[Boston-Area Action 4/8/26] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on April 8, 2026 at 3:11 pm | No Comments
Well, it may not feel like Spring yet (as I start this post, it freakin’ snowed this morning here in Boston), but the show-going schedule sure looks like it has arrived. So many night-out options, so little time. I know I’m a broken record when it comes to painful choices, but it’s only going to get worse as New England comes out of hibernation. And by worse, I mean better, as we’re getting so many great bands coming out to play. Choose wisely.
To inform those choices, here’s my weekly Wednesday post where I list out potential plans for you & me over the next seven days, along with shows that have been announced since I last did this. Have a look, do some listening, get yourself out to a gig. It’s the cure for what ails you. Unless what ails you is “I need a nap”. In which case, I’ll be of no help.
If there’s anything missing from this run-down that you’re psyched about, whether it’s something you’re going to or something you’re playing at, please feel free to share it in a comment. I can’t keep track of it all. And if I screwed up the details of something you know about, be my fact-checkin’ cuz. We all need ’em.
Personal highlights of my imminent plans: Mark Robinson opening for the Wedding Present tonight at the Sinclair! Swoon. It’s a particularly packed weeknight, and were it not for the Weddoes show, I’d probably have been at Peter Case & Corin Ashley down the street at Passim, or the Earfull show nearby, maybe McClusky & Pile at the Paradise, or possibly Prewn & Lake at Deep Cuts. Weakened Friends are playing on Lansdowne Street, too. WTF is with this Wednesday? Total mid-week madness. Friday has Major Stars & Takaat at Deep Cuts, and Saturday brings something I’ll be driving out to Amherst for: The Magnolia & (Will) Johnson Electric Company performing the songs of Jason Molina at the Drake. That’s gonna be an emotional one, no doubt. If you’re here in town, don’t miss the Dark Spring festival, check out the lineup for Hot Stove, Cool Music, or maybe hit Faces in Malden for a Dana Farber benefit. Next Tuesday brings the Chameleons to Somerville with the Veldt & Lovina Falls at Crystal Ballroom, so get to that one early. Plenty of other shows I could mention, and they’re all listed below or in the right hand column over there –>
My own stand-outs from the announcements: Future Teens at Deep Cuts, Kurt Vile & his band at the Royale, and most excitingly, Rocketship are back! They’ll be at the Rockwell in October with Lightheaded. Highly recommend snagging an early ticket for that one. Also very, very psyched that Jejune & The Shyness Clinic (!!) are playing together at the Sinclair. Thanks, Numero Group!
As for that Public Image Ltd. show at the Paradise I was on the fence about? Well, it was moved to Big Night Live, so that pushed me right off into the ‘no thanks’ zone. That said, we’ll see what the setlists look like as it gets closer. You never know.
Alright. Behold, the lists…
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Wednesday, April 8th
The Wedding Present
Mark Robinson
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, April 8th
Prewn
Lane
@ Deep Cuts
Wednesday, April 8th
The EARFULL series
writers reading,
songwriters performing.
with authors
Alysia Abbott & Rick Moody
and musicians
Mehmet Ali Sanlikol Trio
& The Suitcase Junket
@ the Regattabar
Wednesday, April 8th
The Wonder Years
Knuckle Puck
Weakened Friends
@ the House of Blues
Wednesday, April 8th
Peter Case
Corin Ashley
@ Club Passim
Wednesday, April 8th
Mclusky
Pile
@ the Paradise
Thursday, April 9th
Jane Siberry
@ City Winery Boston
Thursday, April 9th
Stuck
Landowner
Pew Pew
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday & Friday
April 9th & 10th
Circle Jerks
Gorilla Biscuits
@ the Paradise
Friday, April 10th
Band of Horses
@ the Cabot in Beverly
Friday, April 10th
Flatwaves
Still Life Sounds
Slow Quit
Tunneling
@ O’Brien’s
Friday, April 10th
TAKAAT
Major Stars
KO Queen
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, April 11th
Will Dailey
@ the Paradise
Saturday, April 11th
DARK SPRING BOSTON
@ Sonia
Saturday, April 11th
Hot Stove Cool Music returns!
with Fountains of Wayne,
Kay Hanley, Peter Gammons,
Will Dailey, Hot Stove All-Stars,
and more!
@ the Paradise
Saturday, April 11th
A benefit for Dana Farber!
Sidewalk Driver
Silver Screams
The Wynotts
Duck & Cover
@ Faces
Sunday, April 12th
Holy Fuck
Gus Englehorn
@ the Rockwell
Tuesday, April 14th
The Chameleons
The Veldt
Lovina Falls
@ Crystal Ballroom
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Sunday, May 16th
Bentanzaganza
A benefit for Ben Tan
with
Johnnie & the Foodmasters
Delons, Noah Britton, and
Sound Dream Machine
@ the Midway Cafe
Wednesday, May 27th
Ms. Ezra Furman
does whatever she wants
@ the Rockwell
Wednesday, June 3rd
The Fiery Furnaces
@ the Somerville Armory
Saturday, June 27th
Comedy Bang! Bang!
with Scott Aukerman,
Paul F. Tompkins, &
the CB!B! All-Stars
@ the Chevalier Theatre
Tuesday, July 7th
NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest
On the Road 2026
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, July 8th
The Body
BIG|BRAVE
@ the Middle East Upstairs
Wednesday, July 8th
Future Teens
Snarls
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, July 9th
Jejune
The Shyness Clinic
@ the The Sinclair
Thursday, July 16th
Styrofoam Winos
Sweet Petunia
Jake McKelvie
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, July 24th
Kurt Vile & the Violators
Being Dead
@ the Royale
Wednesday, August 19th
Howard Jones
Wang Chung,
The English Beat
Modern English
@ the House of Blues
Sunday, September 13th
Kim Gordon
Voyeur
@ the Paradise
Thursday, October 1st
Rocketship
Lightheaded
@ the Rockwell
Saturday, October 3rd
Public Image Ltd.
show moved from the Paradise
to Big Night Live (booo)
Tuesday, October 13th
Johnny Blue Skies
& the Dark Clouds
@ TD Garden
[Boston-Area Action 4/2/26] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on April 2, 2026 at 10:42 am | No Comments
My regular Wednesday post has become a Thursday one this week, good thing it’s not my actual job. Yesterday I was caught up with the work that pays me, and also fixated on Ida house show tickets going on sale (we sold it out in a few hours! nice work, friends!). So my weekly rundown of new Boston-area show announcements and imminent gig-going options got delayed a day. No biggie. Here ’tis.
If I’d written this yesterday, I’d have mentioned last night’s Wednesday/Gouge Away team-up, but it’s not like it needed my promo-help. This Saturday brings my beloved Throwing Muses back to town, a band that’s played no small part in how my life has turned out (that’s not hyperbole, ask my better half). I’m pretty bummed that show is up against the Dirty Three, but I’ll always choose Kristin & company. There are a bunch of other options for aural entertainment this week, so check out the list. I even went out of my usual geographic zone to include a Worcester gig, ‘cuz Hedge is headlining a killer lineup at Ralph’s. Check it.
Below that about-to-happen list, some highlights from the new announcements run-down include Lupo Città’s album release show at the Lilypad in a few weeks, Jason Narducy coming back to town as part of the Earfull Series, White Denim with Arc Iris in October, and a Tortoise/Basic team-up in June, which is painfully the same night as the welcome return of The Bug Club. Ouch.
Have a look at the rest of that list for some other shows that jumped out at me, and might hit you right. If there are things I missed that you’re into, or glaring errors, kindly drop a comment. And glance over at the right-column for a longer list as well —>
Off we go…
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Thursday, April 2nd
The Grownup Noise
(trio show)
@ The Square Root
Thursday, April 2nd
On Cinema Live! with
Tim Heidecker
& Gregg Turkington
@ The Wilbur
Friday, April 3rd
Patrick Watson
@ Somerville Theatre
Friday, April 3rd
Hedge
Hey I’m Outside
Ezra Cohen
& the Big City Band
Jake McKelvie
@ Ralph’s Rock Diner
Friday & Saturday
April 3rd & 4th
Hayley Williams
Water From Your Eyes
@ House of Blues Boston
Saturday, April 4th
Throwing Muses
Poison Joys
@ the Paradise
Saturday, April 4th
The Dirty Three
@ The Sinclair
Saturday, April 4th
Puscifer
Dave Hill
@ The Wang Theatre
Sunday, April 5th
Glen Hansard
@ City Winery Boston
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Wednesday, April 8th
Corin Ashley
added as opener for
Peter David Case
@ Club Passim
Saturday, April 25th
Lupo città
“Inverno” LP release show!
with Taxidermists
@ the Lilypad Inman
Wednesday, April 29th
Author Tom Perrotta presents
“Ghost Town: A Novel”
with Meredith Goldstein
@ the Brattle Theatre
Saturday, May 2nd
Vundabar
Copilot
free & all ages
@ Palmer St. in Lowell
Wednesday, May 6th
The Earfull Series
writers reading, songwriters performing.
with authors
Allegra Goodman & Jayne Anne Phillips
and musicians
Jason Narducy & Debo Ray
@ The Regattabar
Friday, June 5th
Pete & Bas Save America
Delivery Boys
@ The Sinclair
Tuesday, June 30th
Tortoise
Basic
@ the Sinclair
Tuesday, June 30th
The Bug Club
@ Deep Cuts
Sunday, July 5th
The Spatulas
Major Stars
Tyler & the Names
@ the Lilypad
Friday, July 10th
Shakira
@ the TD Garden
Wednesday, July 15th
Benson Boone
@ the TD Garden
Saturday, July 18th
Muse
Bloc Party
The Temper Trap
@ Xfinity Center
Tuesday & Wednesday
July 21st & 22nd
Billy Strings
@ Agganis Arena
Thursday & Friday
July 23rd & 24th
Smoking Popes
35th Anniversary Tour
with Radiator Hospital
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, July 24th
Man Man
Death Valley Girls
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, August 13th
Deep Purple
Kansas
Jefferson Starship
@ the Xfinity Center
Friday, September 4th
Lily Allen
@ MGM Music Hall
September 10th
Babymetal
Halestorm
Violent Vira
@ the Xfinity Center
Sunday, September 27th
Weezer
The Shins
Silversun Pickups
@ TD Garden
Thursday, October 8th
White Denim
Arc Iris
@ Deep Cuts
Tuesday, October 13th
Sturgill Simpson
@ TD Garden
November 5th
Air Supply
@ the Chevalier
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Yes, I ended with an Air Supply show. I have no defense.