Boston shows on Friday, May 1, 2026
70 shows that night.
- LCD Soundsystem, Exek
Roadrunner · 8pm
- Back Bay Chorale presents O Fortuna: A Carmina Burana Spectacular
Symphony Hall · 8pm
- Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Symphony Hall · 1pm
- Peekaboo
Big Night Live · 9pm · 18+
- Midday Organ Concert: Rosalind Mohnsen
Trinity Church · 12pm · Free
- Lisa Batiashvili
Jordan Hall · 8pm
- White Reaper, Drug Church, Public Opinion
Paradise Rock Club · 6pm
- ITMA presents - Drawing from the Well (Night 2)
Somerville Theatre · 7pm
- A New Way to Breathe
Old South Church · 6pm · $15/$108
- One Direction Night
Middle East · 8pm
- The Hold Steady, Jimmy Montague
The Sinclair · 8pm
- Protoje, Nesta
Brighton Music Hall · 7pm · 18+
- Tedeschi Trucks Band: The Garden Party
Regent Theatre · 7pm · $25
- Maya Hawke, The Maitreya Corso Tour
Crystal Ballroom · 8pm
- Fem&M, Astrid, Milky Possum, Charloux
Sonia · 7pm · $27
- Will Downing
City Winery Boston · 7pm · $78
- Miss Fairchild
Lou's · 7pm
- Jaguar Sun
Warehouse XI · 8pm · $24
- Sevalynn, Actor Observer, Sir Echo, This City Hates You
Deep Cuts · 7pm · $22 · 18+
- Gordon Michaels
Club Café · 7pm
- Hellbender
Regattabar · 7pm · $30/$41
- Final Gasp, Blood Vulture, Prayer Position, Phantom Rider, Still Life Sounds, The Blind
Middle East Upstairs · 7pm · $20
- Jazz Jam Session
Phoenix Landing · 5pm · Free
- Broken Heels
The Burren · 10pm · Free
- Circus Trees, Vivid Bloom, Declaw
The 4th Wall · 9pm · $15
- Emerson Bruno, The Undercurrents
Cantab Lounge · 7pm · $10 · 21+
- Hippie Hour, The Owsley's Owls
The Midway Cafe · 6pm · $10 · 21+
- Johnny Hoy & The Bluefish
The Fallout Shelter · 7pm
- Kenny White
Club Passim · 8pm
- Pretty Hate Machines: A Burlesque Tribute to NIN
The Midway Cafe · 10pm · $15 · 21+
- The 890s
Lizard Lounge · 8pm · $17 · 21+
- The Family Stone
Cantab Lounge · 8pm · $35 · 21+
- The Spring Hill Rounders
The Plough & Stars · 10pm · Free · 21+
- After-Hours, Andy Voelker
The Mad Monkfish · 10pm
- Mikayla Shirley
The Mad Monkfish · 11pm
- Yoko Miwa Trio
The Mad Monkfish · 7pm
- Angel Subero Latin Logic
The Beehive · 10pm · Free · 21+
- Berklee College of Music
Boston Public Market · 5pm · Free
- Colm O'Brien
Mr. Dooley's · 5pm · 21+
- Composers Sinfonietta
Berklee College of Music · 2pm · Free
- Devri
Mr. Dooley's · 9pm · 21+
- Eduardo Betancourt
The Beehive · 6pm · Free
- Fionn Lonergan
The Black Rose · 4pm · 21+
- Gospel Extravaganza 2026
Berklee College of Music · 8pm
- Ingrown, Burning Lord, Wisdom & War, Fire in the Blood, Quick to Judge
Attleboro American Legion, Attleboro · 6pm · $20
- Keohane & Kenneally
The Black Rose · 8pm · 21+
- Living After Midnight
Toad · 10pm · Free
- Spring 2026 Ensemble Festival
Berklee College of Music · 10am · Free
- The GRV
Grace By Nia · 7pm
- Vive la France!—Music for Cello
First Church in Boston · 7pm · $15/$37
- Warthog, Burning Wind, Cartridge, Uniformed Service
F6T9W · 8pm · $20
- Jerome's Place, Around My Apartment, Bent Luck, The Forest Forgets
Jungle · 8pm · $11/$17 · 21+
- Annual Willie Nelson Birthday Show
The Burren · 7pm · $29
- Irish Session
The Burren · 9pm · Free
- MOONROCK x King Tide
Cantab Lounge · 10pm · $10 · 21+
- Kimon Kirk & Syd Straw
Sally O'Brien's · 7pm · $15 · 21+
- Tunes on the Charles - Irish Music Festival
The Lilypad · 11pm · $20
- Blues Jam
The Bebop · 9:30pm · Free · 21+
- Bob Oakes
Toad · 6pm · Free
- CPCI Live: A Night of New Works
Harvard University · 7pm
- Hard Bop Cafe, Rick Dimuzio tenor, Dan Fox trombone, John Mulroy piano
POSTunderground · 9pm · Free
- Irish Session, Helena Delaney, friends
Upstairs at McCarthy's · 7pm · Free
- Little Songbook In Bloom
Somerville Community Growing Center · 1pm · Free
- Martin Silva
Roundhead Brewing · 7pm
- MIT Chamber Chorus: Passages
MIT · 8pm
- MIT SEB SpringFest Carnival & Concert
MIT · 5pm · Free
- RnB 3
Square Root · 8pm · Free
- The Chordless Trio
POSTunderground · 7pm · Free
- The Jazz Situation
POSTunderground · 8pm · Free
- Traditional Irish Session
The Bebop · 6pm · Free · 21+
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