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Boston Calling attendees take pictures in front of the entrance to the festival. MOLLY POTTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: 13th Boston Calling Music Festival

Molly Potter June 3, 2024
The 13th Boston Calling Music Festival occurred at the Harvard Athletic Complex over Memorial Day weekend.
A federal court ruling that dismissed extortion charges against two Boston City Hall aides is being challenged by prosecutors, according to an appeal filed in court Friday. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Prosecutors aim to revive case against City Hall aides over Boston Calling hirings

Daniela Rivera September 12, 2018
Prosecutors are appealing a decision to dismiss extortion charges against City Hall aides Kenneth Brissette and Timothy Sullivan over their push to hire union workers for the annual Boston Calling music festival.
Annie Clark, also known as her stage name St. Vincent, jams out with the crowd Saturday at Boston Calling Music Festival. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Boston Calling performers shine, despite cloudy weather

Alyssa Meyers May 29, 2018

For the second year in a row, festival goers took to the fields of the Harvard Athletic Complex for three days of music, food, comedy and other performances. Although the Arena Stage drew crowds...

EDITORIAL: The Fyre is out

EDITORIAL: The Fyre is out

Editors May 1, 2017

From early spring until the fall begins is music festival season. Between the Governors Ball Music Festival in New York City, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, Boston Calling...

Mandy Lee of MisterWives performs Sunday afternoon. PHOTO BY SARAH SILBIGER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Boston Calling entices pop stars and indie fans alike

Steve Friedman October 1, 2015

  It was 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, and audience members were being swallowed by a uniform group of 20-somethings, their elbows trapped in a wave of bright flannels and baseball caps, knees driving...

REVIEW: Boston Calling starts off slow, ends with bang

REVIEW: Boston Calling starts off slow, ends with bang

Steve Friedman September 28, 2015

[mediagrid cat="22205"] This weekend’s Boston Calling music festival opened with something of a whimper. Just after 6 p.m. Friday, as dusk began to set in, South African singer-songwriter Gregory Alan...

Boston-based bands Dirty Bangs (pictured) and Grey Season will be performing at Boston Calling Music Festival this weekend. PHOTO COURTESY DIRTY BANGS

Local bands Grey Season and Dirty Bangs amp up for Boston Calling

Olivia Nadel September 25, 2015

About a week after performing at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, last March, two Boston area bands each received an interesting email. One was addressed to the members of Dirty Bangs,...

Boston Calling will be held in City Hall Plaza from Sept. 25 through Sept. 27. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DFP FILE PHOTO

INTERVIEW: Boston Calling organizer on literally setting the stage

J.D. Capelouto September 24, 2015

Friday evening, thousands of city residents and college students will flood Boston City Hall Plaza as folk singer Gregory Alan Isakov kicks off the performances of this fall’s edition of Boston Calling,...

Boston Calling announced its line-up this week for the music festival in May by hiding records in the city for fans to find, part of a pattern of festivals using unique marketing schemes. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Vinyls and Virals: Music festival marketers put fans to work

Kaitlin Junod January 22, 2015

Instead of peeling through candy wrappers looking for a golden ticket on Jan. 13, Boston music lovers scoured the city looking for hidden vinyl records. The citywide scavenger hunt for the coveted records...

Allston Rock City Hall, a proposed live venue in community artist space Studio 52, was never opened due to issues with permitting and zoning. PHOTO BY BETSEY GOLDWASSER/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Red tape records: How large venues and legislation are quieting the Boston music scene

Alex Creed October 30, 2014

Boston, the home of sites like hyperlocal music blog Allston Pudding, institutions such as the Berklee College of Music and a smattering of concert venues, has long been associated with a burgeoning music...

Boston Calling Music Festival has been guaranteed to continue at City Hall Plaza through 2017. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA WIMLEY/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston Calling cements six upcoming dates at City Hall Plaza

Stephanie Pagones September 16, 2014

Concertgoers of Boston’s well-known Boston Calling Music Festival can look forward to several more shows, after the City of Boston announced its decision to continue to hold the festival at City Hall...

Facial recognition software was used at Boston Calling Music Festival in May 2013, but not at the Sept. 2014 event. PHOTO BY ALLIE WIMLEY AND GRAPHIC BY MIKE DESOCIO/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City discontinues high-tech surveillance of Boston Calling attendees

Adrian Baker September 11, 2014

After tens-of-thousands of fans at Boston Calling’s 2013 fall and summer music festivals were video monitored by the City of Boston without their knowledge, the City decided not to use the same technology...

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