North Central Mass Events

The Delta Generators Blues the Bull Run

Bull Run Restaurant 215 Great Rd., Shirley, MA, United States

Blues band The Delta Generators' "kickass confluence of guitars, blues harp and rhythm" come to the Bull Run Jan. 21. The Generators and singer/harmonica player Brian Templeton, who most know from his former Boston-based band, The Radio Kings or from his great solo albums, blend the fine line between rhythm and blues and Americana. Roots Music Report called them […]

Bluegrass Royalty Gibson Brothers at Bull Run

Bull Run Restaurant 215 Great Rd., Shirley, MA, United States

Back-to-back International Bluegrass Music Association Entertainers of the Year The Gibson Brothers (Eric and Leigh Gibson) harmonize through genres Jan. 28 at the Bull Run in Shirley. They're bluegrass royalty, who along with their Mockingbird Band (Eric O’Hara on steel & electric guitar, Sam Zucchini on percussion and Mike Barber on Bass), they step into uncharted territory on their country-soul breakout “Mockingbird,” […]

The Traveling Jones Birthday Gig in Templeton

Templeton Fish and Game 200 Club Road, Templeton, MA

Local group the Traveling Jones plays the Templeton Fish and Game Club in Templeton Saturday, Feb. 4, to celebrate frontman Nick Langlois' birthday!

Live Music: High Frequency at Gardner Eagles

Gardner Eagles 71 City Hall Ave., Gardner, Ma

High Frequency plays at the Gardner Eagles on Feb. 4. Join us downstairs as we return for our first public show at the Gardner Eagles 747. Looking forward to another fun night of filling the dance floor. See you there!

Double Bill: Traditional Music with Celtic Harp and Bluegrass

Groton Hill Music Center 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, United States

Celtic harpist Maeve Gilchrist and crossover bluegrass Kittel & Co. perform in a double bill Feb. 10 at Groton Hill Music Center. The two trad luminaries traverse the spheres of Scottish and Irish folk, Americana, and bluegrass. Gilchrist has taken the Celtic (lever) harp to new levels of performance and visibility with five critically-acclaimed albums […]

Live Music: R&B with Matthew Whitaker Quintet

Groton Hill Music Center 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, United States

R&B/jazz artist Matthew Whitaker and his Quintet bring soulful stylings with a robust band and Hammond B3 organ to Groton Hill Music Center on Feb. 11. Blind since birth and hailed as a prodigy, he opened for Stevie Wonder’s induction into the Apollo Theater’s Hall of Fame in 2011, performs at world-renowned venues, and has […]

Bach Concertos by Handel & Haydn Society

Groton Hill Music Center 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, United States

Could there be a more perfect collection of concertos than the Brandenburgs? Bach’s treasury of instrumental music, played on period instruments, promises an unparalleled immersion into the great master’s music. Led by Concertmaster Aisslinn Nosky and principal keyboard Ian Watson, H+H will bring us Brandenburg Concertos 2, 3, 4 and 5 as well as the popular Concerto […]

Pure Dead Brilliant Fiddle Kickoff Concert

Groton Hill Music Center 122 Old Ayer Road, Groton, MA, United States

Effervescent and engaging Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel performs at Groton Hills Music Center on Feb. 16. Cassel is a performer, teacher, and composer whose career spans over two decades. Her style fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton Island with Americana grooves and musical innovations, creating a cutting-edge acoustic sound that retains […]