Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and now we get a long weekend! And a Happy Thanksgiving to friends from the Great White North! On Thursday The Susan Constant, Eddie Japan, Parlour Bells, Gymnasium, and Davinna Yannerty/Phil Wisdom/David Mirabella are at TT’s and over at Church are Gyro Lula and the Big Lonesome. By the way, the Hawkwind show at the Wilbur is cancelled (actually the whole U.S. tour is cancelled due to illness). Friday is the start of the Honk Festival weekend in Davis Square and Harvard Square. Friday has Mark Lanegan (from the Screaming Trees) at Royale and the Plough and Stars has Jay Allen and the Archcriminals and Assisted Living (Kevin from the Shods, new band). On Saturday there’s local favs Kingsley Flood is at the Paradise and Hey Marseilles is at Brighton Music Hall. Busy day on Sunday, good thing it’s a holiday weekend. During the day there’s the Honk Fest, Octoberfest in Harvard Square, TT’s Flea Market and Bloody Mary Bash and Roy Sludge does his regular afternoon gig at Radio, (wow!) and that’s just during the day. Sunday night has the Rattle Heatre Reunion at Radio; The Meat Puppets are at Brighton Music Hall and Those Darlins are at Great Scott. Monday has Americana Mondays at Pa’s and at the Davis Square Theatre it’s the Encyclopedia Show. There’s The Generators, The Connection, and Tag Sale at the Middle East Upstairs and Mike Gent and Rapid Shave at Sally O’Brien’s happening on Tuesday. And on Wednesday The English Beat are at Johnny D’s and The Moondoggies are at TT’s.
And now … THE LIST:
Thursday, 10/10: Melvern Taylor and His Fabulous Meltones at Toad
Thursday, 10/10: Bob Colby’s Second Thursdays with Christopher Paul Stelling, Thomas John Cadrin and Kelsey Brown at Club Bohemia
Thursday, 10/10: The Susan Constant, Eddie Japan, Parlour Bells, Gymnasium and Davinna Yannerty/Phil Wisdom/David Mirabella at TT’s
Thursday, 10/10: Gyro Lula and the Big Lonesome at Church
Thursday, 10/10: Hawkwind at the Wilbur POSTPONED
Thursday, 10/10: They Might Be Giants at Lupo’s, Providence
Friday, 10/11: Jay Allen and the Archcriminals and Assisted Living at the Plough
Friday, 10/11: Honk Festival in Davis Sq and Harvard Sq with a kick-off party at Johnny D’s
Friday, 10/11: Peelander-Z, League Podcast and Planetoid at Church
Friday, 10/11: Bell X1 at the Sinclair
Friday, 10/11: Mark Lanegan at Royale
Friday, 10/11: Nine Inch Nails at the Garden
Saturday, 10/12: Honk Festival in Davis Sq and Harvard Sq
Saturday, 10/12: The Sheila Divine at Union Square, Somerville, noon
Saturday, 10/12: Hey Marseilles at Brighton Music Hall
Saturday, 10/12: ByeBye Airplane Rock-Stacular at Atwoods
Saturday, 10/12: Kingsley Flood at the Paradise
Saturday, 10/12: Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) at the Citi Center
Sunday, 10/13: Honk Festival in Davis Sq and Harvard Sq
Sunday, 10/13: Octoberfest in Harvard Square
Sunday, 10/13: TT’s Spooktacular Flea Market and Bloody Mary Bash at TT’s
Sunday, 10/13: Roy Sludge Trio at Radio (4:30p)
Sunday, 10/13: Rattle Heatre Reunion and Pete Weiss and Rock Band at Radio
Sunday, 10/13: Those Darlins, Gambles and Thick Shakes at Great Scott
Sunday, 10/13: The Happy Hollows and Son of Stan at the Lilypad
Sunday, 10/13: Meat Puppets at the Brighton Music Hall
Sunday, 10/13: Ra Ra Riot at the House of Blues
Monday, 10/14: Americana Mondays at Pa’s
Monday, 10/14: Night of the Living Deadhead with Oakes Brine and Gay Dad at ZuZu
Monday, 10/14: Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Wolf People at Brighton Music Hall
Monday, 10/14: Encyclopedia Show at Davis Square Theatre
Monday, 10/14: Woodkid at Royale
Tuesday, 10/15: Mike Gent and Rapid Shave at Sally O’Brien’s
Tuesday, 10/15: The Generators, The Connection and Tag Sale at the ME Upstairs
Tuesday, 10/15: Freedy Johnston and the Winterpills at Passim
Tuesday, 10/15: Savages at the Paradise
Tuesday, 10/15: Pearl Jam at DCU Center
Wednesday, 10/16: The English Beat at Johnny D’s
Wednesday, 10/16: The Moondoggies at TT’s
Wednesday, 10/16: Dennis Brennan Band at the Lizard
Wednesday, 10/16: Foy Vance at Cafe 939
Wednesday, 10/16: Pearl Jam at DCU Center
And Looking Forward…
10/17 Tim Easton at the ME Upstairs
10/18 Au Revoir Simone at the Brighton Music Hall
10/19 Cyndi Lauper at the Citi Center
10/20 Simple Minds at the Wilbur
10/20 Franz Ferdinand at the Orpheum
10/22 Kid Congo + the Pink Monkey Birds at Johnny D’s
10/22 Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin at Great Scott
Amy’s Shows List began many years ago as an email list and continues as one to inspire people to catch live music around town. It was featured on Boston Band Crush and is now on The Dig.
My email is AmysShowsList@gmail.com if you have shows to add or want to be on the complete email list (which lists shows far into the future).