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Concerts in MASSACHUSETTS

From the May 2008 Dirty Linen listing of folk, world, and roots music artists.
See also: Listing by States/Provinces, Listing by Artist, Events/Festivals Listing, Dirty Linen main page, and the Gig Guide FAQ.

*** 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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