Boston Blackthorne returns for what just may be our 20th season! Brennan’s is on High Street in Holyoke right at the end of the parade route. Watch the parade, then step inside to warm up, have a Guinness and listen to the valley’s best Celtic band! Space is limited so give Brennan’s a call or stop by prior to parade day to purchase a ticket (cheap!) as this event sells out!

Join Boston Blackthorne for a St Pat’s weekend show in the Berkshires at the Olde Heritage Tavern, Lenox MA

Join Boston Blackthorne at the Colony Theatre Woodstock NY for a special St. Patrick’s weekend concert. Jim and Chetz will be opening for the legendary Irish folk group Dublin City Ramblers.

Please join us for our return to the Metrowest area with a concert at the Taproom at Belkin Lookout Farm 89 Pleasant St South Natick MA. This is a great venue with a brewery and hard cider distillery plus live Celtic music!

Boston Blackthorne will be playing 2 sets between 1-4 at Outlook Farm, Route 66, Westhampton MA for their Summer Festival. Entrance fee is just $5. Enjoy craft beverages and BBQ at this scenic Western Mass venue along with your favorite Irish tunes.

Take in the Holyoke St Patrick’s Day Parade (the nation’s oldest) and join us at Brennan’s Pub 3-6, right after the parade

Boston Blackthorne returns to Union Station in Northampton MA for this hometown reunion gig, one of our favorites!

Join Boston Blackthorne and several other bands in Holyoke MA, the location of the oldest St Patrick’s Day Parade in the US!

Boston Blackthorne returns to Holyoke MA for one of our favorite gigs, playing for the AOH annual picnic. We have been part of this great event (this year at Hamel’s on the Connecticut River in Holyoke, MA). Good food, a great crowd and of course the music of Boston Blackthorne!

Join Jim, Chetz and Jon from Boston Blackthorne for a concert on the bandstand in the beautiful Berkshires town of Great Barrington MA. July 27 from 5-7:30 PM. The band will play Boston Blackthorne Celtic favorites and perhaps a few from their days as O’Connor and Lees where they were featured regularly at the Lion’s Den in the basement of the Red Lion Inn!

Join Boston Blackthorne in our old hometown of Northampton Mass for an afternoon of Celtic music in support of the Northampton St. Patrick’s Parade Association. At the Northampton Country Club Saturday June 11 from 3-6 PM.

Boston Blackthorne returns home to participate in the first annual Ireland Forever Festival! Our set is 4-5:30 but come early (11am) and enjoy Banish Misfortune, Big Bad Bollocks, Unforgettable Fire. At the Fairgrounds in beautiful Northampton MA! The Festival runs from 11 am to 10 pm.

Join Boston Blackthorne at Brennan’s Pub on the parade route, Holyoke MA for the final St Patrick’s week event!

Join Boston Blackthorne as we return home for one of our favorite (tented weather permitting) events!

Boston Blackthorne at the Emerald Rose in Billerica MA

Join Boston Blackthorne and several other bands for this tented St Pat’s Day concert!

Boston Blackthorn performs at the Emerald Rose in Billerica MA

Due to the current coronavirus epidemic, Boston Blackthorne , in consultation with our venue partners, has decided to cancel our previously listed gigs at Brennan’s, the Lookout Farm Taproom and the Platform. We will repost if any of these events are rescheduled. We wish our friends and fans a happy and healthy St. Patrick’s Day and hope to see you soon. We hope Boston Blackthorne is part of your musical mix on the high holiday!

Join the lads from Boston Blackthorne as we celebrate the annual Guinness toast at our favorite Western Mass pub, Brennan’s 173 High Street Holyoke MA. This is a fun annual celebration and a good opportunity to purchase tickets for the concert at Brennan’s following the Holyoke Parade in March.

Boston Blackthorne returns to Exhibit A in Framingham MA, December 7 from 7-9.

Join the band for the area’s best Celtic and Celtic-inspired original music at the area’s best brewery!

Join Boston Blackthorne at one of Metrowest’s best breweries, tasting rooms and beer gardens for an evening of Celtic and original Celtic inspired music. Exhibit A is at 81 Morton St. Framingham, MA.