Events
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The Mob with Bloody Gears and MFB
Presented by Great Scott at Great Scott May 28, 2012 Ammonia Booking presents
The Mob
/ Bloody Gears / MFP
Monday, May 28, 2012 9:15 PM EDT (9:00 PM Doors)
Great Scott, Allston, MA
18 years and over
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mob_%28British_punk_band%29:
The Mob were an anarcho-punk band originally from Yeovil, Somerset, England during the late 1970s and early 1980s.
The band's initial line up consisted of Mark Wilson (vocals, guitar), Curtis You'e (bass)...
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Great Scott |
05/28/12 |
Great Scott, Boston |
Faneuil Hall Marketplace Street Performers Festival
Presented by Faneuil Hall Marketplace at Faneuil Hall May 26-May 28, 2012 On Memorial Day weekend, Faneuil Hall comes alive with a Street Performers Festival Extravaganza.
Enjoy performances by jugglers, mimes, magicians, puppeteers and musicians are just a few of over 50 entertainers presenting three days of entertainment and interactive activities.
This form of live entertainment is a special kind of art. Street performance or busking is the practice of performing in public places, for gratuities, which are generally in the form of money and...
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace |
05/26/12 -
05/28/12 |
Faneuil Hall, Boston |
Cultural Survival Bazaar
Presented by Cultural Survival May 26-May 28, 2012 An International Festival of Native Arts & Culture Featuring artisans, products, & performers from around the world. Shop handmade art, jewelry, clothing, crafts, decor, tribal rugs, & much more. Enjoy FREE music performances, presentations, Native American storytelling, educational displays, craft-making demonstrations, & Tibetan cuisine. Proceeds support Native artisans, fair trade, and Cultural Survival's non-profit work worldwide. For special features, artisan...
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Cultural Survival |
05/26/12 -
05/28/12 |
Amherst Town Common, Amherst |
Jazz Show and Jazz Jam feat: host Kaoruko
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 29, 2012 Kaoruko comes from Tokyo where she worked in the nightclubs singing and playing piano. She came to Boston in 1990 to study at Berklee College of Music where she studied jazz composition with Herb Pomeroy, Greg Hopkins and met her mentor of jazz Hal Crook. Kaoruko now leads her band the Kaoruko Jazz Ensemble on the local scen
The first hour of the jam is a concert, featuring the host band - some of the finest musicians from the area and often featuring great players from NYC and...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/29/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
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Radiohead
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Live Nation |
05/29/12 |
Comcast Center, Mansfield |
Lindsey Buckingham
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre May 29, 2012 Lindsey Buckingham, the Grammy-winning Fleetwood Mac guitarist and lead male singer, will perform at Boston's Wilbur Theatre for one night only on Tuesday, May 29th.
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The Wilbur Theatre |
05/29/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
Boston Pops: Steve Martin with the Steep Canyon Rangers
Presented by Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) at Symphony Hall May 29-May 30, 2012 And Evening of Comedy and Bluegrass:
One of the greatest comedic actors of our generation, Steve Martin is also a renowned author, art collector, playwright, highly-trained banjo player and songwriter! He joins the Boston Pops for his orchestral debut, and brings with him the Steep Canyon Rangers, winners of the IBMA's Emerging Talent Award. Selections include songs from his Grammy Award-winning album The Crow, his most recent release Rare Bird Alert, and a few surprises along...
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Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) |
05/29/12 -
05/30/12 |
Symphony Hall, Boston |
Wednesday Concert Series
Presented by The Church of St. John the Evangelist at St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston) May 2-May 30, 2012 5/2/12: Ian Pomerantz (baritone) ans Juhyun Lee (piano) will present Schumann's Dichterliebe (Opus 48).
5/9/12: Grace Shryock (oboe) and Paul Carroll (piano) will perform works by Goossens and Marcello.
5/16/12: Grant Randall (trombone) and colleagues will perform works by Bertali, Bolter, Liszt and Schutz.
5/23/12: Weston Wind Quintet and friends will perform works by Janacek, Poulenc and Ravel.
5/30/12: Victoria Suchodolski (piano) and William Kenlon...
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The Church of St. John the Evangelist |
05/02/12 -
05/30/12 |
St. John the Evangelist, Beacon Hill (Boston), Boston |
Jazz Night with Conrad Herwig
Presented by Medfield Music Association May 30, 2012 Three-time, Grammy-nominated NY-based jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig headlines the annual Medfield Jazz Night at the Medfield High School Lowell Mason Auditorium at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 30, 88R South St., Medfield. Herwig is highly regarded as a jazz trombonist, composer, arranger and jazz educator. He has performed and recorded with numerous prominent jazz musicians, including Miles Davis, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente and Frank Sinatra. Herwig has 20 recordings to his name, including...
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Medfield Music Association |
05/30/12 |
Medfield High School Lowell Mason Auditorium, Medfield |
Eilen Jewell Band
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club May 31, 2012 Come see the Eilen Jewell Band perform at Johnny D's! Since her official 2006 debut, Boundary County, Jewell has surveyed a wide range of traditional musical styles, from the folk and jug band leanings of her early recordings, through an album-length homage to Loretta Lynn and the country gospel of her work with The Sacred Shakers, right up to 2009?s Sea of Tears, which bristled with the electricity of ’60s UK garage rock and Chicago blues. Queen of the Minor Key draws on everything...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
05/31/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
A Tribute to Mike Bloomfield featuring Al Kooper and Jimmy Vivino
Presented by Berklee College of Music at Berklee Performance Center May 31, 2012 American music impresario and blues legend Al Kooper joins forces with guitarist Jimmy Vivino, the leader of Conan O'Brien's house band, to pay tribute to the iconic blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield, known for his work with The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Kooper, and so much more.
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Berklee College of Music |
05/31/12 |
Berklee Performance Center, Boston |
Folk Open Mic w/feature Jackie Damsky and String River & host Dan Cloutier
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center May 31, 2012 Our Amazing Things Folk Open Mike offers a friendly supportive venue for developing singer-songwriters and folks who "just like to play". It is a great way to get to know the music community, and to share ideas and techniques. All types of music are welcome. Fans come to see fantastic local artists, and never go away disappointed. See and be seen - heck build a fan base! Always a feature, always fun. Our host, singer-songwriter Dan Cloutier, (www.dancloutiermusic.com) takes...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
05/31/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
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Soul Bliss Performs at artKitchen Café at Fuller Craft Museum
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Fuller Craft Museum |
05/31/12 |
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton |
La Voz De Tres
Presented by The Beehive at The Beehive May 30-May 31, 2012 On Wednesday, May 30th, 2012 the dynamic, Brooklyn-based trio La Voz De Tres will take the stage at The Beehive from 8:00PM to 12:00AM. La Voz De Tres will bring infectious rhythms and the nuanced songwriting traditions of Brazil, Chile, Cuba and other Latin American countries to the stage along with the spontaneous and exhilarating improvisation and interplay of jazz.
Armed with the rich and entrancing voice of lead singer Natalia Bernal, keyboardist Mike Eckroth and...
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The Beehive |
05/30/12 -
05/31/12 |
The Beehive, Boston |
Demolition String Band
Presented by Sally O'Briens May 31, 2012 The Demolition String Band are one of NYCs most esteemed bluegrass/mountain/country acts and they're touring in support of their new CD "Gracious Days" released on the LA based label Varese Sarabande. Their appearance is part of Sally OBrien's "Bluegrass Thursdays."
BILLBOARD: “Demolition's members are across-the-board connoisseurs: master instrumentalists, lyricists and entertainers."
VILLAGE VOICE: “Live, Skye wears her heart...
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Sally O'Briens |
05/31/12 |
Sally O'Brien, Somerville |
Celebration of the Spring with Perkins School for the Blind
Presented by Revels May 31, 2012 Join us for an inspiring hour of music, song, poetry and dance as Revels Repertory Company and the talented students at Perkins School for the Blind collaborate on a very special musical celebration of spring. Revels songleader and musician David Coffin leads the fun along with the Mulburry Morris children's dance team and the ancient and mysterious Padstow 'Obby 'Oss, all the way from Cornwall, England. Please join us!
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Revels |
05/31/12 |
Dwight Hall - Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown |
MFA First Fridays
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston January 6-June 1, 2012 Occurs every month on the first Friday until June 1, 2012.
5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Gallery 250
Begin each month in a unique and stylish atmosphere at MFA First Fridays. Join us in the Koch Gallery for fine art, live music, cash bars featuring signature cocktails, and delicious tapas available for purchase. Relax and unwind in a beautiful setting with friends both old and new.
MFA First Fridays Musical Lineup:
September 2—The David Eure Jazz Quartet
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) |
01/06/12 -
06/01/12 |
Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston |
BCE presents CHICHESTER
Presented by Boston Choral Ensemble at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational June 1, 2012 This concert features works commissioned by Dean Walter Hussey for Chichester Cathedral in England, including Leonard Bernstein’s sensational Chichester Psalms, the stunning Chichester Mass by American composer William Albright, a setting of Psalm 23 by Lennox Berkeley, and canticle settings by Bryan Kelly and William Walton. In the spirit of Hussey’s adventurous commissioning, these concerts will feature the world premiere of a piece composed for BCE by Stephen Feigenbaum, the...
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Boston Choral Ensemble |
06/01/12 |
First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, Cambridge |
Jay Psaros
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club June 1, 2012 Come see Jay Psaros perform at Johnny D's! The combination of rootsy acoustic picking and alt. rock jamming displays the versatility of Jay as a songwriter and musician as a whole. Recently, Jay has just come home from almost four months on tour supporting the release of his latest album “On Up the Road,” which is a “more polished roots-based dragnet of various Americana music genres than his debut.” The sound is “eclectic, sometimes poppy and downright...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
06/01/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Dark Star Orchestra
Presented by The Wilbur Theatre at Wilbur Theatre June 1, 2012 Dark Star Orchestras shows are built off the extensive catalog of the Grateful Dead. On any given night the band will perform a show based on a set list from the Grateful Dead's 30 years of extensive touring or use the catalog of original songs and often played covers to create a unique set list for the show. This allows music fans both young and old to share in the experience. Dark Star Orchestra presents its critically acclaimed live show at esteemed venues from coast to coast and...
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The Wilbur Theatre |
06/01/12 |
Wilbur Theatre, Boston |
Backseat Lover
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club June 1, 2012 Come see Backseat Lover perform at Johnny D's! Boston-based Backseat Lover faithfully recreates the sounds of Seattle rockers Pearl Jam on a Rock On! Concert Cruise. As New England’s premier Pearl Jam tribute band, they deliver a perfect performance replica of hits like “Jeremy”, “Even Flow” and “Alive,” while also taking on such rarities as “Footsteps” and “Crazy Mary.”
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
06/01/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |
Sergey Antonov Concert
Presented by Sergey Antonov Concert at Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall June 1, 2012 TCHAIKOVSKY GOLD MEDALIST,CELLIST, SERGEY ANTONOV PERFORMS MUSIC TO BENEFIT CANCER CARE AND RESEARCH
Join Antonov, "a brilliant cellist" Mstislav Rostropovich, pianist Ilya Kazantsev, prize winner, World Piano Competition, soprano Maria Ferrante and the Boston Chamber Orchestra, Yohei Sato, conductor, to support music which makes a difference. Antonov has performed to acclaim around the globe; he is a repeat guest artist at the Newport Music...
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Sergey Antonov Concert |
06/01/12 |
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall, Cambridge |
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Gogol Bordello
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Live Nation |
06/01/12 |
Bank of America Pavilion, Boston |
Brookstock: A Music Festival for Brookline Where 1969 Meets 2012
Presented by Brookline Music School at Pine Manor College, Ellsworth Theater June 1, 2012 In addition to performances by Brookline Music School ensembles, we will be presenting original music from Brookline's most promising young bands, singer/songwriters, and composers.
BMS ensembles will be performing music from 1969, the final year in an amazing decade of American popular music, one which laid the foundation for all that followed. Brookstock seeks to contrast this music with music being created here and now by today's young musicians. The similarities and...
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Brookline Music School |
06/01/12 |
Pine Manor College, Ellsworth Theater, Chestnut Hill |
The Mystix plays a benefit show for Amazing Things
Presented by Amazing Things Arts Center at Amazing Things Art Center June 1, 2012 Hailed by the New England press as "Boston's best roots players" and a "roots supergroup," the MYSTIX are rapidly gaining recognition across the U.S., Europe and Japan as one of the great Americana/Roots bands anywhere. Their latest CD, "Down to the Shore," is a smash hit with radio listeners around the world, reaching #17 on the U.S. Americana Chart, #5 on the Euro-Americana chart, and #10 on the Jambands.com/Relix chart) and was listed as a potential Grammy...
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Amazing Things Arts Center |
06/01/12 |
Amazing Things Art Center, Framingham |
Alastair Moock, Steve Almond & Jane Roper @ Club Passim
Presented by Club Passim at Club Passim June 1, 2012 On Friday, June 1 at 8pm, authors Steve Almond and Jane Roper and singer-songwriter Alastair Moock will present an evening of words, music, and mayhem in honor of fathers everywhere... You can find out more about all of these artists at their websites: stevealmondjoy.com, janeroper.com, and moock.com.
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Club Passim |
06/01/12 |
Club Passim, Cambridge |
Terry Kitchen, Jan Luby, Chuck Williams, Barb Paneuf In Concert
Presented by Arts at the Armory at Center for the Arts at The Armory June 1, 2012 Award winning Boston contemporary folk singer/songwriter Terry Kitchen, Southeastern Massachusetts singer/songwriters Barbara Phaneuf and Chuck Williams, and Rhode Island folksinger Jan Luby in concert in an informal, intimate setting
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Arts at the Armory |
06/01/12 |
Center for the Arts at The Armory, Somerville |
LAUREN SHERA / DAVID RAMIREZ
Presented by The Red Room @ Cafe 939 at The Red Room at Cafe 939 June 1, 2012 On this tour Lauren Shera will be performing with David Ramirez. They will each do solo sets and then will perform an extended encore together.
Lauren is being heralded as "a major talent lying in wait," "a poignant, introspective songwriter," and an "a rising indie-folk star" and has earned high praise by the likes of Boston Globe, American Songwriter, PopMatters, Relix, AOL Spinner, Paste, and My Old Kentucky Blog.
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The Red Room @ Cafe 939 |
06/01/12 |
The Red Room at Cafe 939, Boston |
33rd Annual Cambridge River Festival
Presented by Cambridge Arts Council June 2, 2012 Join us for this one-day celebration of the arts, attracting 200,000 annually. This FREE event along the banks of the Charles River features jazz, folk, roots and world music performances, dance, art demonstrations, family art-making activities and over 100 specialty food purveyors and craftspeople!
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Cambridge Arts Council |
06/02/12 |
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Long Time Courting
Presented by Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club at Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club June 2, 2012 Come see Long Time Courting perform at Johnny D's! Take four individually accomplished traditional musicians and singers with fresh attitudes. Combine them, and you have the rich, soaring four-part vocal arrangements and high energy dance tunes that are Long Time Courting. Bringing together the talents of Sarah Blair on fiddle/vocals, Liz Simmons on guitar/vocals, Shannon Heaton on flute/vocals, and Ariel Friedman on cello/vocals, this Boston-based band shares a love of traditional Irish,...
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Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club |
06/02/12 |
Johnny D's Uptown Restaurant & Music Club, Boston |