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Moon Boot Lover 10:00 pm
Moon Boot Lover
Jun 1 @ 10:00 pm
Moon Boot Lover
Moon Boot Lover brings an original high energy funk-rock-soul blend, with a dose of body moving dance grooves. Front man Peter Prince has performed and recorded with top talent including Tim Reynolds (Dave Matthews), Derek[...]
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TOAD opening at 1pm today! Clown Shoes Tap Takeover plus music from: Pinto Loco, Jenny & The Gents, Scott Matthew Pittman, and The Farewells 1:00 pm
TOAD opening at 1pm today! Clown Shoes Tap Takeover plus music from: Pinto Loco, Jenny & The Gents, Scott Matthew Pittman, and The Farewells
Jun 2 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
TOAD opening at 1pm today!  Clown Shoes Tap Takeover plus music from:  Pinto Loco, Jenny & The Gents, Scott Matthew Pittman, and The Farewells
Nothing like an afternoon at TOAD – today from 1-5, we’ll feature special brews from Clown Shoes as well as plenty of music!   Check out the facebook event HERE
Nyota Road 7:30 pm
Nyota Road
Jun 2 @ 7:30 pm
Nyota Road
INSPIRED BY SOUTHERN GOTHIC IMAGERY AND EVERYDAY BEAUTY, NYOTA ROAD IS A HUSBAND AND WIFE ACOUSTIC DUO PERFORMING ORIGINAL SONGS ABOUT FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS AND HOME. IT ALL STARTED WHEN…. Greta decided to write a song[...]
David Johnston Band 10:00 pm
David Johnston Band
Jun 2 @ 10:00 pm
David Johnston Band
Peter Wolf (formerly of the J Geils Band), whose brilliant Midnight Souvenirs—released in 2010—included  David Johnston’s “I Don’t Wanna Know.” This song went on to become the second single from that album, and was performed on[...]
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Sunday Spins 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Jun 3 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Bring your vinyls as we get to take turns playing our faves… LEARN MORE
Big Ben Hillman – The Professor of Funk 9:00 pm
Big Ben Hillman – The Professor of Funk
Jun 3 @ 9:00 pm
Big Ben Hillman - The Professor of Funk
Over the course of his career, Big Ben Hillman has shared the stage with a host of diverse and well known musicians including hip hop stars Method Man and Ghostface Killa from the Wu Tang[...]
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David Johnston 7:30 pm
David Johnston
Jun 4 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston
Peter Wolf (formerly of the J Geils Band), whose brilliant Midnight Souvenirs—released in 2010—included  David Johnston’s “I Don’t Wanna Know.” This song went on to become the second single from that album, and was performed on[...]
The White Owls 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Jun 4 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel.  Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums. Check out a[...]
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Carla Ryder & The Blue Ribbons CD Release – along with an opening set by Susan Cattaneo 7:30 pm
Carla Ryder & The Blue Ribbons CD Release – along with an opening set by Susan Cattaneo
Jun 5 @ 7:30 pm
Carla Ryder & The Blue Ribbons CD Release - along with an opening set by Susan Cattaneo
Carla Ryder: Rock n’ roll flapper, garage serenader, folk balladeer, front porch chanteuse, country crooner, lover of language. With a total of 7 albums under her belt, she has toured extensively and developed a loyal and[...]
The Blue Ribbons 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
Jun 5 @ 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as “Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun[...]
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Fandango 7:00 pm
Fandango
Jun 6 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango
Fred Griffeth fronts Fandango  – Their celebrated selection of Americana music draws a loyal band of pious sisters and reform school brothers! – Truth . . .
Grant Bloom and Morgan Lindley 10:00 pm
Grant Bloom and Morgan Lindley
Jun 6 @ 10:00 pm
Grant Bloom and Morgan Lindley
Grant Bloom was brought up learning classical piano; wedged between Dallas and Ft. Worth Texas. Much like a kid eating broccoli, he pushed it away, not realizing how beneficial the music was. Some years later, he[...]
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Sugar Blood Jinx 7:30 pm
Sugar Blood Jinx
Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm
Sugar Blood Jinx
SUGAR BLOOD JINX is Eric Waxwood who uses finger-picking and a slide on a National Steel Guitar and sings lead vocals; Matt Murphy who plays an upright bass and sings background vocals; and Scott Pittman[...]
Baker Thomas Band 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
Jun 7 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
ET – phone home –   yeah, yeah – but only after the Baker Thomas Band show . . .  they’re out of this world. . .“A whole bunch of musicians and a whole bunch[...]
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Organ in Orbit 10:00 pm
Organ in Orbit
Jun 8 @ 10:00 pm
Organ in Orbit
. . . tonight TOAD welcomes  Organ in Orbit Organ In Orbit is a jazz/funk organ trio from Boston, formed originally as a side-project of the Freelance Bishops leader/keyboardist, Jeremy Parker, back in 2004. Jeremy had[...]
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Chris Hersch & The Moonraiders 10:00 pm
Chris Hersch & The Moonraiders
Jun 9 @ 10:00 pm
Chris Hersch & The Moonraiders
The MoonRaiders are a Western Swing band that combine elements of Jazz, Rock n’ Roll, Country, and Truck Driving music. Award winning guitarist Chris Hersch (formerly of Girls Guns & Glory) leads this quartet of accomplished musicians, improvising[...]
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Sunday Spins 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Jun 10 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
“Vinyl record sales are at a 28 year high” – Fortune April 2016  – See/Hear for yourself at Sunday Spins – every Sunday – bring your records and take turns sharing your faves!
John Powhida International Airport 9:00 pm
John Powhida International Airport
Jun 10 @ 9:00 pm
John Powhida International Airport
  John Powhida is a singer/songwriter living in Boston. John is a multiple Boston Music Award nominee and his songs have been featured in episodes of My Name is Earl and Men in Trees. He[...]
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David Johnston 7:30 pm
David Johnston
Jun 11 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston
David Johnston  – if you don’t know him, you have to stop by TOAD for Blue Monday – take a listen HERE where David talks about his influences and plays a bit of music –
The White Owls 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Jun 11 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel.  Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums. Check out a[...]
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Telescope 7:30 pm
Telescope
Jun 12 @ 7:30 pm
Telescope
Telescope is one of Andrew Stern‘s projects –  He came up with the name because the band is designed around the Telecaster guitar. When the question is posed to guitarists, “If you could have just one[...]
Tim Mann & Band (David Rizzuti, Joe Klompus & Ari El) 10:00 pm
Tim Mann & Band (David Rizzuti, Joe Klompus & Ari El)
Jun 12 @ 10:00 pm
Tim Mann & Band (David Rizzuti, Joe Klompus & Ari El)
Tim Mann‘s first public appearance was in 1985 at a high school talent show, playing cover songs by Neil Young and the Grateful Dead. After high school Tim spent several years studying the origins of[...]
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Fandango 7:00 pm
Fandango
Jun 13 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango
“I still believe the lessons I learned when I was raised in a Roman Catholic household. Like, it’s harder for a rich man to get into heaven than for a camel to go through the[...]
Frank Drake & The Living Wage (with Paul Dilley & Greg Klyma) 10:00 pm
Frank Drake & The Living Wage (with Paul Dilley & Greg Klyma)
Jun 13 @ 10:00 pm
Frank Drake & The Living Wage (with Paul Dilley & Greg Klyma)
“Frank Drake is one of the most unique musicians around.  He is refreshingly free of conventions and covers a wide spectrum of folk-pop-and-more styles . . . ” Steve Morse – Boston Globe
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Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones 7:30 pm
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
Jun 14 @ 7:30 pm
Melvern Taylor & His Fabulous Meltones
The Band Members: Melvern Taylor- Ukulele And the Fabulous Meltones: Matt Murphy -Upright BAss Dave Livingston – Slide Guitar Sir Bob Nash – Drums Genre: Post-Modern Parlor Music  – give it a listen HERE
Baker Thomas Band 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
Jun 14 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
BAKER THOMAS BAND  “…kind of a musical Robin Hood, robbing freely from the classic roots of American music and bringing it back to the common folks.”  – Billy Beard, Talent buyer/Boston Session drummer.
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GA-20 (featuring members of Charlie Musselwhite, Roomful of Blues, and Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas) 10:00 pm
GA-20 (featuring members of Charlie Musselwhite, Roomful of Blues, and Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas)
Jun 15 @ 10:00 pm
GA-20 (featuring members of Charlie Musselwhite, Roomful of Blues, and Matthew Stubbs & The Antiguas)
Traditional Blues band based in Boston MA. GA-20 plays 50’s & 60’s heavy blues music featuring Matthew Stubbs (Charlie Musselwhite band)-Guitar, Pat Faherty-Vocals & Guitar and Chris Anzalone-Drums. check out the facebook event HERE Influences[...]
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Colorway (Boston CD Release) 7:30 pm
Colorway (Boston CD Release)
Jun 16 @ 7:30 pm
Colorway (Boston CD Release)
“You gotta hear this band!” –Peter Holsapple, The dB’s Independent Music Award winning guitarist, F. Alex Johnson’s band, Colorway is an original, indie, progressive pop rock trio from Northampton, Massachusetts. The band draws on their love[...]
Stan Martin Band 10:00 pm
Stan Martin Band
Jun 16 @ 10:00 pm
Stan Martin Band
“Stan Martin is a keeper of the traditional country music flame. He’s a Don Rich/Danny Gatton-schooled Telecaster-loving guitar picker, a virtuoso who is not a showoff. And he’s a skilled writer and musician who is[...]
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Sunday Spins 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Jun 17 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
“Vinyl record sales are at a 28 year high” – Fortune April 2016  – See/Hear for yourself at Sunday Spins – every Sunday – bring your records and take turns sharing your faves!
Honey Talk 9:00 pm
Honey Talk
Jun 17 @ 9:00 pm
Honey Talk
Honey Talk is a fresh, innovative, and comfortable quartet that performs classic hits and inviting originals making you feel sweeter than honey. Honey talk is: Cody Nilsen – Guitar/Vocals Steve Bunce- Bass/Vocals Ben Blanchard –[...]
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David Johnston 7:30 pm
David Johnston
Jun 18 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston
David Johnston  – if you don’t know him, you have to stop by TOAD for Blue Monday – take a listen HERE where David talks about his influences and plays a bit of music –
The White Owls 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Jun 18 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel.  Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums. Check out a[...]
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The Franc Graham Band 7:30 pm
The Franc Graham Band
Jun 19 @ 7:30 pm
The Franc Graham Band
The Boston Globe on The Franc Graham Band: “Immensely Underrated… cool and commanding… an unusually rich blend of singer-songwriter rock…”
The Blue Ribbons 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
Jun 19 @ 10:00 pm
The Blue Ribbons
The Blue Ribbons was formed by singer/songwriter/keyboardist James Rohr. They have been building a base of devoted fans with their original and soulful music. Described as “Ray Charles and Tom Waits on a pirate ship with Sun[...]
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Fandango 7:00 pm
Fandango
Jun 20 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango
FANDANGO is as much a spiritual renewal as it is a reinterpretation of some of the best soul, blues, gospel, and Americana music ever written. With a loyal flock of followers (the flock that rock) to[...]
Field Day 10:00 pm
Field Day
Jun 20 @ 10:00 pm
Field Day
  Field Day – “Seriously raucous barroom rock that stings with lean power chords and open-hearted lyrics.” – James Reed, Boston Globe
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Juliet Simmons Dinallo & Michael Dinallo 7:30 pm
Juliet Simmons Dinallo & Michael Dinallo
Jun 21 @ 7:30 pm
Juliet Simmons Dinallo & Michael Dinallo
Making transitions is never easy, and the way Juliet Simmons Dinallo expresses the ups and downs of the human process of moving, changing and growing older is the joy of listening to Dream Girl. There’s[...]
Baker Thomas Band 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
Jun 21 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
“You guys put on a hell of a show, a lot of fun!” – Steve Morse, long time Boston Globe music critic and freelance writier on the Baker Thomas Band . . .
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LUX 10:00 pm
LUX
Jun 22 @ 10:00 pm
LUX
Hear what venues all over New England already know – LUX is a funky / jazzy / quirky / entertaining / engaging quartet from Newburyport, MA and will be the band that you invite back[...]
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The Horse-Eyed Men 7:30 pm
The Horse-Eyed Men
Jun 23 @ 7:30 pm
The Horse-Eyed Men
The Horse-Eyed Men are Noah and Dylan Harley,two brothers who play original disgruntled Americana and country. Raised by musical humans in a former candy store outside of Providence R.I., their music mixes spaghetti-western themes with cabaret, ragtime,[...]
Red Tail Hawk 10:00 pm
Red Tail Hawk
Jun 23 @ 10:00 pm
Red Tail Hawk
Red Tail Hawk has opened for National acts such as G-Love, The Brew and Chris Duarte, to name a few. They’ve played major music festival in the region and sold-out shows at The Stone Church in[...]
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Sunday Spins 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
Jun 24 @ 3:00 pm
Sunday Spins
 Sunday Spins!  – Vinyl Lovers Unite! 3-8pm every Sunday! Sign up on the list and play two songs each turn.
Ship of the Sun (music of the Grateful Dead) 8:00 pm
Ship of the Sun (music of the Grateful Dead)
Jun 24 @ 8:00 pm
Ship of the Sun (music of the Grateful Dead)
Ship of the Sun celebrates the music of the Grateful Dead with a fun, free-wheeling, danceable show that pays tribute to the sounds of rock & roll’s most unique band. Ship of the Sun came[...]
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David Johnston 7:30 pm
David Johnston
Jun 25 @ 7:30 pm
David Johnston
David Johnston  – if you don’t know him, you have to stop by TOAD for Blue Monday – take a listen HERE where David talks about his influences and plays a bit of music –
The White Owls 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Jun 25 @ 9:00 pm
The White Owls
Just look at the band; Dennis Brennan on harmonica, guitar and vocals. Tim Gearan on guitar and vocals. Steve Sadler on lap steel.  Jim Haggerty on bass and Andy Plaisted on drums. Check out a[...]
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Telescope 7:30 pm
Telescope
Jun 26 @ 7:30 pm
Telescope
Telescope is one of Andrew Stern‘s projects –  He came up with the name because the band is designed around the Telecaster guitar. When the question is posed to guitarists, “If you could have just one[...]
Luddy Mussy 10:00 pm
Luddy Mussy
Jun 26 @ 10:00 pm
Luddy Mussy
Luddy Mussy is colorful, almost cartoonish music made by lunatics.  With eccentric takes on genres ranging from blue, modern rock, surf rock & folk, Luddy serves up an original little something for any musical palate.
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Fandango 7:00 pm
Fandango
Jun 27 @ 7:00 pm
Fandango
FANDANGO is as much a spiritual renewal as it is a reinterpretation of some of the best soul, blues, gospel, and Americana music ever written. With a loyal flock of followers (the flock that rock) to[...]
Spotted Tiger 10:00 pm
Spotted Tiger
Jun 27 @ 10:00 pm
Spotted Tiger
SPOTTED TIGER – A musical bridge from Willie Nelson to Bob Marley where JJ Cale is the toll collector.  Featuring original music by songwriters Laurence Scudder & Erik White . . .
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Sugar Blood Jinx 7:30 pm
Sugar Blood Jinx
Jun 28 @ 7:30 pm
Sugar Blood Jinx
SUGAR BLOOD JINX is Eric Waxwood who uses finger-picking and a slide on a National Steel Guitar and sings lead vocals; Matt Murphy who plays an upright bass and sings background vocals; and Scott Pittman[...]
Baker Thomas Band 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
Jun 28 @ 10:00 pm
Baker Thomas Band
BAKER THOMAS BAND  “…kind of a musical Robin Hood, robbing freely from the classic roots of American music and bringing it back to the common folks.”  – Billy Beard, Talent buyer/Boston Session drummer.
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Mike Hastings Band 10:00 pm
Mike Hastings Band
Jun 29 @ 10:00 pm
Mike Hastings Band
“When Mike Hastings isn’t playing at local venues such as Toad, he can often be found busking around Davis and Harvard Square. Next time you’re out, keep an ear out for the sound of guitar[...]
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Trailer Park 7:30 pm
Trailer Park
Jun 30 @ 7:30 pm
Trailer Park
Trailer Park = a ten-legged rock and roll machine powered by rock and roll guitar, bass, drums, and twin tenor saxophones
Liz Morrison 10:00 pm
Liz Morrison
Jun 30 @ 10:00 pm
Liz Morrison
take a listen HERE   – Liz Morrison always brings some of the community’s best musicians to accompany her – can’t wait to see who’s up on that little stage this night . . .

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