Lizard Lounge Club

Joey Trio/Quadrapeg
2025-10-16 20:00 - 23:30 (America/New_York) | Lizard Lounge, 1667 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Joey Thieman Trio and Quadrapege live at the Lizard Lounge Oct 16th!

Three things bind this quartet together: friendship, a love of jazz and funk, and a shared sense of humor. In the 2010s, Bassist Jameson Stewart, organist Ben Blanchard, drummer Patrick Dalton, and guitarist Sam Crawford formed a close personal and musical rapport working together as sidemen in various styles. It wouldn’t be long until they tried playing their own instrumental music as a quartet. Today, QuadraPeg brings joy and vitality to their compositions and improvisations, always with a solid groove, camaraderie, and a touch of the absurd.
Quadrapeg

Joey Thieman is a multi-instrumentalist who moved to the Boston area in 2022 after living and performing in Kentucky for nearly 20 years. He plays a wide variety of styles and furthermore mixes styles seamlessly. In a jazz setting he reimagines the works of bands such as Nirvana, Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix and the Beatles mixing them with jazz, classical, and funk. During a typical performance he switches between organ, trumpet, piano, singing and guitar at will. His show represents his wide range of musical interests, and is meant to take the audience on an emotional journey.
joeythieman.com
IG- @josephthieman

Jen Kearney "Gas Station Poet" Vinyl Release Party with Kenya Hall
2025-10-17 20:00 - 23:30
Jen Kearney celebrates the release of “Gas Station Poet” on vinyl with Kenya Hall Oct 17th!

MUST BE 21+
$18/22 door
7 Doors

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 will be celebrating the release of a full-length album called “Gas Station Poet”coming up on October 17th. She has recorded and released six studio albums and an EP. She has done session work on many other projects. Kearney is a 2 time New England Music Award nominee for soul/r&b act of the year.
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 a 9-piece Latin band called 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.
“Jen Kearney is a gifted singer who can belt out a song with the best of them. She puts a refreshing new spin on funk music with thoughtfully conceived lyrics… simply mesmerizing.” -Steve Morse (Billboard/Rolling Stone)
“Jen Kearney is a singer-songwriter from Boston, Massachusetts that represents the very best of what that job description signifies. She’s got a vocal style that’s full-bodied and steeped in character. And her storytelling chops and facile lyrics are off the charts.”- Eric Harabadian (Downbeat/Geoff Wilbur’s Music Blog)
Jen Kearney

A dynamic force in the world of modern soul music, Kenya Hall delivers raw, powerful vocals backed by a deep groove and unapologetic passion. Drawing comparisons to legends like Erykah Badu and Lauryn Hill, Hall’s music blends soul, R&B, funk, and hip-hop with an authenticity that’s all her own. Whether she’s performing her original music or reimagining classics, Kenya Hall’s shows are an invitation to move, feel, and connect.
Kenya Hall

Jill McCracken and Honey Marmalade Live at the Lizard Lounge!
2025-10-18 20:00 - 23:00
Jill McCracken returns to the Lizard Lounge October 18th with Honey Marmalade!

$12/$18 door
Doors at 7
Jill McCracken (they/them) is a queer singer/songwriter making emotionally raw retro soul music. Heartfelt passion and vocal power remain front and center whether it’s a boisterous full band performance or an intimate solo set. McCracken’s influence has resonated with their home city of Boston, earning consistent Boston Music Award nominations over the past five years (Singer/Songwriter, Vocalist of the Year), clinching a New England Music Award (Soul/R&B act of the year), and being regarded as “a force to reckon with in the Boston Music Community” (Allston Pudding).
Jill McCracken

Performing under the stage name Honey Marmalade, Olivia Klein is a 26-year-old singer fromOmaha, Nebraska. After moving to New York to pursue music, Honey Marmalade has thefluidity to perform as a singer-songwriter, trio, or full-blown band. Pulling from influences of Blues, Rock, Indie, and Soul, Honey Marmalade strikes up a balance of Janis Joplin-like vocalswith equally powerful instrumental support.
Honey Marmalade

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Carol Johnson
2025-10-19 19:00 - 23:00
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Carol Johnson

$10
Carol Johnson is a poet of remembrance, resistance, and reclamation. Born into the lineage of Jamestown, an African American town founded by her fourth great-grandfather Ervin James in South Carolina, Carol carries the oral traditions of her ancestors with reverence and fire. Her poetry is both witness and offering, rooted in the rich soil of Black southern life and the enduring legacy of the African diaspora.Her debut poetry collection, O’Africa, threads together generations of oral wisdom, ancestral resilience, and sharecropper soil, birthing a tapestry of Pan-African memory, part poetry, part prose, that follows generations of the James family across time, memory, and place. Her poems aren’t linear; instead, they circle and spiral like gospel songs and griot tales—an embodied archive of survival, faith, and love. They remember. They reclaim. Spoken with the Sankofa bird perched on her shoulder, weaving memory, legacy, and lyricism into every line, Carol’s work loops backward to move forward, retrieving lost histories.Whether performing on stage or writing at her kitchen table, Carol invokes the sacred responsibility of the storyteller. Her work is especially resonant for those exploring identity, healing, and intergenerational legacy. It is a way of speaking truth and conjuring new futures from the bones of the past, creating space for what has been silenced, buried, or forgotten.

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Mike Viola Live at the Lizard Lounge
2025-10-22 20:00 - 23:00
Mike Viola returns to the Lizard Lounge October 22nd!

$20 adv/$25 doors
Doors at 7

Mike Viola is a producer, musician, songwriter and singer. Decades into his career his music continues to resonate with and inspire new generations of musicians and music lovers. Starting in 2019 Viola hit a prolific streak and released fan favorite records The American Egypt, Godmuffin, and Paul McCarthy, all recorded in his Los Angeles studio Barebones. His recent albums have garnered a whole new fan base and sold out shows around the US. His latest album, “Rock Of Boston”, was released on September 20th 2024 on Good Morning Monkey/Grand Phony in the US, Lojinx in Europe and SONY Japan and an international tour followed.
Rock Of Boston was recorded over the winter of 2023 on ½” tape at Barebones, Viola’s home studio in Los Angeles. Once again joined by his friends Jake Sinclair on bass and Brendon Urie on drums. Viola says, “I’m always writing songs, or pieces of songs, or riffs. My writing process changes every song, so I never get trapped in a method. I let the song lead me. While I was on a world tour playing guitar for Panic at The Disco, I wrote the bulk of this record on the bus between soundcheck and showtime. On the days off, I’d find a recording studio wherever we were and I’d book studio time to sneak away to lay down a few ideas. When the tour finished, Jake and Brendon came home to LA and we never stopped playing music together. We just switched from touring with Panic! to recording Rock Of Boston pretty seamlessly without a break. Maybe that’s why the riffs seem bigger on this record, we had spent all those months in hockey arenas around the world playing big music.”
https://www.mikeviola.com/#main

Ali McGuirk Watertop Release at the Lizard Lounge Night 1
2025-10-23 20:00 - 23:00
Ali McGuirk returns to the Lizard Lounge for a two night to celebrate her latest release “Watertop” Oct 23rd & 24th!

$22/25 Door
Doors 7

Ali McGuirk has never been a church mouse. Her 2022 album, Til It’s Gone, was met with widespread acclaim and praised for its “earthy tenderness and smart introspection” (Boston Herald). She now returns with a new album, Watertop, that elevates her signature soulful and smoldering sound to new heights—this time, the production is richer, and the message is unflinching.
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment that led to the freedom in McGuirk’s songwriting on “Watertop.” Perhaps it was when she began treating social activism—and her care for others—as a spiritual practice. This transformation gave Watertop its raison d’etre, which comes at you quickly with the opening track, “Love Goes First.” With Watertop McGuirk takes a magnifying glass to the complexities of human and societal value, unraveling the meanings of care, empathy, love, and even greed. At first listen, her words aren’t always what they seem. But the richness of McGuirk’s voice, the lucidity of her production, and the power of her delivery guide you to the truth.

Ali McGuirk

Ali McGuirk Watertop Release at the Lizard Lounge Night 2
2025-10-24 20:00 - 23:00

The Blue Ribbons/Spotted Tiger
2025-10-25 20:00 - 23:30
The Blue Ribbons return to the Lizard Lounge Oct 25th with Spotted Tiger

$15/$20
Doors 7

“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

Led by the songwriting of violist Laurence Scudder and guitarist Erik White, Spotted Tiger is rounded out by a malleable all-star combination of Boston area players. Together they play an inspiring variety of originals & hand-picked covers. Their music is a mix of americana, country, folk with a splash of island vibes. Its better to ask what their music doesn’t sound like to get an idea of what they sound like.

Spotted Tiger

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-MWALIM DaPhunkee Professor
2025-10-26 19:00 - 23:00
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet MWALIM DaPhunkee Professor October 26th!

$10
On Sunday, October 26, Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam gets a dose of storytelling theater as blues storyteller and playwright Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor, performs a condensed version of “A PARTY at the CROSSROADS”—a multi-award-winning storytelling theater piece… A storyteller took to the road 25 years ago, and now he’s back with new tales… Part confessional, part concert, and part griot’s tale, the work blends humor, history, and soul into an immersive journey through the independent music scene.

Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor is a multi-award-winning singer, musician, composer, storyteller, and spoken word artist whose performances blend soul, jazz, blues, and the rich oral traditions of his Afro-Caribbean and Native American heritage. A Mashpee Wampanoag elder, Mwalim is a founding member and band director of the multi-Grammy-nominated soul-funk band, The GroovaLottos, and a powerful voice in contemporary Indigenous and Black arts.
Backed by a live jazz trio and armed with his guitar, he brings a magnetic mix of music and storytelling to the Poetry Jam. His critically acclaimed album, THUNDERCHILD, earned top nominations in the 2025 Native American Music Awards and has taken him on tour across the East Coast and Canada since May 2024. He is also the author of the 2020 novel LAND of the BLACK SQUIRRELS.
A true modern griot, Mwalim’s work is a vibrant fusion of rhythm, memory, and cultural resistance.

Night of the Singing Bass Players with Miss Christine and Davina
2025-10-29 20:00 - 23:30
Miss Christine and Davina team up paying tribute to the Police and Paul Mccartney showcasing the versatility of the singing bassists Oct 29.

$15/$20 door
Doors 7

Christine Moad (they/them) shatters preconceived notions and societal expectations with their music. Moad, a bassist and singer-songwriter recording under the moniker Miss Christine, blends indie rock with blues and soul influences, delivered with a defiant punk attitude to open listeners’ minds to possibilities beyond the binary. Their exploration of their own genderqueer and asexual identity inspires their lyrics, resulting in songs that are both intensely personal while simultaneously challenging the harmful stereotypes and expectations associated with gender and sexuality. Even the name Miss Christine turns the gender binary on its head. The “Miss” has nothing to do with womanhood and everything to do with absence and longing. In this case, it’s the longing for truth and freedom from misguided external perceptions.
Since 2023, Miss Christine has captivated audiences at colleges and youth organizations across the nation with their powerful ‘Empowering Identities’ presentation, sharing their journey of discovering their gender identity and asexuality, inspiring young people to explore and embrace their own truths.
Miss Christine
Davina Yannetty (she/her) is a Boston-based multi-instrumentalist and has been dubbed a “musical Swiss army knife” by local colleagues. Armed with an encyclopedic pop music repertoire, Davina began her full-time career as a piano bar entertainer in 2011, impressing scores of folks all over the US and Europe, as well as passengers on Norwegian Cruise Lines. She is also the bass player and frontwoman of Boston-based yacht rock tribute band The Buoys of Summer. Hobbies include baking pizza, eating pizza, and coming up with ideas for new kinds of pizza.

The Reckoning Crew
2025-10-30 20:00 - 23:30
The Reckoning Crew, an acoustic celebration of the music of the Grateful Dead, return to the Lizard Lounge on Oct 30th!

$15/$20 door
Doors 7
Acoustic Grateful Dead Tribute “The Reckoning Crew” plays live acoustic renditions of the your favorite Grateful Dead tunes from Reckoning and beyond!The Reckoning Crew brings together stalwart members of the Boston Grateful Dead scene to present an authentic emulation of the Dead’s iconic acoustic performances captured on the “Reckoning” album. Not limited to just this period of the Dead’s career, The Reckoning Crew, featuring David Rubin & Ian Brenckle from Diamond Blues, Mark Munzer of Playing Dead, Mike Verge from Torn and Frayed and Ben DeUrso of Citizens’ Dead, has a deep love for all of the material of the storied songbook, and showcases that along with a fierce focus on improvisation & communication for a real good time!

Halloween with Dub Apocalypse!
2025-10-31 21:00 - 23:30
Step into our blood red basement lair and spend your Halloween with the lords of the Echo Plex Dub Apocalypse live at the Lizard Lounge!

$20 adv/$25 door
Doors 8

Spend a spooky echo drenched Halloween in our blood red basement lair at the Lizard Lounge with Dub Apocalpse! Tricks AND treats all night long! Costumes encouraged!
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.

Dub Apocalypse

MC Kabir with Krush Factory
2025-11-01 21:00 - 23:30
MC Kabir and Krush Factory continue their monthly residency Nov 1st

$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

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-William James
2025-11-02 19:00 - 22:30
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet William James Nov 2nd!

$10
William James (Bill Stambaugh) has been writing since his college days. A performer at heart , he was pulled to the stage at an early age and has never looked back . He is an actor, director, teacher and coach that preaches self confidence in his guidance to poets and actors who want to elevate to the next level. As the dark days of Covid-19 were finally fading , he wandered into the theatre his wife was president of and watched a group of poets begin rehearsing for a presentation they were getting ready for , offered to assist in their ‘organization’ of the presentation … and he has been religiously following them ever since. Now , 3 years after his first evening at the Lizard Lounge , he is a timekeeper / scorekeeper as well as a co host ( and part-time LL Slam Team coach ) for the Sunday evening festivities each week, and he could not be happier or prouder to be a part of such an amazing community.He is humbled to be surrounded by such talent, and he owes a huge thank you to these artists, truly all of them , for bringing him into such an amazing circle….
Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam

The Duppy Conquerors
2025-11-05 20:00 - 23:00
The Duppy Conquerors bring their celebration of the music of Bob Marley to the Lizard Lounge November 5th!

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/

Solomon Fox/ToriTori
2025-11-06 20:00 - 23:30
Solomon Fox live at the Lizard Lounge Nov 6th in support of his latest release “Sweettooth” with special guest ToriTori!

$15/$20 door
7 Doors

North Carolina-native Solomon Fox is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose left-of-center recordings combine funk-influenced grooves, lush vocal harmonies, and off-kilter lyrics. Fox first began writing songs at age 9 on his parent’s upright piano, recording them into GarageBand alongside his brother Elijah Fox. In 2024, Fox broke through again with the viral songs “weird” and “you don’t cook,” receiving over 5 million views and attracting praise from the likes of Queen Latifah, Erykah Badu, Ty Dolla $ign, Ne-Yo, T-Pain and more. His much awaited sophomore album, Sweettooth, is slated for release in Fall 2025, boasting features from Duckwrth, Amaria, and more. He has been featured on NPR, Spotify’s Fresh Finds and Vanguard, Early Rising, CLTURE and a host of other digital, radio, and physical publications.

Solomon Fox

Tori Tori is a Boston-based, multigenre vocalist, songwriter, and music producer. Her unique and eclectic musical style, as well as her storytelling prowess and mesmerizing melodies were highly influenced by innovators like Missy Elliot, Stevie Nicks, and Thundercat. They were honed during her time as a student at Boston Arts Academy and Berklee College of Music. Using nothing more than her voice, her looper and imagination, she’ll take you on a journey through her world, her coexistence with the pleasures and quarrels of love, and her ever evolving relationship with self.
ToriTori

Super Sweet Sounds Of The 70's Record Release Episode 1
2025-11-07 21:00 - 23:00
Duke Levine and the Super Sweet Sound of the 70’s Return to the Lizard Lounge for three shows for their album release !

Help us celebrate the release of our first ever record. As we like to say, “Take a walk down the bong-lined sidewalks, yadda, etc, etc”!! We’re pretty excited for this new release, even though it’s all already up on YouTube via the vids of our in-studio performances. But now it’s available as a complete Audio-Only set! So you can just sit back, relax and give this almost hour-long fever-dream of the 1970s a spin. A stream. What. Ever. We’re stoked, come to the show! Buy a CD!
Duke Levine – Guitar
Kevin Barry – Guitar & Lap Steel
Mike Rivard – Bass
Paul Schultheis – Keys
Yahuba Garcia-Torres – Congas & Percussiom
Dean Johnston – Drums
Duke Levine

Super Sweet Sounds Of The 70's Record Release Episode 2
2025-11-08 17:00 - 19:00

Super Sweet Sounds Of The 70's Record Release Episode 3
2025-11-08 21:00 - 22:30

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam-Rudy Cabrera
2025-11-09 19:00 - 22:30
The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with featured poet Rudy Cabrera Nov 9th!

$10
Rudy Cabrera aka Rudacious is an Actor/Poet/Storyteller from Providence, RI. Rudy started Acting at 17 and has done an array of stage productions from various Shakespeare shows to more modern contemporary theater productions, even doing bilingual Spanish speaking roles. Rudy also graced the stage of PPAC (Providence Performance Art Center) which seats up to 3,100 in Trinity Rep’s yearly production of “Christmas Carol!” On camera Rudy has played Dimitrius in the Boston Based web series “The Pineapple Diaries” and Jason Myers in the 18x award winning Hip Hop horror short film “Deep Redd!”As a poet Rudy has performed nationally in poetry slams representing the Lizard Lounge team in Cambridge, MA and in 2013 his team made the top 8 in the country. A two time winner at the 2024 Motif Awards, Rudy has dominated the stages of countless schools, fundraisers, conferences and even random hole in the wall dive bars. “I’m just a lover of language. I seek both the witty ness of language to entertain & then the purpose of language to create the emotion or message I want the audience to have! It’s really about connecting words with people!”

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam

Ahren Shreeve
2025-11-12 20:00 - 23:00
Ahren Shreeve Trio premier live at the Lizard Lounge November 12th!

$12/17 adv
Doors 7
Over the last 7 years, Ahren Shreeve has embedded himself within the Boston music scene. While Ahren has frequently stepped in for other musicians and bands, he has taken on the task of leading his own show. Utilizing his improvisational skills and melodic expression, Ahren performs his interpretations of classic and familiar tunes. He will be accompanied by the talented Tony Irons and Erick Cifuentes on bass and drums.
Ahren Shreeve
Ahren Shreeve Insta

Why Try/Everfiner
2025-11-13 20:00 - 23:00
Join us November 13th for Why Try and Everfiner live at the Lizard Lounge at 8 oclock!

$10/15 door
Doors 7
Why Try? is a 5 piece alt-rock band, described as 90’s-inspired They strive for a varied sound, inspired by the Cranberries, the Pixies, Wolf Alice, Stone Temple Pilots, the Offspring, Foo Fighters, and Florence and the Machine.
Why Try Bandcamp
Why Try Insta

EVERFINER is a Boston based six piece rocking thoughtful originals in overlapping genres including, shimmer-folk, shimmer-funk, indie, and pop. BIG HUGE harmonies lay on top of a tight, minimalist rhythm section, and if you’re lucky a horn section will casually be lowered from the rafters.
Lyrically these tunes work through issues of identity, long distance relationships, boundaries, and the flux of family.
​EVERFINER is a beautiful collective of musicians who care deeply for one another and about sharing their art. As we all grow and learn each day we are all becoming a little more EVERFINER.

Everfiner
Everfiner Insta
