[Boston-Area Action 4/15/26] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on April 15, 2026 at 4:10 pm | No Comments
Should probably post this before Wednesday gets away from me entirely. Time for the weekly rundown of recent Boston-area show announcements that are in my taste-wheelhouse, or at least ones I think friends might care about. Along with a list of shows I might check out this week/end, before the next of these things.
There are two personal definites this weekend: Swirlies & Sharp Pins opening for Snail Mail at, sigh, Big Night Live on Friday. A ridiculously corporate venue that bands have good shows in spite of, not because of. Thankfully, the weekend will end at the far-better Sinclair with my beloved Heavenly, playing a wonderful bill with Jeanines & Swansea Sound. Cannot wait.
And Tuesday’s a busy one, with Matt Pond PA back at Passim with Dan Mangan, a LUCE benefit in JP that includes Hotline TNT (no advance tickets, gonna be nuts), and the monthly Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out in the Burren Backroom. Choices, always choices.
If there are any shows not listed below or in the Almanac’s right-hand column that you are psyched about, or any incorrect info in these lists, sound off in the comments.
And if you haven’t yet, pitch in to help our friend Joe through a rough patch at this GoFundMe link.
Let’s get listing, impending shows first, then announcements…
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Thursday, April 16th
The Sleeveens
Adult Learners
Lithophones
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, April 17th
Snail Mail
Swirlies
Sharp Pins
@ Big Night Live
Friday, April 17th
Pallbearer
@ Widowmaker Brewing, Braintree
Saturday, April 18th
Nick Offerman
“Big Woodchuck” tour
@ the Chevalier Theatre
Sunday, April 19th
Heavenly
Swansea Sound
Jeanines
@ the Sinclair
Monday, April 20th
The Antlers
Tōth
@ Brighton Music Hall
Monday, April 20th
BRONCHO
@ The Sinclair
Tuesday, April 21st
Matt Pond PA
Dan Mangan
@ Club Passim
Tuesday, April 21st
A benefit for LUCE
Hotline TNT
How Much Art
Can’t Lose
Tracey Nelson
Secondaries
@ First Parish Church, JP
Tuesday, April 21st
Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out
with this month’s guests
Merrie Amsterburg,
George Danahy (Ghouls),
Mercedes Escobar,
Emily Grogan, Chris Walton,
Barrence Whitfield & Sal Baglio,
and The Paid Protesters
@ the Burren Backroom
Tuesday, April 21st
Jose Gonzalez
Abby Sage
@ the Royale
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Sunday, May 3rd
Lady Lamb
@ the Somerville Theatre
Wednesday, June 17th
Lambrini Girls
@ the Paradise
(rescheduled from April)
Friday, June 26th
The Strokes
Thundercat
Hamilton Leithauser
@ TD Garden
Sunday, June 28th
Today Junior
added as opener for
Weird Nightmare
@ Deep Cuts
Friday, July 10th
Chris Fleming
@ The Wilbur
Friday, July 17th
Jack White
@ MGM Music Hall
Saturday, September 12th
“Welcome Back My Friends”
an evening of
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
(Carl Palmer with digital E&L)
@ the Cabot
Friday, November 6th
Marc Maron
@ the Chevalier
Saturday, November 14th
Aaron Lee Tasjan
@ Warehouse XI
Wednesday, November 18th
Sombr
Dove Cameron
Hannah Jadagu
@ TD Garden
Alright, that’s it. See you out there. I’ll be up near the front.
[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