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THE MIDWAY CAFE
Updated 08/24/2026
ABOUT
The Midway Cafe is a dive bar and live music venue at 3496 Washington St in Jamaica Plain . The club books an eclectic range of genres nightly and has been compared to New York's Knitting Factory for its mix of styles and crowds.
WHAT TO EXPECT
Expect punk, reggae, rock, folk, DJ nights, benefits, movie screenings, and the venue's famous Queeraoke every Thursday — one of the longest-running queer nights in New England, operating since 1999 (rebranded in 2003). The room is small and unpretentious.
HISTORY
The Midway has presented live music since 1987 . The venue's fortunes turned around 1988 when the elevated train tracks in Jamaica Plain came down and foot traffic increased. It has remained a neighborhood institution and independent music hub for nearly four decades.
UPCOMING SHOWS as of 08/24/2026
THIS WEEK 8/24 (11)
NEXT 4 WEEKS (37)
COMING SOON (22)
Monday
7:30pm — The Spooky Songwriter Showcase tix
Tuesday
7:30pm — Lee Totten | Abrielle Scharff | Trae Sheehan tix
Wednesday
7:30pm — Diamond Blues Jam (Jerry Garcia Band Tribute) tix
Thursday
6:00pm — It Was Never A Phase: A Drag Tribute to Myspace Era Emo/Scene tix
8:00pm — Queeraoke tix
Friday
6:30pm — Hippie Hour / The Reckoning Crew tix
9:30pm — Emo Night w/ Smile Lines (emo & pop punk covers) tix
Saturday
3:00pm — Stur | O'Laochra (NY) | Newcastle Anchorman tix
8:00pm — Crabneck | Acid Rat | Camp Creep | Minuswave tix
Sunday
3:00pm — The New Frustrations | The Wynotts | The Associates | The Spackles tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Monday - 8/31
7:30pm — Metafaction Productions & Polygroove Records Presents: Militia Rashad | The ZYG 808 | Z The Stranger | Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor tix
Tuesday - 9/1
8:00pm — Bars Over Bars Hip Hop Showcase tix
Wednesday - 9/2
7:00pm — The Jug Nuts - JP Jug Band Jam tix
9:00pm — Boston Compass Vinyl Night w/ DJ GroanMan tix
Friday - 9/4
6:30pm — Hippie Hour with the Owsley's Owls! tix
9:30pm — Northbound w/ Daydream tix
Saturday - 9/5
3:00pm — Big Pizza Fest Presents: Vicegrip | Aces High | Billy | Divorce Cake | Neponset Monastery tix
Sunday - 9/6
3:00pm — Martin / Morell / Fredette (monthly residency) with Larry Newman + TBA tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Tuesday - 9/8
8:30pm — The Inkwell Open Mic tix
Wednesday - 9/9
8:00pm — Fully Celebrated Orchestra with Mirror Stars + Baylies Band tix
Friday - 9/11
6:30pm — Hippie Hour w/ Catfish tix
9:30pm — CAVA (Germany) w/ Lupo Citta tix
Saturday - 9/12
3:00pm — The Pretty Fears | Michael Boezi | Tom Springer Band | Eddy Dyer tix
8:00pm — The Skrims | Calcifer | Won Word Trend | The Lunch Ladies tix
Sunday - 9/13
3:00pm — Seth Hanson | C.J. Red Mouth | Andrew Eckel & Jonah Sacks | TC and the Friends | Parker Ousley tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Monday - 9/14
8:00pm — PUNK ROCKIN' AND PASTIE POPPIN' - Boston's Monthly Bad-ass Burlesque Punk Rock Dance Party!!! tix
Tuesday - 9/15
8:00pm — FIST! Parental Guidance (Leather Night) tix
Friday - 9/18
6:30pm — Third Fridays are DEAD (Hippie hour!) tix
9:30pm — The Femmes tix
Saturday - 9/19
3:00pm — The Hidden Trax | The Strangeroos | Heather Smith & The Constants | The Boundary Objects tix
8:00pm — Psycho Prophet | At The Hands of Man | Watching It Burn tix
Sunday - 9/20
3:00pm — Hot Slander | The Ghouls | In The Meantime | Mass Spy | Voice of Dissent (NY) tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Monday - 9/21
7:30pm — The Austin Walker Soul System w/ Leon Beal Band tix
Wednesday - 9/23
7:30pm — Diamond Blues Jam (Jerry Garcia Band Tribute) tix
Friday - 9/25
6:30pm — Hippie Hour / The Reckoning Crew tix
9:30pm — Emo Night w/ Smile Lines (emo & pop punk covers) tix
Saturday - 9/26
3:00pm — The Tragic Affair (MCR Tribute Band Served in Drag) The Park Hill Romance | This Time It's Personal | Violent Brides tix
8:00pm — Smug Brothers | Human Mascot | Merry Brigade | Frogs tix
Sunday - 9/27
3:00pm — JB & the Weather Machine | The Visitors | JRTRAINER | Chef tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Monday - 9/28
7:30pm — A Nuclear Design | Eddie Emerson | Linsy Clark | Aidan Gittings tix
Wednesday - 9/30
7:30pm — Fluxus | Poor Yorick | Lyle Hutchins | Ren McLean tix
Friday - 10/2
6:30pm — Hippie Hour with the Owsley's Owls! tix
Saturday - 10/3
3:00pm — The Spackles | Zipper | IdleSquire | Billy Squire tix
8:00pm — APIC | Miss Bones | Oodelally | Deccan Traps tix
Sunday - 10/4
3:00pm — Martin / Morell / Fredette with John Hovorka Band + Hummingbird Syndicate tix
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Tuesday - 10/6
8:00pm — Bars Over Bars Hip Hop Showcase tix
Wednesday - 10/7
7:00pm — The Jug Nuts - JP Jug Band Jam tix
9:00pm — Boston Compass Vinyl Night w/ DJ GroanMan tix
Friday - 10/9
6:30pm — Hippie Hour w/ Catfish tix
Saturday - 10/10
4:00pm — Chandler Travis Philharmonic tix
8:00pm — Soraia | The Downhauls | Bad Idea USA tix
Sunday - 10/11
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Monday - 10/12
8:00pm — PUNK ROCKIN' AND PASTIE POPPIN' - Boston's Monthly Bad-ass Burlesque Punk Rock Dance Party!!! tix
Tuesday - 10/13
8:30pm — The Inkwell Open Mic tix
Wednesday - 10/14
8:00pm — Fully Celebrated Orchestra with special guests tix
Friday - 10/16
6:30pm — Third Fridays are DEAD (Hippie hour!) tix
Sunday - 10/18
8:00pm — Midway or the Highway Open Mic tix
Full schedule at midwaycafe.com →
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