
Hayley Kiyoko onstage in Paris in April. Photo: Kristy Sparow/Getty Images
It's the weekend after Boston Calling and time for the small acts and local bands to once again take over the scene. Here's your list of concerts to check out:
Thursday
- Ax and the Hatchetmen bring three guitars and plenty of horns to The Red Room — 7pm
- The Backseat Lovers and their folksy indie rock are at the Roadrunner — 8pm
- Hayley Kiyoko plays pop at House of Blues — 7pm
- British indie act Panchiko is at the Paradise — 8pm
- Singer, songwriter and guitarist Jesse Dee is at The Sinclair — 8pm
- Rosie plays Brighton Music Hall — 8pm
- English rocker John Waite is at City Winery — 8pm
- Spanish-language multi-instrumentalist Julieta Venegas plays the Shubert Theatre — 8pm
- Pop Into The Chemist is at Lilypad — 7pm
- Boston ska act The New Limits are at O'Briens — 9pm
Friday
- John Pizzarelli plays jazz at Scullers — 7pm
- Indie rocker act Jake Swamp plays Brighton Music Hall — 8pm
- Locals Justine & The Unclean play at Faces — 8pm
- Broken Daisies bring rock and soul to The Burren — 7pm
- Composer and singer Ricardo Arjona is at Agganis Arena — 8pm
- Hippo Campus play indie rock at Leader Bank Pavilion — 7:30pm
- Logic brings his The College Park tour to MGM Music Hall at Fenway — 8pm
- Post-hardcore from Thrice is on the menu at House of Blues — 8pm
- Boston bluesy-alt act Big Wreck is at the Paradise — 8pm
- Guitar guy Jake Swamp and the Pine plays at Brighton Music Hall — 8pm
- John Pizzarelli plays his second show of the night at Scullers — 9pm
- Dance duo Armnhmr are at Big Night Live — 9:30pm
- Rezn plays heavy psych rock at O'Briens — 9pm
- Progressive hard rock from Ok Goodnight is at the Middle East- Upstairs — 7pm
Saturday
- Half Shell and Verdegree are the afternoon act at the Midway — 3pm
- DJ Gryffin plays MGM Music Hall — 8pm
- Walker Hayes plays his country pop Duck Buck Tour at Leader Bank Pavilion — 6:30pm
- Ajj plays folk punk at The Sinclair — 8pm
- Detroit rapper Peezy is at Brighton Music Hall — 8pm
- Manila rocker Otan Vargas is at City Winery — 7:30pm
- South Korean rapper Bang Yongguk plays at Big Night Live — 6pm
- Gryffin plays his second show of the night at Big Night Live — 10:30pm
- Singer-songwriter Juan Wauters is at Lilypad — 10pm
- Poison T, Renegade Cartel, Wut Wuz and Patch Of Grass are the evening lineup at Midway — 8pm
- Cape Crush plays local power-emo at O'Briens — 9pm
- Jerome's Dream screamo's their way into Sonia — 6pm
Sunday
- Eladio Carrion plays Latin trap and reggaeton at House of Blues — 8pm
- Indie-pop from Inner Wave is at Brighton Music Hall — 8pm
- Pianist Polina Osetinskaya plays baroque masterpieces and selections from "epic films" at Berklee Performance Center — 8pm
- Daddy’s Beemer, Mattias and The Vallee play poppy rock at O'Briens — 9pm
- Ingested rips off faces with death metal from England at Sonia — 7pm
- Sanguisugabogg plays Ohio death metal, which is very different from English death metal, Downstairs at the Middle East — 7pm
- Poppy rock act Hadji Gaviota are upstairs at the Middle East — 7pm

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