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O'BRIEN'S PUB

Website: obrienspubboston.com
Calendar: obrienspubboston.com/show/

ABOUT

O'Brien's Pub is a 70-capacity dive bar and live music venue at 3 Harvard Ave in Allston. The pub operates as a full-time music room, booking shows most nights of the week across all genres.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect an up-close, loud, sweaty rock club experience featuring underground and emerging acts. Playing O'Brien's is considered a rite of passage for Boston-area musicians, with bands often graduating to larger venues after cutting their teeth here.

HISTORY

O'Brien's has been a fixture of the Allston music scene since the early 1980s. The venue gained additional significance after the 2020 closure of its sister club, Great Scott. Both venues share booking manager Carl Lavin, and O'Brien's is planned to reopen alongside the new Great Scott location in 2027.

Sources:
[1] obrienspubboston.com [2] boston.com [3] yelp.com [4] indieonthemove.com [5] do617.com

UPCOMING SHOWS

Monday

  • 7:00pm — Human Mascot / Merry Brigade / Slo-Anne / Ice Lemonade & the Apple Snaps rock out

Tuesday

  • 7:00pm — DeDe Booth / Too Fat To Fly / Ayla Sinclair get loud

Wednesday

  • 7:00pm — AFK / Film & Gender / Symposia / KO Queen punk vibes

Thursday

  • 7:00pm — Farseek / Blame It On Whitman / Dogcat / Peach Creek indie night

Friday

  • 7:00pm — Flatwaves / Still Life Sounds / Slow Quit / Tunneling alt rock

Saturday

  • 2:00pm — BAABES / Astral Bitch / Jewel Thief / Weatherless get rad
  • 7:00pm — Hot Load / Pink Mist / Burning Wind / Phantom Rider punk energy

Sunday

  • 2:00pm — We are Space Horses / The Freqs / Strawberry Coffin / At The Hands Of Man matinee fun
  • 7:00pm — Nox Novacula / The Blind / Blessed Be / D.O.D / Asphodel Ivory punk night

Monday - 4/13

  • 7:00pm — Birds on Thursday / Stuck on Static / Topside indie vibes

Tuesday - 4/14

  • 7:00pm — Mile 57 / Hot Slander / Toy Monsoon / Ronald RayGun rock show

Wednesday - 4/15

  • 7:00pm — Mel Bryant & the Mercy Makers / Nate Perry & Ragged Company / Gracie Grace & All the Goodboys get ready

Thursday - 4/16

  • 7:00pm — Crab Lord / No More Youth / Lacquerhead / Gozerian punk rock

Friday - 4/17

  • 7:00pm — KCUF / Leisure Boys / Even Defeat / Time & Place indie fun

Saturday - 4/18

  • 7:00pm — Jugg / Hell Dog / Burn Channel / Caev / Hard 2 Kill hardcore night

Sunday - 4/19

  • 7:00pm — Keep Ons / Tides / Unseemlier / The Promised End! indie night

Monday - 4/20

  • 7:00pm — Cousin Simple / Class President / Pat Kennedy rock vibes

Tuesday - 4/21

  • 7:00pm — Love Scar / Thank You Bye / Chef! / Slapdash Punchline punk party

Wednesday - 4/22

  • 7:00pm — BILL / Crow Follow / I Want a Cat rock out

Thursday - 4/23

  • 7:00pm — The Convenience / Perfectly Lethal / The Collect Pond punk tunes

Friday - 4/24

  • 7:00pm — The Problem With Kids Today / Sooflay / Harmony’s Cuddle Party / The Infinite Wet Secret indie fun

Saturday - 4/25

  • 7:00pm — Eight Foot Man Child / King Bastard / The Outlourdes / Blue Manic heavy night

Sunday - 4/26

  • 7:00pm — Awnthay / Lovewell / Two Point Oh / Charm Person let's go

Tuesday - 4/28

Wednesday - 4/29

  • 7:00pm — Hrushka / Vanguard / Roman Gray rock vibes

Thursday - 4/30

  • 7:00pm — Last Second Dropout / Island of Alaska / In Use / Botch Job let's rock

Saturday - 5/2

  • 7:00pm — Lightheaded / Intac / Ohio State Fair indie vibes

Sunday - 5/3

Tuesday - 5/5

  • 7:00pm — Sundressed & Thanks! I Hate It let's rock

Wednesday - 5/6

  • 7:00pm — Feardotcom / Lil Kevo 303 / Dialog Talk / Feldspar 00000 electronic

Friday - 5/8

  • 7:00pm — Carnwennan / Birnam Wood / TFAGH get ready

Monday - 5/11

  • 7:00pm — Twisted Teens / Tyler and the Names / Puke Pistols punk night

Tuesday - 5/12

Wednesday - 5/13

Thursday - 5/14

  • 7:00pm — Tired Radio / Five Hundred Bucks / Little Low / Oh the Humanity! alt night

Monday - 5/18

  • 7:00pm — Blind Adam and the Federal League / Resurrectionists / Indoor Friends / Bad Idea USA rock out

Tuesday - 5/19

  • 7:00pm — Brown Horse & Mary Elizabeth Remington get tix

Wednesday - 5/20

  • 7:00pm — Zero Survive / Gestation / Aftermath / Moisturizer / Morgued metal vibes

Friday - 5/22

Sunday - 5/24

Monday - 5/25

  • 7:00pm — Blood Tithe / Torn Open / Love Letters / Dead In My Eyes / Lunchbox Bandit heavy rhythm

Saturday - 5/30

  • 7:00pm — Homemade Speed / Yankee Bastard / Wanted / Zipper punk time

Sunday - 5/31

  • 2:00pm — Papercage / Modern Crocodiles / Michael Bravata / B.R Lukas folk fun

Full schedule at obrienspubboston.com/show/ →

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