[Boston-Area Action 7/16/25] My Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on July 16, 2025 at 3:26 pm | No Comments
Another Wednesday, and once again, the demands of the day job have me scrambling to fire off the weekly Boston-area “imminent shows I’m planning to/just might attend” and “recent show announcements” (there are a lot!) lists. Need to make this quick. There will be errors. Double-check me, and have a look the Almanac’s right column for more extensive listings, as always –>
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my) interest…
TONIGHT!
Wednesday, July 16th
Mekons
Johnny Dowd
@ City Winery
TOMORROW NIGHT!
Thursday, July 17th
Ducks Ltd.
Trace Mountains
@ Museum of Fine Arts
Friday, July 18th
Dinosaur Jr.
Snail Mail
Easy Action
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, July 19th
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
with Ken Marino, David Wain, & more
@ City Winery
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Thursday, July 31st
Rick Maguire (Pile)
@ Volante Farms (!?), Needham
Saturday, August 2nd
MARIO FEST ’25
with F.U.’s, The Humanoids,
Overkillers, Ladybug Smashers,
Keith Bennett, DJ Wunderdread,
DJ Gang of One (Hugo Burnham),
& some surprise guests
@ Boynton Yards, Somerville
Saturday, August 9th
Endation
Happy Little Clouds
Cold Expectations
Ex-Hyena
@ The Jungle
Wednesday, August 13th
WHICH SIDE?
A Protest Music Teach-Out
A Music Series with Discussion
Hosted by James Sullivan
featuring the Paid Protesters
& a revolving cast of singers
a ‘pay what you can’ affair
@ the Lizard Lounge
Thursday, August 28th
Scrawl
Chris Brokaw Rock Band
Phantom Tollbooth
@ Deep Cuts
Friday & Saturday
September 12th & 13th
Moon Over Salem Fest
with Rebuilder, Choke Up,
Tigerman WOAH, & many more
@ venues around Salem
Friday, September 19th
Sharp Pins
@ the Lilypad
Saturday, September 20th
Silver Screams
Sonic Bomb
Linnea’s Garden
@ Koto, Salem
Thursday, September 25th
The Cribs
@ The Sinclair
Friday, September 26th
Jonathan Coulton
@ City Winery
Wednesday, October 8th
High-Vis
Crush Your Soul
Cold Gawd
@ the Paradise
Saturday, October 11th
The Cult
“Death Cult In America” Tour
with Patriarchy
@ the Orpheum
Saturday, October 11th
Real Estate
“Atlas” Anniversary Tour
Trace Mountains
@ the Royale
Monday, October 13th
The Sword
@ the Paradise
Saturday, October 18th
AL BARILE DAY!
(bands announced soon)
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, October 18th
Jeff Tweedy
Macie Stewart
@ the Royale
Thursday, November 6th
Robert Plant’s Saving Grace
featuring Suzi Diane
@ the Shubert Theatre
Wednesday, November 12th
Jens Lekman
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, November 16th
Black Flag
(Ginn & the kids)
@ Taffeta in Lowell
Tuesday & Wednesday
November 18th & 19th
Land of Talk
(opening for The Barr Brothers)
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, November 30th
Caspian
Aisha Burns
@ Sonia
Tuesday, December 9th
they are gutting a body of water
Hooky
@ the Somerville Armory
[Boston-Area Action 7/9/25] My Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on July 9, 2025 at 12:25 pm | No Comments
Greetings! How’s your tyrannical takeover going? Sigh. There’s a show tonight at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge that might make you feel a tiny bit less powerless. Read on.
It’s a Wednesday, so I’m doing that thing where I mention Boston-area shows & events I’m definitely/probably/maybe? going to in the next week, and also list shows that have been announced since I last did this. Some great stuff ahead. And yes, I make a regional exception by including a Rhode Island announcement. Had to do it.
As always, my full list is over there in the right column –>
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my) interest…
TONIGHT
Wednesday, July 9th
WHICH SIDE?
A Protest Music Teach-Out
A Music Series with Discussion
Hosted by James Sullivan
featuring the Paid Protesters
& a revolving cast of singers
a ‘pay what you can’ affair
@ the Lizard Lounge
(sold out, but limited tix may
be available early at the door)
Friday, July 11th
The Zombies film
“Hung Up on A Dream” with
Colin Blunstone playing live
@ the Somerville Theatre
Friday, July 11th
Neptune
Landowner
Germ House
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, July 12th
A Monolithic Dome
Warmachine
Astral B.itch
@ 4th Wall, Arlington
Tuesday, July 15th
Authors Stephen Weiner
and Dan Mazur present their book
“Will Eisner: A Comics Biography”
@ Brookline Booksmith
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Wednesday, July 30th
Femi Anikulapo-Kuti & the Positive Force
@ The Sinclair
a Rhode Island exception…
Sunday, August 10th
Rick Maguire (Pile)
Carl Shane (Kal Marks)
2pm-5pm @ Myrtle
Friday & Saturday
September 19th & 20th
Boston Fuzzstival 2025
@ the Somerville Armory
Friday, September 19th
Russian Circles
Blackwater Holylight
@ the Royale
Tuesday, September 30th
Murray Hill
@ City Winery Boston
Thursday, October 9th
The Rapture
@ House of Blues
Saturday, November 8th
Cracker
with special guests
@ Abbot Hall, Marblehead
Sunday, November 9th
The Samples
@ City Winery
Friday, November 14th
Spiller
The Long Wait
@ the Middle East
Sunday, November 16th
The Faint
Hercules & Love Affair
@ the Royale
Wednesday, November 19th
Author Joe Hill
presenting ‘King Sorrow’
@ Brookline Booksmith
Friday, November 21st
Queensrÿche
ACCEPT
@ Somerville Theatre
Monday, January 19th
shame
@ Brighton Music Hall
That’s it for now.
Stay strong. Resist. If you can.