[Boston-Area Action 10/29/2026] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on October 29, 2026 at 1:31 pm | No Comments
Yeah, so I’m a day late with this thing again. Blame two consecutive (incredible) nights seeing Built to Spill. Maybe I should just start calling this the “Mid-Week Boston-Area Shows Post” instead of the “Weekly Wednesday…”, though I’d miss the alliteration, if not the self-set deadline. But if I start doing that, I’d probably end up stretching it to Fridays. Anyway, on to business.
The skinny: Every 7-ish days I run down shows of (my/maybe your?) interest that are happening in the following week in the Boston area. An area that can occasionally extend out to Worcester, or down to Providence, depending on how excited I am about a particular band. It happens. But yeah, mostly Boston-ish. Then I mention any interesting local show announcements that have popped up since last time, before sharing longer lists of both at the bottom. An even longer list sits over there in the right-hand column —->
Ok, we’re nearing the end of (R)October, so the overlapping-show-conflict madness will start to slow up as we ease into the holiday season. But there’s still a bunch going on, particularly this weekend with some Halloween-themed events. Those include a night of Cure songs at the Burren tonight with Staring at the Sea, and two bands-as-other-bands shows on Friday night: Bikini Whale channeling the B-52s at the Lizard Lounge (with guests Hey Blondie & Murdah By Numbers) and four bands at the Loft in Somerville (Today Junior as Nirvana, Queers of the Stone Age, Fleetwood Macabre, & Sinnet doing spooky classics). And finally, Saturday brings the annual Deep Cuts Halloween show with My Chemical Chungus, Tiffy as Charlie XCX, and Makeout Palace doing Cake songs. There’s also a Halloween Benefit Show that night for the Grass Roots Cultural and Performing Arts Center in Norwood at the Fallout Shelter with Girl with a Hawk & Crow Follow.
Aside from all that seasonal fun, if you don’t mind driving a bit, Jeff Tweedy & Case Oats are at the Groton Hill Music Center on Saturday, and Sunday has Banda Al9 all the way from Brazil to play upstairs at the Middle East with the Specific Heats. This Is Lorelei headlines the Royale on Monday, and there’s a special taping of the Menopunks Podcast over at the Rockwell in Davis Square that night, too. And finally, Tuesday brings the one ‘n only Imperial Teen to town with a show at Warehouse XI, which was wisely relocated from the Lilypad. As much as I’d have loved to see them in such a tiny space, that was gonna be a tight squeeze.
As far as announcements go, I’m not going to bury the lede here: HUM IS PLAYING IN BOSTON. At Roadrunner on May 23rd to be precise. With Pelican and the Life & Times. Pre-sale started this morning (code: RadioON), and I’ve already got my ticket. I am, to say the very least, ridiculously psyched about this.
On a slightly smaller scale, though no less thrilling to me personally, Lisa Walker (of Wussy/Magic Words) and Chris Brokaw (of Come/Codeine/MVFs/etc) have announced an intimate house show tour, and the Boston date will be happening about 10 feet above where I’m sitting right now. Tickets go on sale this afternoon, and probably not for long after. Also extremely exciting: Eric Bachmann (of the Archers of Loaf) brings his reborn Crooked Fingers to City Winery on February 3rd to play songs from their most recent record (“Swet Deth”) and the soon-to-be-reissued “Dignity & Shame”. Hot dang.
Other announcement highlights? How about a reunion of the Pills in early December? Juliana Hatfield at the Burren near the end of the year? Destroy Boys with Illuminati Hotties at the Royale in March? April has Haywire at Roadrunner, DIIV at the Sinclair, and Roger McGuinn in Lexington. May has two nights of Frank Turner at the House of Blues, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at the Sinclair, and that freakin’ Hum show. Later that month there’s, um
Gotta wrap this up. Buy some tickets. See some bands. Grab some merch. And for the sake of the gods, VOTE! Get out there. Do the thing. Feels good.
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Thursday, October 29th
Jenny Owens Youngs
@ the Charles Museum
of Industry and Innovation
Thursday, October 29th
Staring At The Sea (playing
the music of the Cure)
@ the Burren
Thursday, October 29th
Ak’chamel
Sunburned Hand of the Man
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, October 29th
Dent May
@ the Rockwell
Thursday, October 29th
Shapiro Celebrity Lectures
series presents
Uzo Aduba:
“Owning Your Identity”
@ the MFA’s Remis Auditorium
Friday, October 30th
Bill Baird
Jesse Gallagher
Lane Hartley
@ the Lilypad
Friday, October 30th
Halloween show!
with
Bikini Whale (B-52s)
Hey Blondie (duh)
Murdah by Numbahs (Police)
@ the Lizard Lounge
Friday, October 30th
Halloween at the Loft!
with
Today Junior (Nirvana)
Queers of the Stone Age
Sinnet (spooky classics)
Fleetwood Macabre
@ the Loft
Friday, October 30th
Paul Anka
@ the Chevalier
Thursday & Friday
October 30th & 31st
moe
@ the Wilbur
Saturday, October 31st
Halloween Cover Show with
My Chemical Chungus (as MCR)
Tiffy (as Charli XCX)
Makeout Palace (as Cake)
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, October 31st
Halloween Benefit Show for
the Grass Roots Cultural
and Performing Arts Center
with Girl With A Hawk
& Crow Follow
@ the Fallout Shelter, Norwood
Saturday, October 31st
Jeff Tweedy
Case Oats
@ Groton Hill Music Center
Sunday, November 1st
Banda Al9 (from Brazil)
The Specific Heats
@ the Middle East Upstairs
Sunday, November 1st
Vince Staples
@ Roadrunner
Monday, November 2nd
This Is Lorelei
with @ (AT)
@ the Royale
Monday, November 2nd
the Menopunks Podcast
a live taping
with host Alicia J. Rose
& a panel of notable guests
@ the Rockwell
Tuesday, November 3rd
Imperial Teen
@ Warehouse XI
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Friday, December 4th
The Pills (reunited!)
The Extra Virgin
& another band tba
@ Sonia
Friday, December 4th
A Holiday Show with
The Daylilies
Lovina Falls
Girl With A Hawk
American Ocelot
@ Deep Cuts
Monday, December 7th
Alfred Be Loud
Bangwell Putt
Cnt Muscle (debut!)
Daphne Blue Underworld
@ O’Brien’s
Friday, December 11th
Doomriders
Whores.
Waxed
Severed Boy
@ Garage B, Brighton
Tuesday, December 29th
Juliana Hatfield
@ City Winery
Friday, January 8th
Portugal. The Man
Anthony Green
@ the Royale
Sunday, January 10th
Lisa Walker (Wussy)
Chris Brokaw (Come/Codeine/MVFs)
@ a nearby Allston living room
Saturday, January 16th
Robin Lane
@ Club Passim
Thursday, January 21st
Brian Vander Ark (Verve Pipe)
Tony Scalzo (Fastball)
John Hapson (Nine Days)
Luke Esterkyn (Stroke 9)
@ City Winery
Friday, January 29th
Spirit Ghost
Black Beach
Justin Schaefers
@ Deep Cuts
Wednesday, February 3rd
Crooked Fingers
Julia Barfield
@ City Winery
Sunday, February 21st
Styx
@ MGM Music Hall
Friday, February 26th
Fai Laci
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, February 27th
The Grownup Noise
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, March 6th
Meshuggah
Testament
Black Incantation
@ MGM Music Hall
Monday, March 29th
Destroy Boys
Illuminati Hotties
The Rat Utopia Experiment
@ the Royale
Sunday, April 4th
Haywire
@ Roadrunner
Thursday, April 15th
DIIV
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, April 21st
Roger McGuinn
@ Cary Hall, Lexington
May 13th & 14th
Frank Turner
& the Sleeping Souls
Skinny Lister
Beans on Toast
@ House of Blues
Friday, May 14th
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, May 23rd
Hum
Pelican
The Life & Times
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, Sunday,
Tuesday, & Wednesday
May 29th & 30th,
June 1st & 2nd
Noah Kahan
@ Fenway Park
Monday, July 26th
Donny Osmond
@ the Shubert Theatre
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