Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P's
Starting at 7 pm
Lots of Great Bands Coming Soon!
Bluegrass Tuesdays began in Central Square in Cambridge in September of 1993 and has since grown to become one of the longest-running and most-successful bluegrass nights in the country. For 27 years, Tuesday Night Bluegrass was hosted by Geoff Bartley at The Cantab Lounge, welcoming regional and national artists on stage and serving as a weekly gathering place for the local bluegrass community. Bluegrass Tuesdays are now hosted by Tony Watt and held at chef Chris Parsons' restaurant Lily P's Fried Chicken & Oysters in Kendall Square in Cambridge.
On Tuesday, September 19th, we celebrated a very special occasion: the 30th Anniversary of bluegrass on Tuesdays in Cambridge! Back in September of 1993, Geoff Bartley took a chance on having bluegrass on Tuesdays at The Cantab Lounge, and it's since grown into one of the most successful and longest-running bluegrass nights in the world!
To mark this significant milestone, we are still working on a commemorative video that will reflect our vibrant community and celebrate our rich history. Everyone who's been touched by bluegrass on Tuesdays in Cambridge is welcome to contribute (both pickers and listeners), and we would be truly honored if you could join us by recording a short video sharing your thoughts, memories, and/or your favorite story. Please visit our 30th Anniversary webpage for details, and submit your video as soon as possible, thanks!
Lily P's Fried Chicken & Oysters was Boston Magazine's Best of Boston 2022 Best Fried Chicken, so please come early and join us for dinner. Lily P's is located at 50 Binney Street in Cambridge, MA 02142. This location is less than a mile from the Leverett Circle exit off I-93 and has FREE garage parking. Lily P's is also only a 10-minute walk from both Kendall (Red Line) and Lechmere (Green Line). Please check out the about page for some important info about the free garage parking.
We hope you can join us sometime soon and please help spread the word about Bluegrass Tuesdays at Lily P’s!
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
- Tuesday, December 5th -- Eugene Tyler Band (BB Bowness & Friends open)
- Tuesday, December 12th -- The Spring Hill Rounders (Berklee's two new Women in Country & Bluegrass ensembles taught by Laura Orshaw open at 7 pm, and there will be a special 6 pm performance by Berklee's Country Music Ensemble taught by Farayi Malek)
- Tuesday, December 19th -- True Life Bluegrass (Erker & Murphy open)
- Tuesday, December 26th -- Nikolai Margulis & Friends (The Almost Grown-Ups open)
PREVIOUS BANDS:
- 11/28/23 -- Berklee's Big Night at Bluegrass Tuesdays (with four new ensembles taught by Greg Liszt, Joe K. Walsh, and Tony Watt)
- 11/21/23 -- The Wabash Cannibals (Cecily Mills & Friends opened)
- 11/14/23 -- The Ethan Setiawan Band (The Water Street Wranglers opened)
- 11/7/23 -- Jackson Emmer (The Wicked Pickers opened)
- 10/31/23 -- BooGrass Tuesdays Halloween Spooktacular & Costume Contest featuring Gabe Hirshfeld, Grant Flick, Ghouls & Goblins (The BOO Grown-Ups opened)
- 10/24/23 -- The Reunion Band (The Brighton House Boys opened)
- 10/17/23 -- BB Bowness & Goodtime Revival (The Ruth & Ben String Band opened)
- 10/10/23 -- Greg Liszt & Friends (G Rockwell's Band opened)
- 10/3/23 -- Laura Orshaw & Friends
- 9/26/23 -- Noah G. Fowler & Folk (Hollow Turtle opened)
- 9/19/23 -- Bluegrass Tuesdays 30th Anniversary Celebration!!!
- 9/12/23 -- Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light (Himalayan Highway opened)
- 9/5/23 -- Micah Nicol & All of His Roommates (Erker & Murphy opened)
- 8/29/23 -- Reigning IBMA New Artist of the Year: Rick Faris & Friends (Dumpster Debbie opened)
- 8/22/23 -- Bluegrass Album Band alumnus: Mark Schatz & Bryan McDowell (The Cook County Mountain Boys opened)
- 8/15/23 -- From the Ozark Mountains of Missouri: Lindley Creek (played a special dual-set show)
- Monday, 8/14/23 -- IBMA New Artist of the Year Nominees: East Nash Grass (played a "Secret Show")
- 8/8/23 -- 10-time IBMA Bass Player of the Year: Missy Raines & Allegheny (Landline Revival featuring Lindsay Straw opened)
- 8/1/23 -- The New Grown-Ups CD Release Party (Max Wareham & Critical Twang (a Five* Banjo Band) opened)
- 7/25/23 -- The Ethan Robbins Bluegrass Hour (Deviant Folk opened)
- 7/18/23 -- All the way from the hills of Eastern Kentucky: The Kevin Prater Band (Cecily Mills & Isaiah Gardham opened), and we had our inaugural "Secret Third Set" featuring The Tray Wellington Band from North Carolina!!!
- 7/11/23 -- Evan Murphy & Friends (John Wayne's Dream opened)
- 6/27/23 -- Eugene Tyler Band (The Ruth & Ben String Band opened)
- 6/20/23 -- True Life Bluegrass (Stoneface Mountain opened)
- 6/13/23 -- The Reunion Band (Cold County opened)
- Saturday, 6/10/23 -- Rock Hearts
- 6/6/23 -- Dan Bui & BlueGrass BlueShield (Erker & Murphy opened)
- Saturday, 6/3/23 -- Blackstone Valley Bluegrass
- 5/30/23 -- Old Hat Stringband (Cousin Bobby opened)
- 5/23/23 -- The Wabash Cannibals (Green Heron opened)
- 5/16/23 -- The Ruta Beggars (Moriah, Evan & Mike opened)
- Saturday, 5/13/23 -- Too Blue
- 5/9/23 -- Andy Cambria & The Cambrian Explosion (Mary Z. Cox and Cameron Freer opened)
- 5/2/23 -- Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble the 21st Century String Band (The Charles River Ducklings opened)
- Saturday, 4/29/23 -- Mamma's Marmalade
- 4/25/23 -- Wide Open Spaces (Alayna Maysie Band opened)
- 4/18/23 -- Noah G. Fowler & Folk (Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble The Invasive Toads opens)
- 4/11/23 -- Laura Orshaw & Friends (Cahaba Roots opened)
- 4/4/23 -- Audrey Mae (Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble Mashed and Baked opened)
- 3/28/23 -- Kathleen Parks & Friends (John Wayne's Dream opened)
- 3/21/23 -- The Spring Hill Rounders (Nash Reilly and Frontier opened)
- Saturday, 3/18/23 -- The Foreign Landers w/ Nate Sabat & Julian Pinelli
- 3/14/23 -- The Snowpocalypse Players (Erker & Murphy opened)
- Saturday, 3/11/23 -- Mike Compton & Joe Newberry
- 3/7/23 -- The Salty Almonds (Stoneface Mountain opened)
- 2/28/23 -- Alex Formento & Friends (Band of Friends, Wall of Sound opened)
- Saturday, 2/25/23 -- Joe K. Walsh with Lincoln Meyers, Steve Roy & Ella Jordan
- 2/21/23 -- Ben Pearce & Friends (The Ruth & Ben String Band opened)
- 2/14/23 -- Josh "Jug" Rinkel of The Po' Ramblin' Boys (Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble The Blue Quails opened)
- 2/7/23 -- Local Freight (The Almost Grown-Ups opened)
- Saturday, 2/4/23 -- Danny Paisley and The Southern Grass
- 1/31/23 -- Southern Rail (Stoneface Mountain opened)
- 1/24/23 -- Mike Siegel & Landline Revival (Gretchen Bowder & Excess Baggage opened)
- 1/17/23 -- Greystone Rail (The False Positives opened)
- 1/10/23 -- The Mudsills (Laura Orshaw's Jam opened)
- 1/3/2023 -- The Reunion Band (Erker & Murphy opened)
- 12/27/22 -- True Life Bluegrass (Nikolai Margulis & Friends opened)
- 12/20/22 -- Sam Stambler & The Damn Ramblers (The Ruth & Ben String Band opened)
- 12/13/22 -- Evan Murphy & Friendzanita play the songs from the classic album Manzanita by The Tony Rice Unit (The Lonely Mountain Canyon Ranger Boys opened)
- 12/6/22 -- The Hope Valley Volunteers (Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble The Blue Quails opened)
- 11/29/22 -- Gabe Hirshfeld & Daft Plunk (The Splinters opened)
- 11/22/22 -- Catherine "BB" Bowness & Friends (The New Grown-Ups opened)
- 11/15/22 -- Dan Bui & BlueGrass BlueShield (Berklee's American Roots Music Program ensemble the 21st Century String Band opened)
- 11/8/22 -- Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light (Max Wareham & the Doghouse Mountain Boys opened)
- 11/1/22 -- Korey Brodsky & Friends (Second Nature Bluegrass opened)
- 10/25/22 -- Joe Sings Joe (Deviant Folk opened)
- 10/18/22 -- Alex Rubin & Friends (The Mudsills opened)
- 10/11/22 -- Tony Watt & MASHachusetts (Erker & Murphy opened)
- 10/4/22 -- Chris Luquette presents: The Grass Messengers (Cousin Bobby opened)
- Summer '22 -- Bluegrass Tuesdays moved from The Cantab Lounge to Lily P's Fried Chicken & Oysters
- 6/14/22 -- All the way from the hills of Eastern Kentucky: The Kevin Prater Band (The Spring Hill Rounders opened)
- 6/7/22 -- Andy Cambria & The Cambrian Explosion (Deviant Folk opened)
- 5/31/22 -- Josh "Jug" Rinkel of The Po' Ramblin' Boys (The Splinters opened)
- 5/24/22 -- The Ruta Beggars (The New Grown-Ups opened)
- 5/17/22 -- Andy Reiner & Better Gnomes and Gardens (G Rockwell's Jam opened)
- 5/10/22 -- The Reunion Band (The Wabash Cannibals opened)
- 5/3/22 -- Noah G. Fowler & Folk (The False Positives opened)
- 4/26/22 -- The Mudsills (BB & Laura's Jam opened)
- 4/19/22 -- True Life Bluegrass (The Average Joes opened)
- 4/12/22 -- Laura Orshaw & Friends (Salty Almond Collective opened)
- 4/5/22 -- Ethan Hawkins Bluegrass Party (Pretty Saro opened)
- 3/29/22 -- Rock Hearts (Ruth, Ben, Larry & Victor opened)
- 3/22/22 -- Gabe Hirshfeld & Daft Plunk (Erker & Murphy opened)
- 3/15/22 -- Mile Twelve (Laura Orshaw & Friends opened)
- 3/8/22 -- Sam Stambler & His Damn Ramblers (BB's Jam opened)
- 3/1/2022 -- Chris Luquette & The East Coast Bluegrass Band (Goodtime Revival opened)