Next weekend around Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville: Friday, September 25 to Sunday, September 27.

SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium

The SHASS 75th Anniversary Symposium is a two-day celebration being held September 24-25, 2026 in the Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building’s Thomas Tull Concert Hall. The symposium will feature topical faculty panel discussions, student…

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

Earlybirds Club

Doors 6pm · 21 & Over

My Brother's Wedding

Directed by Charles Burnett. With Dennis Kemper, Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett.

Drama · 1h 21m · English

Hippie Hour / The Reckoning Crew

Doors at 6:30 pm · Show at 7:00 pm · 21+ · $10 cover · cash only venue

Grateful Dead music & more performed by The Reckoning Crew!

Captain January (1924): Live Music Accompaniment

Join West Newton Cinema for the silent film, CAPTAIN JANUARY, with live harp and viola score!

During a tempestuous storm, a lighthouse keeper finds an infant girl who washes ashore tied to some wreckage. He adopts her and they become…

Get to the Gig Presents Chinese Football

Get to the Gig and MassConcerts Present Chinese Football Doors open at 7:00 PM Show begins at 8:00 PM Arts at the Armory serves delicious locally sourced food and drink at the Performance Hall bar when doors open (usually one hour before…

Margaret Glaspy: The I Am Both Tour (18+)

THIS EVENT IS 18+ WITH A VALID I.D. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you…

natalie jinju

Presented by Get To The Gig & MassConcerts

Ages: 18+

Recollections of the Yellow House

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1989

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Tinlicker

Over more than a decade, Tinlicker have consistently pushed boundaries in the world of electronic music, cultivating a sound that is both unique and personal. The use of real instruments, ranging from strings to keys to horns, has long…

Ali McGuirk

Soulful influenced singer songwriter Ali McGuirk returns to the Lizard Lounge Sept 25th!

$20 GA adv/$27 door · $60 Reserved Table For 2

anaiis with special guest ToriTori

London-based polymath anaiis makes the kind of music that speaks to an innate sense of wonder. On her most recent album Devotion & The Black Divine, the songs swell with emotional clarity as she lovingly pushes herself beyond the edges of…

Vagabond

This miraculous, challenging film from the great Agnès Varda actually had it’s Boston premiere here at The Brattle...

Emo Night w/ Smile Lines (emo & pop punk covers)

Doors at 9:30 pm | 21+ | $10 cover Enjoy pop-punk & emo covers performed live by Smile Lines every 4th Friday at Midway Cafe!

Mystery Voyage

A 1990s kung fu fantasia from Hong Kong

The Glitter Boys

52 Church · Doors 9:30pm · 21 & Over

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

High Society

WEST NEWTON CINEMA PRESENTS: MUSICAL MATINEES Join West Newton Cinema for a musical matinee! Our monthly pick will vary from beloved classics to jazz, from vaudeville to psychedelic rock, brought to you by the imaginative skill of artists…

Amarcord

Directed by Federico Fellini, 1973

Part of Nostalgia, A Harvard Undergraduate Cinematheque… · Screening on Film

My Brother's Wedding

Directed by Charles Burnett. With Dennis Kemper, Everett Silas, Gaye Shannon-Burnett.

Drama · 1h 21m · English

The Politics of Murder (Second Edition) by Margo Nash

In this expanded second edition of THE POLITICS OF MURDER, Nash goes deeper into newly unearthed evidence of prosecutorial misconduct, withheld exculpatory material, and manipulated forensic findings.

The Tragic Affair (MCR Tribute Band Served in Drag) The Park Hill Romance | This Time It's Personal | Violent Brides

Doors at 3:00 pm · Show at 3:30 pm · ALL AGES · $10 cover · Cash only venue

The Tragic Affair (MCR Tribute Band Served in Drag)

Ten Women in Black

Directed by Kon Ichikawa. With Eiji Funakoshi, Fujiko Yamamoto, Kyôko Kishida.

Comedy, Drama · 1h 43m · Japanese with English subtitles

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

Freaks

The love story of a siren, a giant, and a dwarf!

AN EVENING WITH DOMi & JD BECK - WHO ASKED? TOUR NORTH AMERICA TOUR

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

Edgehill: The Moving Out Tour

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

God's Comedy

Directed by João César Monteiro, 1995

Part of João César Monteiro, Poet-Provocateur

Culture Wars

Doors 7pm · All Ages

Otis Grove

Otis Grove bring the Runk back to Lizard Lounge Sept 26th.

$20 adv/$25 door · Doors at 8

Slayyyter

From her breakthrough 2019 self-titled mixtape to her 2021 debut Troubled Paradise and 2023’s STARFUCKER, SLAYYYTER proved herself to be one of the great shape-shifters of our time, taking the past, present, and future of pop and twisting…

Smug Brothers | Human Mascot | Merry Brigade | Frogs

Doors at 8:00pm · Show at 8:30pm · 21+ · $10 cover · cash only venue

Squirrel Flower

MassConcerts presents Squirrel Flower with youbet

The Blade

Directed by Tsui Hark. With Austin Wai Tin-Chi, Moses Chan Ho, Sonny Song.

Action · 1h 46m

NOFX: 40 Years of Fuckin' Up

The history of one of punk’s loudest and most stubbornly independent bands

The Artist’s Voice: Lucy Raven with Ruth Erickson

Raven’s work explores the physical and mythical landscapes of the American West, as seen in her mesmerizing film installation—Murderers Bar. Witness the transformation of a landscape and embrace the subsequent release of energy and force…

Careful

Directed by Guy Maddin. With Brent Neale, Kyle McCulloch, Małgorzata Dobrowolska.

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy · 1h 40m · English

Forgotten Island

Best friends, Filipino folk tales, and weredogs

Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!

A competitive ballroom dancer has a crush on her new instructor

The Boston Bulldogs

“The Boston Bulldogs” is a documentary film interviewing 5 people from a running club for addiction recovery, interconnected by one woman’s story from finishing the Boston Marathon after her first full year of sobriety to her relapse 24…

Bellissima

Directed by Luchino Visconti. With Anna Magnani, Gastone Renzelli, Tecla Scarano.

Drama · 1h 55m · Italian with English subtitles

JB & the Weather Machine | The Visitors | JRTRAINER | Chef

Doors at 3:00pm · Show at 3:30pm · ALL AGES · $10 cover

The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Directed by Lotte Reiniger, 1926

Part of The Adventures of Lotte Reiniger · Live musical accompaniment by Robert Humphreville · Screening on Film · $20 Special Event

Heart of the Beast

A veteran and his combat dog find themselves stranded in the Alaskan wilderness

He Ran All the Way

Directed by John Berry. With Gladys George, John Garfield, Selena Royle.

Crime, Thriller · 1h 17m · English

Militarie Gun: 20 Songs for 20 Dollars

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 6:00 PM SHOW: 7:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

Beoga

THIS EVENT IS ALL AGES. DOORS: 7:00 PM SHOW: 8:00 PM ALL TIMES AND SUPPORT BANDS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE OR REFUND. Tickets purchased from third-party outlets CANNOT be verified by our Box Office. If you sell/purchase your…

Smog

Directed by Franco Rossi. With Enrico Maria Salerno.

Drama · 1h 32m · Italian with English subtitles

the booyah! kids

Genre: Indie Rock, Bedroom Pop, Synth, Pop Presented by Get To The Gig & MassConcerts Ages: Show age differs by the day. Shows are All Ages Sundays-Thursdays & 21+ Fridays and Saturdays Valid ID required for Entry on Fridays & Saturdays…

Ballake Sissoko and Piers Faccini

Ballake Sissoko and Piers Faccini Live in Somerville Doors open at 7:00 PM Show begins at 7:30 PM 'gentle, captivating work.... poetic songs soaked in nature imagery and beautifully married to Sissoko’s intricate, dazzling playing' - The…

Oakwood

General Admission. Standing Room Only. All Ages.

When Chai Met Toast

Joy of Little Things Tour · Doors 7pm · All Ages