Tag: Boston Calling

  • If you’re looking for a weekend getaway and you love music as much as we do at Love is Pop, you should come visit the city of Boston on the weekend of September 25 – September 27 and attend the fine festival that is Boston Calling.  We’ve covered Boston Calling twice already — this past…

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  • FRIDAY SINGLE DAY TICKETS AND WEEKEND PASSES GO ON SALE TOMORROW TUESDAY AUGUST 4, 2015 at 10am EST August 3, 2015 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling reveals its schedule of performers for Friday, September 25, 2015. The Avett Brothers, Of Monsters and Men and Gregory Alan Isakov will perform on the first night of…

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  • Special thanks to Maia Kennedy, contributing editor, for her excellent photos. Connect with Maia Kennedy Photography: maiakphotography.com facebook.com/maiakphotography instagram/maiakphotography DAY THREE: SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 THE BALLROOM THIEVES Boston’s own band The Ballroom Thieves were formed in 2011.  On Facebook they describe the genre of their music as “alternative rock & folkin’ roll.”  And they really could…

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  • written by Michael McCarthy If this past weekend’s Boston Calling music festival is any indication, 2015 is going to be another beautiful, summer of love… As with the Boston Calling festival I attended last September, the vibes this May were just as warm and fuzzy. I’ve never been so surrounded by shiny, happy people as…

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  • Once again the fine folks who put together Boston Calling have put together a killer line up for this year’s festival #2, which is in September.  Check out the full line up and more information below! PRESS RELEASE: BOSTON CALLING MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS SEPTEMBER 2015 LINEUP: THE AVETT BROTHERS, ALT-J, ALABAMA SHAKES, HOZIER, OF MONSTERS…

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  • The Boston Calling music festival begins tomorrow night at City Hall Plaza, just across the street from the Haymarket T stop on the orange or green line.  Sharon Van Etten opens the festival  when she performs at 6:30.  Tame Impala will perform at 7:45 and headliner Beck will go on at 9:15.  Check out the…

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  •   THREE-DAY TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW, FRIDAY MAY 1st AT 10AM EST AT WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM April 30, 2015 – Boston, MA – Boston Calling is excited to announce the new dates for its September 2015 festival: September 25 – 27, 2015.  The new weekend dates are moved back later in September, in order to better accommodate all of the…

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  • PRESS RELEASE IN SUPPORT OF ONE BOSTON DAY,  BOSTON CALLING WILL DONATE 25% of TICKET SALES ON APRIL 15, 2015  TO FOUR DIFFERENT ONE FUND CHARITIES WHAT: Boston Calling Music Festival is among the many local businesses standing behind One Boston Day, Mayor Walsh’s newly announced, city-wide tradition that honors the resiliency, generosity and strength of the city…

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  • I am very excited to inform you that I will once again be bringing you coverage of the Boston Calling Music Festival, which will take place next month on May 22, 23, and 24.  You may recall that I covered their last festival during September of last year. And, let me tell you, it was a blast.…

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  • Boston Calling has announced their May 2015 line up and it’s amazing, arguably their best line up yet!  Almost every artist on the line up is one of our favorites!  The complete list of artists appearing is posted below in their official press release.  Artists we’re most looking forward to are Beck, St. Vincent, TV On The…

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  • Before they announce their May 2015 line up tomorrow, Boston Calling is having a scavenger hunt tonight.  Here’s the full release explaining it all: What: As it prepares to reveal its May 2015 lineup and to make tickets available for purchase tomorrow, Wednesday, January 14, 2015, Boston Calling is raising the stakes and the excitement…

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  • Sunday September 7, 2014 – Boston, Massachusetts: It’s no secret that I have fibromyalgia and one of the most important things when you have it is getting enough sleep. To that end, I slept in a bit on Sunday, missing the 11 o’clock train from Lowell to Boston, which meant I needed to wait for…

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  • Saturday September 6, 2014 – Boston, Massachusetts: Before I get into my reviews of the individual artists who performed on Saturday, I have to say something else about the people who attended the event. Not only were they peaceful, they were also friendly and trustworthy. I’d like to think that I made a few new…

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  • Friday September 5, 2014 – Boston, Massachusetts The reason why the headline above indicates that this edition of the Boston Calling Festival takes place in September, as if that weren’t obvious, is simple: there was already a Boston Calling Festival this year, back in June.  I’m still sorry that I didn’t ask for press access, especially since it…

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  • Boston, MA – Boston Calling returns with a heavy hitting lineup this September 5, 6 and 7, 2014 at the city’s historic City Hall Plaza [One City Hall Square, Boston, Massachusetts]. Produced by Crash Line Productions, Boston Calling will once again deliver 22 live performances this September.  A limited number of tickets are still available for purchase at www.bostoncalling.com. WHAT’S NEW: Boston…

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