Lizard Lounge Club

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Ashley Wonder
2025-08-31 19:00 - 22:30 (America/New_York) | Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam August 31st Ashley Wonder!

$10
Ashley Wonder has been writing for over ten years. She performs with dynamic passion to give hope to her audiences.She started out performing in black churches in Worcester.She became a part of the Slam Community in 2014. Repping Worcester, her hometown, in Oakland, 2015, Decatur, GA, 2016.Ashley Wonder has had the honor and privilege to be a part of the “Still I Rise” Toni Morrison tribute Festival, the annual Langston Hughes Reading in Providence, RI, and participated in the “Wheatley 250” Reading in honor of Phillis Wheatley in Worcester, MA. She has also participated in many rallies throughout the years in support of Black Lives Matter, in education, and Women’s Rights.She won the International Award for Best Spoken Word Artist, London, England, 2023, and Best Saxophonist, 2024, with her website “Miraculous Wonder.” She was nominated for Best Spoken Word Artist of 2023 for the Boston Music Awards!She has had the opportunity to perform at the National Education Support Professional Conference (a part of the Massachusetts Teacher Association) in 2021, which had an audience of 2,000 people!She has participated in the discussion “Black Creative Voices in Worcester 2021” and performed at the 2019 “Women of Consequence” event at City Hall in Worcester.She has performed in Troy, New York, at Poetic Vibe, throughout Massachusetts, Boston (Hard Rock Cafe), Rhode Island, and at numerous colleges and universities, including Holy Cross and Wheelock, among others.She enjoys teaching poetry workshops to youth of all ages, showing them how fun and interactive Spoken Word can be.She also believes in the power of tea and naps.https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

The Blue Ribbons/Jen Kearney
2025-08-30 21:00 - 23:30
The Blue Ribbons return to the Lizard Lounge August 30th with Jen Kearney!

$15/$20
Doors 8

“The Blue Ribbons’ latest album, 2024’s “Forever, But Not For Long,” has plenty of pop hooks. Or rather, it had plenty of them before the band took sledgehammers and scalpels to most of the pretty bits.
“It took a while to get the bones of some of the tunes down just so we could break them,” bandleader James Rohr told Herald with a laugh.
Local champs the Blue Ribbons are a pop band in the same way that the Beatles or Steely Dan or Television are pop bands in that they like pop but “aren’t too precious about the songs,” Rohr said.
Jed Gottleib – Boston Herald

The Blue Ribbons

Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Jen Kearney has spent some time seasoning her particular style of original music. Her sound is truly an amalgamation of musical styles including Soul, R&B, Funk, Rock, and Latin. Kearney’s music and attention to lyrics and has met critical acclaim nationally and internationally.
Kearney tours both as a solo act and with a full band. She spent 2018-2020 living in London touring the UK/ Europe with her own act and with the legendary Snowboy & the Latin Section. She has shared the stage with the likes of Maceo Parker, Los Lobos, Daryl Hall, Mavis Staples, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, The Derek Trucks Band and more.

https://jenkearney.com/home

Melo Green/Sunburned Sharks
2025-08-29 20:00 - 23:30
Melo Green and Sunburned Shards live at the Lizard Lounge August 29th

$18/$20 door
Doors 7
New England’s own Melo Green is a musical chameleon whose debut album Laminar Flow has garnered attention for its fluid mix of psychedelic soul and introspective lyricism. Drawing inspiration from eclectic acts like Moses Sumney and Shuggy Otis, Melo crafts a sound that resonates with themes of mindfulness, love, and ease. His connection to his birthdate, detailed in the book Colorstrology, imbues his music with a grounded, meditative energy that invites listeners to find grace in life’s movement.https://www.melogreen.com/

Tequila Sirens, Daughter of the Vine, Headband
2025-08-28 20:00 - 23:30
Tequila Sirens, Daughter of the Vine and Headband live at the Lizard Lounge August 28th at 8 oclock!

$15 adv/$18 door
Doors 7
Tequila Sirens formed in Somerville, Massachusetts when Shaun Curran (keys, vocals) and former Soft Pyramids frontman Dwight Hutchenson (guitar, vocals) began collaborating remotely during the Covid lockdown. What started as a creative outlet during a difficult period eventually grew into a full band with the addition of Whit Love (bass) and Matt Masuzzo (drums).
The band’s earliest releases—the “Redesigner” EP in 2020 and “Fast Clouds” in 2021, followed by the single “Shame” in 2022—showcased their evolving sound. Since 2022, with their lineup finally solidified, Tequila Sirens began writing and recording what would become their album “Imposters.”
Drawing from a wide range of musical influences, Tequila Sirens creates a sound built around organ, guitars, and electronic percussion. Their music balances memorable melodies with sonic textures that invite repeated listening, with a direct and honest approach to songcraft.
“Imposters” reflects both their position as outsiders in the Boston music scene and their experiences with imposter syndrome. Lyrically, the band tackles anxiety, grief, family relationships, and the absurdity of everyday life with genuine emotion and occasional dark humor.
With Curran and Hutchenson sharing vocal duties over Love’s bass and Masuzzo’s drums, Tequila Sirens creates music that prioritizes feeling and atmosphere, crafted by four musicians who are more interested in making something real than something perfect.
Tequila Sirens

Daughter of the Vine is a Psych-pop-avant-garage band from Boston. The band consists of Margaret Garrett, formerly of Mr. Airplane Man, on guitar and vocals, Gregg Porter, of The Concerns, on guitar and vocals, Chris Lohring on bass, and Kurt Davis, formerly of Bullet Lavolta, Kustomized and The Konks, on drums.
The music sometimes glimmers, sometimes drones, is often melodic, but always atmospheric. The goal is a sort of communal transcendence, an escape from the here-and-now hum drum of our daily existence…Daughter of the Vine is taking off and you can come along.
Their full length l.p. Mystic Valley PKWY, ( named after a road they travel to practice every week ) came out in 2024. New material is in the pipeline, stay tuned!
Hypnotic and groovy, calling to our higher angels, Daughter of the Vine will lead you by the silver cord, onward, ever onward…

Daughter of the Vine

headband – buzzard rockgrandmasters of verse and chorus,authors of the 3 sweetest words ever spoke, “I told you so” come see us while we still have hair.
headband

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Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Meghan LaFleur
2025-08-24 19:00 - 22:30
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam August 24th with featured poet Meghan LaFleur!

$10
Meghan is an emerging writer from New Hampshire with a deep passion for helping others. Since 2012, she has worked in the education field, committed to creating supportive spaces for learning and growth. Her love for poetry began in high school, and after stepping away from it for a while, a close friend reintroduced her to the power and energy of slam poetry—rekindling her creative fire.Meghan is proud to represent the 2025–2026 Mill City Speaks Slam Team. Through her writing, she explores themes of healing, identity, and resilience, often informed by her work as a passionate mental health advocate. Outside of poetry, she finds joy in dancing, caring for her plants, and spending time with the people she loves. Her life and art are rooted in creativity, self-expression, and a commitment to community well-being. The best way to keep up with Meghan’s work and journey is through Instagram: @fleur_ishmeghan.
https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

Sinnet/JJ Slater/Savoir Faire
2025-08-23 20:00 - 23:30
Sinnet, JJ Slater and Savoir Faire live at the Lizard Lounge August 23rd!

$15 adv/$20 door

Artisanal, domesticated, indie-rock-soul, lovingly crafted by Aaron Spransy & pals in Island Town, MA. Sinnet celebrates a love of songwriters like Paul Simon and Elliott Smith and combines it with the rhythm and swagger of bands like Spoon and Booker T & The MGs. Sinnet also pulls from the cupboard bits of Motown, surf, pop, psychedelia and spookiness.
The band has collaborated with members of Lady Lupine, Guster, Karate, The Promise Ring, Pansy Division, Rebuilder and more. Recently the band contributed a track to Starstruck: A Tribute To The Kinks, a compilation featuring tracks by Wheatus, The Fatal Flaw, Plus Ones and more.

http://www.sinnetsongs.com/
Usually when folks describe JJ Slater’s music, words relate back to nature, the outdoors, the warm sun and the cool breeze. His UMASS Amherst psych-rock band Humble Digs was a mainstay at Stockbridge School of Agriculture events, and ten years later tours are often routed with ulterior, National Park-related motives.
Based in New England, he has toured much of the US, playing festivals, basements, and club gigs, at times opening for artists like Kat Wright, NRBQ, Johnny A, and David Wax Museum. In 2022, he completed a residency at the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, where he wrote his new record “The Silver Key”. It was recorded with a Mass Cultural Council grant in 2023, released at the end of 2024, and you’ll find him touring and playing the full record in 2025. He’ll also be touring with his Americana-Blues road-dog project Signature Dish, co-fronting the band with partner Lexi Weege and lending his songs to a dynamic, soul-journey set.
https://www.jjslatermusic.com/

With a voice straight out of the jazz age, Savoir Faire brings the modern existential crisis into a realm of retro-noir. Born to an American mother and an Iranian father, Savoir Faire was absorbing the influences of everything from classic 60s rock to Persian pop at an early age. It was during her pre-teen years that she was inspired by the 90s wave of female songwriters to pick up the guitar. Eventually, she studied jazz guitar in college, where she would discover the duets of Joe Pass and Ella Fitzgerald. The artistry of both musicians would greatly influence Savoir Faire’s approach to both guitar and voice. She would spend years performing as a lounge singer and jazz guitarist before adding the last few ingredients that would form the aesthetic of Savoir Faire: lush and syrupy vocals, biting lyricism, and searing guitar parts that float between the genres of jazz, rock, and chamber pop. The result is a Lynchian rumination on the present in the debut album Hopeless Nostalgic, combining wistful nostalgia and modern rage to answer the question “What if a torch singer had a Riot Grrl heart?”
Savoir Faire

Club d'Elf featuring Amy Bellamy, Lyle Brewer and Mister Rourke Late Show
2025-08-22 22:00 - 23:30
Event is 21+
$30/$35 GA
Doors 9:30
Club d’Elf returns to the Lizard Lounge August for two shows for a complete midsummer night’s dream…The line up for this
show features Amy Bellamy (keys), Lyle Brewer (guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir), Dean Johnston (drums).
Club d’Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time for twenty six years with its mesmerizing synthesis of Moroccan traditional music and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Circling about bassist/composer Mike Rivard, each 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. Named Jazz Act Of The Year in the 2023 Boston Music Awards, the band’s music defies easy categorization, and draws from hip hop, electronica, avant garde, prog-rock and dub as well as jazz. Through the influence of Brahim Fribgane, the band absorbed Gnawa music from Morocco. This
element is now an essential part of the Club d’Elf sound, featuring Rivard’s commanding playing of the sintir, a three-stringed bass lute used by the Gnawa in their trance-healing ceremonies. Trance forms the central core of the Club d’Elf aesthetic, weaving together the band’s various influences.
https://clubdelf.com/

Club d'Elf featuring Amy Bellamy, Lyle Brewer and Mister Rourke Early Show
2025-08-22 19:00 - 21:30
$30/$35 GA
Doors 7
Club d’Elf returns to the Lizard Lounge August 22nd for two shows for a complete midsummer nights dream. The line up for this show features Amy Bellamy (keys) Lyle Brewer (guitar), Mister Rourke (turntables), Mike Rivard (bass & sintir) and Dean Johnston
(drums).
Club d’Elf has been helping audiences lose track of time for twenty
six years with its mesmerizing synthesis of Moroccan traditional music
and electronic, dubbed-out funk. Circling about bassist/composer Mike
Rivard, each 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. Named Jazz
Act Of The Year in the 2023 Boston Music Awards, the band’s music
defies easy categorization, and draws from hip hop, electronica, avant
garde, prog-rock and dub as well as jazz. Through the influence of
Brahim Fribgane, the band absorbed Gnawa music from Morocco. This
element is now an essential part of the Club d’Elf sound, featuring
Rivard’s commanding playing of the sintir, a three-stringed bass lute
used by the Gnawa in their trance-healing ceremonies. Trance forms the
central core of the Club d’Elf aesthetic, weaving together the band’s
various influences.
https://clubdelf.com/

Corin Ashley’s Exciting Band plus guest Eric Barlow
2025-08-21 20:00 - 23:00
Corin Ashley celebrates the release of his latest EP with special guest Eric Barlow August 21st!

Doors 7
Corin Ashley has left his capo behind at some of the most excellent music venues. From the Troubadour in LA to the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, from CBGBs to the 12 Bar in Soho, London, and from the El Mocambo in Toronto to every stage in New England, Corin never forgets to forget his capo clipped to the the mic stand at the end of the night. “Empathy Centre” is his new single, a preview of an EP to be released this Spring.In 2015, after a spell as the touring bass player for seminal chamber-pop band Cardinal, Corin Ashley set about recording the follow-up to his critically acclaimed 2013 album New Lion Terracesat Q Division studios in Boston, with an inspiring collaboration with Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders, Belly) called “Wind Up Boy,” and quick progress on a half dozen additional tunes. Corin took occasional breaks from work on the album, flying to Cardiff, Wales to play bass and sing on Martin Carr‘s (ex- Boo Radleys) album The Breaks, playing guitar with Mary Wilson of The Supremes, and performing a few shows opening for a diverse set of artists (Fitz & The Tantrums,Frank Turner, Robyn Hitchcock and, on one storied summer evening, Foreigner and Styx). He ended 2015 by opening a sold-out hometown show for one of his lifelong musical heroes, Dave Daviesof The Kinks, who had bounced back to recording and touring after a health crisis. In 2016, Grammy award-winning mix engineer Ducky Carlisleassembled templates of additional songs for the album, and Corin flew to Memphis to record with Big Star drummer Jody Stephens at Ardent Studios. After award-winning mastering engineerGavin Lurssen sprinkled his magical sonic fairy dust all over the mixes, Corin released Broken Biscuits in 2017.Corin Ashley is a lifelong musician who formerly led Boston mod-pop heroes The Pills in the 2000s, as they toured extensively around the U.S., Canada, and Europe. Over a 10-year span, The Pills released three full-length albums, toured and performed with The B-52s, The Libertines, Supergrass, Sloan, Edwin McCain, The Wrens, Juliana Hatfield, The Smithereens, Nada Surf, Jimmy Cliff, and pretty much every one-hit early 2000s alternative radio band with a number in their name. Corin’s solo career kicked off in 2006 with the album Songs from The Brill Bedroom. His 2013 album New Lion Terraces was recorded at Q Division and Abbey Road Studios in London and featured contributions from Kay Hanley (Letters To Cleo), Ken Stringfellow (The Posies), drummer Dave Mattacks (Fairport Convention/XTC), Edward Ball (TV Personalities) and Martin Carr. Corin is, always, accompanied on his new album by his ever faithful drummer Matt Burwell who will bitch and complain if he gets left out of the press release.
Corin Ashley

Julia Mark/Oropendola/Aerhart
2025-08-20 20:00 - 23:30
Julia Mark and Oropendola (Joanna Schubert) return to the Lizard Lounge August 20th with Aerhart!

Three friends. Two album releases. One special show. Celebrate the release of two compelling albums: Swimming by Oropendola (Joanna Schubert) and The Keeper by Aerhart (Amelia Wellers). Julia Mark returns to the Lizard Lounge stage to join them for a special evening of singer-songwriter musings.

JULIA MARK
Julia Mark is a singer-songwriter-pianist interested in wordplay, wit, and the weight of being human. Life on the moon, heartbreak on Earth, secret plans, and palindromes…these are a few topics addressed by Julia’s songwriting. Raised on the sounds of bebop greats and folk music legends, her music features pin-point vocals and clever storytelling. Following the release of her 2018 album, Gemini Julia Mark was nominated for New England Music and Boston Music Awards for Songwriter of the Year, as well as a New England Music Award nomination for Female Performer of the Year. Now based near Seattle, WA, Julia Mark released her second album, Keeping You in September 2022. She is currently writing and performing new music centered on the passing of her late husband, musician Bredon Jones (Fuzzy Futures, Jakals, Slow Dress).

OROPENDOLA
Oropendola is the project of Brooklyn-based singer, composer, and keyboardist Joanna Schubert, whose music blends theatrical chamber pop, playful dissonance, and lyrical storytelling. Her songs move between the whimsical and the intimate, drawing from keys-based art-pop and indie-folk traditions. Oropendola’s 2023 kaleidoscopic chamber pop debut Waiting for the Sky to Speak was described as “at the meeting point between arms in the air pop perfection and something altogether more jarring and intriguing.” Swimming, her sophomore record out June 27th, is an intimate piano-vocal collection adorned in minimal, idiosyncratic arrangements. Harkening to inspirations such as Fiona Apple, Regina Spektor, and The Roches, the album captures Schubert’s penchant and reverence for unfettered live performance.

AERHEARTAerhart is the project of Amelia Wellers —a classically, chorally, and operatically trained singer making vibrant, electronic indie and art pop, with a twinge of folk. Her sophomore album, The Keeper, released May 30th, and is a reclamation of personal agency, as well as a reckoning with the power imbalances that make it so hard to hold onto it in the first place. Aerhart’s sound invokes cinematic melancholy and lush and expansive experimentation, calling comparisons from Enya to Lana Del Rey, Weyes Blood to Caroline Polachek. Her technical background informs her approach—not in rigidity but in an attention to texture, time, and movement. That deep, nuanced knowledge shines through ‘The Keeper,’ as does Wellers’ fascination with contrasts—intimate and vast, delicate and forceful, organic and electronic, refined and raw.

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Ilyus Evander
2025-08-17 19:00 - 22:30
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam August 17th with featured poet Ilyus Evander!

$10

https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

The 890s/Am Was
2025-08-16 20:00 - 23:30
The 890s return to the Lizard Lounge August 16th with Am Was!

$15/$20 door
Doors 7

The 890s are a funk rock band out of Somerville – originating during 2020, the majority of the band lived in the same 2 apartment house – creating a basement rehearsal space during the lockdown.The band consists of 8 members and frequent guest performers – including but not limited to drums, bass, guitars, keys, saxophone and multiple vocalists.In April of 2024 The 890s released their first studio single, ‘Waiting’ on Spotify and Apple Music.Check them out on IG and YouTube – @The890s

Am Was is an art rock/electronica project from Boston that merges dreamy synths, organic instrumentation, and pulsing rhythms. Their music evokes both movement and introspection, inviting listeners into a surreal and immersive world.

Strutman Lane/Alexus Lee
2025-08-15 21:00 - 23:30
DC’s Strutman Lane live at the Lizard Lounge August 15th with Alexus Lee!

$15 adv/$20 door
Doors at 8
From the outskirts of DC, a group of individuals with a mutual love of funk, pop, and soul came together to breathe sensuality into original music. With each release, Strutman Lane infuses rhythm guitar hooks, warm vocals, and driving sax lines that cater pocket grooves to the soul. Strutman Lane is charging into 2025 with a sold-out show at the Atlantis, a Winter and Summer East Coast tour, and a headlining gig at the 9:30 Club this July. For better or for worse, Strutman Lane will make you rethink your life choices.

Strutman Lane

Providence born singer, songwriter, producer, multi instrumentalist and educator Alexus Lee lives her life through music. On the stage she dazzles audiences with her soulful storytelling, masterful vocals and infectious grooves and off the stage she shares her love of music through teaching private lessons in voice, piano and songwriting. Her skillful ability for storytelling, and commanding stage presence, have carried her to countless cities, states, and countries around the world and afforded her numerous opportunities in varying industries such as radio, where she co-hosted The Hot 106 (106.3FM) Hot Morning Show from August ‘23 to October of ‘24. The Berklee graduate has shared stages with world class talents such as Mac Ayres, has been featured in a number of online, television and print publications; including The Marquis Who’s Who In America, The Providence Journal, PBS, WPRI, The Boston Chronicle, and has been nominated for Rhode Island Music Awards for “Best Vocalist” of 2022“ and “Best RnB Act” of 2023 and 2024. Music has always been a form of therapy for me.” Says Alexus. “It has been my confidant in the best of times and the worst of times. I write to heal myself, and aim to create a safe space of healing for others wherever I go.” Her debut EP ‘Offerings’ released to rave reviews on September 1, 2023 and more music is expected in 2025.

Alexus Lee

State Parque/Lighten Up
2025-08-14 20:00 - 23:00
State Parque and Lighten Up live at the Lizard Lounge August 14th!

$12/$15 door
Doors

State Parque are just some friends who met at autumn house parties, hung out at the same bar, and like reminding you not to be so hard on yourself. Our tunes are a high-energy mix of indie, surf, jazz, and pop rock meant to get crowds dancing and shouting along to the chorus.
State Parque

After meeting at Somerville Porchfest 2023, drummer Sam Mardini and singer Rory Lyon vowed to return the next year at the head of a band. Combining Sam’s love for indie rock grooves with Rory’s dream pop flair, the duo tapped guitarist and synth extraordinaire Jeff Liesch, an expert in need of his next act. Guitarist Matt Fenaroli and bassist Rob Turner were found from spontaneously breaking into classic rock jams in a back alley, and lightenup was born.
Together, lightenup’s indie rock core is woven with guitar-driven grooves, shimmering synth textures, punchy rhythms, and emotional vocals. You’re sure to dance, you might kiss your neighbor, you might cry, and you’ll absolutely have a good time.
Lighten Up

Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach Out
2025-08-13 19:00 - 22:30
A concert and discussion series celebrating and exploring protest music beginning August 13th!

Pay What You Want
Doors 7, Music 8
Which Side?: A Protest Music Teach-Out is a concert and discussion series celebrating and exploring protest music. The events will use James Sullivan’s book, Which Side Are You On?: 20th Century American History in 100 Protest Songs, as a starting point for the presentation of songs that ask listeners to consider how music gives voice to resistance, advocacy, and change. While the series will anchor itself to the book, collaborators will also contribute 21st-century music, both originals and covers.
Scheduled to perform on August 13 are Kemp Harris, Dave Herlihy (O Positive), David Santos (Eddie Japan), Laurie Sargent with Dana Colley, Naomi Westwater, and Judge Milton Wright (Black Nativity). They will be backed by the house band, The Paid Protesters, led by Ed Valauskas, with Anthony Kaczynski (Magnetic Fields), Paul Buckley, Magen Tracy, and Mike Oram. Each performer will do a song inspired by Sullivan’s book, and a song of their own.
The 90-minute show will also feature commentary by Sullivan, and a short panel discussion at the end.
The show is scheduled to begin promptly at 8 p.m.
Admission is pay-what-you-want, with all proceeds going to the musicians and other direct expenses. Tickets can be reserved, but a reservation does not guarantee entry unless you are in the room by 7:30 p.m. If there are people waiting for entry, reservations will be released starting at that time.
If there are any profits after workers are paid, they will be donated to an appropriate non-profit fighting for intellectual freedom in our nation’s courts.
This series is produced by Joyce Linehan, Jon Lupfer, James Sullivan, and Ed Valauskas, with the help of many generous friends.

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Poets Vs Rappers
2025-08-10 19:00 - 22:00
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam’s Poets Vs Rappers August 10th!

$10
Doors 7

One of Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam’s most popular yearly events is back!! A night of friendly competition between cousins: poets and rappers. Some of our finest poets will meet some of our finest MC’s for a showdown not to be missed. DJ Christophlex will be manning the turntables, and we’ll have a special surprise guest host for the event.

https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

Minor Moon/Rich Hinman
2025-08-09 21:00 - 23:30
Minor Moon and the Rich Hinman Quartet live at the Lizard Lounge August 9th!

$20/$25 Door
Doors at 8

Minor Moon is the songwriting project of Chicago-based musician Sam Cantor. Conjuring elements of J.J. Cale, Grizzly Bear and Judee Sill, the band’s latest album, The Light Up Waltz (Ruination Record Co.) takes a big-hearted and kaleidoscopic lens to apocalyptic themes. The resulting vision is “deeply adventurous … a sharp, reflective eye on the rearview mirror” (Pop Matters) and shot through with “soothing, sure-footed tenderness … an undeniable buoyancy” (Chicago Reader).
Minor Moon

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.

Lady Lupine/The Endorphins/Chris Cardone
2025-08-08 21:00 - 23:30
Lady Lupine live at the Lizard Lounge with the Endorphins and Chris Cardone August 8th!

$15/$20 door
Door 8

Lady Lupine is a Boston based heavy soul band that delivers high energy performances of unique original material. The band creates an engaging live experience by cultivating visceral connections through sound. Fronted by vocalist Christina Lacoste, Lady Lupine draws inspiration from the soul of Amy Winehouse, and the sonic eclecticism of Portishead. Traces of Vulfpeck’s tight, technical funk, and Jimi Hendrix’s fuzz rock grooves can be heard in the band’s sound as well. In 2017, Lady Lupine was formed and began developing material that combines the respective members’ loves of classic soul and more modern, heavy rock. Jon and Josh provide a driving and edgy underlying layer that supports Christina and Fran’s soulful leads. Lady Lupine released their debut EP Trust in October 2019 followed by Extended Plays released in 2021.

LadyLupine.com

The Endorphins are a Boston-based trio fusing raw emotion with heavy textures and soaring melodies. Since forming in 2014, the band—Matt Bass (guitar/vocals), Austin Wilson (bass), and Jeff Walsh (drums)—has carved out a sound that lives somewhere between the haze of shoegaze and the punch of grunge, tied together by the heart of alternative rock. With immersive live shows and songs that balance grit and atmosphere, The Endorphins create a sonic space that feels both intimate and explosive.
The Endorphins

Chris Cardone’s been working with his electric guitar since 2011 as 1/3 of North Shore rock band Heavy Necker. Drawing inspiration from the rock, jazz, and blues greats of contemporary music, his style shoots with sincere lyricism and a heavy picking hand.

Jared Sims & Firecracker with special guest Brian Thomas
2025-08-07 20:00 - 23:30
Celebrate the latest release from Jared Sims “Firecracker” August 7th at the Lizard Lounge!

$15/20 doors
Doors at 7

Come celebrate the release of the newest album from Jared Sims entitled “Firecracker” featuring seven tracks of Hammond organ driven funky grooves!
Joining Jared for this show is special guest and longtime musical partner, trombonist Brian Thomas! The duo will be backed by a powerhouse rhythm section featuring Ken Clark on organ, Steve Fell on guitar and Ted Sullivan on drums.
In addition to plenty of new music, expect some throwback jams that Jared & BT have been rocky for years with bands including BT Allstars, Duochome & Akashic Record!

Jared Sims

The Duppy Conquerors
2025-08-06 20:00 - 23:00
The Duppy Conquerors bring their celebration of the music of Bob Marley to the Lizard Lounge August 6th!

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.

Featuring:
Errol Strength
Jonas Kahn
Tariq Nicholsan
Jake Pardee
Mark Ferranti
Kit Holliday
Sarah Mendelsohn
Jeff Robinson
Dave Szebeda
Clayton De Walt

https://duppyconquerors.band/
https://www.instagram.com/duppy.conquerors/

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Kaveh L. Afrasiabi
2025-08-03 19:00 - 22:30
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam August 3rd, with featured poet Kaveh L. Afrasiabi.

$10
Kaveh L. Afrasiabi, Ph.D. has studied political science and theology and is the author of more than 35 books, both scholarly and fiction, including 7 poetry books — on the pandemic, Ukraine war, 9/11 tragedy, Iran’s heroic women, law and (in) justice, love, peace, and Hello Palestine(https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Palestine-Poems-Peace-Holy/dp/B0CNTC8R91).. Kaveh’s feminist novel, Shiraz Diaries & Jallad, has been praised by NYU Professor Chelkowski as one of the most imaginative literary works on post-revolutionary Iran. (https://www.amazon.com/Shiraz-Diaries-Jallad-Novel-Contemporary/dp/B09QP3K9B6/). He is also the author of several plays, including one on the young Andy Warhol. Kaveh’s writings have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including The UN Chronicle, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Guardian (London), Berlin’s daily newspapers, and Harvard Theological Review, among others. Kaveh studied with the radical historian Howard Zinn and shares Howard’s knack for anti-war activism and radical critique of power. He has been banned from the First Parish of Concord for praying for Palestinians.Kaveh’s personal website is: www.kavehafrasiabi.com
https://www.lizardloungepoetryjam.com/

MC Kabir with Krush Factory
2025-08-02 21:00 - 23:30
MC Kabir and Krush Factory continue their monthly residency August 2nd!

$15/$20
Doors 8
Emcee, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kabir Sen is a veteran musician, hip hop artist, producer, and music teacher who has released songs with a wide range of established artists (Blackalicious, J-Live, Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Lyrics Born, EDO G, Ryan Montbleau and many others).
Originally from London, he has been a staples of Boston’s music scene, and, with the steady releases of new songs each month his momentum is currently stronger than ever. Listen to his new songs here:
KABIR SEN – MUSICIAN/PRODUCER | Instagram, YouTube, Spotify | Linktree
Kabir will be joined by members of the Krush Factory – a talented group of musicians from the Boston area featuring members of Morphine, Vapors of Morphine, The Slip, Pressure Cooker, Pop into the Chemist and Duppy Conquerors. This night will be a continuation of a long-running monthly show on the first Saturday of every month! http://www.kabirsen.com
