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Events Calendar
Most events are free and open to the public. The ticket price for college concerts in the Berklee Performance Center is $10 for the general public. For specific information about ticket prices and discounts please visit the BPC's website.
Upcoming Events: Concerts
May, 2008
May
15
Music Inspires Health Presents
Ingrid Michaelson
Thursday, May 15, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Ingrid Michaelson will be performing with her full band. Ari Hest and April Smith and the Great Picture Show will both open the show.
$20 general public, $15 students, General Admission
Executive Sessions Concert Series: Ernie and the Automatics
Thursday, May 15, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939
Founded by Ernie Boch Jr., the Automatics feature a dream machine lineup. Ernie, a guitarist and Berklee alumnus, drew from some of Boston's most successful musicians. [details]
May
16
World Music Presents
Mavis Staples
Friday, May 16, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Soul and gospel legend Mavis Staples has one of the most recognizable and treasured voices in contemporary music. A veteran of the music scene for over 40 years, she is a Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Grammy Lifetime Achievement winner, National Heritage Fellowship award winner, and one of VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock 'n' Roll.
Allston's The Rogue Heroes are one of a select few punk bands that have willingly ventured into new territory, seamlessly blending influences ranging from 50's rockabilly to funk and, of course, 70's punk à -la early Clash.
This event is standing room only.
Also appearing: Trans Cardia, The Hollow Sound
$5 Adult G.A.
May
17
Clarias
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939
Clarias are an explosive energy sensation with an unstoppable groove. The stylistically ecclectic quintet is highly accessible and will have audiences jumping.
This event is standing room only.
$10 Adult G.A.
LiveNation presents
Jewtopia—CANCELLED
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
This event has been cancelled. Refunds available at point of purchase.
May
22
Dr. Magpie
Dr. Magpie
Thursday, May 22, 6:00 p.m., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
The Limitations, with Jim Januzzi, director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Mass General Hospital. http://www.thelimitations.com/
$10 Adult G.A.
May
30
MassConcerts Presents
Marié Digby and Eric Hutchinson
Friday, May 30, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939
Singer/songwriter Eric Hutchinson has toured with G. Love and Joe Jackson, and opened for such artists as Blind Melon, Jonatha Brooke, Marshall Crenshaw, and Jason Mraz. Last year his album. Sounds Like This ranked in the iTunes list of top 10 sellers. Marié Digby is a singer/songwriter, guitarist, and pianist best known for her acoustic version of Rihanna's hit "Umbrella," which has been featured on YouTube, The Hills, and Last Call with Carson Daly. She released her debut album Unfold in April. [details]
David Yazbek is a long-time cult favorite—a recording artist, vocalist, and pianist known for his thrilling live performances and irreverent style. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee whose shows The Full Monty and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels have played in over 20 countries. His first album, The Laughing Man, won the N.A.I.R.D. Award for Best Pop Album of the Year. He is also a Grammy-nominated record producer and an Emmy-winning TV writer (for Late Night with David Letterman).
This event is standing room only.
Monday, June 2, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Jaheim is the forerunner of today's soul-originated r&b and a vocalist in the tradition of such greats as Teddy Pendergrass and Luther Vandross. Jaheim has released three albums over the past five years, platinum status Ghetto Love, Still Ghetto, and Ghetto Classics. Now he returns with his chart-topping hit The Makings of a Man on Atlantic Records.
Tickets on sale 5/03/08 at 10:00am
The Brakes are a genuine rock and roll band at first glance, but given a closer look, elements of folk, jazz and even post-rock reveal themselves, making their sound a distinct intertwining of American music, held together by insightful lyrics and memorable songs. Carney is a 4-piece Los Angeles musical phenomenon, who despite their young age (all 4 members are in their early 20's), have years of musical experience behind them.
$12.00 General Admission
June
12
Executive Sessions Concert Series
Six
Thursday, June 12, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939
Six, Welcome to our mid-life crisis. With John Swartz, lead systems engineer, The MITRE Corporation; Scott Gilmour, senior vice president, Fidelity Investments; Walter Ogier, former president and CEO, Arbios Systems, Inc.; Wendell Wickerham, president and principal, W/E/Wickerham Associates LLC; and Bruce Lauterwasser, senior manager, Raytheon Company. http://www.sixband.org/
$10 Adult G.A.
June
14
Berklee's 2008 Free Summer Concert Series
Zach Hillyard Band
Saturday, June 14, 5:00 p.m., Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
An amalgamation of talent, the Zach Hillyard Band has been playing throughout New England, with stints in New York City and southern California, for audiences of all ages and musical interests. With elements of pop, funk, and soul, this group offers a little something for everyone. It was recently named the Best College Band in New England in OurStage.com's College Clash competition.
Free Admission
Water Music Presents
The Dave Brubeck Quartet
Saturday, June 14, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
The legendary pianist, who celebrated his 87th birthday last December, came to national attention in the 1950s with his adventurous use of uncommon time signatures and his incorporation of classical approaches in jazz. Observers wonder why he continues to perform at such a brisk pace, when he could be taking in the view from his studio window in Connecticut. His son, Darius Brubeck, explains, "In jazz, if you don't have a working group, you can't improvise. So that's a stark choice for him. Not going on the road means you don't play jazz, and he doesn't want to give that up." Brubeck continues to opt for a smaller venue in Boston, instead of the larger ones he could play, because he enjoys the intimacy, and he thinks his audience does, too. Reedman Bobby Militello, bassist Michael Moore, and drummer Randy Jones round out the group.
Sunday, June 15, 6:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
For the first time on stage live, popular singers from Pakistan and India perform three hours of nonstop entertainment, backed by an eight-piece orchestra from Bollywood.
Matt Wertz is a handsome Missouri-born soulful rocker who has been splitting time between his home in Nashville and hundreds of stages around the world for the past six years. His latest offering, Everything In Between, displays a patina that prompts an even deeper appreciation of his music than initially seemed possible.
This event is standing room only.
$15 Adult G.A.
June
19
Ruffin-It Entertainment Presents
The Whispers
Thursday, June 19, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
On of r&b's most beloved and consistently popular vocal groups, the Whispers, began their legendary and timeless career in 1963. Twin brothers Walter and Wallace Scott, Nicholas Caldwel,l and Leaveil Degree formed the group on the streets of Watts. Their hits include "Rock Steady," "And the Beat Goes On," and "Lady."
Friday, June 20, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
With special guests Clare and the Reasons.
My Brightest Diamond is spearheaded by Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist and daughter of a national accordion champion father and a classical organist mother. Shara’s Mancini-esque string arrangements laced with dramatic guitars and punk rock drums define the Diamond sound. On stage she channels the vocal theatrics of Jeff Buckley, the soulful seductiveness of Nina Simone, and the gothic pop of Portishead. The band will release its second album in June on Asthmatic Kitty Records.
$20, reserved seating, $10 Berklee students with valid ID (at box office only, limit 2 per ID)
Saturday, June 21, 7:30 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Blessed with an unsettlingly pure voice and an incredible agility at composition, this Israeli singer with her jet-black hair fumbled a long time before succeeding with her first album, a collection of ballads that meander through folk and pop, with an elegiac frugality and multi-colored fantasy.
Brooke Fraser is a New Zealand born and bred singer-songwriter. Having spent four years living in Australia, Brooke is now setting up home in Los Angeles, CA, as she prepares for the North American release of her album ALBERTINE (Wood & Bone-in stores May 27) and a summer of touring with her US band.
This event is standing room only.
$15 Adult G.A.
June
27
Lizz Wright
Friday, June 27, 8:00 p.m., Cafe 939
Lizz Wright's first two Verve releases, Salt and Dreaming Wide Awake, established her as one of the jazz world's most celebrated rising stars, both an accomplished songwriter and a versatile, deeply expressive singer. On her third and most recent album The Orchard, the Georgia-bred, New York-based artist takes a substantial leap forward, transcending genre distinctions to deliver a vibrant, intensely creative milestone. Wright is an effortlessly magnetic performer, delivering subtly persuasive vocal performances in jazz/R&B settings.
This event is standing room only.
$20 Adult G.A.
July, 2008
July
3
McCoy Tyner with the Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra
Thursday, July 3, 8:00 p.m., The Montreal Jazz Festival
The Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra performs the big band music of
McCoy Tyner, with Tyner and his trio.
TBD
July
12
Berklee's 2008 Free Summer Concert Series
La Timbistica
Saturday, July 12, 5:00 p.m., Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
This all-star group of top scholarship students from Puerto Rico, Israel, and the continental United States was named this year's Best College Jazz Band in Down Beat's prestigious Student Music Awards thanks to its tracks "Puertorro," and "Electrik." With graduation still ahead, these artists have performance and recording experience beyond their years. Leader and percussionist Paulo Stagnaro performs on Paquito D'Rivera's Funk Tango, winner of the 2007 Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Recording. Other members have performed with Cachao, Victor Manuelle, Danilo Perez, and Dave Valentin, among others, and recorded for XM Radio. Later this year the band will headline the Tito Puente Latin Music Series in Boston and perform in Washington, D.C.'s Duke Ellington Jazz Festival.
Free
July
26
GNP Inc. Presents
Aimee Mann
Saturday, July 26, 8:00 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Saturday, August 9, 5:00 p.m., Salem Jazz and Soul Festival
A native of Saitama, Japan, Morita started playing classical piano at 4—and hated her lessons. But once she discovered jazz, she was hooked. Later, when Morita received a scholarship to study at Berklee, she put aside thoughts of doing anything other than following her dream of playing jazz. This expressive and energetic pianist recently won the Mary Jane Earnhart Endowed Scholarship.
Free
September, 2008
September
18
The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars. From left, Niv Toar, trumpet; Juan Maldonado, bass; Paulo Stagnaro, leader, congas; Marco Lopez, timbales; Abraham Olivo, piano; Enrique "Kalani" Trinidad, flute and saxophone.
Monterey Jazz Festival
The Berklee Latin Jazz All-Stars
Thursday, September 18, 12:00 p.m., Monterey Jazz Festival
Hear the group voted Best College Jazz Band in the 2008 Down Beat Student Music Awards. [details]
Free to Monterey-area music students
November, 2008
November
21
Comedy Central Presents
Jim Gaffigan
Friday, November 21, 7:30 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Jim Gaffigan has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, acting, and writing. As a stand-up comedian, Gaffigan’s clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His recent one hour Comedy Central special entitled “Beyond the Pale” has catapulted Gaffigan to one of the most popular touring and recorded comedians in the country today.
Saturday, November 22, 7:30 p.m., Berklee Performance Center
Jim Gaffigan has proven himself a major talent beloved to a wide range of audiences after achieving milestones in stand-up, acting, and writing. As a stand-up comedian, Gaffigan’s clever, quiet style has earned him an unprecedented number of appearances on both CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman and NBC’s Late Night with Conan O'Brien. His recent one hour Comedy Central special entitled “Beyond the Pale” has catapulted Gaffigan to one of the most popular touring and recorded comedians in the country today.
