
Concerts in MASSACHUSETTS
From the May 2008 Dirty Linen listing of folk, world, and roots music artists.
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*** Events in MASSACHUSETTS ***
05/01 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/01 Nick Lowe Calvin Thtr/Northampton (w/Eli "Paperboy"
Reed)
05/01 The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Cafe 939/Boston
05/02 Chris Smither Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
05/02 Habib Koite & Bamada, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/02 Holly Near Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead (w/emma's
revolution) 781/631-8987
05/02 James McMurtry Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
05/02 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Whaling Museum/New Bedford
508/997-0046
05/02 Solas Somerville Thtr/Somerville 617/354-4466
05/02 The Everyday Visuals, Middle East/Cambridge
05/02 emma's revolution Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead (w/Holly Near)
781/631-8987
05/03 Coming Alive Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/03 Dana Cooper Off the Common Cfhs/Bridgewater
05/03 Habib Koite & Bamada, Somerville Thtr/Somerville
05/03 James McMurtry Pearl St./Northampton
05/03 Northern Lights One World Cfhs/Essex (w/Tamarac) 978/768-7056
05/03 Pat Wictor Circle of Friends/Franklin (w/Susan Werner)
508/528-2541
05/03 Susan Werner Circle of Friends/Franklin (w/Pat Wictor)
508/528-2541
05/03 The Blue Ribbon Boys, Club Helsinki/Great Barrington
413/528-3394
05/03 The Waifs Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/03 Tripping Lily Loring Greenough House/Jamaica Plain
978/634-1651
05/04-7 Gretchen Peters Kripalu Ctr for Yoga & Health/Lenox (w/Eliza
Gilkyson, Katryna Nields, Nerissa Nields, Val Denn)
05/04 Iris DeMent Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/04 Liz Carroll & John Doyle, Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
05/04 Steve Gillette & Cindy Mangsen, Woods Hole Folk Soc./Woods Hole
508/540-0320
05/05 The Waifs Paradise Rock Club/Boston
05/07 Colin Hay Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/08 Hunger Mountain Boys, Iron Horse/Northampton (w/The Wiyos)
413/586-8686
05/08 Matt & Shannon Heaton, Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
05/08 Randall Williams Club Helsinki/Great Barrington (w/Joe
Crookston, Lindsey Mac) 413/528-3394
05/08 The Wiyos Iron Horse/Northampton (w/Hunger
Mountain Boys) 413/586-8686
05/09 Andrea Beaton Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/09 Bearfoot Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/09 El Perro Del Mar, Lykke Li, Anna Ternheim, Middle East/Boston
05/09 Eve Goldberg Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead 781/631-8987
05/09 John Gorka Uncommon Cfhs/Framingham
05/09 Randall Williams Perf. Arts Ctr/Easthampton (w/Joe Crookston,
Lindsey Mac)
05/09 Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/10 Brooks Williams Linden Tree Cfhs/Wakefield
05/10 Devon Allman's HoneyTribe, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/10 Jack Williams Linden Tree Cfhs/Wakefield 781/246-2836
05/10 Mad Agnes uNi Cfhs/Springfield 413/562-3990
05/10 Patty Larkin Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/10 Randall Williams Fox Run House Concerts/Sudbury (w/Joe
Crookston, Lindsey Mac, Anthony DaCosta) 978/443-3253
05/10 Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
05/10 Steve Forbert Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/10 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington
05/11 Randall Williams Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Joe Crookston,
Lindsey Mac, Anthony DaCosta) 617/492-7679
05/13 Pieta Brown Iron Horse/Northampton (w/The Wood Brothers)
413/586-8686
05/15 Alasdair Fraser Katherine Cornell Thtr/Tisbury (w/Natalie
Haas) 508/693-6996
05/15 Pieta Brown Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River (w/The Wood
Brothers) 508/324-1926
05/16 Corinne West Songs in Soda Shop/Leeds
05/16 David Bromberg Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/16 Geoff Muldaur Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/16 Jim Weider's PRoJECT PERCoLAToR, Ctr for Arts/Natick
508/647-0097
05/16 Mavis Staples Berklee Perf. Ctr/Boston
05/17 Janis Ian Emerson Umbrella/Concord
05/17 Mavis Staples Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
05/17 Owen Plant Loring-Greenough House/Jamaica Plain (w/Ryan
Hood)
05/17 Rust Never Sleeps Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/17 Vance Gilbert Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
05/18 Alasdair Fraser Union Hall Cfhs/Carlisle (w/Natalie Haas)
978/287-5745
05/18 DeVotchKa Paradise/Boston
05/19 Dan Stevens Red Lion/Stockbridge 860/227-4316
05/19 Paul Rishell & Annie Raines, The Cantab/Cambridge 617/354-2685
05/19 Randall Williams WOMR Schoolhouse/Provincetown
(w/Joe Crookston, Lindsey Mac)
05/21 Matt the Electrician, Club Passim/Cambridge (w/Katie Sawicki)
617/492-7679
05/22 Catherine Russell Hanover Thtr/Worcester (w/Glenn Miller Orch)
05/22 King Wilkie Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
05/22 The Biscuit Burners, Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
05/23 Firewater Paradise/Boston
05/23 Shannon McNally Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/24 The Everyday Visuals, The Basement/Northampton
05/25 Matt the Electrician, Club Passim Campfire Fest./Cambridge
617/492-7679
05/27-28 The Everyday Visuals, Symphony Hall/Boston
05/27 KT Tunstall Orpheum Thtr/Boston
05/27 Kate Walsh Middle East/Cambridge
05/29 Peter Rowan Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
05/29 Red Molly Iron Horse Music Hall/Northampton
413/586-8686
05/30 Henry Butler Narrows Ctr for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
05/30 Red Molly Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
05/31 Eilen Jewell Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
05/31 Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Narrows Ctr
for Arts/Fall River 508/324-1926
05/31 Trouz Bras First Baptist Church/Lexington 781/862-7837
06/03 Henry Butler Regattabar/Cambridge
06/05 Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Bank of Amer. Pavilion/Boston
06/06-7 Pat Guadagno Rare Duck/Martha's Vineyard
06/06 Mieka Pauley Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
06/07-8 The Harper and the Minstrel, Silver Kingdom Renaissance
Faire/Charlton
06/07 Rod MacDonald Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
06/10 Rick Lee Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-2005
06/10 The Pine Leaf Boys, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
06/12 Laura Siersema Greenfield Energy Park/Greenfield x14
413/774-6051
06/12 Slaid Cleaves Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
06/13 Bruce Molsky Katherine Cornell Thtr/Vineyard Haven
06/13 Jeff Pitchell Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
06/13 Nathan & the Zydeco Cha Chas, WICN Jazz at Sunset/Worcester
06/13 Sarah Borges & the Broken Singles, Club Helsinki/Great
Barrington 413/528-3394
06/14-15 The Harper and the Minstrel, Silver Kingdom Renaissance
Faire/Charlton
06/14 Bill Harley Eight Cousins Bookstore/Falmouth 508/548-5548
06/14 Black 47 Worcester Irish Fest./Worcester
06/14 Chuck E. Costa & Joel Ackerson, Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
06/14 Don White Union Hall Cfhs/Carlisle 978/287-5745
06/14 Matt Keating Lizard Lounge/Cambridge
06/14 Zdravets Church of Our Saviour/Arlington
06/15 The Homegrown String Band, Stanley Park/Westfield
06/17 Orchestra Baobab Pearl St. Nightclub/Northampton
06/20 Flynn Loring-Greenough House/Jamaica Plain (w/Ian
Britt) 978/634-1651
06/21 David Mallett One World Cfhs/Essex (w/Tamarac) 978/768-7056
06/21 Orchestra Baobab Somerville Thtr/Somerville
06/21 The Harper and the Minstrel, Island Terrace Open House/Lakeville
06/21 The Luminescent Orchestrii, Cafe 939/Boston 617/931-2000
06/22 Atwater-Donnelly Town Common/Wrentham 508/384-5427
06/22 Mustard's Retreat Perkins School Fireworks/Lancaster
06/24 Dave Matthews Band, Tweeter Ctr for Perf. Arts/Mansfield
(w/Grace Potter & the Nocturnals)
06/25 Dave Matthews Band, Tweeter Ctr for Arts/Mansfield
(w/Michael Franti & Spearhead)
06/26-29 Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill, Cape Cod Celtic Fest./W. Dennis
508/760-8199
06/26 Frank Critelli Perks Cfhs/Norwood
06/27 Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Guthrie
Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
06/28 Frank Critelli Mocha Maya's/Shelburnce Falls
06/28 Mike & Ruthy Merenda, Loring-Greenough House/Jamaica Plain
(w/Lyn Hardy) 978/634-1651
06/28 Prydein Western MA Highland Games/Greenfield
802/527-7525
06/28 The Harper and the Minstrel, Winslow Shire Faire/Norton
06/29 Anni Clark Dream Away Lodge/Becket 413/623-8725
07/02 Eileen Ivers Rockport H.S./Rockport
07/04-5 The Harper and the Minstrel, Freetown 250th Anniv.
Celebration/Freetown
07/04-6?? Brooks Williams Summerfest/New Bedford
07/04 Eileen Ivers Summerfest/New Bedford
07/05-6 Bruce Molsky N.B. Summerfest/New Bedford
07/05-6 Dave Pegg & PJ Wright, Summerfest/New Bedford
07/05-6 David Jacobs-Strain, Summerfest/New Bedford
07/05-6 The Kennedys Summerfest/New Bedford 800/864-3962
07/06 Bearfoot N.B. Summerfest/New Bedford
07/06 Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Whaling Nat'l Historical Park/New
Bedford 508/996-4095
07/08 Odetta Franklin Park Zoo/Boston
07/11 Al Stewart Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
07/11 Aztec Two-Step Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
07/11 Chris Smither Club Helsinki/Great Barrington 413/528-3394
07/11 Vance Gilbert Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
07/15 Jon Shain Main Streets Market & Cafe/Concord
07/16 Steep Canyon Rangers, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
07/17 Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet, Boarding House
Park/Lowell
07/17 Jon Shain Merrimack College/N. Andover
07/18 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Green River Music
Fest/Greenfield
07/18 The Roys Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
07/19-26 Alistair Brown Folk Music Week/Pinewoods 519/473-2099
07/19 Mavis Staples Green River Fest./Greenfield
07/19 Paul Geremia Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
07/24 Susan Werner Tower Hill Botanic Garden/Boyleston
07/25 Dwight & Nicole Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
07/26-27 Marie Knight Lowell Folk Fest/Lowell
07/26 The Starlings Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
07/27 Red Molly Greenfield Energy Park/Greenfield
413/774-6051
07/30 Daby Toure Museum of Fine Arts/Boston
07/30 Roomful of Blues Project Arts Series/Plymouth
07/30 The Harper and the Minstrel, Host Summer Bandstand Series/Assonet
08/01 Brave Combo Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
08/07 Laura Siersema Greenfield Energy Park/Greenfield x14
413/774-6051
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 413/586-8686
08/08 Leon Russell Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
08/08 Randall Williams Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
08/09-16 Leela & Ellie Grace, Pinewoods Amer. Dance & Music Week/Plymouth
08/09-16 Notorious Pinewoods Camp/Haydenville
08/09 David Wilcox Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
08/09 Randall Williams Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
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
08/13 The Saw Doctors South Shore Music Circus/Cohasset
08/14 The Saw Doctors Cape Cod Melody Tent/Hyannis
08/15 Hothouse Flowers Summer Music Series/Lowell
08/16 Bill Frisell Cambridge YMCA Thtr/Cambridge (w/Daniel
Bennett Group)
08/16 Northern Lights Heath Fair/Heath
08/16 Ronny Cox Guthrie Ctr/Great Barrington 413/528-1955
08/17 Coco Montoya North River Blues Fest./Marshfield
08/21 Roomful of Blues Stearns Square/Springfield
08/23 Arlo Guthrie Summer Music Series/Lowell
08/23 Mad Agnes Kripalu Center/Lenox 413/448-3400
08/24 Jon Shain Main Streets Market & Cafe/Concord
08/24 Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, Green Harbor Roots & Blues
Fest/Marshfield
08/25 Jon Shain Governor's Academy/Byfield
08/27 Jon Shain No Place Special house concert/Mashpee
08/27 Sara Hickman Club Passim/Cambridge 617/492-7679
08/29 David Lindley Somerville Thtr/Somerville
08/29 Jonathan Edwards Fish Park/Athol
08/29 Sara Hickman Children's Museum/Boston
08/29 Sara Hickman Fox Run House Concerts/Sudbury 978/443-3253
09/04 David Lindley Calvin Thtr/Northampton
09/05 The Holmes Brothers, Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/06 Johnny Winter Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
09/07 The Holmes Brothers, Narrows Fest. of Arts/Fall River
09/11 Tom Rush Ashburnam Conservation Trust/Ashburnham
09/12-13 Tannahill Weavers, ICONS Fest/Canton
09/12-14 Le Vent du Nord Irish Connections/Boston
09/12 Beoga ICONS Fest/Boston
09/12 Jonathan Edwards Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
09/13-14 Cara Dillon ICONS 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 Prydein Eastern States Exposition/W. Springfield
802/527-7525
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
09/14 Henry Butler Boston Folk Fest./Boston
09/14 John Gorka Boston Folk Fest./Boston
09/14 Susan Werner Boston Folk Fest/Boston
09/16 Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Johnny D's/Somerville 617/776-7450
09/19 Jez Lowe & the Bad Pennies, Me & Thee Cfhs/Marblehead
781/631-8987
09/20 Jonathan Edwards Mahaiwe Perf. Arts Ctr/Great Barrington
413/528-0100
09/20 Vance Gilbert Lancaster Cfhs/Lancaster
09/27-28 Red Molly Bolton Fair/Lancaster 978/779-6253
09/27 Pops Walker Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
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
10/10 Red Molly Amazing Things Arts Ctr/Framingham
508/405-2787
10/11 Red Molly Grange Hall Cfhs/E. Sandwich 508/418-0888
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
10/24 Northern Lights Brandeis Univ./Waltham 781/736-3400
10/25 Aztec Two-Step Green Rooster/Worcester 508/798-3010
10/25 Frank Critelli Mocha Maya's/Shelburne Falls
11/09 Toby Walker Franklin House Concerts/Franklin (2pm)
508/528-0026
11/14 Jonathan Edwards Iron Horse/Northampton 413/586-8686
11/16 Roy Book Binder Folk Soc./Woods Hole
11/18-19 George Winston Firehouse Ctr for Arts/Newburyport
978/462-7336
11/22 Bob Martin Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
11/22 David Wilcox Lancaster Cfhs/Lancaster
11/22 Red Molly Circle of Friends/Franklin 508/528-2541
11/29 Bill Kirchen Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
12/05-6 George Winston Ctr for Arts/Natick 508/647-0097
12/06 Tom Rush Bull Run/Shirley 978/425-4311
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
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 Richie Havens Firehouse Cfhs/Littleton
2009/03/15 Joe Stead House concert/Boston
2009/03/16 Joe Stead Cantab Lounge/Cambridge
2009/03/17 Joe Stead Cameron's/Gloucester
2009/04/04 Vance Gilbert South Shore Folk Music Club/Kingston
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
2009/05/09 Mustard's Retreat, Unitar. Univ. Soc. Meeting
House/Springfield
(Listing generated: May 1 2008)
See also:
Listing by States/Provinces,
Listing by Artist,
Events/Festivals Listing,
Dirty Linen main page,
and the Gig Guide FAQ.
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