Poetry Jam- Big Brotha Sadi
2024-10-06 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The Poetry Jam with featured poet Big Brotha Sadi!

Event is 21+$10/$10
Doors at 7
Born Sadi Lubangala Diazabakana Jr on April 27, 1975 in Lynn, Massachusetts, Big Brotha Sadi is a Congolese American Hip Hop artist who as an MC, a Rapper, a Lyricist categorizes himself as a Hip Hop Poet which he describes a Spoken Words artist with a Hip Hop Rhymes and Beats format using Rap as language and MCing as a style of Performance. Over the past 25 years, Big Brotha Sadi has studied and practiced Hip Hop Culture and its arts. Through his understanding of Hip Hop as a culture, a movement, and not just a genre of music, he has been able to focus on fulfilling Hip Hop’s true purpose: finding self-identity and culture.Big Brotha Sadi did not embrace and accept Hip Hop as a culture until the early 1990’s right after spending twelve years of his youth in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo where he acquired a sense of diversity within the culture which explain his fascination with Hip Hop being a subculture Black American culture which takes in inclusion a multitude of different and ethnic groups.https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

The Duppy Conquerors
2024-10-09 20:00 - 23:00, 2024-11-06 20:00 - 23:00
The Duppy Conquerors bring their celebration of the music of Bob Marley to the Lizard Lounge

EVENT IS 21+
$12/$15 DOOR
The quintessential Bob Marley tribute band – the Duppy Conquerors – is a rich collection of high-caliber musicians playing in tribute to the music of Bob Marley. Nominated for a Boston Music Award, this 10-piece ensemble of veteran musicians embodies a soulful authenticity that honors the artist and his timeless collection. With nearly 80% of Marley’s repertoire under their belts, the Duppy Conquerors are equipped to provide hours of entertainment and positive vibrations.
https://duppyconquerors.band/
https://www.instagram.com/duppy.conquerors/

Rich Hinman Trio with Zachariah Hickman and Dan Drohan
2024-10-10 20:00 - 23:30
Guitarist Rich Hinman returns to the Lizard Lounge featuring Zachariah Hickman and Dan Drohan!

Pedal Steel Guitarist Rich Hinman plays in a mind-expanding instrumental trio with Zachariah Hickman and Dan Drohan.
On his recent LP “Memorial,” on Colorfield Records, multi-instrumentalist and composer Rich Hinman creates an arresting collage containing elements of electronica, psychedelia, and searching improvisation, with Hinman’s pedal steel as the (mostly) primary voice. Here he debuts a trio of like-minded explorers. Collectively, Hinman, Hickman and Drohan have worked with kd lang, Sara Bareilles, Emily King, Maggie Rogers, Nick Hakim, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Ritter and many many others.

BT Allstars / DELA & Steady Rock Easy Mashup
2024-10-11 21:00 - 23:30
BT and DELA are a dyanmic duo that have performed live together with G. Love, John Brown’s Body form an all star group for one night only!

Event is 21+
$20/$25
Doors at 8
BT and DELA have been horn section partners for decades working with groups including John Brown’s Body, G. Love, The Elovaters and Kings Highway. As their friendship grew, they supported each other’s solo projects and have become a dynamic duo. They have assembled an amazing cast of Boston’s finest to present a special mashup BT Allstars/Steady Rock Easy material.
Boston based trombonist Brian Thomas has been a crusader for funk, jazz, soul & reggae music in New England and beyond for over 20 years. His vibrant stage presence and distinctive funky style are on full display whenever he is on the stage. Whether he is co-leading big band funk powerhouse BT ALC Big Band, with sextet Duochrome, or directing the rotating cast musicians that are the BT Allstars, Brian strives to achieve his goal to deliver positive music for your mind and body that keeps your head bobbing and and your soul full.
https://www.brianthomastrombone.com/
Daniel “DELA” Delacruz is the Boston born saxophonist of SoCal reggae rockers, Slightly Stoopid. Before he joined the band, he spent five years touring and recording with Easy Star Records artist John Brown’s Body. In 2017, with the help of producer Karl Denson, DELA released his first solo effort “Opening Night,” on Stoopid Records. As a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, DELA has been a key figure in the reggae and punk scene for decades.
https://www.delaandsteadyrockeasy.com/
Brian Thomas – trombone, DELA – sax, Steve Fell – guitar, Jeffrey Lockhart – guitar, Aaron Bellamy – bass Cameron Greenlee – keyboards, Boey Russell – drums, Dave Fox – drums

Pressure Cooker at the Lizard Lounge!
2024-10-12 21:00 - 23:30
Pressure Cooker bring a mix of reggae and ska to the Lizard stage.

Event is 21+$15/$20
Doors at 8
Pressure Cooker is a nine piece reggae/ska/rocksteady band from Boston. The group writes, records, and performs original songs in the styles of 1960s and 1970s Jamaican music. The group formed in 1997.

Pressure Cooker has released seven full-length CDs. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a core of Boston-area musicians, the band has played to audiences at clubs and festivals spanning from New England to Chicago. Over the years, Pressure Cooker has opened locally for notable artists of roots reggae music including Toots & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, The Wailers, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, Culture, Laurel Aitken, Eek-A-Mouse, Julian Marley, and Sister Carol.

Poetry Jam-Coach LA
2024-10-13 20:00 - 23:00
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Coach LA

Event is 21+$10
Doors at 7
Lakisha’s work has always centered on validating diversity, fostering empowerment, financial literacy, professional development, and promoting self-care advocacy. She is also a certified life coach with expertise in positive self-psychology, personal development, and self-care practices that build resilience. She has over 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs, couples, and individuals achieve desired professional and personal goals.As a coach, Lakisha applies many of these same principles. She aims to understand the person outside of the problem and empower her client to do the same. She understands that though she cannot predict outcomes, her approach can foster personal understanding and growth that allows her clients a better opportunity to obtain and maintain change.
Lakisha Renee Austin is a licensed independent clinical social worker with a master’s in business administration. She is the CEO/founder of Resiliency and Optimism Changs Lives Therapetic Coaching Services LLC. located in Hyde Park, Massachusetts. She is the curator of Conversation with Coach LA radio show/podcast, self-care events: Poe-therapy, The SELF-care Soieree, and her signature coaching programs BET on SELF, and The F.E.M.E. project. She has served as a mental health clinician, Foster Parent, Mentor, Financial Services Representative, Client Manager, and Banking Branch Manager Director of Operations throughout her 20-year professional career. Leveraging her expertise as a financial representative and director of operations, Lakisha can understand individuals within the contexts in which they exist (i.e. community, home, family, work, etc…). Throughout all her roles, Lakisha has advocated for individuals who were underserved and/or working through difficult moments and continues to work tirelessly to ensure that those who seek support from her help receive fair and equitable treatment despite their backgrounds.
Listen to Conversations with Coach LA, weekly on Sundays at 10 pm on UrbanHeat 98.1FM, an iheartradio station. Catch the replay on all major podcast platforms. Learn more at www.iamcoachla.com

Rosier/Kit Orion
2024-10-16 20:00 - 23:30
Montreal’s Rosier live at the Lizard Lounge with Kit Orion Oct 16th!

Event is 21+
$12/$15
Doors at 7
Folk at its core and endowed with a great affection for detail, the Montreal-based band « Rosier » evolves gracefully without following the prescribed recipe of its era. Halfway between tradition and modernity, « Rosier » takes over an audacious approach where traditional songs become the intimate accomplice of well-crafted indie-folk-pop-rock music. Their direction: one where the unheard meets the existing, and stories passed down from generation to generation are rejuvenated with a contemporary twist.
With a compelling collection of music, 2 Canadian Folk Music Awards nominations (Folk Album of the Year, Pushing the Boundaries Award), over 2 million streams and ten years active as a band, the bilingual and mostly feminine band march to the beat of their own drum: alternating between both French and English languages, touring worldwide and between acoustic and electric soundscapes.
They have toured locally and internationally. Some of their notable performances include: the Folk Alliance International (USA); New Colossus Festival (USA); Coup de coeur francophone (Canada); Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada); TSB Festival Of Lights (New Zealand); Rocky Mountain Folks Festival (USA); Port Fairy Folk Festival (Australia); Tonder Folk Festival (Denmark); Festival Pause-Guitare (France); Bardentreffen Festival (Germany); Itinerari Folk Festival (Italy); Bromyard Folk Festival (UK) and the Jeux de la Francophonie (Abidjan, Ivory Coast).
https://rosierband.com/en/

Introducing Caitlyn O’Brien (She/Her/Hers), a Cambridge-based singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and DJ. ​
Caitlyn became dedicated to her exploration of music and musical community starting with studying classical voice at a young age, and later, getting involved in her local music community performing in original projects, bands and studio sessions.
She has only just recently started publicly writing and producing her own music under the name Kit Orion with her first EP released in February of 2021.
The majority of the songs from her self-titled EP and upcoming record “Bottle Grin” scheduled for release in October of 2024, were written as responses to personal loss and exploration of self, through prompts given in a songwriting club led by dear friend and collaborator, Jessica Kion (Justice Cow).
The creation of the album, “Bottle Grin”, strived to sonically collage her self-produced bedroom soundscapes to the live musical contributions of friends and collaborators in the studio.
Like Honey, the first single to be released from the new record, was released on 8/1/24, and is available to stream in all of the listening places.

Lyle de Vitry/Ben Cosgrove
2024-10-17 20:00 - 23:30
Lyle de Vitry and Ben Cosgrove live at the Lizard Lounge October 17th!

Event is 21+
$12/$15 door
Doors at 7

Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. With his intricate, ambient fingerpicking guitar style and suede-soft baritone voice, de Vitry mesmerizes audiences into meditative serenity. Immersed in rich and nuanced harmonic composition, listeners are gently drawn into the here and now. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons.
Lyle de Vitry is an acclaimed songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In 2023, he was selected as one of ten finalists in the internationally recognized Telluride Troubadours contest and was named runner-up in the NewSong LEAF Singer-Songwriter Competition. He recently completed the prestigious Residency at 821 hosted by Lamplight AVL in Asheville, NC, and is currently developing an instrumental album, set to be recorded in the summer of 2024. His debut album, Door Within a Dream, is set to be released in August 2024.
https://www.lyledevitry.com/

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as “a sonic plein-air painter… his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has performed in every U.S. state except for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.

Ben’s music has been called “beautiful and fascinating” (The Maine Edge), “deeply impressive” (Independent Clauses), and “immediately evocative and fully arresting… brim with technical mastery and emotional capital” (Seven Days). His newest record, Bearings, a collection of improvisation-based music that reflects upon the relationship between movement and place, was released in 2023. You can read more about Bearings here, stream it on all platforms here, and order the album in CD, vinyl, or digital formats here.
For more about Ben and his work, please visit bencosgrove.com.

These Wild Plains/Matt Charette & The Truer Sound
2024-10-18 21:00 - 23:30
These Wild Plains live at the Lizard Lounge with Matt Charette & The Truer Sound!

Event is 21+
$15/$20
Doors at 8

Raised on rock & roll from New England and Virginia, all the way to New Mexico. Cultivated in Cambridge and baptized in bourbon, we are These Wild Plains. Ben Vosk, Nick Mercado and Rob Motes are pulling the boots on for a show at the Lizard Lounge with Matt Charette & The Truer Sound!
https://www.thesewildplains.com/
https://www.facebook.com/mattcharettemusic/

Gravel Project/Tohst
2024-10-19 21:00 - 23:30
Gravel Project returns with Tohst making their Lizard Lounge debut Oct 19th at 9!

Event is 21+
$15/$20
Doors at 8

Originally created by Andrew Gravel (vocals, guitar), The Gravel Project is an all star band of Boston music veterans including brother, Jordan Gravel (organ, keys), Dave Fox (drums), and Eguie Castrillo (percussion). The Gravel Project’s live show blends rock, world music and jazz with power and soul. Carrying the tradition of 70’s blues and psychedelic rock music, The Gravel Project embodies the spirit of Santana combined with the classic raw energy and moving songwriting of The Allman Brothers and Tedeschi Trucks Band. With three studio albums, a live album and countless past performances, the future is bright for Boston’s The Gravel Project, and as the title of their 2022 studio album suggests, there are “Many Miles Ahead.”
The Gravel Project

Tohst began as a songwriting collaboration between singer/guitarist Sonya Rae Taylor and guitarist Jason Yost. Tohst’s songs are a fresh amalgamation of genres that include, but are not limited to: Southern Rock, Pop, Soul, Funk, and Blues. Along with Sonya and Jason, the band includes drummer Pete Maclean, bassist Dominic Davis, guitarist Ryan Taylor, and keyboardist Amy Bellamy. You can listen to Tohst’s new self-titled debut EP on all major streaming platforms.”

Poetry Jam-Brynna Boyd
2024-10-20 20:00 - 23:00
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Brynna Boyd

Event is 21+$10
Doors at 7
Brynna Boyd (she/her) is an emerging writer who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Communication & Leadership and African & African Diaspora Studies with a minor in English. She has always had a love for writing and has found community through sharing her work at slams, open mics, and local writing groups. She is the 2024 Boston Poetry Slam Champion and was on the winning team for the Northbeast regional slam.She recently earned a Master’s of Education and teaches middle school creative writing. Brynna finds great joy in helping students explore their creative power and wearing silly buttons on her school ID badge.
Her writing is informed by her lived experiences, readings, musings of better worlds, and the everyday. When she’s not writing or teaching, you’ll find her at thrift stores, book shops, and searching for the best fries in town. The best way to keep up with her is on Instagram: @brynna_boyd.

Eugene Tyler Band/Cannon Rogers/lighthearted
2024-10-23 20:00 - 23:30
Eugene Tyler Band with Cannon Rogers and lighthearted live at the Lizard Lounge Oct 23rd.

Event is 21+
$15/$18 door
Doors at 7
Indie-bluegrass trio Eugene Tyler Band is, at their core, a road band, who’ve spent years cutting their teeth on the bluegrass festival circuit and clubs across the northeast. Their newest record, Low It Goes, captures the free-wheeling intensity of those live shows and showcases the cathartic, irreverent songwriting that has won them fans all over the country. As songwriter Eugene Gardner says, “You learn a lot about yourself as a band when you’re playing 3 hours a night, and it’s forced us to step up our game in a way that I’m really proud of.” Sharing stages with bands like Billy Strings, the Kitchen Dwellers, Driftwood, and the Mountain Grass Unit, ETB has carved out a unique voice in the bluegrass scene, with cutting, often humorous songs, and a fast & loose approach that calls back to influences like the Clash and Drive-By Truckers.
https://www.eugenetylerband.com/

Born and raised in northwest Georgia and making his home in the musical oasis of Athens, Cannon Rogers is the product of the generational sea change in the South. Acutely concerned with his place in post-modern America as an individual and an artist, Rogers holds a degree in American Literature from the University of Georgia where he studied William Faulkner and Southern literature extensively while immersing himself in the Athens,GA
music scene. As inspired by Flannery O’Connor as he is Lucinda Williams, Rogers works to weave the music and art that he loves into the stories he tells from dive bar stages across the country. His first release, “Abel’s Blues” is steeped in the modern southern gothic tradition: there are drunk drivers, traveling dealers, generational traumas and evangelical worldviews all wrapped into one tongue-in-cheek honky tonkin’ tune.
https://www.instagram.com/cannonrogersmusic

lighthearted” is an indie-folk band from Athens, Georgia fronted by twin sisters Gracie Huffman and Eliza Lemmon. They write the “type of hushed, kaleidoscopic songs that appeal to anyone that takes to gorgeous harmonies and plumbing the depths of human nature” (Ethan Fogus of Immersive Atlanta). Since its release, their debut album “from here on out,” (Apr 2023) has accrued 1.3 million streams on Spotify alone. Operating independently, lighthearted has played to crowds across the country, both of their own and opening for acts such as hey, nothing, Johnnyswim, Hans Williams, Briscoe, Sarah Kinsley, Family and Friends, etc.
https://www.facebook.com/lightheartedtheband/

The Arcanauts "3" Record Release with The After Times
2024-10-24 20:00 - 23:30
The Arcanauts celebrate the release of their third album “3” with the After Times live at the Lizard Lounge Oct 24th at 8pm!

Event is 21+
$15/$18
Doors at 7
The Arcanauts bring a universal yet unique perspective to the saxophone-bass-drums outfit. Drummer David Moore, bassist Greg Toro, and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Joe Albano have been performing with each other in various ensembles since the early 2000’s, and have developed a unique chemistry, only possible through the range of music the trio has played together. Listen to a set of the Arcanauts’music and you will hear threads of styles from throughout jazz history, woven together seamlessly with nods to free improvisation, American folkloric and popular music, and broader African diaspora musical language.

Joe Musacchia, Josiah Reibstein, and Malcolm Campbell are all from Lexington, MA and currently continue to reside in the Boston area. They have been playing together since middle school in various ensembles and musical occurrences, and have remained close friends throughout decades.
All three are active contributors to the Boston/Cambridge community, musically, artistically, and otherwise. Malcolm is a graduate of the Harvard/NEC double degree program and continues to pursue his academic research as a neuroscience post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University while performing in his free time. Joe is a senior software engineer by day, an on-call videographer and photographer, working with many luminaries in the Boston jazz scene and beyond – and is also a first-call drummer for many, many musical groups. Josiah is an active full-time free-lancer on multiple instruments, leading and playing as a sideman in a variety of ensembles. He also leads the Downtown Boston Brass, which performs several days a week in the Downtown Crossing area of Boston through the Business Improvement District.
The After Times formed during the COVID lockdown of 2020, when the three childhood friends decided to get together in their respective yards on a semi-regular basis to play music. What started as a loose session for stretching out on standards turned into a workshop for original music, and eventually, when restrictions began to open up again, a working band.

Jamie McLean Band Album Release Party
2024-10-25 21:00 - 23:30
The Jamie Mclean Band returns to the Lizard Lounge for an alburm release on Oct 25th!

Event is 21+
$18/$23 door
Doors at 8
Jamie McLean Band creates a musical gumbo that incorporates New Orleans soul, middle Americana roots, Delta blues and New York City swagger. Jamie McLean Band is a triple threat. The group’s energetic and captivating live show is undeniable. McLean’s fiery guitar has joined the ranks of Derek Trucks, Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John and more on stages from from Madison Square Garden to Japan’s Fuji Rock. His blue eyed southern soul vocals ooze real emotion. And his top line songwriting chops have crafted profound, honest and heartfelt songs that will keep you singing along, dancing along and feeling like the song was written about you. Jamie McLean Band is touring behind a fantastic new album “One Step Forward” on Harmonized Records. The album was recorded at the legendary Grand Street Studios in Brooklyn NY and features the band’s strongest and most mainstream songwriting to date. It also marks the return of original JMB member Jon Solo on keyboards! “Summer of Who Knows When” is an immediate summer anthem. “Calendar Girl” and “New York Penny Lane” are musical love letters. And the band kicks into full gear on “Too Little Too Late” and “I Believe In Love”!
The live show is where Jamie McLean Band excels and the band has shared the stage with the likes of Gregg Allman, Aaron Neville, Dr. John, Taj Mahal, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Trombone Shorty, Los Lobos, Blues Traveler, Marc Broussard and many more. Jamie Mclean Band has appeared at festivals such as Bonnaroo, Mountain Jam, Targhee Fest, Okeechobee Fest, Ottawa Blues Fest, Quebec City Summer Fest, and Warren Haynes’ Christmas Jam to name a few. McLean has also enjoyed thesponsorship of Gibson Guitars, Fuchs Amplifiers, D’Addario Strings, Blue Microphones, John Varvatos and Esquire Magazine.

Dub Apocalypse feat Mister Rourke
2024-10-26 21:00 - 23:30
Dub Apocolypse returns to the Lizard Lounge with Mister Rourke!

Event is 21+$20/$25 door
Doors at 8
Dub Apocalypse is an instrumental dub reggae band from Boston, MA. Band members are Tommy Benedetti-drums,Van Martin-guitar,Johnny Trama-guitar,Aaron Bellamy-bass,and Timo Shanko-sax/bass. The band came together in 2007, led by drummer Tommy Benedetti and guitarist, Johnny Trama.Tommy Benedetti is one of the founding members of American Reggae Pioneers,John Brown’s Body. He brings a wealth of experience from the reggae/dub scene to the table,having recorded albums for the legendary Shanachie Label,John Zorn’s Tzadik Label (mixed by Bill Laswell),and is currently with John Brown’s Body on Easy Star Records. This history is combined with almost 2 decades of International touring,as well as backing some of the giants of Jamaican music,including The Meditations and Justin Hinds.
Guitarist Johnny Trama adds a soulful blues touch to the Dub Apocalypse signature sound.Trama has spent time on the road with the great Ron Levy, BB King’s organ player, as well as many other regional rock and soul/r&b acts. Not long after Dub Apocalypse came together, longtime friend Timo Shanko entered the fold.A dual threat on both bass and saxophone,Shanko is a veteran of the blues and free jazz scene.He spent many years on the road with Blues legend, Eddie Kirkland, as well as with G. Love and Special Sauce. Shanko is also a prolific composer,and his improvisational stylings are an integral part of the Dub Apocalypse sound. Although DA started out as more of a collective,in the past few years the lineup has solidified with the addition of bassist Aaron Bellamy and guitarist Van Martin. Bellamy is a longtime fixture in the Boston funk scene,and in combination with Benedetti ,they form the deep,militant sound at the core of Dub Apocalypse.
Originally hailing from Chicago,Van Martin rounds out the lineup on guitar. Martin has much touring experience as well, including appearances with Bernie Worrell and Big Daddy Kane. His sonic textures,adventurous playing and songwriting have helped Dub Apocalypse take their sound to a new level. The DA sound is an evolving mix of original compositions and their own interpretations of classic Jamaican and UK songs and dub plates. Heavy hitting drum and bass grooves set the table. A twin guitar attack, with Trama’s rhythmic anchor,and Martin’s dub sonics, swirl in and out in tandem. These pieces, combined with Timo Shanko’s Coltrane inspired sax approach, give Dub Apocalypse a

Drag Brunch!
2024-10-27 12:00 - 15:00
There’s nothing like brunch and a show!

What do wigs, eggs benedict, pop mixes, and mimosas have in common? They’ll all be in the Lizard Lounge on the last Sunday of every month! Join us for Drag Brunch, a fabulous afternoon of fierce drag performances and all your favorite brunch specials! Doors at 12pm, show starts at 1pm!

21+
Doors lock once show starts at 1pm
General Admission $20, bar stools first come first serve
Tables Available for $45, each table seats 2 guests

Poetry Jam-Ink From Honey
2024-10-27 20:00 - 23:00
The Lizard Lounge with featured poets Ink From Honey

Event is 21+$10
Doors at 7
Featuring the work of six incarcerated poets, curated by Joanna Don:Ink From Honey Presents TudoDjunto/District 10 & A.P.I.C.A.“Are We not Human?”
This question seeks to invoke our communities to imagine returning citizens as an advocate to end violence. Citizens knocking on your front door, encouraging you toremember your rights to vote. And also making sure immigrants learn howto become law abiding citizens.
District 10 is an Organization founded by both Haitian-Americans andHaitian Immigrants advocating for environmental justice for allincarcerated citizens.
Tudo Djunto is an Organization founded by incarcerated Cape Verdeanswho decided to end Violence amongst each-other, now they organize toend violence inclusively to all communities Tudo Djunto(Together).
The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Alliance(APICA) is a movement and anOrganization created by incarcerated people who strive to empowerAsians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to takecontrol of their narratives and raise their voices in spaces that keep themarginalized and under-represented.

Wolf’s Pumpkin Bash: An Unexpected Mardi Gras(ish) Jamboree
2024-10-30 19:00 - 23:30
Come party with the Legendary Vudu Krewe!

Event is 21+
$15/$18
Doors at 6

Hang some beads from your money maker and shake! The Legendary Vudu Krewe—New Orleans Rhythm and Blues pundits—are back at the Lizard with “Wolf’s Pumpkin Bash: An unexpected Mardi Gras(ish) jamboree”! It’ll be the day before the day before the day before the Day of the Dead, so dress opportunistically. You know what to do.

Club d'Elf Halloween Show featuring Jeff Lockhart!
2024-10-31 20:00 - 23:00
Club d’Elf Halloween Spooktacular featuring Jeff Lockhart.

Event is 21+
$30/$35 GA
$75 Reserved
Halloween has long been a sacred (scared?!) day for Club d’Elf, and its Lizard / Halloween shows are a long-standing tradition that took a pause during the pandemic, returning full force last year. This year the band continues the tradition but with a show on the very day itself, featuring a creepy line up of Jeff Lockhart (guitar), Tom Hall (sax), Paul Schultheis (keys), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir) and Fabio Pirozzolo (drums). Costumes are encouraged!
Club d’Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time for twenty five years with its mesmerizing synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard, each Club d’Elf performance features a different line-up, drawn from a constellation of some of the most creative improvisers from the jazz, DJ, rock & world music scenes of Boston, NYC and beyond. The band’s music draws from a startlingly wide spectrum of styles, including jazz, hip hop, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub. Under the tutelage of now deceased member Brahim Fribgane, Moroccan trance music became an essential part of the mix, featuring Rivard’s commanding playing of the Moroccan sintir. Trance forms the central core of the Club d’Elf aesthetic, weaving together the band’s various influences.
“You Never Know is a wide ranging romp, full of serenity, chaos, longing, improvisation and peerless musicianship inspired by music from India and Morocco as well as the maverick jazz of Miles Davis and Frank Zappa.” – Banning Eyre, Afropop Worldwide
“Crushed between the borders of Morocco, jam band land and the kingdom of avant-garde jazz lies Club d’Elf…James Brown-meets-Sun-Ra.” – Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald
“Sounds like the lovechild of Pink Floyd and George Clinton, dropped in Marrakesh…some deeply psychedelic music.” – Marlon Bishop, WNYC
Club d’Elf

Jimmy Ryan's Wooden Leg/Hot Tamale Brass Band
2024-11-01 21:00 - 23:30
Americana? Roots music? Alt-Country? Hillbilly Rock? Wooden Leg’s music
defies musical boundaries! Live at the Lizard with Hot Tamale Brass!

Event is 21+
$15/$20 Doors
Doors at 8

What do you get when you combine a crooning bluegrass mandolin master, a veteran bassist, a fiddler who plays through fuzz boxes and wah-wah pedals, sounding more like Jimi Hendrix than Papa John Creach, and a big band swing drummer who inexplicably feels moved to pound the skins harder than John Bonham on a bender? Do you call it country, folk, bluegrass, rock ‘n’ roll, or maybe just a freak of nature? Just call it Wooden Leg, and give the group room to do its thing. It’s much safer that way.
-David Wildman, Boston Globe

https://jimmyryanmando.com/home

The Hot Tamale Brass Band takes their audience on an exciting excursion into New Orleans jazz, festive Mardi Gras, funky second line parades, traditional Dixieland jazz and reverent New Orleans jazz funeral traditions.
The Hot Tamales jam at local Boston clubs, perform as a Mardi Gras band at theme parties and as a second line brass band for all types of parades. The Hot Tamale Brass Band plays Dixieland for people of all ages!
https://hottamalebrassband.com/

MC Kabir Sen with Krush Factory Monthly Residency
2024-11-02 21:00 - 2024-11-03 00:00
MC Kabir Sen continues his monthly residency at the Lizard Lounge with the Krush Factory

Poetry Jam-Brother D
2024-11-03 20:00 - 23:30
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Brother D!

Event is 21+$10 Doors at 7
Brother Donnell Singleton, also known as Brother D the People’s Poet, is a Roxbury native and Boston Latin Academy graduate, deeply committed to service, education, and entrepreneurship. A multi-talented artist, Brother Donnell is a published author of On My Knees, The Journey Begins, a compilation of poetry and short stories. He is also an accomplished playwright, having written What Happened to Our Renaissance and Jesus Matters. As a recording artist, his works include Voices of My Soul and The Brother D Experience.After serving in the U.S. Army to fund his college education, Brother Donnell earned a full scholarship to Clark Atlanta University. His career spans roles as an educator, salesman, and program director, but his entrepreneurial spirit shines through the founding of Food For The Soul, a halal soul food restaurant in Grove Hall, which provided over 80,000 meals during the pandemic. As Executive Director of Origin Nile Publishing, he amplifies young voices by publishing children’s books written by children.
A devoted family man, poet, and community advocate, Brother Donnell continues to impact his community through initiatives like Poetry in the Park, recognized for its cultural significance. Guided by his faith, he remains relentless in his pursuit of excellence and service.

The Coulibaly Quartet featuring ISHAN
2024-11-07 20:00 - 23:00
Imad Coulibaly Quartet returns to the Lizard Lounge with ISHAN November 7th!

Event is 21+$15/$18
Doors at 7
Imad Coulibaly is an independent artist hailing from Boston, Massachusetts. He started playing drums at the age of 4 years old. Being surrounded by music at home and in church, Imad became passionate about music. He kick started his music career after winning the Umass Amherst Jazz Festival for “ Best Jazz Trio” and opening for the Chris Potter Quartet. Imad Coulibaly currently plays in his jazz/fusion hip hop group Soul Space. He is also a live/session and touring drummer working with artists such as Rugawd, Martin Gonzalez, David Mrakpor, King Chino, Dave Powell, Rob Araujo and Vooo. Imad’s primary focus is on live/session and touring gigs as well as education in music to inspire drummers of all ages and backgrounds.

Ishan is a Boston-based artist with a constantly growing style of his own. He is heavily influenced by the golden era of Hip Hop music and the pioneers of this game. At 23, he delivers his message through a trademark lyrically inclined style, which rivals the greats. From his beat selection to his intricate wordplay, this young rapper comes off as a seasoned vet. Ishan maintains a growing music career that entails writing, recording, and producing all of his music. He possesses the characteristics of an artist who can transcend musical genres with his trademark flows. Ishan will be around for a long time.

Organically Good Trio
2024-11-08 21:00 - 23:30
Organically Good Trio returns to the Lizard Lounge for a special two night stand!

Lizard Lounge is a 21+ club.
$15/$20
Doors at 8

Sometimes the band has a sound reminiscent of the great soul jazz organ trio albums of the late 60’s and at other times sounds like a Jacki Mittoo album with a heavy dose of roots reggae and dub.

Members
Paul Wolstencroft – Hammond Organ
Van Martin – Guitar
Tommy Benedetti – Drums

Organically Good Trio Night 2
2024-11-09 21:00 - 23:30

Poetry Jam-Radiant Jasmin
2024-11-10 20:00 - 23:30
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Radiant Jasmin!

Event is 21+$10 Doors at 7
Radiant Jasmin is a multidisciplinary poet, singer/songwriter, harpist, dancer, jeweler, and painter. Like a chef, she selects each art ingredient to bring out the best in the others. She was born and raised in Boston into a Black family of performing and visual artists.
Performances & Exhibits include: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, VerBaLizAtiOn, Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam, Stone Soup Poetry, the Massachusetts State House and AAMARP. She is a recipient of Certificates of Special Recognition from the Governors of Massachusetts and Rhode Island for her Service in the Arts.
She is a channel in her Music and Poetry creation. Songs and poems come to her while dreaming, cooking and painting. They mirror her values of self-love, happiness and empowerment. She mixes funk, jazz, hip-hop, gospel, African, house music and more. Her dreamy harp music is very soothing and calming for a society that’s in high stress mode. She released her first album of spoken word poetry, “Breaking It Down”, in 2014 and her 2nd album, “PERSISTENCE” in 2023.
Radiant Jasmin builds art programs, teaching performance and visual art to children, teens and adults using fun ways to link art with preventative healthcare, literacy, science, math and Black History for a balanced educational experience and to facilitate healing from trauma.
Sharing these gifts is her contribution to uplifting the world!

Julia Cannon/Crystal Rose/Chris Walton
2024-11-13 20:00 - 23:30
Julia Cannon, Crystal Rose and Chris Walton together at the Lizard Lounge!

Event is 21+
$12/$15
Doors at 7

Julia Cannon is an Alaska raised and now Nashville-based songwriter, recording artist and music producer who is hard to forget. Lauded for her “beautiful balladry” by Rolling Stone (2022), Julia’s soothing, honeyed voice and quirky personality offer a refreshing, vibrant contrast to the bittersweet honesty of her lyrics.
Crystal Rose, a dynamic artist from Kansas City, is blazing a trail in Nashville’s music scene with her genre-blending sound and emotionally charged lyrics that feel like stolen glimpses into her diary. Crystal’s magnetic presence has garnered support from all corners. She’s shared stages with Jess Nolan, Medium Build, Alice Merton, Trombone Shorty and more.
Chris Walton is a singer/songwriter/producer based just outside Boston. Inspired by the likes of Stevie Wonder, early John Mayer, and Cory Wong, Chris creates smooth, jazz kissed songs that tug at your heartstrings but still make you want to groove. Chris is currently a professor of songwriting at his alma mater, the Berklee College of Music.

Rich Hinman Quintet
2024-11-14 20:00 - 23:30
Guitarist Rich Hinman returns to the Lizard Lounge Nov 14th!

$15 adv/$18 door
This fall, guitarist and pedal steel player Rich Hinman brings a mind-expanding instrumental ensemble to the Lizard Lounge featuring Sam Kassirer, Nate Radley, Chris Morrisey, and special guests!
On his recent LP “Memorial,” on Colorfield Records, multi-instrumentalist and composer Rich Hinman creates an arresting collage containing elements of electronica, psychedelia, and searching improvisation, with Hinman’s pedal steel as the primary voice. In this fall residency he experiments with a quintet of like-minded explorers. Collectively, Hinman, Kassirer, Radley, Drohan and Morrissey have worked with kd lang, Sara Bareilles, Emily King, Maggie Rogers, Mark Guiliana, Norah Jones, Nick Hakim, Josh Ritter and many many others.

Abbie Barrett Band/Morning Is Rising
2024-11-15 21:00 - 23:30
Abbie Barrett returns to the Lizard Lounge with special guests Morning is Rising

Event is 21+
$15/$20 door

Fueled by a pop-rock sensibility, Abbie Barrett’s songwriting is unique and unpredictable—but always something you can sing along to. Her music has been featured in Magnet, American Songwriter, the Boston Herald, Vanyaland, and on CMT’s Cool Album Cuts. In 2015 she received a Boston Music Award for Best Singer-Songwriter. Her band plays regularly in the New England area and has opened for notable acts including the B-52s, Juliana Hatfield, The Motels, Will Dailey, and Rhett Miller.
https://abbiebarrett.com/

Boston-based band Morning is Rising are Chloe Green (Vocals, Bass, Guitar), Iarla O’Halloran (Vocals, Guitar, Bass) and John Krone (Drums, Bass). Their music is comprised of tight vocal harmonies and driving rhythms, drawing inspiration from classic folk-rock, alternative guitar/new wave, and blistering electro-pop. They are longtime songwriters and performers who have played with various bands in the US, Ireland, the UK, and throughout Europe, with a deep collective catalog of original songs to draw from.
https://www.morningisrising.com
