CONCERT-GUY / NEW ENGLAND
Your weekend.
Turned up.
OCTOBER 8–11, 2026
Weekends start on Thursday, right?
Four nights. Eleven shows. Find your crowd.
So, we missed the Sunday roundup this week, but there’s still plenty of live music left on the calendar for the weekend. From heavy riffs in Worcester to a road trip to Portland, here’s what’s worth getting out for this weekend.
★ ROB’S PICK OF THE WEEKEND
Nevertel
THURSDAY / PALLADIUM UPSTAIRS / WORCESTER
Ocean Sleeper opens this show and they have a great sound. Rivals may not be my thing, but I’m digging what Nevertel is doing too. Should be a good one worth checking out.
PICK YOUR NIGHT
08 OCT / START EARLY
Thursday
DOOM • PSYCH ROCK
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
The Palladium · Worcester, MA
Doors 7 PM · Show 8 PM
With Messa. Riffs that sound like they crawled out of a smoke-filled basement sometime around 1971.
HEAVY ROTATION
Nevertel
Palladium Upstairs · Worcester, MA
Doors 6 PM · Show 7 PM
With Rivals and Ocean Sleeper. A completely different kind of heavy upstairs.
ROCK
Skillet
MGM Music Hall · Boston, MA
Two decades of Comatose. The Comatose 20 Years, Still Screaming Tour rolls into Boston. Great band that we’ve seen and covered before. Worth checking out!
09 OCT / CLOCK OUT. HEAD OUT.
Friday
HARDCORE MEETS HIP-HOP
Knocked Loose & Denzel Curry
Palladium Outdoors · Worcester, MA
Doors 6 PM · Show 7 PM
Superheaven and Boundaries round out the bill. If you’re anywhere near that pit Friday night, Godspeed.
COUNTRY CROSSOVER
The Chicks
MGM Music Hall · Boston, MA
The Taking the Long Way run lands in Boston. Big songs. Big singalongs.
10 OCT / MAKE A NIGHT OF IT
Saturday
SYNTHWAVE
The Midnight
The Palladium · Worcester, MA
Doors 7 PM · Show 8 PM
Retro synths and late-night atmosphere on the Time Machines Tour, with Jessie Frye.
Also playing Portland, ME Friday
90S ALTERNATIVE
Destination: Superdrag – Night 2
Brighton Music Hall · Boston, MA
Doors 7 PM · Show 8 PM
Here’s one for the ’90s alternative crowd. With The Hilken & Melissa Band.
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
Daði Freyr
Big Night Live · Boston, MA
Doors 6:30 PM · Show 7:30 PM
The Too Much, Not Enough Tour brings Daði Freyr and Bríet to Boston.
11 OCT / ONE MORE SHOW
Sunday
BLUES ROCK
The Black Keys
Cross Insurance Arena · Portland, ME
Show 7:30 PM
The Peaches ’N Kream Tour heads to Portland with Jeremie Albino.
2000S NOSTALGIA
Gym Class Heroes & Lupe Fiasco
House of Blues · Boston, MA
Show 7 PM
Two names guaranteed to unlock some memories. Together on the Back to Basics Tour.
Saturday show in CT as well
AFTER-DARK POP
Artemas
Toad’s Place · New Haven, CT
Show 7:30 PM
Close out the weekend with British singer-songwriter Artemas in New Haven.
Protect your damn ears.
Yes, I’m going to keep saying it.
Concerts are loud. Tinnitus is forever.
Bring earplugs. Your future self will appreciate it — even if your younger self thinks they’re lame. I recommend these! Comfy, discreet, and noise-level adjustable without any batteries.
KEEP THE MUSIC GOING
See you at the show.
More New England shows are waiting in the Concert-Guy Events Calendar.
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