A local concert hall marks major anniversary with several weekend events. Find out where
It's a busy week for music, with Lori McKenna at the Spire Center in Plymouth, The Fools invading Taunton, Barry Goudreau's Engine Room at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood, Dan + Shay at TD Garden in Boston, and "Dylan" at The Sinclair (but not THAT Dylan) ...
THURSDAY, April 11: Spire Center in Plymouth kicks off anniversary celebration
The Spire Center's 10th anniversary celebration week is underway, with folk singer Peter Mulvey – one of their first and most regular attractions – headlining tonight in Plymouth. Jay Ungar and Molly Mason with acoustic traditional music – and you've heard Ungar's music throughout Ken Burns' "Civil War" series – in a rare local appearance at Milton's First Parish. Vastly underrated veteran soul man Lee Fields and his band at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Popsters LANY are taking over MGM Music Hall in Boston. The folk-pop trio The Staves are at The Sinclair in Cambridge. German rockers Giant Rooks invade Big Night Live in Boston. Valerie Barretto's country rock at Tolson's Tap and Tavern in Pembroke. Small Crush harmonizes at Cafe 939 in Boston. Folk icon Tracy Grammer at Club Passim in Harvard Square. The Hi-Jivers roots rock at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Road trip for South Shore twang-rockers: Scituate's Ward Hayden & the Outliers, plus the Swinging Steaks at Gloucester's brand-new club The Cut.
FRIDAY, April 12: Stoughton's McKenna performing at the Spire Center in Plymouth
Stoughton's Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Lori McKenna performs at the Spire Center in Plymouth. Rain – a Beatles tribute – headlines Boston's Wang Center all weekend. The Wickies rock The C Note in Hull. Running on Jackson – a Jackson Browne tribute – is at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton. Pink Pantheress – the British rocker aka Gemma Walker – shakes up Royale in Boston. Guitarist and songsmith Keller Williams sure to heat up the Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Los Angeles funk outfit Scary Pockets takes over Big Night Live. Benson Boone, a 21-year-old pop and social media sensation, arrives at the House of Blues in Boston. Beantown's beloved alt-rockers The Gravel Project are back at The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge. Colors Worldwide brings R&B to MGM Music Hall in Boston. The Narrows Center in Fall River stages a play, with The Vagina Monologues. Pianist Mehmet Ali Sanlikol brings his trio to The RegattaBar in Cambridge. Indie rock quintet Willis blasts off at Brighton Music Hall. Guitar ace Dwayne Haggins and his band get it on at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood. The jazz piano stylings of Emmet Cohen through Saturday at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston.
SATURDAY, April 13: Suzanne McNeil sings at The Red Rose in Weymouth
The Spire Center in Plymouth's celebration offers a night of world music with three bands, topped by Kaleta & the Super Yamba Band's Afrobeat, the Latin sounds of Sambita and the combination of pop and rhythm from guitarist Carlos Odria's Trio. Afternoon special: Whitman rocker and studio wiz Munk Duane is at Proof 22 in Plymouth at 2 p.m. 19th NervousBreakdown brings some Rolling Stones sounds to The Next Page Cafe in Weymouth. Legendary rock-and-humor troupe The Fools surely worth a trip to The District Center for the Arts in Taunton. Boston's own Strange Machines's indie-rock at Brighton Music Hall. Southern California power pop with Movements at Roadrunner in Allston. Suzanne McNeil sings at The Red Rose in Weymouth. The Assisted Living the Band gets you moving at The C Note in Hull. Quincy jazz fusion guitarist Julien Kasper and his group at The Boston Harbor Distillery in Dorchester. Boston folk trio Tiny Habits harmonizes at Royale in Boston. French jazz guitarist Stephane Wrembel and his band at The RegattaBar in Cambridge. The electro-pop of Smallpools, with Grayscale, at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston. Former guitarist in the band Boston, Barry Goudreau and his Engine Room band are at The Fallout Shelter in Norwood. Brazilian singer Caetano Veloso is at Boston's Orpheum Theater. Local fans might be back on the road to Gloucester as The Cut features blues rockers GA-20. And country music heart-throbs Dan + Shay headline TD Garden in Boston.
SUNDAY, April 14: Queen tribute act comes to Plymouth
The Spire Center in Plymouth is open for an open house/party, with music by acoustic blues man Mark T. Small and other cool things. The weekly blues jam at Players in Rockland hosted by the Michele Rockwell Band runs from 4-8 p.m.; while at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, The C Note in Hull offers the Beyond the Sea program. Sunday night look for the first night of One Night of Queen (which returns Wednesday) at Memorial Hall in Plymouth; while rapper Sematary hits Royale in Boston; songsmith Shayfer James plays at Brighton Music Hall; and Americana star Ruston Kelly and his band perform at The Paradise Rock Club in Boston.
Coming attractions
MONDAY: One of Americana's most prolific songwriters, Matthew Sweet – never puts out a bad album – and he's at Boston's Wilbur Theater.
TUESDAY: It was perhaps inevitable that with so many parents naming their kids after the Bard of Hibbing, Minnesota, that someday this would happen: Don't go crazy when you see The Sinclair's listing for Dylan, it is actually the stage name of 23-year-old English songbird Natasha Woods, and the authentic Bob will likely not be in Cambridge.
WEDNESDAY: Indie rockers Real Estate are at Royale in Boston; while Bad Bunny gets Boston's TD Garden shaking; and comic Jim Gaffigan begins a skein of eight shows at The Wilbur Theater in Boston, running through April 21.
APRIL 18: Folk-rocker Martin Sexton returns to the Narrows Center in Fall River; while hip-hop's Cypress Hill takes over Roadrunner in Boston; country's Brothers Osborne perform at MGM Music Hall in Boston; rockers Lovelytheband shine at Brighton Music Hall; and comedian Steve Sweeney tops a benefit show at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton.
APRIL 19:Hippie Sabotage might evoke several images, but it's actually a Canadian hip hop duo, landing at Roadrunner in Boston.
APRIL 20: Don't forget the trip back in Beantown rock history when Robin Lane, and The Nervous Eaters get together at the Narrows Center in Fall River; while Latin jazz titans Miguel Zenon and Luis Perdomo join forces at The RegattaBar in Cambridge.
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Where to see live music near Quincy and Boston from April 11-14
