
Concerts in MASSACHUSETTS
From the August 2008 Dirty Linen listing of folk, world, and roots music artists.
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*** Events in MASSACHUSETTS ***
08/01 Brave Combo Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
08/01 Hamell on Trial Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/01 John Gorka Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington
08/01 John Jorgenson Quintet, Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River
508/324-1926
08/01 The Starlings Montague Book Mill/Montague 413/367-9206
08/02 Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Gillette Stadium/Foxboro
08/02 Lynwood Slim Onset Blues Fest/Onset
08/02 Sleepercar Wellfleet Beachcomber/Wellfleet (w/Old 97's)
08/02 The Harper and the Minstrel, Court St. Farmers Market/Plymouth
08/02 The Kennedys Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
08/02 The Sacred Shakers, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/03 Atwater-Donnelly Salem Maritime Fest./Salem 978/740-1660
08/04 Eddy Grant Paradise/Boston
08/04 KT Tunstall Calvin Thtr/Northampton (w/Martha Wainwright)
08/05 Greg Klyma Toad/Cambridge
08/06 The Harper and the Minstrel, Freetown Bandstand/Freetown-Assonet
08/06 The Wailers The Chicken Box/Nantucket
08/07 John Brown's Body Outland/Edgartown
08/07 Laura Siersema Greenfield Energy Park/Greenfield x14
413/774-6051
08/07 Summertimes with David Grover, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington
413/528-3394
08/07 The Saw Doctors Summer Music Series/Lowell
08/08 Aztec Two-Step Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
08/08 David Wilcox Iron Horse/Northampton (w/Randall Williams)
413/586-8686
08/08 Leon Russell Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
08/08 Randall Williams Iron Horse/Northampton (w/David Wilcox)
413/586-8686
08/08 The Blue Ribbon Boys, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington (w/Julia
Gottlieb) 413/528-3394
08/08 The Everyday Visuals, Middle East/Cambridge (w/Hooray for Earth)
08/08 The Harper and the Minstrel, Somethin's Brewin' Book
Cafe/Lakeville
08/08 The Saw Doctors Pines Thtr Summer Music Fest/Northampton
08/08 The Starlings Lizard Lounge/Cambridge 617/547-0759
08/09-16 Leela & Ellie Grace, Pinewoods Amer. Dance & Music Week/Plymouth
08/09-16 Notorious Pinewoods Camp/Haydenville
08/09 Atwater-Donnelly Springstep/Medford (10:30am) 781/395-0402
08/09 David Wilcox Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Randall Williams)
617/492-7679
08/09 Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Payomet Perf.
Arts Ctr/Truro
08/09 Mustard's Retreat Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
08/09 Randall Williams Club Passim/Cambridge (w/David Wilcox)
617/492-7679
08/10 Christine Rosander, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/10 Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Nashua River
Valley Folk Fest./Lancaster
08/10 Mustard's Retreat Nashua River Valley Folk Fest./Lancaster
08/10 Northern Lights Nashua River Valley Folk Fest./Lancaster
978/365-2043
08/10 Richie Havens Nashua River Valley Folk Fest./Lancaster
08/10 Susan Werner Nashua River Valley Folk Fest./Lancaster
08/12 Greg Klyma Toad/Cambridge
08/13 Jake La Botz 21 Nickels/Watertown
08/13 The Saw Doctors South Shore Music Circus/Cohasset
08/14 Jake La Botz Brendan Behan Pub/Jamaica Plain
08/14 Summertimes with David Grover, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington
413/528-3394
08/14 The Harper and the Minstrel, Town Hall/Middleboro
08/14 The Saw Doctors Cape Cod Melody Tent/Hyannis
08/14 Tristan Prettyman Bank of America Pavilion/Boston
08/15 Devon Allman's HoneyTribe, Bull Run/Shirley (w/Ashbrook Haynes)
978/425-4311
08/15 Hothouse Flowers Summer Music Series/Lowell
08/15 Jess Klein Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Nels Andrews)
617/492-7679
08/15 Nels Andrews Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Jess Klein)
617/492-7679
08/15 The Afromotive Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/15 The Duke Robillard Band, Harry's Cajun Restaurant/Hyannis
08/16 Bill Frisell Cambridge YMCA Thtr/Cambridge
08/16 Northern Lights Heath Fair/Heath 413/337-4077
08/16 Ronny Cox Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
08/16 The Duke Robillard Band, Gilrein's/Worcester
08/16 Vance Gilbert Chapel in the Pines/Eastham
08/17 Coco Montoya North River Blues Fest./Marshfield
08/17 Great Big Sea Philadelphia Folk Fest/Schwenksville, PA
215/242-0150 Outerland/Edgartown (19)
08/17 Jess Klein Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/19 Greg Klyma Toad/Cambridge
08/20 Tom Russell Project Arts Free Summer Concert/Plymouth
08/21 Roomful of Blues Stearns Square/Springfield
08/21 Summertimes with David Grover, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington
413/528-3394
08/21 The Harper and the Minstrel, New Wave Cafe/New Bedford
08/21 Tom Russell One Market Square/Newburyport 978/462-7336
08/22 Antje Duvekot Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
08/22 Tom Russell Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
08/22 Two Dark Birds Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/23 Arlo Guthrie Summer Music Series/Lowell
08/23 Mad Agnes Kripalu Center/Lenox 413/448-3400
08/24 Nico Muhly, Doveman & Sam Amidon, Museum of Fine Arts/Boston
08/24 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Green Harbor Roots & Blues
Fest/Marshfield
08/26 Greg Klyma Toad/Cambridge
08/27 Sara Hickman Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
08/28 Black 47 Stearns Square CityBlock/Springfield
08/28 David Lindley Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River (w/Mark T.
Small) 508/324-1926
08/28 James Hunter South Shore Music Circus/Cohasset (w/Chris
Isaak)
08/28 Summertimes with David Grover, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington
413/528-3394
08/28 The Harper and the Minstrel, Stevens Field Farmers
Market/Plymouth
08/29 David Lindley Somerville Thtr/Somerville (w/Hot Tuna
Acoustic)
08/29 Jonathan Edwards Fish Park/Athol
08/29 Northern Lights Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
08/29 Sara Hickman Children's Museum/Boston
08/29 Sara Hickman Fox Run House Concerts/Sudbury 978/443-3253
08/29 The Defibulators Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/29 The Harper and the Minstrel, Cirelli's Farmers Market/Middleboro
08/29 The Waybacks Iron Horse Music Hall/Northampton
08/30 Sugar Shack Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
08/31 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, Payomet Perf. Arts Ctr/Truro
09/03 Dan Stevens Red Lion/Stockbridge 860/227-4316
09/04 David Lindley Calvin Thtr/Northampton (w/Hot Tuna Acoustic)
09/05? Carrie Rodriguez Cafe 939/Boston
09/05 Amy Speace House Concert/Cambridge
09/05 The Duhks Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
09/05 The Holmes Brothers, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/06 Buckwheat Zydeco Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
09/06 Deborah Henson-Conant, Pinehills Jazz & Blues on the
Green/Plymouth
09/06 Johnny Winter Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/06 The Harper and the Minstrel, Court St. Farmers Market/Plymouth
09/07 Bettye LaVette Wachusett Mtn Blues Fest./Wachusett
09/07 Carrie Rodriguez Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
09/07 Southern Rail Breakheart Reservation/Saugus (2pm)
781/710-3129
09/07 The Holmes Brothers, Narrows Fest. of Arts/Fall River
09/09 David Jacobs-Strain, North Shore Music Thtr/Beverly (w/Boz
Scaggs)
09/09 Paul Weller Berklee Perf. Ctr/Boston
09/11 Ruthie Foster Tower Hill Botanic Garden/Boylston
09/11 The Harper and the Minstrel, Stevens Field Farmers
Market/Plymouth
09/11 Tom Rush Ashburnam Conservation Trust/Ashburnham
09/12-13 Tannahill Weavers, ICONS Fest/Canton
09/12-14 David Munnelly ICONS/Canton
09/12-14 Le Vent du Nord Irish Connections/Boston
09/12-14 Liadan ICONS/Canton
09/12 Beoga ICONS Fest/Boston
09/12 Cheryl Wheeler Bull Run/Shirley (w/Gayle Picard)
978/425-4311
09/12 John Hammond Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
09/12 Jonathan Edwards Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/12 Sky Smeed Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
09/12 Vance Gilbert Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/13-14 Cara Dillon ICONS Fest/Boston
09/13-14 Crooked Still ICONS/Canton
09/13-14 Luka Bloom Irish Connections Fest/Canton
09/13-14 Lunasa Irish Connections/Canton
800/GO-IRISH
09/13-14 Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Irish Connections/Canton
800/GO-IRISH
09/13-14 Solas ICONS Music & Arts Fest./Canton
09/13-14 Southern Rail MassBluegrass Jamboree/E. Wareham
508/866-1028
09/13-14 The Harper and the Minstrel, ICONS Irish Fest/Canton
09/13 Bob Franke 1st Universalist Church/Essex (benefit)
09/13 John Hammond Gilrein's/Worcester
09/13 John Prine Lowell Mem. Aud./Lowell
(w/Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion)
09/13 Michael Powers Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
09/13 Nothin' Fancy Massbluegrass Jamboree/E. Wareham
508/866-1028
09/13 Prydein Eastern States Exposition/W. Springfield
802/527-7525
09/13 Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Lowell Mem. Aud./Lowell
(w/John Prine)
09/13 Susan Werner Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/13 The Rampage Trio Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/13 Tom Rush Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
09/13 Work o' the Weavers, uNi Cfhs/Springfield 413/562-3990
09/13 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
09/14 Chris O'Brien Boston Folk Fest./Boston 617/287-6911
09/14 Dick Solberg Red Lion Inn/Stockbridge 413/298-1654
09/14 Henry Butler Boston Folk Fest./Boston
09/14 John Gorka Boston Folk Fest./Boston
09/14 Pat Wictor Boston Folk Fest./Boston 617/287-6911
09/14 Susan Werner Boston Folk Fest/Boston
09/14 Tom Rush Firehouse Ctr for Arts/Newburyport
09/16 Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
09/17 Gaelic Storm Paradise/Boston
09/18 Lunasa Liam Maguire's Irish Pub/Falmouth
508/548-0285
09/19 Allan Thomas 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/David Wax Museum)
617/484-1054
09/19 Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead
781/631-8987
09/19 The Harper and the Minstrel, Cirelli's Farmers Market/Middleboro
09/20 Jonathan Edwards Mahaiwe Perf. Arts Ctr/Great Barrington
413/528-0100
09/20 Marty Nestor & Jeff Root, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/20 Vance Gilbert Lancaster Cfhs/Lancaster
09/21 Chris O'Brien Joe Davies Folk Fest./Middleborough
09/21 Gaelic Storm Calvin Thtr/Northampton
09/21 Jim Malcolm ??/Lexington 781/862-7873
09/21 Jon Shain The Burren/Somerville
09/21 The Harper and the Minstrel, Arts Around the Block Street
Fest./Fall River
09/21 The Kennedys Joe Davies Fest./Fall River 800/864-3962
09/24 Jon Shain Main Streets Market & Cafe/Concord
09/24 Old Crow Medicine Show, Berklee Perf. Ctr/Boston
09/25 Great Lake Swimmers, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/25 Jon Shain Governor's Academy/Byfield
09/25 North Sea Gas 80 Border Street Arts Center/E. Boston
09/25 Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, Iron Horse/Northampton
413/586-8686
09/26 John McEuen Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
09/26 Malcolm Holcombe Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/26 The Harper and the Minstrel, Java Room/Chelmsford
09/27-28 Red Molly Bolton Fair/Lancaster 978/779-6253
09/27 Chris Smither Club Passim/Cambridge 617/496-2222
09/27 Jon Shain No Place Special house concert/Mashpee
09/27 Mavis Staples Sanders Thtr/Cambridge
09/27 Pops Walker Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/27 The Kennedys Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
09/28 Alasdair Fraser Iron Horse/Northampton (w/Natalie Haas)
413/586-8686
09/28 The Harper and the Minstrel, Farmers Market/Carver
09/30 Rachel Unthank & the Winterset, T.T. the Bear's/Cambridge
10/02 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
10/03 David Mallett Nevins Mem. Library/Methuen 978/686-4080
10/04 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Somerville Thtr/Somerville
10/04 James Reams & the Barnstormers, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
10/04 John Sebastian Showcase Live/Foxborough
10/05 Tom Chapin Regis College/Weston 412/323-2707
10/10 Red Molly Amazing Things Arts Ctr/Framingham
508/405-2787
10/10 The Short Sisters 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/Jim Hall)
617/484-1054
10/11 Les Sampou & the Tin Angel Band, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
10/11 Lorraine & Bennett Hammond, uNi Cfhs/Springfield 413/562-3990
10/11 Marley's Ghost Union Hall Cfhs/Carlisle 978/287-5745
10/11 Red Molly Grange Hall Cfhs/E. Sandwich 508/418-0888
10/11 Southern Rail Verrill Farm Harvest Day/Concord 978/369-4494
10/11 The Kennedys St. James Cfhs/Greenfield 800/864-3962
10/16 The Duke Robillard Band, Scullers/Boston
10/17? North Sea Gas Fiddler's Green/Worcester
10/18 Hunger Mountain Boys, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
10/18 Jazz Mandolin Project, Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River
508/324-1926
10/18 Southern Rail United Parish Church/Upton 508/497-3413
10/22 Mike Mangione Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Peter Mulvey)
617/492-7679
10/24 Northern Lights Brandeis Univ./Waltham 781/736-3400
10/24 The Kennedys Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
10/25 Aztec Two-Step Green Rooster/Worcester 508/798-3010
10/25 Frank Critelli Mocha Maya's/Shelburne Falls
10/25 Jonathan Richman Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
10/25 Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion, Kripalu Ctr/Lenox 413/448-3152
10/25 Zdravets ??/Whately 617/964-2003
10/28 Southern Rail Nashoba Valley Winery/Bolton 978/779-5521
11/01 Toumani Diabate Somerville Thtr/Somerville
11/06 Notorious contra dance/Concord
11/07 Atwater-Donnelly Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
11/08 Don White Bull Run/Shirley (w/The Loomers) 978/425-4311
11/08 The Short Sisters uNi Cfhs/Springfield 413/562-3990
11/09 Toby Walker Franklin House Concerts/Franklin (2pm)
508/528-0026
11/14 Atwater-Donnelly Amazing Things Arts Ctr/Framingham
508/405-2787
11/14 Jonathan Edwards Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
11/14 The Homegrown String Band, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
11/15 April Verch Homegrown Cfhs/Needham 781/444-7478
11/15 Mary McCaslin Notlob Concerts/Jamaica Plain 413/658-4585
11/15 The Homegrown String Band, Ventress Mem. Libray/Marshfield
(2pm) 781/834-5535
11/15 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
11/16 Roy Book Binder Folk Soc./Woods Hole
11/18-19 George Winston Firehouse Ctr for Arts/Newburyport
978/462-7336
11/20 Carlene Carter Band, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
11/21-22 Deborah Henson-Conant, Firehouse Ctr for Arts/Newburyport
11/21 The Thompsons 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/Jean Gauthier)
617/484-1054
11/22 Bob Martin Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
11/22 David Wilcox Lancaster Cfhs/Lancaster
11/22 Loudon Wainwright III, Museum of Fine Arts/Boston
11/22 Red Molly Circle of Friends/Franklin 508/528-2541
11/23 Laura Love Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
11/29 Bill Kirchen Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
11/29 Red Molly Third Fret Cfhs/Marstons Mills 774/269-3834
12/03 Tom Rush Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
12/04 Loudon Wainwright III, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
12/04 The Klezmatics ??/Somerville
12/05-6 George Winston Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
12/05 Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Amazing Things Arts Ctr/Framingham
508/405-2787
12/06 Chris Smither Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
12/07 The Klezmatics Colonial Thtr/Pittsfield 413/997-4444
12/12 Chris Smither Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
12/13-14 Deborah Henson-Conant, Thayer Symphony Orch./Leominster
12/13 Bob Zentz uNi Cfhs/Springfield (w/Geoff
Kaufman, Jerry Bryant) 413/562-3990
12/13 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
12/14 David Mallett Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
12/20 Teada Mary Wolverton Celtic Series/Cape Cod
2009 /03/27 Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Symphony Hall/Boston
2009 /03/27 The Blind Boys of Alabama, Symphony Hall/Boston
2009 /04/04 Alasdair Fraser, Somerville Thtr/Somerville 617/876-4275
2009/01/03 Northern Lights, Linden Tree Cfhs/Wakefield 781/246-2836
2009/01/09 Terry Kitchen 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont 617/484-1054
2009/01/10 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
2009/01/17 Atwater-Donnelly, Green Rooster Cfhs/Worcester 508/798-3010
2009/01/23 John Gorka Iron Horse/Northampton
413/586-8686e
2009/01/25 John Gorka Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
2009/01/30-31 Tom Rush Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
2009/01/31 Vance Gilbert 1st Universalist Meeting House/Franklin
2009/02/06 Chris Smither Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
2009/02/06 Richie Havens Firehouse Cfhs/Littleton
2009/02/07 Richie Havens Veritas Aud./Chicopee
2009/02/13 Gurney DeAtley 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont 617/484-1054
2009/02/14 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
2009/03/06 Carlene Carter Band, Firehouse Cfhs at 1st Church/Littleton
2009/03/07 Al Stewart Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
2009/03/08 Atwater-Donnelly, Memorial Hall Library/Andover (2pm)
978/623-8400
2009/03/13 Diane Edgecomb 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/Margo
Chamberlain, Kate Chadbourn) 617/484-1054
2009/03/13 Northern Lights, Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
2009/03/14 Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Union Hall Cfhs/Carlisle
978/287-5745
2009/03/14 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
2009/03/15 Joe Stead House concert/Boston
2009/03/16 Joe Stead Cantab Lounge/Cambridge
2009/03/17 Joe Stead Cameron's/Gloucester
2009/03/21 David Mallett Third Fret Cfhs/Marstons Mills 774/269-3834
2009/03/24 Black 47 Mass. College of Liberal Arts/N. Adams
2009/03/27 Terri Hendrix Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
2009/03/28 Terri Hendrix 1st Encounter Cfhs/Eastham
2009/04/03 Bill Staines Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead (w/David Mallett)
781/631-8987
2009/04/03 David Mallett Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead (w/Bill Staines)
781/631-8987
2009/04/04 Terri Hendrix Fox Run House Concerts/Sudbury
2009/04/04 Vance Gilbert South Shore Folk Music Club/Kingston
2009/04/04 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
2009/04/17 Roger Miller 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/Jim Sugarman)
617/484-1054
2009/04/18 Carrie Newcomer, Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
2009/04/22-23 Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra, UMass Fine Arts
Ctr/Amherst
2009/04/24 Tom Rush Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
2009/04/25 Roger McGuinn Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
2009/05/08 Larry Zarella 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont (w/Michael Troy)
617/484-1054
2009/05/09 Mustard's Retreat, Unitar. Univ. Soc. Meeting
House/Springfield
2009/05/09 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
2009/06/12 Richard Curzi 2nd Friday Cfhs/Belmont 617/484-1054
2009/06/13 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington 617/964-2003
(Listing generated: Aug 1 2008)
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Events/Festivals Listing,
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