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PARADISE ROCK CLUB

Updated 10/12/2026

This week at Paradise Rock Club: Mon 10/12 — sunn O))) (18+), Thu 10/15 — An Evening With Lifehouse Best Of Acoustic (18+), Fri 10/16 — Bertha: Grateful Drag (18+). Upcoming: Tue 10/20 — Plini: An Unnameable Desire North American Tour (18+), Wed 10/21 — HEY, NOTHING: THE HOUND TOUR, Sat 10/24 — Big D And The Kids Table: A Nightmare Before Halloween.

Website: thedise.com

Calendar: crossroadspresents.com/pages/paradise-rock-club

ABOUT

Paradise Rock Club is a 933-capacity live music venue at 967 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston's Allston neighborhood, near Boston University. It is one of the most storied rock clubs in New England, operating as a standing-room general admission room with a small balcony.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Expect a sweaty, up-close club experience where the stage is at floor level and the crowd presses tight. The room books indie rock, alternative, punk, folk, electronic, and emerging acts, and it has long served as a proving ground for bands on the rise.

HISTORY

The Paradise opened on September 22, 1977 as the Paradise Theater, with Livingston Taylor headlining the first show. The venue has hosted early U.S. performances by U2 (December 1980), Phish (January 1989), and dozens of other acts before they reached arena scale. A 2010 renovation moved the stage and increased capacity from 850 to 933.

Sources:

[1] en.wikipedia.org [2] crossroadspresents.com [3] citizensbank.com [4] mmone.org [5] mugar.com

UPCOMING SHOWS as of 10/12/2026

THIS WEEK 10/12 (4) NEXT 4 WEEKS (21) COMING SOON (13)

Monday

7:00pm — sunn O))) (18+) tix

Thursday

7:00pm — An Evening With Lifehouse Best Of Acoustic (18+) tix

Friday

7:00pm — Bertha: Grateful Drag (18+) tix

Saturday

9:00pm — Club 90s Presents MJ Night (18+) tix

Tuesday - 10/20

6:00pm — Plini: An Unnameable Desire North American Tour (18+) tix

Wednesday - 10/21

7:00pm — HEY, NOTHING: THE HOUND TOUR tix

Saturday - 10/24

6:30pm — Big D And The Kids Table: A Nightmare Before Halloween tix

Sunday - 10/25

7:00pm — Holywatr: Deo Gratias Tour tix

Tuesday - 10/27

7:00pm — THE ARMY, THE NAVY: THE FAKE BRAVE TOUR 2026 tix

Wednesday - 10/28

7:00pm — HARBOUR tix

Thursday - 10/29

7:00pm — Grahame Lesh & Friends (18+) tix

Friday - 10/30

6:00pm — 20 Years of Nekrogoblikon with Special Guests Aborted tix

Saturday - 10/31

7:00pm — Sueco tix

Sunday - 11/1

7:00pm — Eivør (18+) tix

Monday - 11/2

7:00pm — MICO: Running From A Feeling Tour tix

Tuesday - 11/3

7:00pm — RaiNao tix

Thursday - 11/5

7:00pm — Ethan Regan: Young Regan Tour tix

Friday - 11/6

7:00pm — almost monday - THANK GOD IT'S ALMOST MONDAY tix

Saturday - 11/7

7:00pm — Mr. Fantasy: Sexy Saturday Nights Tour tix

Monday - 11/9

7:00pm — George Clanton tix

Wednesday - 11/11

7:00pm — Phillip Phillips: Let's Go Far Tour (18+) tix

Thursday - 11/12

7:00pm — Die Spitz tix

Friday - 11/13

7:00pm — The Bends tix

Saturday - 11/14

7:00pm — Jalen Ngonda: Doctorine of Love Tour (18+) tix

Sunday - 11/15

7:00pm — Strawberry Guy tix

Monday - 11/16

7:00pm — Yung Gravy: The Joyrider Tour tix

Tuesday - 11/17

6:30pm — Insomnium & Amorphis (18+) tix

Wednesday - 11/18

7:00pm — Tune-Yards (18+) tix

Thursday - 11/19

7:00pm — West 22nd: Places To Be (18+) tix

Friday - 11/20

7:00pm — Letters To Cleo (18+) tix
Letters To Cleo [TWO-DAY TICKET] (18+) tix

Saturday - 11/21

7:00pm — Letters To Cleo (18+) tix

Sunday - 11/22

7:00pm — Fox Stevenson & Mystery Skulls (18+) tix

Friday - 11/27

7:00pm — The Hotelier (18+) tix

Tuesday - 12/1

7:00pm — Nate Smith (18+) tix

Thursday - 12/3

7:00pm — DAX - The Anger Management Tour (18+) tix

Friday - 12/4

6:30pm — Caspian (18+) tix

Saturday - 12/5

7:00pm — Mihali presents: Mihalidaze (18+) tix

Full schedule at crossroadspresents.com/pages/paradise-rock-club →

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