[Boston-Area Action 6/17/2026] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on June 17, 2026 at 1:46 pm | No Comments
The longer I keep doing these regular mid-week ‘Boston-area shows’ posts, the more repetitive the preambles are going to become. I should just get down to business. So I will!
Here are a couple of lists: First, local-ish shows that are coming up within the next seven days that are either in my taste wheelhouse, or might be in the wheelhouse of show-going friends & acquaintances. Many (but definitely not all) of which I’ll be attending. After that, a run-down of Boston-area gig announcements that have happened since I did this last week, or that I just found out about.
Personal picks from the imminent shows: Dave Herlihy is playing this evening with some of his O Positive bandmates for free on the corner of Boston Common as part of WERS’s 6-1-7 Day, The Breeders play in Beverly on Friday, and I’m hoping to double-dip on Saturday night by catching Girls Against Boys do an opening set at MGM before cruising over to Deep Cuts for Neptune, Lupo città, & There. We’ll see how that plan plays out. There are also a couple of Undertow-presented house shows that I’ll be ‘attending’, but I won’t plug those as they’re very sold out and you’d just be bummed.
Highlights, announcement-wise? Two nights of Built to Spill in October! With Quasi & Melanie Radford! So psyched. And you should definitely reserve a (free) spot for that Fenway Recordings anniversary show in August, and not just because it features the surprise return of the amazing Consonant (!).
A side note of sadness: The Plosivs/Hammered Hulls show scheduled for September was canceled. :-/ Here’s hoping Rob Crow can find a way to ease his tinnitus. The worst.
Alright, on to the lists. Got any suggestions? Leave a comment. Did I screw up any details? Let me know that, too. Be my QA team. Check the Almanac’s right hand column over there for shows beyond this upcoming week, too.
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Wednesday, June 17th
Lambrini Girls
Big Girl
@ the Paradise
(rescheduled from April)
Wednesday, June 17th
Rotsam
Henry Soloman
@ The Sinclair
Wednesday, June 17th
WERS 6-1-7 Day
starts at 12pm and includes…
Dave Herlihy (from O Positive)
& his band at 7:45pm
@ Emerson Uncommon Corner
@ Boston Common
Thursday, June 18th
Todd Thibaud & his band
welcome back from tour show
playing their “Alchemy” LP in full
@ Q Division Studios
Thursday, June 18th
Jesus The Dinosaur
Puppy Problems
Lake Saint Daniel
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday & Friday
June 18th & 19th
Pedro The Lion
(duo house shows)
in Allston & Cambridge
Friday, June 19th
Bands on the Run: a celebration
of the music of Paul McCartney
with Glowbox, Corin Ashley, &
many special guests
@ the Magic Room, Norwood
Friday, June 19th
Crystal Lizard
(record release show!)
@ the Lilypad
Friday, June 19th
The Breeders
Sean Solomon
@ The Cabot
Saturday, June 20th
Stop Calling Me Frank
Girl with a Hawk (release show!)
Tad Overbaugh & the Late Arrivals
@ Midway
Saturday, June 20th
Neptune (LP release show!)
Lupo città
There
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, June 20th
Young the Giant
Cold War Kids
Almost Monday
@ the Pavilion
Saturday, June 20th
Sidewalk Driver
Black Helicopter
Miskatonic
@ the Middle East Upstairs
Saturday, June 20th
Jimmy Eat World
“Bleed American” 25th Anniversary
Thrice
Girls Against Boys
@ MGM Music Hall
Sunday, June 21st
The Animeros
The Weisstronauts
@ Deep Cuts
Sunday, June 21st
The Samples
@ City Winery
Monday, June 22nd
Mumford & Sons
Lord Huron
Dylan Gossett
@ Fenway Park
Tuesday, June 23rd
Allston Pudding’s
Spring Concert Series
with
The Michael Character,
( T – T ) b, and Miss Bones
@ Zone 3, Lower Allston
Tuesday, June 23rd
The Earfull Series
writers reading,
songwriters performing.
with authors
Authors Keith O’Brien
& Charlie Pierce
and musicians
Bronson Arroyo
& Gompson
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Tuesday, June 23rd
Bounce House
Puke Pisstols
DJ Kathy Snax
@ Deep Cuts
Tuesday, June 23rd
Wolfmother
@ House of Blues
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
CANCELED:
Sunday, September 13th
Plosivs
Hammered Hulls
@ Brighton Music Hall
Friday, July 10th
Youbet
Warmachine
Pew Pew
@ the Lilypad
Friday, July 10th
Other Brother Darryl
(LP release!)
Hey I’m Outside
@ the Burren
Saturday, July 18th
Kristin Hersh
@ Payomet Performing Arts Center
Saturday, July 25th
Frances Forever
@ Warehouse XI
Saturday, July 25th
Lisa Bastoni
Sean Staples
@ the Rec Room
Thursday, July 30th
WOMPS
Loen Trout
ODACOVA
@ Soundcheck Studios
Friday, August 14th
Celebrating 25 Years
of Fenway Recordings
Consonant (reunited!)
Roger Clark Miller
BigTime
@ Brighton Music Hall
Saturday, August 15th
North West
Molly Santana
@ House of Blues
Wednesday, September 16th
YHWH Nailgun
Nuda
@ Sonia
Thursday, October 1st
Ceremony
Iron Lung
Poison Ruin
@ the Sinclair
Friday, October 23rd
Arrested Development
@ the Cabot
Tuesday & Wednesday
October 27th & 28th
Built to Spill
Quasi
Melanie Radford
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, October 31st
Jeff Tweedy
Case Oats
@ Groton Hill Music Center
Sunday, November 1st
Vince Staples
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, November 14th
Carbon Leaf
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, December 2nd
We Are Scientists
@ the Sinclair
Saturday & Sunday
December 12th & 13th
CONVERGE presents
“Saddest Day 2026”
with Saturday guests:
Converge, Cave In,
Emma Ruth Rundle, Pig Pen,
Deaf Club, Final Gasp,
& more TBA
and Sunday guests:
Converge, Chat Pile, Baroness,
Agriculture, Reveral of Man,
Habak, & Fuming Mouth
@ Roadrunner
Ok, see you out there, I hope. Say hello if you think it might be me. Or just make vaguely awkward eye contact if you’re not sure. But it probably is.
[Boston-Area Action 6/10/2026] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on June 10, 2026 at 12:06 pm | No Comments
As every Tuesday winds down, I think “Hey, I should really get a jumpstart on the weekly Wednesday shows post so I’m not scrambling tomorrow.” And every Tuesday, I … don’t do that. So here I am on another work-busy Wednesday pulling this thing together during my lunch break, when I should really not be staring at a screen. Ah well.
So here’s the regular “imminent Boston shows you might want to check out, and some I’ll definitely be at” post, along with a run down of area shows that have been announced since last Wednesday. Great stuff abounds.
Last month I did this insane run of 8 consecutive show nights in a row, and it absolutely crushed me. Swore I wasn’t going to let that happen again (as if it’s something that happens to me, rather than something I choose to do). So this impending stretch of four shows should be a breeze, right? For the record: Echo and the Bunnymen tomorrow night, Mekons on Friday, Verona Downs & Arto Vaun on Saturday, and Robyn Hitchcock on Sunday. Then a blessed night off before a killer Earfull installment on Tuesday night. Time to try out my new compression socks.
Other than those personal plans, there’s Cracker at the Middle East tonight, and John Hodgman, Jesse Thorn, & Eugene Mirman at the Coolidge tomorrow, which is up against Hrishikesh Hirway & Min Jin Lee at The Sinclair. On Friday, Hallelujah The Hills will be at The Haven JP, and Saturday brings Pride Fest to the Bellforge Arts Center with Melissa Ferrick. Astral B.itch is at O’Brien’s on Sunday, while Brittany Rose Queen’s birthday bash is happening at Deep Cuts. On Monday, Adult Learners celebrate their 7-inch release in that same room with the Cowboys & Orange Whip, and Tuesday has Hovvdy playing at MGM Music Hall, along with Allston Pudding’s free spring series continuing at Zone 3 in Lower Allston. Whew.
Announcement-wise, all I can really think about is the crazy Dromedary Records DROMFEST ’26 lineup in Catskill, NY on Labor Day weekend, which is like three hours outside of my Boston-show-news jurisdiction. But holy jeebus, that list of bands is nutso, and there are a lot of Boston connections in there. Tickets secured, cannot wait.
Otherwise, I’m psyched to see Rick Maguire of PILE + Hallelujah The Hills in Hingham in August, and Neko Case with Dan Destroyer Bejar in Lexington in October (just snagged pre-sale tix for that one). Many other announcements are below, and if I’m missing something announced or upcoming that you’re into, add a comment. But check out the right column over there first, where a massive list resides —>
Ok, off we go…
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Wednesday, June 10th
The Avett Brothers
and Mike Patton
present AVTT/PTTN
@ the Wang
Wednesday, June 10th
Primus
Les Claypool’s Frog Brigade
The Lennon Delirium
@ the Pavilion
Wednesday, June 10th
Cracker
@ the Middle East Down
Thursday, June 11th
Night Court with
Judge John Hodgman &
Bailiff Jesse Thorn
plus guest Eugene Mirman
@ Coolidge Corner Theatre
Thursday, June 11th
Echo & the Bunnymen
@ Roadrunner
Thursday, June 11th
Gracie & Rachel
Beccs
@ the Rockwell
Thursday, June 11th
Ex-Hyena
Casey Desmond
Big Time Kill
Proles
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, June 11th
A Concert & Conversation with
Hrishikesh Hirway & Min Jin Lee
@ the Sinclair
Friday, June 12th
Hallelujah the Hills
perform at
“Homeground at the Haven”
@ the Haven in JP
Friday, June 12th
Killswitch Engage
Machine Head
Iron Reagan
Havok
@ Roadrunner
Friday, June 12th
Dave Matthews Band
@ the Xfinity Center
Saturday, June 13th
Verona Downs (LP release!)
Arto Vaun
GOH
@ Medford Brewing
Saturday, June 13th
Pride Festival
featuring Melissa Ferrick
@ Bellforge Arts Center
Sunday, June 14th
Robyn Hitchcock
full band electric!
with Emma Swift
& DJ Carbo
@ Brighton Music Hall
Sunday, June 14th
Skeeter de Milo
Astral Bitch
BEDTIMEMAGIC
Sapling
@ O’Brien’s
Sunday, June 14th
Brittany Rose Queen’s
BIRTHDAY BASH
with
Rebuilder, Silent Drive,
Smug, & a special guest
@ Deep Cuts
Sunday, June 14th
Kiefer Sutherland
with Rocco Deluca
@ the Wilbur
Monday, June 15th
The Cowboys
Adult Learners (7 inch release!)
Orange Whip
@ Deep Cuts
Tuesday, June 16th
Bleachers
Hovvdy
@ MGM Music Hall
Tuesday, June 16th
The EARFULL series
writers reading,
songwriters performing.
with authors
Laura Zigman & Tom Perrotta
and musicians
Sleepyhead &
Chris Brokaw & Beth Kaplan
@ Branch Line, Watertown
Tuesday, June 16th
Allston Pudding’s
Spring Concert Series
with
Bowling Shoes,
Sasha and the Valentines,
& Barefoot Young
@ Zone 3, Lower Allston
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Saturday, June 27th
The Displayers
Elisa Smith
Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys
@ the Square Root
Tuesday, July 7th
Future Teens
Snarls
Alright, Thanks
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, August 1st
Regal Seagull (release show!)
37 Houses
Lesser Birds
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, August 7th
Best Brother Records presents
Rick McGuire of Pile
Hallelujah the Hills
@ Ames Chapel, Hingham
Wednesday, September 9th
Author Kevin Dettmar presents
his book “Punk in 50 Pieces”
with Gang of Four’s
Hugo Burnham
@ Brookline Booksmith
Tuesday, September 15th
Show Me The Body
The Whispers
Jivebomb
Holder
@ the Paradise
Friday, September 18th
Mon Rovia
Sarah Julie
@ Roadrunner
Thursday, September 24th
Paris Jackson
The Pretty Reckless
@ the House of Blues
Thursday, September 24th
Charli xcx
Underscores
@ TD Garden
Friday, September 25th
Peaches
@ the Wilbur
Sunday, September 27th
Boy Harsher
@ the Royale
Tuesday & Wednesday
October 6th & 7th
Phoebe Bridgers
Alex G
@ TD Garden
Wednesday, October 14th
Wishy
@ Brighton Music Hall
Thursday, October 15th
Neko Case
Destroyer (solo)
@ Cary Hall, Lexington
Wednesday, October 28th
Toad the Wet Sprocket
acoustic tour
@ the Wilbur
Friday, November 13th
Dweezil Zappa
@ the Chevalier
Friday, February 12th, 2027
Letterkenny Live
@ Agganis Arena
Back to work I go. Keep an eye out for the back of my head up in the front row.