Jazz Festival announces July 30-31 dates, expecting 10,000 in return to in-person
The Seventh Annual Cambridge Jazz Festival will be held the weekend of July 30-31, returning after a two-year interruption with headliners Eguie Castrillo and his orchestra and Chelsey Green and The Green Project.
Central Square’s techno and house scene travels on Friday to Boston’s Infrastructure Music Fest
The Cambridge electronic music scene pays a visit to Boston on Friday to feature in the Infrastructure Music Festival. The outdoor festival, hosted by Cambridge-based DJ collectives Infra and Keep On, will feature continuous underground techno and house music on two stages, one for the DJs of each organization.
More changes at the Cantab as booker departs, speaking of changes in club approach to bands
The longtime music booker for the Cantab Lounge in Central Square, Mickey Bliss, is out the door after 15 years. He says he was told that responsibility for booking bands in the downstairs space called the Cantab Underground would be taken from him and made less accommodating to bands in some ways.
Well known to audiences at local clubs, events, Amador is winner of 2022’s Tiny Desk Contest
Cambridge singer-songwriter Alisa Amador is the winner of the year’s Tiny Desk Contest, NPR Music announced this week. She is expected to headline an “On The Road” tour of contest participants.
Mahler to be heard Friday at Symphony Hall: Conducted by Zander, aided by St. Paul’s Choir
The Boston Philharmonic closes out its 43rd season Friday, performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at Boston’s Symphony Hall with some strong contributions from Harvard Square.
Once, the rock venue, hopes to lease Oberon, filling it with diverse shows and all-day use
Somerville’s famed music club, Once Lounge and Ballroom, is in the running to rent the space occupied by American Repertory Theater’s Oberon until a permanent closing at the end of 2021. Harvard is trying to fill the Harvard Square site by April.
Confusion at the Cantab as relationships shatter, including a music partnership that began in ’78
The downstairs performance space at the Cantab Lounge, known for 17 years as Club Bohemia, is now the Cantab Underground. The confusion and battle behind it represent another bump in the rough ride the bar has had returning to life in Central Square, during a pandemic – a time bar business has been, by all accounts, brutal.
It’s another year of livestreamed performances for Club Passim’s Boston Celtic Music Festival
For the second year in a row, Club Passim will take its beloved BCMFest online amid a meteoric rise in reported Covid cases.
Club Passim’s Iguana Fund grants $40,000 to New England musicians
Club Passim and its yearly Iguana Music Fund have awarded $40,000 to 23 musicians with strong ties to New England, ranging in size from $500 to $2,000.
Cantab welcomes back Chicken Slacks, public, then pauses until Dec. 30 under Covid policy
A Covid-19 exposure has closed The Cantab Lounge until 5 p.m. Dec. 30, but its reopening last week over three nights included what felt like the true arrival of the rejuvenated bar, drawing in thirsty passersby with a rip-roaring performance from Chicken Slacks for the first time since early 2020.
