Summer show doldrums getting you down? Fear not. The calendar is picking up big time, you guys. Check out these recently announced shows:
June 24: Wiggly World Summertime BBQ w/Hungry Gayze, Pillowfight (Vinyl Richie’s)
June 26: Auto Chlor (Uncle Lou’s)
June 28: Eric Johnson (Plaza)
June 30: The Jam Campaign Rock ’n’ Roll Comedy Revue w/Revolutionary Revival, the Ludes, the Goldminers, 22 Blaac (The Haven)
June 30: Speedy Ortiz, the Mother Machine, Yogurt Smoothness (Peacock Room)
July 7: Tab Benoit (Plaza)
July 7: Kidney Stones, Meka Nism, Folk Is People (Will’s)
July 8: The Continentals (Peacock Room)
July 14: Teflon Don, Beebs & Her Money Makers, Playground Heroes (House of Blues)
July 15: Southern Fried Sunday Mustard Seed Benefit – 30 bands (Will’s/Peacock/Uncle Lou’s/Wally’s)
July 20: Tank, Young Deon (House of Blues)
July 21: Anders Osborne, the Lee Boys (Plaza)
July 28: Battery (Metallica tribute band) (House of Blues)
August 3: ALAK Block Party w/A.T.T.I.C, Permanent Nap, Surfin Serf (Thornton Park)
August 7: Lindsey Buckingham (Plaza) – If I told you how excited I was for this show, you’d think I was weird.
August 8: Aaron Neville (Plaza)
August 17: Brian Culbertson & David Sanborn (Plaza)
August 30: Steve Aoki (Plaza)
October 1: Fiona Apple (Hard Rock Live)
October 5: Renaissance (Plaza)
October 6: Victor Wooten (Plaza)
October 12: Keiko Matsui (Plaza)
Nov. 10: Weezer performing ‘Blue’ (Hard Rock Live)
Nov. 11: Weezer performing ‘Pinkerton’ (Hard Rock Live)
Nov. 15: Donavon Frankenreiter (Plaza)
This article appears in Jun 20-26, 2012.