Boston Guide to Large Venues

Guide
Written By HDN Staff

Welcome to Hump Day News guide to big music venues: Boston and Beyond Edition. Looking for medium or small venues instead? Get out there!

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The Venti Mofos

Big, bad, baller arena-type venues. Some have history and charm, others are corporate creations. For what you pay, you should be getting state of the art sounds and performances by the heavy hitters.

Big Night Live

110 Causeway St, Boston, MA 02114

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Boch Center Wang Theatre

270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

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Fenway Park

4 Jersey St, Boston, MA 02215

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House of Blues

15 Lansdowne St, Boston, MA 02215

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House of Blues
Dropkick Murphys
Mar 17
Dropkick Murphys
 

Leader Bank Pavilion

290 Northern Ave, Boston, MA 02210

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MGM Music Hall

2 Lansdowne St; Boston, MA 02215

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MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Father John Misty / Destroyer
Feb 22
Father John Misty / Destroyer
 

Roadrunner

89 Guest St, Boston, MA 02135

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Royale

279 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116

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Sanders Theater

45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

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Sanders Theater: Live Reviews
The Fabrication of Light
The Fabrication of Light
 

TD Garden

100 Legends Way, Boston, MA 02114

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The Palladium

261 Main St, Worcester, MA 01608

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Tracks
Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons”
Wrecking Glass: “Ribbons”

Lithe, electro pop with baseline rock textures.

Julie Christmas: “End of the World”
Julie Christmas: “End of the World”

Not an Xmas tune, technically.

YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk”
YHWH Nailgun: “Sickle Walk”

A sound boiled down to a syrup.

BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs”
BAABES: “Bad Boy Worse Drugs”

Dirty, crunchy, gritty, grungy.

The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture”
The Sheila Divine: “The Rapture”

Kind of a solemn grind.

Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge”
Madeline Kenney: “The Bridge”

We’re all Neil Young fans.

Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito”
Angélica Garcia: “Y Grito”

A hard-edged clubby rocker with a few rhymes.

Yasmin Williams: “Sisters”
Yasmin Williams: “Sisters”

A guitar picker who plays like a new day dawning.

Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night”
Lightheaded: “Some Silent Night”

Not a #xmas4eva banger, as far as I can tell.

Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge”
Ethan Setiawan: “Joyner Ridge”

Not just for “Losing My Religion”!

Lady Lupine: “Overworked”
Lady Lupine: “Overworked”

We all work too much.

John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)”
John Brennan: “Red Scorpion (Just Out of Bullets)”

“Are you out of your mind?”

FACS: “Wish Defense”
FACS: “Wish Defense”

A stopper. A starter.

Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain”
Sinnet: “Laundry Mountain”

An old Mt. Washington joke for true New Englanders.

This Is Lorelei: “I’m All Fucked Up”
This Is Lorelei: “I’m All Fucked Up”

A real satisfying pop hum on this strummer.

Orange Peel Mystic: “Work”
Orange Peel Mystic: “Work”

A tentative track.

Odie Leigh: “Either Way”
Odie Leigh: “Either Way”

A number with the rhythm of a buoy floating on troubled seas.

Albums
Really Great: Be The Light On
Really Great: Be The Light On

Melancholy is a thorny crown.

FACS: Still Life In Decay
FACS: Still Life In Decay

The Chicago artcore band has work in the morning.

Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem For Jazz
Angel Bat Dawid: Requiem For Jazz

Angel Bat Dawid versus Mozart in a steel-cage match. Who you got?

Pile: All Fiction
Pile: All Fiction

Pile’s ninth album. Better than Beethoven’s Ninth?

Eddie Japan: Pop Fiction
Eddie Japan: Pop Fiction

Eddie Japan's elegant new wave pop opera, Pop Fiction.

Nighttime: Keeper Is The Heart
Nighttime: Keeper Is The Heart

Go back to the future with Nighttime’s time-traveling wyrd folk spectacle Keeper Is The Heart.

Horse Lords: Comradely Objects
Horse Lords: Comradely Objects

“Fusion” is a genre-descriptor that is constantly on the verge of utter uselessness.

Keeley Forsyth: Limbs
Keeley Forsyth: Limbs

Can we befriend the specter of silence?

Maneka: Dark Matter
Maneka: Dark Matter

Maneka writes a new chapter in rock n roll with its latest LP.

Living Hour: Someday Is Today
Living Hour: Someday Is Today

The gazey, dreampop excursion takes us into a languid interior dimension of emotional transcendence.

Kitner: Shake The Spins
Kitner: Shake The Spins

Kitner tells the story of life lived at the tail end of a boozy buzz, with another night of debauchery on the way.

Twen: One Stop Shop
Twen: One Stop Shop

Twen charts a course across the sound waves of trans-Atlantic pop on their LP One Stop Shop.

Iceblink: Carpet Cocoon
Iceblink: Carpet Cocoon

Ambient is no longer the province of purely theoretical sound experiments. Enter Iceblink.

Mamalarky: Pocket Fantasy
Mamalarky: Pocket Fantasy

A gooey, 12-stack musical layer cake, shotgun-blasted with rainbow sprinkles by a laughing clown.

NNAMDÏ: Please Have A Seat
NNAMDÏ: Please Have A Seat

NNAMDÏ ghosts his songs before they ghost him. But you’ll love Please Have A Seat anyway.

Already Dead: My Collar Is Blue
Already Dead: My Collar Is Blue

Already Dead remembers punk’s roots in political dissidence on their latest LP My Collar Is Blue.

Live Reviews
Give Pieces A Chance
Give Pieces A Chance

Chaiah is a soft ‘ch’ sound at Lizard Lounge.

Anti-Valentine’s
Anti-Valentine’s

Smell The Love raises a stink at Midway Cafe.

A Sloppy Kiss
A Sloppy Kiss

Tyler and The Names cap a laugher at The Rockwell.

Post-Snow America
Post-Snow America

It’s Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef for dinner at The Rockwell.

Pre-Snow America
Pre-Snow America

Follow Thru come to the rescue at Midway Cafe.

Pin The Tail On the $5 Beer
Pin The Tail On the $5 Beer

Diane Young cuts deep at Deep Cuts.

Bill Got Fired For Insubordination
Bill Got Fired For Insubordination

Bus Crush is preferable to bus crash at Silhouette Lounge.

A Griot Gathering
A Griot Gathering

The two-day fest We Black Folk returns to Club Passim.

Four Bands, One Bill
Four Bands, One Bill

Impossible Dog achieves the possible at Deep Cuts.

Waiting For My Mass
Waiting For My Mass

Blue Heron has $26 dollars in its hand at First Church of Cambridge.

Now That’s What I Call A Sticky Situation!
Now That’s What I Call A Sticky Situation!

Glue bonds at the Lilypad.

Born Freedy
Born Freedy

Freedy Johnston tells ironic anecdotes at the Lilypad.

The Apocalypse Is Always Nigh
The Apocalypse Is Always Nigh

Tami Fest 4 is what it’s all about at Lizard Lounge.

Saturday Night Special
Saturday Night Special

Sand Machine does what sand machines do at Midway Cafe.

O Ceilidh Come Calling
O Ceilidh Come Calling

The 22nd Boston Celtic Music Festival takes over Camberville.

Wet Underpants
Wet Underpants

Blame Shifters shift the blame at Silhouette Lounge.

Cast The First Stoned
Cast The First Stoned

Keller Williams mucks about at Paradise Rock Club.

Bloodless Brunch
Bloodless Brunch

Ron Savage orders the prix fixe at DX Dunster.

Tennis Backwards
Tennis Backwards

Sinnet holds court at Deep Cuts.

Baby Creators
Baby Creators

Job Creators spur fiscal growth at Lizard Lounge.

White Noise
White Noise

Don White puts family first at Club Passim.

A Night With Armor
A Night With Armor

André Obin celebrates a vinyl release at Deep Cuts.

The Zeus Is Loose
The Zeus Is Loose

Electric Zeus unleash the raga at State Park.

Put Another Log On The Fire Inside
Put Another Log On The Fire Inside

Toritori headlines a bill from the inside out at Middle East.

Smorgasbord
Smorgasbord

Yoko Miwa wishes you a happy birthday at the Mad Monkfish.

A Partially Open Mic
A Partially Open Mic

Rappers pass the mic, and the signup sheet, at The Jungle.

Snow Daze II
Snow Daze II

The Shallows run deep at Deep Cuts.

Billy Ho-Ho-Hough!
Billy Ho-Ho-Hough!

Billy and Susan enter their Blue period at EventThem.

Snow Daze
Snow Daze

Vivid Bloom closes out Snow Gaze at Deep Cuts.

Hump Day News Is A Big Loser!
Hump Day News Is A Big Loser!

“We’re just honored to be nominated” is bullshit said at Big Night Live.

The Backyard
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

From the Archives, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah at Middle East (11/2007).

Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth
Middle Distance Runner: The Sun & Earth

From the Archives, Middle Distance Runner : The Sun & Earth

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Becoming Anti-Social: a Six Point “Plan.”

Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible
Drug Rug: Paint the Fence Invisible

From the Archives, Drug Rug paints fences on its second album.

Drug Rug: LIVE
Drug Rug: LIVE

From the Archives, Drug Rug live at Milky Way (11/2007).

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

New Year, New Meh?

MMOSS: i
MMOSS: i

From the Archives, New Hampshire psych also rises.

Interview: Middle Distance Runner
Interview: Middle Distance Runner

A chat with Middle Distance Runner from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Less is more.

Bent Shapes: Feels Weird
Bent Shapes: Feels Weird

From the Archives, Feels Weird doesn’t feel weird at all.

Interview: Lord Jeff
Interview: Lord Jeff

A chat with Lord Jeff from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Quiz Time! The Hump Nights giveaways get an upgrade.

Interview: Arms and Sleepers
Interview: Arms and Sleepers

A chat with Arms and Sleepers from the Archives.

Letter from the Editor
Letter from the Editor

Hump Day News reflects on what the site fucked up (and did right!) in 2023.

One Door Closes, The 4th Wall Opens
One Door Closes, The 4th Wall Opens

Andrew Stern; interview with DIY venue 4th Wall organizers; and more.

AER079: You Can Be A Wesley
AER079: You Can Be A Wesley

An Ampeater Review of You Can Be A Wesley from the Archives.

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