Boston shows on Friday, October 2, 2026
111 shows that night.
- Zach Bryan, Gregory Alan Isakov, Gabriella Rose
Gillette Stadium · 7pm · 18+
- The Smashing Pumpkins
TD Garden · 8pm · 18+
- Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Agganis Arena · 8pm · 18+
- Starbomb, Scoochie Boochie, On Company Time
MGM Music Hall · 8pm · 18+
- MUNA, hemlocke springs
Roadrunner · 8pm · 18+
- All Rachmaninoff: Andris Nelsons with Seong-Jin Cho
Symphony Hall · 1:30pm
- Handel and Haydn Society present The Art of Living
Symphony Hall · 7:30pm
- Eduardo Costa
House of Blues · 7pm · 21+
- Knolldoll
The Grand · 10pm · 21+
- Morgan Seatree
The Grand · 10pm · 18+
- NOTD, Rivas
Big Night Live · 9pm · 18+
- Midday Organ Concert: Leo Abbott
Trinity Church · 12:15pm · Free
- Samara Joy
Groton Hill Music Center · 8pm · 18+
- Sawyer Hill, Never Ending Fall
Paradise Rock Club · 7pm · 18+
- A Parisian Salon, ca. 1760
Emmanuel Church · 7:30pm
- Fahlberg
Bijou · 10pm · 18+
- Newton Baroque: Playing in Paris
Emmanuel Church · 7:30pm
- Spin The Bottle
The Sinclair · 9:30pm · 21+
- Bebe Stockwell, gabrielle hope, DJ Carbo
Brighton Music Hall · 7pm · 18+
- Boston Fuzzstival 2026
Arts At The Armory · 6:30pm
- The Draft League
Arts At The Armory · 7:15pm
- Professor Louie & The Crowmatix Present The Music Of The Band & More
Sanctuary · 8pm
- Wood & Bone
Sanctuary · 5:30pm · Free
- Jon Cleary and The Absolute Monster Gentlemen, Jon Cleary
Narrows Center for the Arts · 8pm · $52 · 18+
- Post Sex Nachos
Sonia · 7pm · $27 · 18+
- Manhattan Short Film Fes 2 2P
Shalin Liu Performance Center · 2pm
- Manhattan Short Film Fes 2 7P
Shalin Liu Performance Center · 7pm
- Blade Rave
The Palladium Upstairs · 9pm · 21+
- Josh Joplin Group
City Winery Boston · 7:30pm · 18+
- Santi Espinosa - ME Time
Laugh Boston · 7pm · $30 · 18+
- Stanley Simmons
City Winery Boston · 8pm · $26 · 18+
- Levi & Good Vibes Only
Lou's · 7pm
- Moosi, Mckenna Overdrive, Ineffable, Andrew Macavoy
Jungle · 8pm · $11/$17 · 21+
- Strange Pains, Ivy Boy, Old Horse
Deep Cuts · 7pm · $15 · 18+
- Eli Paperboy Reed
Regattabar · 7pm
- glADDY8rs: standup comedy death battle
The Rockwell · 9:30pm · $15/$20
- Gordon Michaels
Club Café · 7pm
- YOKO MIWA TRIO featuring MIKAYLA SHIRLEY, Yoko Miwa Trio, Mikayla Shirley
Scullers Jazz Club · 7pm · $53/$59 · 18+
- Main Stage Show: Nightmare on Hanover Street
Improv Asylum · 7:30pm · 18+
- B!cep, Snowbeasts, Ghost Painted Sky, DJ K Spek
Middle East Upstairs · 7pm · $27 · 18+
- Emily Catalano
The Comedy Studio · 9:30pm · $30 · 18+
- DJ Special K
Phoenix Landing · 10pm · 21+
- Ghosts of Jupiter, Nate Wilson of Moe.
Off Cabot Comedy and Events · 8pm
- HEX
Middle East ZuZu · 9:30pm · Free · 21+
- Broken Heels
The Burren · 10pm · Free
- Michelle Malone
The Burren · 7pm · $29
- Blanchard’s Ghost, PlantHouse, Royal Blue, Loudland’s Instructor Jam
O'Brien's Pub · 7pm · $19 · 21+
- dogtailcorners
Middle East Corner · 5pm · Free
- Ethan Setiawan & Fine Ground
Club Passim · 8pm · $33
- Honey Cassette - EP Release
Cantab Underground · 6:30pm · $13/$15 · 21+
- KiKi at the Corner
Middle East Corner · 10pm · Free · 21+
- Marianne Toilet and the Runs
The Midway Cafe · 9:30pm · $10 · 21+
- Pink Slip, Little Low, So Many Dangers
Faces Brewing Co · 8pm · $15
- Selwyn Birchwood Band Live
The Fallout Shelter · 7pm
- The Owsley's Owls
The Midway Cafe · 6:30pm · $10 · 21+
- The Takes
Cantab Lounge · 8pm · Free · 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 Spring Hill Rounders
The Plough & Stars · 10pm · Free · 21+
- After-Hours, Andy Voelker
The Mad Monkfish · 10pm
- Dave Hull's Dirty Angels
Sally O'Brien's · 7:30pm · $10 · 21+
- Gordi
The Lilypad · 7:30pm · $18/$22 · 18+
- Rebecca Cline Trio
The Mad Monkfish · 8:45pm
- The Midnight Hour, Camila Quintero
The Mad Monkfish · 11:59pm
- Improv Jam + Hangout
Rozzie Square Theater · 7:30pm · $5
- Friday Night Fusion
Union Comedy · 9pm
- The (Friday) Weekend Show
Union Comedy · 7:30pm
- Ahren Shreeve Trio-Early Jazz
The Beehive · 6:30pm · Free · 21+
- a•pe•ri•od•ic east
Unbound Visual Arts · 8pm · $12/$23
- Boston Public Quartet: Music of Revolution
First Church in Cambridge · 7pm · Free
- Boston Public Quartet: Music of Revolution at the Shaw-Roxbury Library
Boston Public Library — Shaw-Roxbury · 3pm · Free
- Camila Quintero duo, Lucas Labeau
Hobgoblin · 7pm · Free · 21+
- Carlin Tripp
Trillium Brewing Canton · 6pm · 21+
- Composer's Wind Ensemble
Studio 106 · 8pm
- Conscious Reggae Band
The Beehive · 10pm · Free · 21+
- Goofs Anniversary: Winston Hodges
Goofs Comedy Club · 7pm · $40 · 18+
- Harmony Road, Friday club
Toad · 6pm · Free · 21+
- Hideout Comedy Presents Eeland Stribling!
The White Bull Tavern · 7:30pm · 21+
- Iron Lung, Dropdead, Innumerable Forms, The Eye
The Drake · 7pm · $20
- Jake Walters (solo piano)
Hobgoblin · 7pm · Free · 21+
- Jim Ruberti
Nick's Comedy Stop · 8pm · 18+
- Junwen Liang
Arlington Town Hall · 7:30pm · Free
- Lynch Mob
Off The Rails Outdoors · 5pm · $27/$159
- Minka
The Met - Pawtucket, RI · 9pm · 18+
- Moment's Notice: An Interdisciplinary Performance Series
Studio T401 (Boston Conservatory at Berklee) · 8pm · Free
- Nicolena
The Black Rose · 4pm · 21+
- Paula Robsion
Church of the Redeemer · 7pm · $30/$20
- Raley Beggs
Kestra · 5pm · Free
- Rossini: William Tell
Colonial Theater · 7:30pm
- Strawberry Hill
The Black Rose · 9pm · 21+
- The Glimmer Stars, The Peppermint Kicks, Girl, a Hawk
Square Root · 8pm · Free
- Tolieth
UnCommon Corner · 6pm · Free
- The Golden Hour Throwback Dance Party, Romulus III
Soundcheck Studios · 8pm
- The CURE vs DEPECHE MODE vs NEW ORDER vs DURAN DURAN DANCE PARTY!
Middle East Downstairs · 8pm · $27 · 18+
- Klopp
Memoire · 10pm · 21+
- Irish Session
The Burren · 9:30pm · Free
- Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Seully Hall · 7:30pm
- Reckoners Hometown Record Release w/Kevin Barry
Lizard Lounge · 8pm · $20 · 21+
- Chef
The Lilypad · 10:30pm · $10
- Blues Jam
The Bebop · 9:30pm · Free
- Celebrating Schumann
First Church in Boston · 7:30pm · $15/$35
- Heyssis
Statue Park · 5pm · Free
- Irish Session, Helena Delaney and friends, Helena Delaney
Upstairs at McCarthy's · 7pm · Free · 21+
- Live Music on The Lawn
Assembly Row · 5pm · Free
- POSTunderground September Run Concludes This Friday 10/2 - The Cleaners
POSTunderground · 9:30pm · Free
- POSTunderground September Run Concludes This Friday 10/2 - The Sharp Nines, Live Jazz in Brookline!
POSTunderground · 8:30pm · Free
- Stefane Franchi
UnCommon Corner · 3pm · Free
- The Book Club
Toad · 10:30pm · Free
- Traditional Irish Session
The Bebop · 6pm · Free · 21+
- Tufts Composers: Goethe Quartet
Granoff Music Center · 7pm · Free
- Vibrant
The Green Dragon Tavern · 9:30pm · 21+
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