BOSTON
O'BRIEN'S PUB
Updated
This week at O'Brien's Pub: Mon 10/12 — Roolet / Wallball / Older Brother / Clancy Conlin, Tue 10/13 — Brotherkenzie W/ Dirt Buyer, Wed 10/14 — BADVRIL / Bad At Drawing / Frogs. Upcoming: Mon 10/19 — You Don’t Count / Sikayda / Daddy’s Junky Music / My Left Your Right, Tue 10/20 — Costume Party / State Parque / Jack Sloan / Toad Patrol, Thu 10/22 — Nicoteens / Manor Gates / I Hate It Too / Good June.
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.
UPCOMING SHOWS as of 10/12/2026
Monday
- 7:00pm — Roolet / Wallball / Older Brother / Clancy Conlin let's go
Tuesday
- 7:00pm — Brotherkenzie W/ Dirt Buyer get loud
Wednesday
- 7:00pm — BADVRIL / Bad At Drawing / Frogs details
Thursday
- 7:00pm — Atomic Prey / Phantom Riders / Zipper / Poof rock out
Friday
- 7:00pm — Daikaiju & Beware the Dangers of a Ghost Scorpion get wild
Saturday
- 2:00pm — Cameron Keiber / Black Helicopter / Obliterati / Tony Skalicky let's jam
Sunday
- 2:00pm — Circuit Jumper / BUND / Mostly Bones / KNMR & WST jazz vibes
- 7:00pm — Fielded / LAVAGXRL / Rochelle Blue dance away
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