Greg Piccolo & Heavy Juice
Thu, July 30, 2026 7:00pm
A New England Music Hall of Famer with multiple Blues Music Award nominations, Greg Piccolo has shared stages with visionaries such as Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pat Benatar, and many more. Alongside Heavy Juice, he moves fluidly between haunting tenor sax ballads, honking rock and roll, and original R&B gems on guitar, every note in service of the song. Six decades in, he remains one of the most distinctive voices in traditional jazz, blues, and R&B, and this is a rare chance to see him up close.
Blues Torch
Pure Powerhouse Blues!
Fri, Aug 7, 2026 7:00pm
Ryan Newman, Matt Swanton, and Brad Dubay are three of New England's most electrifying young blues guitarists, brought together by an unplanned rehearsal jam that turned into a band. Backed by a veteran rhythm section, the combination of young intensity channeled through seasoned discipline makes the show hit differently. Three guitars, a century of road, and a sound that pulls from delta blues, Chicago electric, and Southern rock while answering to none of them alone.
The Jon Finn Group
Ft Koji Tsumoto
A Genre Bending Pure Power Experience!
Fri, Aug 14, 2026 7:00pm
Jon Finn has spent years lighting up The Fallout Shelter stage as lead guitarist for Steely Dan tribute No Static, but this time he brings his own band, the Jon Finn Group. Joined by Japanese fusion guitar master Koji Tsumoto, alongside Juli Finn, Larry Finn, Rich Cesarini, and Joe Santerre, they bring the power of Jeff Beck, the atmosphere of Pink Floyd, the complexity of Yes and King Crimson, and the ethereal shimmer of Enya. It's a genre-bending, pure power experience you won't want to miss.
Jason Ricci, Bruce Katz & Friends
Sat, Aug 22, 2026 7:00pm
When harmonica virtuoso Jason Ricci is on a bill, it's already a can't miss night, but add organ master Bruce Katz to the mix and it becomes something else entirely. Nights like this don't come around often, and this one goes a step further with a cast of talented friends rounding out the bill. Pure roots blues from some of the best in the business, up close on The Fallout Shelter's intimate stage.
Joanna Connor Band
Release Show for Live at The Fallout Shelter Album!
Sat, Aug 29, 2026 7:00pm
Joanna Connor returns for the release show of Live On 11/11, her first-ever official live album, recorded right here at The Fallout Shelter. After hearing the mastered tracks, Connor called it the best recording of her career, hands down. This historic release captures the raw, incendiary magic that has made the “Queen of Blues Rock Guitar” a global touring phenomenon.
Los Texmaniacs
With Willie J Laws
Wed, Sep 2, 2026 7:00pm
Los TexManiacs bring a Grammy Award winning mix of Tex-Mex conjunto, Texas rock, well-cured blues and blistering hot R&B licks to The Fallout Shelter, joined by local legend and original member Willie J Laws Jr. Fronted by Max Baca, who has appeared on ten Grammy winning albums, the band builds its sound around his mastery of the bajo sexto, the instrument at the heart of conjunto. This is Tex-Mex music at its highest level, up close and unfiltered.
Dave Limina's Wednesdave Blues
Wed, Sep 9, 2026 7:00pm
Wednesdave Blues is a new once-a-month blues extravaganza featuring pianist and Hammond organ player Dave Limina. Dave is a Boston music legend, having spent 25 years alongside Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters and shared the stage with an impressive list of greats. A mainstay on the New England music circuit and Chairman of the Keyboard Department at Berklee College of Music, he'll draw from his deep well of accomplished friends for a rotating cast of guests each month.
Chris Bergson Band
Featuring Bruce Bears, Jesse Williams & Mark Texeira
Sat, Sep 12, 2026 7:00pm
Chris Bergson returns to The Fallout Shelter leading a mighty all-star band featuring Bruce Bears on piano and organ, Jesse Williams on bass, and Mark Texeira on drums. Collectively they've performed with Duke Robillard, the North Mississippi All-Stars, Levon Helm, Hubert Sumlin, Al Kooper, and more, and Bergson himself carries a spot in the New York Blues Hall of Fame. That pedigree runs straight through his own music, where blues, soul, and rock move easily together, the mark of a songwriter who's found his own voice inside the tradition.
The Margo Macero Band
Fri, Sep 18, 2026 7:00pm
Margo Macero returns to The Fallout Shelter for her third appearance and first in over a year, delivering no-holds-barred energy with off the charts guitar chops and a voice that can melt hearts and steel. Rooted in New York's Adirondack region, she carries a proud musical lineage through her late uncle Teo Macero, whose studio work with Miles Davis and Duke Ellington left its mark on how she hears music now. Over the past decade she's honed her craft on festival stages and national television, fusing classic rock, country, and blues into something that's all her own.
Carolyn Wonderland
The Texas Blues Legend In Her Fallout Shelter Debut
Sat, Sep 26, 2026 7:00pm
Carolyn Wonderland is a Texas blues legend with the soulful vocals of Janis Joplin and the slinging guitar skills of Stevie Ray Vaughan, playing original, bluesified, cosmic soul music mixed with heavy doses of Tex-Mex grit and riff-fueled rock and roll. She's spent decades on the road sharing stages with blues and roots icons, all while carving out a voice entirely her own. This will be Carolyn’s first appearance at The Fallout Shelter, adding a new chapter to her already well-traveled career.
Selwyn Birchwood Band
The Monumental Guitarist/Singer Returns!
Fri, Oct 2, 2026 7:00pm
Selwyn Birchwood returns to The Fallout Shelter with his electrifying show that toes the line between gritty gutbucket blues and contemporary groove. Backed by a fantastic band, he's a true force of nature onstage, with monumental guitar skills, soulful vocals, and a magnetic presence that wins over any crowd. It's easy to see why he's become a favorite among blues fans and jam band fans alike.
The Rangemasters
Boston's Badass Blues Band Returns!
Sat, Oct 3, 2026 7:00pm
The Rangemasters unite four of New England's finest musicians, Cliff Goodwin, Mike Lynch, Jeremy Moses Curtis and Duncan Arsenault, in a powerhouse band steeped in electric rhythm and blues. Between them, they’ve logged decades alongside artists like Joe Cocker, Robert Palmer, and Booker T. Jones, and they play like it: loose, locked-in, and dangerous. This is roots-driven music at its most alive, fiery, unscripted and unforgettable.
Dave Limina's Wednesdave Blues II
Wed, Oct 7, 2026 7:00pm
Wednesdave Blues is a new once-a-month blues extravaganza featuring pianist and Hammond organ player Dave Limina. Dave is a Boston music legend, having spent 25 years alongside Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters and shared the stage with an impressive list of greats. A mainstay on the New England music circuit and Chairman of the Keyboard Department at Berklee College of Music, he'll draw from his deep well of accomplished friends for a rotating cast of guests each month.
The Claudettes
Chicago Art-Rock Faves Return to The Fallout Shelter!
Fri, Oct 9, 2026 7:00pm
The Claudettes are writing their most riveting chapter yet with their piano-driven "garage cabaret" sound, grounded in roots and jazz while pushing the boundaries of rock. The band has built a reputation for theatrical, genre-defying live shows, earning acclaim well beyond Chicago, with bandleader Johnny Iguana’s résumé including work with Buddy Guy and the score for FX’s The Bear. Blues bar grit meets vaudeville flash, and nobody blends the two quite like the Claudettes.
Nate Perry and Ragged Company
Sat, Oct 10, 2026 7:00pm
Boston's rising Americana-rock outfit Nate Perry & Ragged Company returns to The Fallout Shelter stage with their rootsy, guitar-driven sound. Fronted by Nate Perry, an Army veteran whose time stationed near Nashville ignited a passion for music, the group broke out locally with their 2024 debut EP "The Otherside of Everything." That momentum carried into 2025, with two BMA nominations and a highly coveted slot at Boston Calling.
The Bow Thayer Large Band
One of New England's Music Treasures!
Sat, Oct 17, 2026 7:00pm
Bow Thayer has spent decades pushing backwoods roots into raw, unpredictable territory, following his own instincts rather than any formula. That restless inventiveness led him to design the "Bojotar," a hybrid instrument he often uses in his music that combines banjo, resonator, and guitar. For this show, Thayer is joined by a full band of creative collaborators.
The Love Dogs
The Fallout Shelter Favorites Return!
Sat, Oct 24, 2026 7:00pm
Take one red-hot horn section of alto, tenor, and baritone sax and trombone, add barrelhouse boogie-woogie piano and stinging Fender guitar, then pour over a rhythm section Blues Review called the best in the business. Top it off with a crazy, charismatic frontman with one of the biggest blues voices around, seasoned by years tearing up juke joints, festivals, and concert halls on both sides of the Atlantic. It's a recipe for music and mayhem, for intensity and irreverence, the trademark "tribal love vibe" of Boston's hard-swinging Love Dogs.
No Static
Tribute To The Music Of Steely Dan!
Fri, Oct 30, 2026 7:00pm
Boston's premier Steely Dan tribute band, No Static returns in full force with the complete ten-piece orchestra. Their execution of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker's bluesy jazz-rock fusion is flat out brilliant, tackling some of the most intricate music ever written for the rock and roll stage. Two decades of sold-out shows prove this ensemble has mastered one of rock's most unforgiving catalogs.
the fallout shelter
IMAGES And insights from the vault
This book contains the definitive history of The Fallout Shelter through breath-taking images and the personal experiences of the artists and staff that make The Fallout Shelter so unique.
The book is a 220 page, 'limited edition' coffee table book, with beautiful full color and black and white photography capturing unforgettable moments of performers, staff and fans.
There were 300 copies printed, signed and numbered by the book's authors Dan Busler and Bill Hurley. The Grass Roots Cultural and Performing Arts Center (GRCPAC) issued the book in May of 2021 as a fundraiser prior to re-opening after the pandemic shutdown. There are still a few copies of the book available.
Buy a copy today to support The Fallout Shelter & The GRCPAC!
$150
