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Being There's City Guide
From now on, the Being There staff is going to do their best to offer a rundown of some of the things happening in a few North American hotspots in the month of June that we feel our readers might be interested in. With any luck, tickets might still be available. It’s important to understand that this is by no means a complete or definitive list, so be sure to check your local listings, but here are some things of interest to us:
Austin, Texas
June 1 – Doyle Bramhall @ Scholz Garden
June 2 – Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez @ Shady Grove
June 4 – Bright Eyes/The Faint @ Stubb’s Barbeque
June 5 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Emo’s
June 9 – Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion @ Cactus Cafe; Ian McLagan & The Bump Band @ Lucky Lounge
June 10 – Of Montreal @ The Parish
June 16 – Ryan Adams @ Stubb’s Barbeque
June 18 – Loudon Wainwright III @ University of Texas
June 21 – Johnny Dowd & Neko Case @ Antone’s; Kathleen Edwards @ The Parish
June 24 – Todd Snider @ La Zona Rosa
June 25 – Spoon @ Stubb’s Barbeque
June 25 – Django Walker & Jerry Jeff Walker @ The Oasis
June 26 – Michelle Shocked @ Antone’s
Boston, Massachusetts
June 3 – Jake Brennan & The Confidence Men @ Copley Square Park
June 4 – Josh Ritter, Keane, and Regina Spektor @ Bank of America Pavillion
June 6 – Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Paradise Club
June 7 – Interpol, Louis XIV, and The Killers @ Bank of America Pavillion; Spoon @ Paradise Rock Club; The Futureheads @ WFNX Cruise
June 9 – Aimee Mann and Ben Lee @ Orpheum Theatre
June 10 – Keren Ann and Juana Molina @ Museum of Fine Arts
June 15 – Pixies @ Agganis Arena
June 17 – Robert Plant @ Bank of America Pavillion
June 22 – Sleater-Kinney @ Avalon; Laura Cantrell @ Museum of Fine Arts
June 24 – My Morning Jacket & Wilco @ Agganis Arena
June 25 – Eric Burdon & The Animals, The Box Tops Feat. Alex Chilton @ Hatch Shell
Chicago, Illinois
June 1 – Common @ House of Blues
June 3 – Q101 Block Party (incl. Hot Hot Heat, Queens of the Stone Age and Interpol) @ New City YMCA; Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys @ Shubas; Fishbone @ House of Blues
June 4 – John Prine (with Mary Gauthier) @ Orchestra Hall; Kraftwerk @ Riviera Theatre
June 8 – Madeleine Peyroux @ Park West
June 9-12 – “Chicago Breakdown” Blues Festival (incl. Hubert Sumlin, Buddy Guy, Pinetop Perkins, Koko Taylor, Mavis Staples, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers feat. Mick Taylor)
June 10 – The Futureheads @ Metro/Smart Bar; Rodney Crowell and Will Kimbrough @ Old Town School of Folk Music
June 11 – 50 Foot Wave @ Abbey Pub; Robbie Fulks @ Double Door; The Coral @ Martyr’s; Stephen Malkmus & The jicks @ Metro/Smart Bar; Marah @ Schubas; Spoon @ Vic Theatre
June 15 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Logan Square Auditorium
June 16 – Sleater-Kinney @ Riviera Theatre
June 22 – Eels @ Park West
June 23 – Keren Ann and Great Lake Swimmers @ Schubas
June 24 – The Funk Brothers @ House of Blues; Keren Ann @ Schubas
June 26 – Ann Peebles @ Abbey Pu
June 28 – Modest Mouse @ Northerly Island Amphitheatre
Los Angeles, California
Jon Brion plays the piano every Friday evening @ Largo. This month’s lineup of acts also includes Glen Phillips, Inara George, and Fountains of Wayne. See www.largo-la.com for details.
June 2- 50 Foot Wave @ Knitting Factory; The Pixies @ The Wiltern (second show on June 3)
June 4 – The Mars Volta @ The Greek Theatre
June 6 – Kraftwerk @ The Greek Theatre
June 8 – John Doe & The Hangmen @ King King; Sleater-Kinney @ Music Box at The Fonda (second show on June 9)
June 11 & 12 – Playboy Jazz Festival @ The Hollywood Bowl (feat. Joshua Redman, Keb’ Mo’, Dr. John, George Benson, Michael Brecker, etc.)
June 13 – Keren Ann @ Tangiers (second show on June 14)
June 14 – Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (with Martha Wainwright) @ El Rey Theatre; Bright Eyes @ Grand Olympica Auditorium; The Roots & Wilco @ Greek Theatre; Amos Lee @ The Knitting Factory; X @ Music Box at the Fonda; Doves @ The Wiltern
June 17 – 70s Soul Jam @ The Greek Theatre (feat. Chi-Lites, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, etc.)
June 19 – Feist & Rilo Kiley @ The Wiltern
June 21 – The Futureheads @ Music Box at the Fonda
June 24 – Madeleine Peyroux @ Greek Theatre
June 26 – David Byrne (with Arcade Fire) @ The Hollywood Bowl
Montreal, Quebec
June 1 – Louis XIV and The Killers @ Metropolis
June 3 – Jerry Seinfeld @ Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
June 13 – Heavy Trash, The Sadies @ Le Swimming
June 19 – Sleater-Kinney @ La Tulipe
June 25 – Modest Mouse @ Stade Uniprix
June 28 – My Morning Jacket & Wilco @ Metropolis
June 29-July 9 – Festival International de Jazz de Montreal (June performances include Blind Boys of Alabama and Mavis Staples)
Nashville, Tennesse
June 5 – Mike Doughty @ 3rd & Lindsley
June 8 – Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Exit/In
June 9 – Cheap Trick @ Mercy Lounge
June 16 – Marah @ 3rd & Lindsley; Caitlin Cary and Thad Cockrell @ Mercy Lounge
June 17 – Aimee Mann and Ben Lee @ The Cannery
June 18 – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Cannery Row Revival; Chatham County Line @ Opryland Plaza Party
June 24 – Robbie Fulks @ Opryland Plaza Party
June 28 – Bob Dylan & Willie Nelson @ Greer Stadium
June 29 – Robert Plant @ Ryman Auditorium
New Orleans, Louisiana
June 3 – Bright Eyes @ TwiRoPa
June 5 – Jonathan Richman @ One Eyed Jacks
June 9 – Iron And Wine @ House of Blues
June 12 – Of Montreal @ TwiRoPa
June 13 – Ryan Adams @ House of Blues
June 14 – John Fogerty @ House of Blues
June 15 – Old 97’s @ Tipitina’s Uptown
June 16 – The Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Wednesdays On The Square
New York City, New York
June 1 – B.B. King @ B.B. King’s Blues Club (additional shows on June 2 and June 6); Kraftwerk @ Hammerstein Ballroom; Graham Parker & The Figgs @ Hudson Theatre; Robbie Fulks @ Mercury Lounge
June 2 – Philip Glass @ Lincoln Center (additional shows on June 3 and 4)
June 3 – Funky Meters @ B.B. King’s Blues Club
June 4 – Louis XIV and The Killers @ Central Park SummerStage; Cowboy Junkies @ Irving Plaza
June 5 – Marah @ Bowery Ballroom; Loudon Wainwright III @ Joe’s Pub (second show on June 6)
June 6 – Blind Boys of Alabama @ The Apollo Theatre; Josh Ritter @ The Cutting Room; The Futureheads @ Webster Hall
June 7 – Daniel Lanois @ Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel; Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Irving Plaza
June 8 – John Fogerty @ Irving Plaza; Chuck Prophet @ Joe’s Pub; Spoon @ Webster Hall (second show on June 9)
June 9 – Black Eyed Peas @ The Apollo Theatre; The Coral @ Bowery Ballroom; Old 97’s @ Irving Plaza
June 10 – Aimee Mann & Ben Lee @ Roseland
June 11 – Graham Parker & The Figgs @ Knitting Factory; They Might Be Giants @ South Street Seaport
June 13 – “Four Seasons of Hope Benefit” featuring The Who @ Gotham Hall; Sloan @ Bowery Ballroom (additional show on June 14)
June 14 - 50 Foot Wave @ Mercury Lounge
June 15 – John Prine @ Town Hall
June 16 – Heavy Trash (with The Sadies) @ Pussycat Lounge; Iron And Wine @ Webster Hall (additional show on June 17)
June 19 – Ringo Starr @ Irving Plaza; Ann Peebles @ Joe’s Pub
June 20 – Steve Winwood @ Beacon Theatre; Modest Mouse @ Central Park SummerStage
June 21 – Keren Ann @ Beacon Theatre
June 22 – Little Richard @ B.B. King’s Blues Club; Oasis @ Madison Square Garden
June 23 – Sleater-Kinney @ Roseland
June 25 – Feist @ Bowery Ballroom; John Hiatt (with the North Mississippi All-Stars) @ Webster Hall
June 26 – Robert Plant @ Beacon Theatre (second show on June 27); Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Irving Plaza
June 28 – The Roots @ Central Park SummerStage; Richard Thompson @ Financial Center Plaza
June 30 – Ollabelle @ Seaport Music Festival; Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion @ South Street Seaport; Eels @ Town Hall
San Francisco, California
June 1 – Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra @ The Independent (second show on June 2)
June 2 – David Cross @ Cobb’s Comedy Club (additional shows on June 3 and 4); Of Montreal @ Great American Music Hall
June 3 – 50 Foot Wave @ Café Du Nord
June 3-26 – SFJazz Spring Season @ various dates and venues (includes Brian Blade Fellowship, Joshua Redman, and others)
June 4 – Sleater-Kinney @ The Warfield
June 8 – Dr. John @ Slim’s; Kathleen Edwards @ The Independent
June 9 – Van Morrison @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium
June 13 – Doves @ The Fillmore
June 15 – Eels @ Great American Music Hall; The Coral @ Slim’s; Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks (with Martha Wainwright) @ The Fillmore; The Roots @ The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center
June 16 – Keren Ann @ Café Du Nord; Greg Proops @ Cobb’s Comedy Club (additional shows on 17, 18, 19); Amos Lee @ The Independent
June 18 – The Futureheads @ The Fillmore; Feist & Rilo Kiley @ The Grand Ballroom at Regency Center
June 19 – John Doe and Lucinda Williams @ Stern Grove; Spoon @ The Fillmore (second show on 20)
June 22 – Louis XIV @ The Fillmore
June 23 – Vic Chesnutt @ Swedish American Hall
June 28 – Fountains of Wayne @ Café Du Nord
Seattle, Washington
June 3 – Amy Allison, Ruby Dee & The Snake Handlers, and The Picketts @ Tractor Tavern
June 4 – Kathleen Edwards @ Neumo’s
June 7 – 50 Foot Wave @ Crocodile Café
June 10 – Antibalas @ Chop Suey
June 11 – Doves @ Showbox
June 15 – Brunettes, Feist, and Rilo Kiley @ Showbox
June 16 – The Futureheads @ Neumo’s
June 17 – The Coral @ Crocodile Café; Eels @ Moore Theatre
June 18 – Lhasa, Martha Wainwright, and Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Neumo’s; Spoon & The Clientele @ Showbox.
June 24 to August 26 – Cingular Summer Nights at South Lake Union Park (June performances include Lucinda Williams (with John Doe) on the 24th, Lyle Lovett on the 25th and 26th, and Buddy Guy on the 30th
June 25 – Blanche @ Crocodile Cafe
Toronto, Ontario
June 1 - Joss Stone @ Massey Hall; Jim and Jennie And The Pinetops @ Lee’s Palace.
June 3 – Matt Mays & El Torpedo @ Lee’s Palace
June 4 – The Raveonettes & Lee’s Palace; Ron Sexsmith, Oscar Peterson, and Esthero w/ the Toronto Symphony Orchestra @ Roy Thompson Hall (see www.sonicbloom.ca)
June 5 – Spoon @ Lee’s Palace
June 6 – Blanche @ Horseshoe Tavern; Amos Lee @ El Mocambo
June 7 – The Coral @ Mod Club; Ron Sexsmith, Emm Gryner, Jim Cuddy, Sarah Slean, Bruce Cockburn and others as part of the North-by-Northeast/White Ribbon Campaign’s 8th Annual White Ribbon Concert to Raise Awareness of Men’s Violence Against Women (www.whiteribbon.com)
June 9-11 – North-by-Northeast Festival @ various venues (includes appearances by The New York Dolls, Marah, 54-40, and Bruce Cockburn – visit www.nxne.com for details)
June 10 – Bobby McFerrin @ Roy Thompson Hall; The Distillery Blues Festival @ The Distillery District (www.distilleryblues.com)
June 11 – Daniel Lanois @ The Winter Garden Theatre
June 12 – Ivy @ Lee’s Palace
June 17 – Oasis and Jet @ Molson Amphitheatre
June 18 – Sleater-Kinney @ Phoenix
June 22 – NOFX @ Kool Haus
June 23 – Long John Baldry @ Hugh’s Room; James Taylor @ Molson Amphitheatre
June 24-July 3 – TD Canada Trust Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival @ various venues (includes appearances by Antibalas, Dick Hyman, Sonny Rollins, Arturo Sandoval, and Keren Ann)
June 28 – Guy Clark @ Hugh’s Room
Vancouver, British Columbia
June 2 – Lyle Lovett @ Commodore Ballroom
June 8 – Antibalas @ Commodore Ballroom
June 9 – Doves @ Commodore Ballroom
June 16 – Rilo Kiley @ Richard’s On Richards
June 17 – Spoon @ Commodore Ballroom
June 19 – Keren Ann @ Red Room @ The Drink; Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Richard’s On Richards
June 24-July 3 - TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz Festival @ various venues (includes appearances by Madeleine Peyroux, Ron Sexsmith, Bill Frisell, and Mavis Staples)
June 25 – Lucinda Williams @ Stanley Park
June 26 – Blanche @ Richard’s On Richards
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