[Boston-Area Action 12/10/25] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on December 10, 2025 at 5:53 pm | 3 Comments
Believe it or not, here’s a Wednesday “imminent Boston-area shows & recent announcements” post. This is long overdue, by like… three weeks? Just haven’t been feeling it. But I figured I might as well just fire one off, otherwise I may never do another one. Forced momentum.
So here’s a list of shows that strike my fancy within the next seven days here in the greater Boston area. Along with all the announcements that have accumulated since I last did this. Which means, of course, that some of the announcements are not super-new (and there are A LOT. Like Silkworm & Come!!). So cut me some slack there. And missing all those weeks means a couple shows that were announced are already about to happen. So there’s that.
Standard schpiel: There will be mistakes here, so correct me in the comments. There will be omissions of things that you might care about that are off my radar or I totally missed hearing about. Comment with those, too.
Special mention: Don’t miss the The Ladybug Transistor with Giant Day & Gold Dust tomorrow night at Deep Cuts in Medford. And if you’re in Vermont, go see Ladybug on Saturday night at Standing Stone Wines in Winooski. And make sure you say hello to the guy behind the drums in the first band.
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
TONIGHT!
Wednesday, December 10th
The Dream Syndicate
perform “Medicine Show” & more
@ the Crystal Ballroom
ALSO TONIGHT!
Wednesday, December 10th
Fully Celebrated Orchestra
Thalia Zedek
Andy California
@ the Midway Cafe
TONIGHT, TOO!
Wednesday, December 10th
Earfull Series
“Writers reading, songwriters playing”
with authors Stewart O’Nan & Gish Jen
and bands
High Tea & Consuelo Candelaria-Barry
@ Regattabar, Cambridge
TOMORROW!
Thursday, December 11th
The Ladybug Transistor
Giant Day
Gold Dust
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, December 11th
The Weisstronauts Holiday Jubilee!
MARS (record release)
Girl with a Hawk
@ the Burren Backroom
Friday, December 12th
Let’s Rock Cancer 2025
a benefit for the dana-farber
cancer care access program
hosted by DJ Henry Santoro
with Vapors of Morphine,
the Chelsea Curve,
Muck & the Mires,
The Ray Liriano Experience,
and … go! (+ guests)
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Saturday, December 13th
J. Robbins Band
plays Burning Airlines
with openers Anachronist
@ Deep Cuts
Saturday, December 13th
Will Dailey
@ the Paradise
Sunday, December 14th
Juliana Hatfield (full band)
‘Lightning Might Strike’ LP Release
2 shows @ the Burren Backroom
Sunday, December 14th
Chris Brokaw
Kathy Snax
Kass Richards
@ the Model Cafe
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Tuesday, December 16th
“Which Side Are You On?:
A Protest Music Teach-Out”
a monthly series, this time with…
Abbie Barrett, Chris Cote (Upper Crust),
Good Trouble Brass Band,
Linnea Herzog (Linnea’s Garden),
Linda Twiss-Gioscia (Roxy & the Crisis),
and Paul Willis, all backed by
the Paid Protesters
@ the Burren Backroom
Sunday, December 21st
A Very FUNdraising Christmas
with Jim Buni, Mick & the Mires,
Merrie Amsterberg, Jen Trynin,
Magen Tracy, Fuzzy,
David & Stephen Fredette,
Chris Colbourn, Chris Brokaw,
The Handymen, Mike Gent,
Drew O’Doherty & Family,
The Other Girls, Thalia Zedek,
Brian Sullivan, plus members
of Buffalo Tom & Scruffy the Cat
with MC Angie C.
@ the Burren Backroom
Saturday, January 10th
Strange Pains
single release party
@ Deep Cuts
Thursday, January 22nd
Sharp Pins
(rescheduled from Sept.,
& moved from the Lilypad)
@ the Rockwell
Sunday, January 25th
Racing Mount Pleasant
Charlie Martin (Hovvdy)
@ the Sinclair
Wednesday, January 28th
Wild Pink
Dead Gowns
@ Warehouse XI
Wednesday, February 4th
Antarctigo Vespucci
(Jeff Rosenstock & Chris Farren)
Golden Apples
@ the Sinclair
Thursday, February 19th
Langhorne Slim
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, February 21st
Best Brother Records presents
Jeanines
Creative Writing
Time Thief
@ Ames Chapel, Hingham
Friday, February 27th
Moviola
Sleepyhead
@ the Lilypad
Saturday, February 28th
Pony
@ Cafe 939
Sunday, March 1st
Lyle Lovett & John Hiatt
together on stage
@ the Cabot, Beverly
Wednesday, March 4th
Brass Against
@ the Middle East Down
Tuesday, March 10th
Trace Mountains
Coma Cinema
Elvis Depressedly
@ the Rockwell
Thursday, March 12th
Ben Quad
Riley
Footballhead
Aren’t We Amphibians
@ the Sinclair
Saturday, March 14th
Daniel Romano’s Outfit
Shadow Show
Mod Lang
@ the Middle East
Sunday, March 22nd
FKA twigs
@ MGM Music Hall
Monday, March 23rd
Matt Berninger
(of the National)
Ronboy
@ the Royale
Wednesday, March 25th
Gogol Bordello
@ the Royale
Thursday, April 2nd
Nothing
full body 2
Cryogeyser
Violent Magic Orchestra
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, April 5th
Perfume Genius (duo)
@ the Somerville Armory
Wednesday, April 8th
The Wonder Years
Knuckle Puck
Weakened Friends
@ House of Blues
Wednesday, April 8th
Pile
(added as openers
for Mclusky)
@ the Paradise
Thursday, April 9th
Reporter Matt & friends
@ the Wilbur
Friday, April 10th
Bridget Everett
@ MGM Music Hall
Saturday, April 11th
Lily Allen
performs ‘West End Girl’
@ the Orpheum
Saturday, April 18th
Nick Offerman
“Big Woodchuck” book tour
@ the Chevalier Theatre
Tuesday, April 21st
Matt Pond PA
@ Club Passim
Wednesday, April 22nd
Waxahatchee
MJ Lenderman
Brennan Wedl
@ the Wang
Wednesday, April 22nd
The New Pornographers
Will Sheff (Okkervil River)
@ the Wilbur
Sunday, April 26th
Lambrini Girls
@ the Paradise
Wednesday, April 29th
Amon Amarth
Dethklok
Castle Rat
@ MGM Music Hall
Tuesday, May 5th
Dry Cleaning
YHWH Nailgun
@ the Paradise
Tuesday, May 12th
Silkworm
Come
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Tuesday, May 19th
The Mountain Goats
@ the House of Blues
Saturday, June 6th
Triumph
April Wine
@ the Pavilion
Tuesday, June 9th
Amyl & the Sniffers
@ MGM Music Hall
Friday, June 12th
Mekons
The Sadies
@ the Sinclair
Sunday, June 21st
Evanescence
Spiritbox
Nova Twins
@ the Xfinity Center
Saturday, July 18th
Weird Al Yankovic
@ the Garden
Sunday, July 26th
Styx
Chicago
@ the Xfinity Center
Saturday, August 1st
Mötley Crüe
Tesla
Extreme
@ Xfinity Center
Saturday, August 22nd
Foreigner
@ Xfinity Center
Saturday, September 19th
Mt. Joy
@ TD Garden
Friday & Saturday
October 2nd & 3rd
Zach Bryan
Gregory Alan Isakov
Gabriella Rose
@ Gillette Stadium
Alright. Now let’s see if I can shake these seasonal blues and get myself out to the Dream Syndicate tonight. About to find out.
[Boston-Area Action 11/05/25] Show-Going Plans & New Show Announcements
Posted on November 5, 2025 at 11:50 am | No Comments
Wednesday again. I don’t even have a light-hearted or self-deprecating preamble in me. Here is the weekly post where I list some soon-to-happen Boston-area shows that I’m hoping to see along with a bunch of just-announced ones that popped up on my radar.
Make your own recommendations or corrections in the comments if you like. And check out a more extensive list over there in the right column —>
First, imminent Boston-area shows of (my/your?) interest…
Thursday, November 6th
matt pond PA
@ the Fallout Shelter, Norwood
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday
November 6th, 7th, & 8th
Buffalo Tom’s 2nd annual
“Please Come to Boston” fest
with special live performances
& guests each night
@ the Somerville Armory
Saturday, November 8th
Luke O’Neil
“We Had It Coming”
Book Release Party
4pm @ The Sinclair
Sunday, November 9th
Flock of Dimes
@ The Rockwell
Monday, November 10th
Constant Smiles
The Shallows
@ Deep Cuts
And now, recently announced Boston-area shows…
Saturday, November 29th
Chris Brokaw
Beth Kaplan
Franklin Bruno
@ the Lilypad
Thursday, December 4th
Claire Rousay
@ The Rockwell
Thursday, January 29th
Bad Bad Hats
performing “Psychic Reader”
@ the Crystal Ballroom
Wednesday, March 4th
CAT POWER
“The Greatest 2026” tour
@ Roadrunner
Saturday, April 4th
The Dirty Three
@ The Sinclair
Thursday, April 30th
Oklou
@ the Royale