Middle East Upstairs
- Cazador, Ikaray, Sough, Glacier @ O'Brien's Pub
- Anjimile, Sarah Golley @ ONCE Lounge
- Biung, Sean Huang, Gina Can, The Woolly Mammoths @ PA's Lounge
- Shawn Carter's Cheapshots Comedy: @ Sally O'Brien's
- Marley Monday: The Duppy Conquerors @ Sally O'Brien's (Late show)
- Downbeat Mondays: Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas @ The Sinclair (Restaurant)
- David Johnston @ Toad
- The White Owls @ Toad (Late show)
- The Cavemen, Hot Tramps, Cult Fiction @ Zuzu
May 30th:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Peter Holsapple @ Atwood's Tavern
- Beneath The Surface Tour: Olivier St. Louis @ Brighton Music Hall
- James Hill @ Club Passim
- Tribute Tuesday: (XTC) @ Lizard Lounge
- #MIDEASTCORN: @ Middle East Corner
- Pet Symmetry, Rat Boys, Save Ends @ Middle East Upstairs
- Mailman Carl, The Maxims, Hooch, Meaghan Casey @ Midway Cafe
- Fucko, Notches, Kowabunga Kid, Yo Ticonderoga @ O'Brien's Pub
- Attack Of Le Pigeon @ The Plough & Stars
- Miriam @ Toad
- The Blue Ribbons @ Toad (Late show)
May 31st:
Greater Boston Area:
Greater Boston Area:
- Nico Rivers & The Black Grass (CD release), Box Of Birds, Gentle Temper @ Atwood's Tavern
- Tuxedo @ Brighton Music Hall
- Mutlu @ Club Passim
- Reeve Carney @ Great Scott
- The Dennis Brennan Band @ Lizard Lounge
- Din Check, Cybil Striper, Jungle H. Green @ Middle East Corner
- JahRiffe & Jah-N-I Roots Movement, Lady Lee @ Midway Cafe
- 28 Degrees Taurus, The Spearmint Sea, Rivers And Plains @ O'Brien's Pub
- Michael Kiwanuka, Cloves @ Royale
- Wednesday Nite Blues Jam: Matt Stubbs Trio @ The Plough & Stars
- The Suitcase Junket, Caroline Rose @ The Sinclair
- Fandango @ Toad
- The Get Right Band @ Toad (Late show)