I mentioned to my daughter and frequent concert buddy a while back that I was thinking of making — or trying to make — a list of every concert I’ve been to. She ended up beating me to it by making one of her own, which inspired me to finally get it done. So this is a list of every concert I’ve been to.
Well, sort of. I’ve been a religious user of an online calendar since 2006, so I’ve got a relatively complete account since then. Before then, it’s just what I can remember. I’m missing a lot of mostly smaller shows in the Boston area between 1998 and 2006.
I’ve got this in a spreadsheet, but it doesn’t translate well here, so I had AI format it for me in a list. The spreadsheet also has who I went with, if anyone. Almost a quarter of them were solo.
Here are some stats pulled from the spreadsheet:
- 193 shows/festivals
- 1982 to present
- 84 venues
- 18 cities
- 263 artists
The List
1982-12-04 — Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1984-02-17 — Daryl Hall & John Oates
Tour: H2O
NHK Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1987-03-15 — Pretenders
Opener: Iggy Pop
Centrum, Worcester, MA
1991-09-26 — Grateful Dead
Boston Garden, Boston, MA
1992-09-11 — Guns & Roses, Metallica, Faith No More
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA
1994-05-20 — Pink Floyd
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2000-07-09 — Dave Matthews Band
Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2000/2001 — Hip Tanaka (twice)
T.T. the Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
2001 — Buena Vista Social Club
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2002 — Pedro the Lion
T.T. the Bear’s Place, Cambridge, MA
2003-03-03 — Daryl Hall & John Oates
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2003-08-02 — Phish
Tour/Festival: IT
Loring Air Force Base, Limestone, ME
2005-01-27 — Secret Machines
Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA
2005-06-10 — Dark Star Orchestra
Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA
2005-06-15 — The Pixies
Aganis Arena, Boston, MA
2005-12-01 — Phil Lesh & Friends
Aganis Arena, Boston, MA
2006-04-12 — Deathcab for Cutie & Franz Ferdinand
Aganis Arena, Boston, MA
2006-06-15 — The Motet, The Cat Empire, Oysterhead, Ben Folds, Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, My Morning Jacket, G. Love & Special Sauce, Umphrey’s McGee, Disco Biscuits, The Neville Brothers, Beck, Radiohead, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Avett Brothers, Zac Brown Band, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Phil Lesh and Friends, Brothers Past, Soulive, Superjam (Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon, Phil Lesh, Joe Russo, Marco Benevento)
Tour/Festival: Bonnaroo
Great Stage Park, Manchester, TN
2006-06-24 — The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Berklee Performance Center, Boston, MA
2006-07-06 — Phil Lesh & Friends with Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon
Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
2006-07-19 — Danielson
Middle East, Cambridge, MA
2006-08-26 — Alman Brothers
Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
2006-09-08 — Sand Machine
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
2006-10-04 — Everything Orchestra
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
2006-10-06 — Umphreys McGee
Palladium, Worcester, MA
2006-10-10 — Badly Drawn Boy
Paradise, Boston, MA
2006-10-14 — James Taylor
Tour/Festival: One Man Band
Wang Center, Boston, MA
2006-10-31 — Disco Bisuits
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2006-11-07 — Album Leaf
Middle East, Cambridge, MA
2006-12-02 — RAQ
Paradise, Boston, MA
2006-12-28 — Trey Anastasio Band
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2007-02-07 — Mozart Requiem
Weston, MA
2007-03-05 — Badly Drawn Boy
Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA
2007-03-23 — Shimon Ben-Shir Group
Acton Jazz Cafe, Acton, MA
2007-04-12 — Umphrey’s McGee
Avalon, Boston, MA
2007-06-16 — Sand Machine
TT The Bears, Cambridge, MA
2007-11-16 — Dark Star Orchestra
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
2008-06-11 — Lotus
Paradise, Boston, MA
2008-06-24 — Dark Star Orchestra
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
2008-07-08 — Sand Machine
Tommy Doyles, Cambridge, MA
2008-08-22 — The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars
O’Day Park, Boston, MA
2008-10-17 — Return to Forever
Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, MA
2008-11-07 — New Deal
Paradise, Boston, MA
2009-01-07 — Femi Kuti
Paradise, Boston, MA
2009-04-09 — Umphrey’s McGee
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2009-04-18 — The Dead
DCU Center, Worcester, MA
2009-04-19 — The Dead
DCU Center, Worcester, MA
2009-05-27 — Cake
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
2009-05-31 — Phish
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
2009-06-06 — Phish
Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
2009-09-23 — Neville Brothers
Boarding House Park, Lowell, MA
2009-11-21 — Dark Star Orchestra
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
2010-02-12 — Trey Anastasio Band
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2010-10-01 — Dark Star Orchestra
Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA
2010-11-12 — Sufjan Stevens
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2011-01-21 — Aimee Mann
Paradise, Boston, MA
2011-03-05 — FURTHER.
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2011-05-12 — Dark Star Orchestra
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2011-06-07 — Phish
Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
2011-06-30 — Gilded Splinters
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
Josh Buckley’s band
2011-07-21 — Dark Star Orchestra, Deep Banana Blackout, Dumpstaphunk, Further, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Jane’s Addiction, John Butler Trio, moe., Rubblebucket, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Toots & the Maytals, Wavy Gravy
Tour/Festival: Gathering of the Vibes
Seaside Park, Bridgeport, CT
2011-08-12 — Journey & Foreigner
Comcast Center, Mansfield, MA
2011-08-17 — Derek Trucks Band
Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, MA
2011-10-28 — Blitzen Trapper
Royale, Boston, MA
2012-01-28 — American Idiot (the musical)
Opera House, Boston, MA
2012-02-10 — Umphrey’s McGee
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2012-05-04 — Rubblebucket
Paradise Boston, Boston, MA
2012-09-08 — Various local artists
Tour/Festival: JP Music Festival
Jamaica Plain, Boston, MA
2012-10-27 — Trey Anastasio
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2012-12-08 — Giant Panda Gorilla Dub Squad
Opener: Van Gordon Martin
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2013-03-22 — Van Gordon Martin
Tour/Festival: CD Release Show
Middle East Downstairs, Cambridge, MA
2013-04-12 — Toots & The Maytals, Galactic feat. David Shaw
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2013-04-28 — Victoria Vox
The Burren, Somerville, MA
2013-07-17 — Furthur featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir
Bank of American Pavillion, Boston, MA
2013-08-31 — STS9 and Umphrey’s McGee
Bank of American Pavillion, Boston, MA
2013-11-22 — Rubblebucket
Paradise, Boston, MA
2014-01-18 — Secret Rhythm Project
Electric Haze, Worcester, MA
2014-02-08 — The Black Crows
Tour/Festival: BigNightBoston.com fundraiser
Opener: Fitz and the Tantrums
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2014-06-07 — Dark Star Orchestra
Hampton Beach Casino, Hampton Beach, NH
2014-06-16 — Tune-Yards
Royale, Boston, MA
2014-07-01 — Phish
Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
2014-07-20 — Julia Mark
Tour/Festival: Serendipity
Maynard, MA
2014-08-14 — Bob Weir & RatDog
Opener: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
Show cancelled due to illness
2014-08-15 — Dub Apocalypse with Van Gordon Martin
Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA
2014-10-24 — Lettuce
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2014-11-09 — Rubblebucket
Paradise, Boston, MA
2015-06-04 — Dark Star Orchestra
Tour/Festival: Spring Tour East 2015
Wilbur, Boston, MA
2015-07-05 — The Dead
Tour/Festival: Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of The Grateful Dead
Soldier Field (Pay-per-view), Chicago, IL
with Trey Anastasio, Bruce Hornsby
2015-08-06 — James Taylor
Tour/Festival: From Stockbridge to Boston
Opener: Bonnie Raitt
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
2015-11-10 — Dead & Company
DCU Center, Worcester, MA
2016-02-19 — Deep Banana Blackout
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2016-07-08 — Phish
Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
2016-07-15 — Dead & Company
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
2016-11-18 — Caspian
Opener: The Appleseed Cast
Royale, Boston, MA
2017-01-20 — Rubblebucket
Paradise, Boston, MA
2017-05-12 — Meat Puppets
Opener: mike watt + the jom & terry show
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2017-05-26 — Tool, Major Lazer, Weezer, Run The Jewels, Mitski, The 1975, Tegan and Sara, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats, Chance The Rapper, Sigur Ros, Sylvan Esso, Mac Demarco
Tour/Festival: Boston Calling (all 3 days)
Harvard Athletic Complex, Cambridge, MA
2017-11-13 — Brit Floyd
Lynn Auditorium, Lynn, MA
2017-12-01 — Tedeschi Trucks Band
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2018-03-08 — Tune-Yards
Royale, Boston, MA
2018-07-07 — Trey Anastasio Band, Slightly Stoopid, Stick Figure
Tour/Festival: Levitate Music and Arts Festival
Marshfield, MA
2018-07-24 — Pixies & Weezer
Comcast Center, Mansfiield, MA
2018-07-28 — Taylor Swift
Tour/Festival: The Reputation Stadium Tour
Opener: Charli XCX, Camila Cabello
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2018-08-10 — Pedro the Lion
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2018-09-08 — Rubblebucket, Caroline Rose, Kalbells, Toth, Diet Cig
Tour/Festival: Rubblebucket’s Dream Picnic
Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA
2019-03-09 — Cass McCombs
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2019-03-28 — Buke & Gase
Opener: Fusilier
Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA
2019-04-21 — Dub Apocalypse
Bull McCabe’s, Sommerville, MA
2019-06-22 — Dead & Company
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2019-07-03 — James Taylor
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
2019-07-06 — Phish at Fenway
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Thunderstorm delay
2019-07-09 — Stef Chura
Opener: French Vanilla
Great Scott, Boston, MA
2019-09-13 — Grace VanderWaal
Tour/Festival: Ur So Beautiful Tour
Opener: Patrick Martin
Royale, Boston, MA
2019-09-21 — Rubblebucket
Tour/Festival: Dream Picnic Festival
Opener: STRFKR, And The Kids, Guerilla Toss, Toth, Kalbells, Sun Parade
Gateway City Arts, Holyoke, MA
2019-10-13 — Big Thief
Wilbur, Boston, MA
2019-12-13 — Dopapod
Paradise, Boston, MA
2021-09-18 — Trey Anastasio Band
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
2021-09-27 — Phoebe Bridgers
Tour/Festival: Reunion Tour
Opener: MUNA
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
2021-10-16 — Lucy Dacus
Tour/Festival: Home Video
Opener: Bartees Strange
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2022-02-08 — Courtney Barnett
Boch Center Wang Theater, Boston, MA
Cancelled due to Covid
2022-04-08 — Snail Mail
Tour/Festival: Valentine Tour
Opener: Joy Again
Royale, Boston, MA
2022-04-13 — Big Thief
Tour/Festival: N/A (DNWMIBIY)
Opener: Kara-Lis Coverdale
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2022-04-22 — Giant Panda Gorilla Dub Squad
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2022-05-28 — Metallica, Weezer, Glass Animals, Goose, Japanese Breakfast, Cults, Peach Tree Rascals, Horsegirl
Tour/Festival: Boston Calling
Harvard Athletic Complex, Cambridge, MA
2022-06-08 — Aldous Harding
Opener: H. Hawkline
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2022-06-13 — Tune-Yards
Tour/Festival: Sketchy
Opener: Anjmile
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2022-07-03 — James Taylor
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
2022-07-11 — Gillian Welch
Somerville Theater, Somerville, MA
2022-07-15 — Phish at Mansfield
Xfinity Center, Mansfield, MA
Pit
2022-07-24 — Lucy Dacus
Tour/Festival: Home Video
Opener: Samia
The Strand, Providence, RI
Lost power, unplugged start
2022-07-28 — Mitski
Tour/Festival: Laurel Hell Tour
Opener: The Weather Station
Bold Point Park, East Providence, RI
2022-08-05 — Burning Spear
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2022-08-07 — Horsegirl
Tour/Festival: Versions of Modern Performance
Opener: Pet Fox, Dummy
The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2022-08-12 — Snail Mail
Tour/Festival: Valentine Tour
Opener: Hotline Tnt, Momma
Fete Music Hall, Providence, RI
2022-08-13 — Hana Vu, Bartees Strange, The Beths, Faye Webster, Caroline Rose*, Lucy Dacus, Courtney Barnett
Tour/Festival: Here And There Fest
Mass MoCa, North Adams, MA
* Caroline Rose filled in for Men I Trust
2022-09-22 — Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets
Schubert, Boston, MA
Rescheduled from January
2022-09-25 — Amyl and the Sniffers
Big Night Live, Boston, MA
2022-09-29 — Japanese Breakfast
Tour/Festival: Jubilee
Opener: Yo La Tengo
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2022-10-05 — King Princess
Tour/Festival: The Hold On Baby Tour
Opener: St. Panther, two local drag queens
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2022-10-09 — Remi Wolf
Tour/Festival: Gwingle Gwongle Tour
Opener: Jordana
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2022-11-06 — Soccer Mommy
Tour/Festival: Touring, Forever
Opener: Lightning Bug
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2022-11-12 — Magdalena Bay
Tour/Festival: The Mercurial Tour
Royale, Boston, MA
2023-02-03 — Big Thief
Tour/Festival: DNWMIBIY
Opener: Buck Meek
College Street Music Hall, New Haven, CT
2023-02-10 — Samia
Tour/Festival: Honey
Opener: Tommy Lefroy
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2023-03-17 — Bogmen
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2023-03-24 — Rubblebucket
Tour/Festival: Earth Worship Tour
Opener: Lunar Vacation
Big Night Live, Boston, MA
2023-04-14 — Church of the Cosmic Skull
Sonia, Cambridge, MA
2023-05-01 — Pedro the Lion
Tour/Festival: Anniversaries of Control, It’s Hard to Find a Friend
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2023-05-20 — Taylor Swift
Tour/Festival: The Eras Tour
Opener: Gayle, Phoebe Bridgers
Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA
2023-05-31 — Christian Lee Hutson, Fenne Lily
Opener: Why Bonnie
The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2023-06-18 — boygenius
Tour/Festival: Re:SET Concert Series
Opener: Clairo, Dijon, Bartees Strange
Suffolk Downs, Boston, MA
2023-07-03 — James Taylor
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
2023-07-21 — Phil Lesh & Friends
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
Cut short due to lightning storm
2023-07-31 — Big Thief
Opener: Lucinda Williams
Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
Slightly late start due to lightning
2023-08-18 — Gov’t Mule
Tour/Festival: Dark Side of the Mule
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston, MA
2nd set Pink Floyd covers
2023-09-01 — Mahavishnu
Tour/Festival: Birds of Fire
Stone Church, Brattleboro, VT
2023-09-22 — Tegan and Sara
Tour/Festival: Crybaby Tour
Opener: Carlie Hanson
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2023-09-25 — boygenius
Tour/Festival: the tour
Opener: Palehound
MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA
2023-11-18 — Playing Dead
Sanctuary, Maynard, MA
2024-02-16 — Mitski
Opener: Tamino
MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA
2024-03-30 — Dopapod
Paradise, Boston, MA
2024-04-07 — Caroline Rose
Tour/Festival: The Art of Forgetting
Opener: La Force
Royale, Boston, MA
2024-05-14 — Mannequin Pussy
Opener: Soul Glo
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2024-05-26 — The Killers, Alvvays, Megan Thee Stallion, Blondshell, Francis of Delirium, The Heavy Heavy
Tour/Festival: Boston Calling
Harvard Athletic Complex, Cambridge, MA
2024-06-22 — Twen
Opener: Small Pond, Raavi
Warehouse XI, Cambridge, MA
2024-06-26 — Horsegirl
Tour/Festival: N/A
Opener: Darksoft, TV Buddha
The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH
2024-07-04 — James Taylor
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
2024-08-26 — Dark Star Orchestra
Summer Stage at Tree House Brewing Company, Deerfield, MA
2024-10-10 — La Luz
Brighton Music Hall, Boston, MA
2024-10-28 — Clairo
Tour/Festival: Charm Tour
Opener: Alice Phoebe Lou
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2024-10-30 — Go Team
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
2024-11-09 — Playing Dead
Sanctuary, Maynard, MA
2024-11-11 — Adrianne Lenker
Tour/Festival: Bright Future Tour
Opener: Suzanne Vallie
Academy of Music Theatre, Northampton, MA
2024-11-12 — Adrianne Lenker
Tour/Festival: Bright Future Tour
Opener: Suzanne Vallie
Shubert Theatre, Boston, MA
2024-12-03 — Dead Ahead
Tour/Festival: A Soulful Tribute to The Grateful Dead
Sanctuary, Maynard, MA
2025-02-07 — Rubblebucket
Tour/Festival: Year of the Banana Tour
Opener: Hannah Mohan
Big Night Live, Boston, MA
2025-03-27 — Horsegirl
Tour/Festival: N/A (Phonetics On and On)
Opener: Free Range
Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA
2025-04-21 — Lucy Dacus
Tour/Festival: Forever Is a Feeling Tour
Opener: Jasmine.4.t, Katie Gavin
MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA
2025-05-07 — Japanese Breakfast
Tour/Festival: The Melancholy Tour
Opener: Ginger Root
MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA
2025-05-08 — Kevin Atwater
Tour/Festival: The Achilles Tour
Opener: Renny Conti
Sonia, Cambridge, MA
2025-05-21 — Samia
Tour/Festival: The Bloodless Tour
Opener: Raffaella
House of Blues, Boston, MA
2025-07-03 — James Taylor
Opener: Tiny Habits
Tanglewood, Lenox, MA
2025-07-18 — Snail Mail, Dinosaur Jr.
Tour/Festival: N/A
Opener: Easy Action
Roadrunner, Boston, MA
2025-08-03 — Lucy Dacus, Eliza McLamb, Madi Diaz, Margo Price
Tour/Festival: Back Cove Fest
Payson Park, Portland, ME
2025-09-19 — Soccer Mommy
Tour/Festival: Evergreen
Opener: Dummy
Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA
2025-09-26 — Stereolab
Opener: MEMORIALS
Royale, Boston, MA
2025-10-21 — Big Thief
Tour/Festival: Somersault Slide 360 Tour
Opener: Lomelda
MGM Music Hall, Boston, MA
2025-11-14 — Dark Star Orchestra
Orpheum, Boston, MA
2025-11-20 — Weakened Friends
Tour/Festival: Feels Like Hell
Opener: Nova One, Pinklids
Sinclair, Cambridge, MA
