[Boston-Area Action 4/29/26] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on April 29, 2026 at 12:31 pm | No Comments
Wednesday = time for the lists I pull together of Boston-area shows of interest (to me, and maybe you) happening in the next week, and recent announcements of bands coming to town.
There’s way too much going on, which is a better problem than nothing going on, but I’d prefer just-a-little-less going on. This is where I whine about tough choices again, because this coming weekend is crazy. Conflicts abound.
Jumping out: The Town & The City Festival on Thursday, Friday, & Saturday. Check out their schedule and get yourself to Lowell, good people. Chris Brokaw & Tanya Donelly are playing it on Saturday, and they’re also playing the night before in Cambridge (I have an extra ticket, get at me). Thalia Zedek Band plays Deep Cuts tonight. Lloyd Cole is at City Winery tomorrow. Vivid Bloom are at the Capitol Theatre on Friday, and Lady Lamb plays the Somerville Theatre on Sunday. Whew.
If you aren’t heading down to the Providence Pop Fest to see them like I am, you can catch Good Flying Birds here at the Lilypad on Sunday night. But that goes up against the guaranteed-great screening of Rachel Lichtman’s “Programme 4” film at the Regent Theatre in Arlington. Cannot wait for that. It’s the main reason I’m hitting Providence for GFB (also, Pylon!) rather than their Sunday show. Jugglin’ over here. My beloved Ducks Ltd. are opening for Yumi Zouma at The Sinclair on Monday, Dry Cleaning is at the Paradise on Tuesday, the Messthetics team up with Trinary System at City Winery that night as well, and Joe Pernice starts his two-night stand at Club Passim, too.
Standout announcement-wise, the Earfull Series has announced the lineups for their June shows at Branch Line (Syd Straw! Sleepyhead! Todd Thibaud!), Liz Phair & Sleater-Kinney are playing MGM Music Hall together in September, and loathe as I am to mention it, Moz is coming to Lowell. Maybe? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Ok, list time. If you please, comment with events I missed that you’re particularly psyched about or involved in, or with any updated/incorrect info. Any shows not listed below might be over in the right-hand column, so have a look there, too.
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Wednesday, April 29th
Vulture Feather
Thalia Zedek Band
Sinaloa
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, April 30th
Lloyd Cole
@ City Winery
Thursday, April 30th
through Saturday, May 2nd
The Town and the City Festival
@ venues throughout Lowell, MA
Thursday, April 30th
through Sunday, May 3rd
The Hold Steady
celebrate 30 years of
“Boys and Girls in America”
@ The Sinclair
Friday, May 1st
4th Wall presents…
Circus Trees
Vivid Bloom
Declaw
@ the Capitol Theatre
in Arlington
Friday, May 1st
Tanya Donelly
& Chris Brokaw
@ First Church, Cambridge
Saturday, May 2nd
Telehealth
Perennial
Pinklids
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, May 2nd
Lightheaded
The Hobknobs
Intac
Ohio State Fair
@ O’Brien’s
Saturday, May 2nd
Vundabar
Copilot
free & all ages
@ Palmer St. in Lowell
Sunday, May 3rd
Lady Lamb
@ the Somerville Theatre
Sunday, May 3rd
Good Flying Birds
Galore
Grass Widow
@ the Lilypad
Sunday, May 3rd
Rachel Lichtman presents
Programme 4’s
“Make the Scene”
with guests Josh Kantor,
Chris Murphy/Jim Roebuck,
and Juliana Hatfield
@ the Regent Theatre
Monday, May 4th
Yumi Zouma
Ducks Ltd.
@ the Sinclair
Monday, May 4th
Harvard Bookstore presents
Gaelynn Lea in conversation
with Adrian Anantawan
and Colleen Flanagan
@ Cambridge Public Library
Tuesday, May 5th
Dry Cleaning
YHWH Nailgun
@ the Paradise
Tuesday, May 5th
The Messthetics
and James Brandon Lewis
Trinary System
@ City Winery Boston
Tuesday, May 5th
Gladie
Noun
@ Deep Cuts
Tuesday & Wednesday
May 5th & 6th
Joe Pernice
@ Club Passim
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Wednesday, May 6th
Future Teens Paint Night +
Record Release Listening Party!
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, May 15th
Natural Information Society
Jake Meginsky & Lemual Marc
@ Hope Central Church
Friday, May 29th
Field Day
@ Village Social Club, Brookline
Tuesday, June 2nd
Earfull Series presents…
Authors Allison King & Lauren Acampora
Musicians Hope for Rain & The Franc Graham Band
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Tuesday, June 9th
Earfull Series presents…
Authors Lesley Mahoney O’Connell & Elizabeth Graver
Musicians Syd Straw & Todd Thibaud
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Tuesday, June 16th
Earfull Series presents…
Authors Laura Zigman & Tom Perrotta
Musicians Special Guests TBA & Sleepyhead
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Tuesday, June 23rd
Earfull Series presents…
Authors Keith O’Brien & Charlie Pierce
Musicians Bronson Arroyo & Gompson
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Friday, July 10th
Emperor X
@ Warehouse XI
Wednesday, July 15th
Willis
Boyscott
The Flooks
@ the Sinclair
Monday, July 22nd
Los Lobos
@ the Cut
Friday – Sunday
July 24th – July 26th
2026 Lowell Folk Fest
Elida Almeida, Dat Mighty 9,
Melissa Carper & Emily Gimble,
John Doyle & Friends,
Fabiola Mendez,
and Super Chikan
& the Fighting Cocks
@ downtown Lowell
Saturday, August 8th
King Yellowman
@ the Cut
Friday, August 28th
Kacey Musgraves
Midland
@ TD Garden
Sunday, August 30th
Citizen
Anxious
Hotline TNT
Rocket
Cryogeyser
@ the House of Blues
Monday, September 21st
Liz Phair
Sleater-Kinney
@ MGM Music Hall
Thursday, September 24th
Suki Waterhouse
Charlotte Lawrence
@ MGM Music Hall
Wednesday, September 30th
Morrissey
@ Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Tuesday, October 13th
Fred Armisen
@ the Wilbur
Tuesday, November 10th
Geese
@ Roadrunner
See you out there. I might be limping. Don’t ask.
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