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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

  • 2:00pm — O'Brien's Memorial Day BBQ bbq vibes
  • 7:00pm — Blood Tithe / Torn Open / Love Letters / Dead In My Eyes / Lunchbox Bandit get heavy

Wednesday

  • 7:00pm — Bridge Gamble / Slake / 7-11 Jesus / Chico States indie groove

Thursday

  • 7:00pm — Spinworld / Laura and the Palms / Safe Journey feel good

Friday

  • 7:00pm — The Upsides W/ The Shirts and Shoes rock on

Saturday

  • 2:00pm — New Music Matinee new tunes
  • 7:00pm — Homemade Speed / Yankee Bastard / Wanted / Zipper punk it up

Sunday

  • 2:00pm — Cold Expectations / Dave Herlihy / Ghosts and Shadows / Garret Vandermolen weekend chill
  • 7:00pm — Major Stars / Rose Thomas Bannister / Debby Shwartz starstruck

Monday - 6/1

  • 7:00pm — Virtua dx / Dinos / Salem June / Angelbite let's jam

Tuesday - 6/2

  • 7:00pm — Killusonline / Hell Dog / Short Circuit / Faith in Silence hardcore night

Wednesday - 6/3

Thursday - 6/4

  • 7:00pm — Frogs / Outside Dog / Hot Slander / Condition Baker unique sounds

Friday - 6/5

  • 7:00pm — The Idolizers / Typhoid Mary / The Stigmatics / Whyte Lipstick punk pride

Saturday - 6/6

  • 2:00pm — Papercage / Modern Crocodiles / Michael Bravata / B.R Lukas folk fest
  • 7:00pm — The Blues Dream Box / DVD Extras / Sunrise//Pripyat / Kingdom Harm dreamy vibes

Sunday - 6/7

  • 6:00pm — House Lights / Bullpup / 40 Lashes / Lesser Birds rock hard

Monday - 6/8

  • 7:00pm — Frances Baker / Holland Teed / Sunbear / Doss indie night

Tuesday - 6/9

  • 7:00pm — Awnthay / Moss Boy / Dowsing rod / Death Valley Sun Troopers emo vibes

Wednesday - 6/10

  • 7:00pm — Hamell on Trial / Will Bradford (SeepeopleS) / Plague Dad rock out

Thursday - 6/11

  • 7:00pm — Husbands / Kaleidoscope Crux / Slow Quit / warmachine shoegaze night

Friday - 6/12

  • 7:00pm — Worshipper / Kind / Strawberry Coffin metal night

Saturday - 6/13

  • 7:00pm — Mcawesome / Avalon / Wish / Roolet / Camera Catalogue rock party

Sunday - 6/14

  • 2:00pm — Skeeter de Milo / Astral Bitch / BEDTIMEMAGIC / Sapling chill vibes

Monday - 6/15

  • 7:00pm — Oolong / Lobsterfight / Brownie Points / Devin Music indie night

Tuesday - 6/16

  • 7:00pm — Junaco / Holiday Music / The Juice is Okay indie vibes

Wednesday - 6/17

  • 7:00pm — Arctodus / Horror / The Forest Forgets / Witchspire get loud

Thursday - 6/18

Friday - 6/19

  • 7:00pm — Unsheathed Glory / Flickers from the Fen / Apoxupon / Assorted Potions electronic fun

Saturday - 6/20

  • 7:00pm — Viqueen / Karate Steve / Funeral Thirst / Ingrate metal thrash

Monday - 6/22

  • 7:00pm — Sovnya / Stryga / Troll Milk / Lark's Head metal mayhem

Wednesday - 6/24

  • 7:00pm — Contracharge / Cartridge / The Blind / D.O.D punk explosion

Thursday - 6/25

  • 7:00pm — Linnea’s Garden / TIFFY / The Lookout Honeys / Indoor Friends indie showcase

Saturday - 6/27

  • 7:00pm — Bratlash / 3-Phase / The Ghouls rock party

Sunday - 6/28

  • 7:00pm — Reaper's Gong / Cowardice / Carcano / Compound Bunker metal night

Wednesday - 7/1

  • 7:00pm — Bellows / Hello Shark / People Person Puzzle Tree acoustic vibes

Wednesday - 7/15

  • 7:00pm — Cardiel / Shr3d Crust / Strawberry Coffin garage rock

Full schedule at obrienspubboston.com/show/ →

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