Boston shows on Friday, August 21, 2026
101 shows that night.
- Kesha, Chromeo, Erika Jayne
Xfinity Center · 7pm · 18+
- Jack Harlow, James Savage
MGM Music Hall · 7pm · 18+
- Yacht Rock Revue
Leader Bank Pavilion · 8pm · 18+
- Isaiah Rashad, Alemeda
House of Blues · 7pm · 18+
- Atlanta Rhythm Section, Pure Prairie League, Firefall, Orleans
South Shore Music Circus · 7pm · 18+
- 50 Cent
The Grand · 10pm · 18+
- Breakaway Mass 2026 Official After Party ft. INZO
The Palladium · 11pm
- Breakaway Music Festival, Breakaway Mass 2026
The Palladium · 4pm · 18+
- Mat Kearney, Augustana
Chevalier Theatre · 8pm · 18+
- Clarent
Big Night Live · 6pm
- it's murph, Costa, Jake Jordan
Big Night Live · 10pm · 21+
- Run for Covers
Six String Grill and Stage · 9pm · 18+
- The Mavericks, The Mavericks & Friends
The Cabot · 8pm · 18+
- Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons
Old South Church · 7pm · $54
- Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac
Old South Church · 9pm · $47
- One Time Weekend, Canopy
Soundcheck Studios · 8pm
- The Glitter Boys
The Sinclair · 9:30pm · 21+
- Booty Vortex
Blue Ocean Music Hall · 8pm · 18+
- Emo Night
Brighton Music Hall · 8pm · 18+
- DJ Pauly D
Memoire · 10pm · 21+
- Clejan
Arts At The Armory · 7pm
- IMPROV COMEDY: an evening of
Arts At The Armory · 7:30pm
- Entrain: A Funky-World-Jam-Ska-Reggae-Rock Stew With Enough Drums to Sink a Battleship
Sanctuary · 8pm · 18+
- Zion - Barside
Sanctuary · 5:30pm · Free
- David Wax Museum & Lowland Hum present The Golden Hours, Golden Hours
Narrows Center for the Arts · 7:30pm · 18+
- Motif Alumni "Memoirs Of Love" Release Party, Black Ivory
Sonia · 8pm · $28/$49
- Hiss Golden Messenger
Shalin Liu Performance Center · 7pm
- Black Sabbitch
City Winery Boston · 7:30pm · $33 · 21+
- Comedy and Cabernet
City Winery Boston · 7:30pm · 21+
- Shalyah Fearing, Yalayas
Lou's · 7pm
- Yopoh, Untidy, Butter, Katie and The Roses
Jungle · 8pm · $11/$17 · 21+
- Cabo Verde em Alta: Zerui Depina, World Rhythms in a night of Cape Verdean Music
Regattabar · 7pm · $30/$41 · 18+
- Niki Luparelli
Club Café · 7pm
- School of Rock
The Firehouse Center for the Arts · 7pm · $30
- Slow Magic
The Rockwell · 7pm · $20/$22 · 21+
- Improv Asylum's Main Stage Show
Improv Asylum · 9:30pm · $40 · 18+
- Ex-Hyena, Neponset Monastery, Ghost Painted Sky, Do Whatever Die Whenever
Middle East Upstairs · 8pm · $27 · 18+
- Evren Ozel
Williams Hall at NEC · 7pm · $10
- Comedy Gold
The Comedy Studio · 7:15pm · $26 · 18+
- The Late Night
The Comedy Studio · 9:30pm · $20 · 18+
- Ceci Reyes
Middle East ZuZu · 5pm
- DJ Special K
Phoenix Landing · 10pm · 21+
- Jazz Jam Session
Phoenix Landing · 5pm · Free
- Antje Duvekot
The Burren · 7pm · $29
- The Mockingbirds
The Burren · 10pm · Free
- Aaron Bellamy Release of "Divided by Zero, The A-Beez, The A-Beez
Lizard Lounge · 8pm · $23 · 21+
- AZU
Middle East Corner · 5pm
- Catie Curtis
Club Passim · 8pm · $40
- Deadline (Grateful Dead tribute)
The Midway Cafe · 9pm · $10 · 21+
- Doom Service, Duck & Cover, Downhauls, GhostWaves
O'Brien's Pub · 8pm · $19 · 21+
- Grancestaff & The Naturals
Cantab Lounge · 9pm · $10 · 21+
- Hippie Hour, Promised Land
The Midway Cafe · 6pm · $10 · 21+
- KONG
Middle East Corner · 10pm · 21+
- Maintenance
Cantab Underground · 6pm · $10 · 21+
- Jazz / Jam / Improv Set
Wally's Cafe Jazz Club · 7pm · Free · 21+
- Late Night Set (Rotating Bands)
Wally's Cafe Jazz Club · 10pm · Free · 21+
- The Handymen
The Plough & Stars · 10pm · Free · 21+
- Dennis Brennan Band
Sally O'Brien's · 7:30pm · $15 · 21+
- Hooley Hour
The Lilypad · 5pm · Free
- Mikayla Shirley
The Mad Monkfish · 11pm
- Winged Wheel Trio, Thalia Zedek Band
The Lilypad · 7pm · $20
- Yoko Miwa Trio
The Mad Monkfish · 7pm
- Roslindale Queer Comedy Night + Caboodle🎤 🎉
Rozzie Square Theater · 7pm · $20
- Friday Night Fusion
Union Comedy · 9pm
- The (Friday) Weekend Show
Union Comedy · 7:30pm
- Bars Over Bars
Square Root · 8pm · Free
- Best of Boston Standup!!
The White Bull Tavern · 7:30pm · 21+
- Billy Thompson
Trillium Brewing Canton · 6pm · 21+
- Camila Guerra, TESI
Faneuil Hall · 12pm · Free
- Celebrating 100 years of Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Nadia Washington, Lee Fish Quartet
The Beehive · 10pm · Free · 21+
- Colm O'Brien
The Black Rose · 4pm · 21+
- Cynthia Erivo with the Boston Pops
Tanglewood · 8pm
- Elijah Stone, Friday club
Toad · 6pm · Free · 21+
- Hawa Collective
Boston Public Library — Copley Square · 12pm · Free
- Jonathan Suazo
UnCommon Corner · 6pm · Free
- Keohane & Kenneally
The Black Rose · 8pm · 21+
- Knmr&Wst
South Boston Maritime Park · 5pm · Free
- Mark Erelli Band
Boston Harbor Hotel · 6pm · Free
- Matt Koelsch
UnCommon Corner · 2pm · Free
- Mitch Livstone, Tim Ray, Gen Yoshimura, Ehud Ettan
The Beehive · 8pm · Free
- Orchid Reed
Toad · 10:30pm · Free · 21+
- Prelude Concert: BSO Musicians
Tanglewood · 6pm
- Raley Beggs
Kestra · 5pm · Free
- The Goldberg Variations Reimagined with Simone Dinnerstein and A Far Cry
Tanglewood · 1pm
- The GRV
Grace By Nia · 7pm · $10/$25
- Wayward Vine
Roundhead Brewing · 7pm
- Berklee Scholars Program Showcase: The Past, Present, Future
Berklee Performance Center · 7:30pm · Free
- Best of Boston Showcase
Laugh Boston · 7pm · $33 · 18+
- Steppin 2 Sound 4
Middle East ZuZu · 9:30pm · 21+
- Irish Session
The Burren · 9pm · Free
- Bill Jones Late Night Jam Session
The Mad Monkfish · 10pm
- An Evening of Live Music
Calvary United Methodist Church · 7pm · $12
- Blues Jam
The Bebop · 9:30pm · Free · 21+
- Bollywood Live Music- Friday August 21, 7 PM
Don't Tell Aunty · 7pm · Free
- Daniel Geneen and Friends
Goofs Comedy Club · 9pm · $30 · 18+
- Festival Finale
First Congregational Church · 5pm
- Gatch Band
The Green Dragon Tavern · 9pm · 21+
- Irish Session, Helena Delaney and friends, Helena Delaney
Upstairs at McCarthy's · 7pm · Free · 21+
- Kyle Richh ( 18+ )
PLAY Boston · 9pm · 18+
- Samuel Batista Quartet: Original Music in Concert
Jazz Urbane Cafe · 5pm
- Traditional Irish Session
The Bebop · 6pm · Free · 21+
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