[Boston-Area Action 10/22/2026] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on October 22, 2026 at 2:18 pm | No Comments
Welcome once again to the weekly-Wednesday-post-thing, though I’m starting this way later in the day than I wanted (busytimes at the day job), so it may become a Thursday-post-thing (edit: it did). Whenever I do share it up, it’ll include a few paragraphs on about-to-occur Boston-area shows of interest (to me, you, daves we know, etc) and recently-announced local shows, followed by longer lists of both. Not comprehensive, just those on my personal taste-radar, or at least adjacent to it.
I am genuinely overwhelmed by the number of shows going on right now around here, so much so that even writing a bit about them is daunting. Tonight has the second of Julien Baker’s 3-night stand at the Middle East Downstairs with Future Teens, and as I write this, there appears to actually be tickets available online (the other two sold out). Meanwhile, at the Rockwell in Davis Square, American Motors will be opening the full-band onelinedrawing show, and Flooding plays with Bloodsports at the Lilypad. Hedge, Declaw, Dagwood, & Something Sneaky are at Deep Cuts, too. All that said, I’m gonna opt for a night at Union Tavern with Rolling Stony, Evelyn Pope, Adult Learners, and at last, the Specific Heats, who I’ve missed out on seeing a couple times since their reemergence. The time has come. Plus, I’m looking forward to a healthy dose of nostalgia being back in the former PA’s Lounge space, where I saw soooo many shows back in the day. Memory overload.
Friday brings Bruce Cockburn to the Chevalier with Livingston Taylor, Arrested Development to the Cabot up in Beverly, and a sure-to-be-fun Halloween show to the Lizard Lounge with Bikini Whale (doing the B-52s), Hey Blondie (doing, well, y’know), and Murdah By Numbahs (as the Police). ‘Tis the season. Saturday gives us… a lot (see the list below)….but my personal picks are the free Aaron Perrino/Luke O’Neil/Max Heinegg team-up at the Medford Brewing Company, the Pet Fox LP release show (at an undisclosed Allston venue… dm the band), or seeing Joe Pernice & Pete Mancini open for the Jayhawks at the Wang. Kinda can’t go wrong.
For me, Sunday is all about seeing Eric Bachmann (Archers of Loaf/Crooked Fingers) in Somerville. That’s sold out, though, so you may opt for Ajda the Turkish Queen, Shadowmerge, & Winds of Alluria at the Lilypad, Movements at Roadrunner, or Radiator Hospital with Dusk at Deep Cuts. Monday brings the L7 farewell tour to town at the Wilbur, and Tuesday has Rhett Miller & Will Dailey at City Winery. That night also brings this month’s installment of the “Which Side Are You On?” protest-music teachout series to the Burren Backroom with Juliana Hatfield & more, along with the first of Built to Spill’s two shows at the Sinclair. Don’t be late for those, as the openers include BtS bassist Melanie Radford playing a duo set with former BtS guitarist Jim Roth (who will join them later that night) along with Thee mighty Quasi. Yes, I am going to both nights. I mean, how could I not?
Ok, recent announcements. My highlights? Chris Brokaw & Kass Richards will be playing together at the Lilypad on November 8th, a killer lineup has been put together for the Trans Day of Resistance show at Deep Cuts on November 22nd, and on December 6th there will be a celebration of the dearly0departed Bruce K. Tull (of Scud Mountain Boys) featuring his bandmates & friends at the Iron Horse in Northampton. Linda Pardee, another much-missed & beloved area musician, will be remembered with a benefit for Dana-Farber on December 11th with Jeffrey Robbins (of Orbit), Vapors of Morphine, & more at the Crystal Ballroom. Into next year, Hallelujah the Hills have been added as openers for Kiwi Jr. at Deep Cuts (good thing, too, as a conflict kept me from their recent Deep Cuts show), Richard Thompson & his band are at the Wilbur on January 24th, and Star Moles hit Warehouse XI on the 27th.
Roadrunner has announced Lambrini Girls with Sprints on March 26th, Haywire on April 4th, and Tinashe on April 28th, while the Royale has the Growlers on April 20th and Shygirl on May 3rd, which is the same night as Angine de Poitrine at MGM Music Hall. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will be at the Sinclair on May 14th, and Pixies will open for Queens of the Stone Age ten days later at the Garden.
More inclusive (though not all-inclusive) lists of imminent shows & new announcements follow. Check the Almanac’s right column over there for all the upcoming shows on my radar as well. And feel free to comment with anything you’re into that I may have missed. As with pokemon, I cannot catch them all.
See you out there. If you wanna bring a non-alcoholic beer up to my front row spot, I’ll get you back, I swear. And I’m not picky.
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday
October 21st, 22nd, & 23rd
Julien Baker & her band
three night residency
with openers Future Teens
@ the Middle East Downstairs
Thursday, October 22nd
Flooding
Bloodsports
@ the Lilypad
Thursday, October 22nd
Adult Learners
The Specific Heats
Evelyn Pope
Rolling Stony
@ Union Tavern
Thursday, October 22nd
Declaw
Hedge
Dagwood
Something Sneaky
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, October 22nd
onelinedrawing (full band)
American Motors
@ the Rockwell
Friday, October 23rd
Little Barrie
@ the Lilypad
Friday, October 23rd
Bruce Cockburn
Livingston Taylor
@ the Chevalier Theatre
Friday, October 23rd
Have Heart
@ the Middle East Upstairs
Friday, October 23rd
Arrested Development
@ the Cabot
Friday, October 23rd
Harvard Bookstore presents
Author Neal Stephenson
@ First Parish Church
Saturday, October 24th
Aaron Perrino
Luke O’Neil
Max Heinegg
@ Medford Brewing Company
Saturday, October 24th
Triple Thick
Puke Pisstols
Lithophones
Deuce Club
@ Underbones/Redbones
Saturday, October 24th
The Jayhawks
Joe Pernice & Pete Mancini
@ the Shubert Theatre
Saturday, October 24th
Fib
Wiring
Pew Pew
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, October 24th
Pet Fox (LP release show!)
Key Found
Clifford (solo)
@ secret spot / dm the band
Saturday, October 24th
Rodrigo y Gabriela
@ Lynn Auditorium
Saturday, October 24th
Jesse Wells
Hudson Freeman
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, October 25th
“Hear Her Voice” with
Lucy Kaplansky,
Patty Larkin, and
Heather Maloney
@ the Cabot
Sunday, October 25th
Eric Bachmann (Archers
of Loaf/Crooked Fingers)
in Somerville
Sunday, October 25th
Ajda the Turkish Queen
Shadowmerge
Winds of Alluria
@ the Lilypad
Sunday, October 25th
Movements
Balance and Composure
Midrift
Niis
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, October 25th
Radiator Hospital
Dusk
@ Deep Cuts
Monday, October 26th
L7
(farewell tour)
@ the Wilbur
Tuesday, October 27th
Rhett Miller
Will Dailey
@ City Winery
Tuesday, October 27th
Which Side Are You On?:
A Protest Music Teach-Out.
this month featuring
Juliana Hatfield, Didi Stewart,
Sweet Petunia, Ann Koplow
(The Singing Therapist),
Angélica Muñoz, Mike Verge,
& the Paid Protesters
@ the Burren Backroom
Tuesday & Wednesday
October 27th & 28th
Built to Spill
Quasi
Melanie Radford
@ the Sinclair
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Sunday, November 1st
Cade Earick & Friends
(album release show)
Pintail
Cellardoor
School
@ Warehouse XI
Sunday, November 8th
An Evening with
Rhiannon Giddens as part
of B.U.’s Conversations
in the Arts & Ideas
@ Tsai Performance Center
Sunday, November 8th
Chris Brokaw
Kass Richards
@ the Lilypad
Wednesday, November 18th
The EARFULL series
writers reading,
songwriters performing.
with authors
M.L. Rio & Wally Lamb
and musicians
Amy Fairchild & Thomas Juliano
Morning Camera
(mems of Treat Her Right,
Either/Orchestra, and
Session Americana)
@ the Regattabar
Sunday, November 22nd
TRANS DAY OF RESISTANCE
with Ted Leo, Ezra Furman,
Evan Greer, Grace Givertz,
Hazel Afrodite, Blame Shifters,
and Flight or Visibility
3pm @ Deep Cuts
Sunday, December 6th
A Celebration of the Life
& Times of Bruce K. Tull
with Scud Mountain Boys
& more friends of Bruce
@ the Iron Horse
Friday, December 11th
The LeeVees
@ Off Cabot, Beverly
Friday, December 11th
Let’s Rock Cancer
A Dana-Farber Benefit
dedicated to Linda Pardee
hosted by Henry Santoro
featuring
Jeffrey Robbins (Orbit)
Vapors of Morphine
Muck & the Mires
The Ray Liriano Experience
… go! (and guests)
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Monday, December 21st
Sweet Petunia
@ Club Passim
Thursday, January 7th
Hallelujah the Hills
added as opener for
Kiwi Jr.
@ Deep Cuts
Sunday, January 17th
@ (at)
@ the Rockwell
Sunday, January 24th
Richard Thompson & his band
Clayton Linthicum
Quinn Bachand
@ the Wilbur
Wednesday, January 27th
Star Moles
@ Warehouse XI
Saturday, February 6th
“On A Winter’s Night” Reunion
with
Patty Larkin, Cliff Eberhardt,
Lucy Kaplansky, & John Gorka
@ the Regent Theatre
Saturday, February 6th
Alan Cumming: Uncut
@ the Chevalier Theatre
Saturday, March 13th
Nick Heyward
@ City Winery Boston
Wednesday, March 24th
Caroline Rose
@ the Sinclair
Friday, March 26th
Lambrini Girls
Sprints
@ Roadrunner
Sunday, April 4th
Haywire
@ Roadrunner
Tuesday, April 13th
Cornelius
@ the Somerville Theatre
Friday, April 16th
Eric Andre
@ the Chevalier
Tuesday, April 20th
The Growlers
@ the Royale
Wednesday, April 28th
Tinashe
@ Roadrunner
Monday, May 3rd
Shygirl
@ the Royale
Monday, May 3rd
Angine de Poitrine
@ MGM Music Hall
Friday, May 14th
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
@ the Sinclair
Monday, May 24th
Queens of the Stone Age
Pixies
Wheelchair Sports Camp
@ TD Garden
Tuesday, June 1st
She Past Away
@ the Royale
Wednesday, June 2nd
Papa Roach
@ the Pavilion
Friday, June 18th
comedian Jimmy Carr
@ the Wang
Wednesday, July 28th
Bon Jovi
@ Gillette Stadium
Sunday, August 15th
Sienna Spiro
@ MGM Music Hall
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