Being There's Monthly City Guide by The Being There Staff
Don’t let those April showers get you down. Even after the SXSW wearout, there are still plenty of shows to see this month including the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and three separate Earth Day Festivals in New York, Chicago and San Francisco!
Austin - Boston - Chicago - Los Angeles - Montreal - Nashville - New Orleans - New York - San Francisco - Seattle - Toronto - Vancouver
Austin, Texas
Apr. 5 TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ La Zona Rosa
Apr. 6 120 Days @ Emo’s Austin; Guster @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Apr. 7 Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ La Zona Rosa; Yo La Tengo @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Apr. 10 Richard Swift, David Vanedervelde, etc. @ Emo’s Austin
Apr. 11 Brandi Carlile @ The Parish Room
Apr. 13 Old 97’s @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q
Apr. 14 Sebadoh @ Emo’s Austin
Apr. 20 Alejandro Escovedo @ Cactus Café; “Old Settler’s Music Festival” feat. Iris DeMent, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, etc. (visit for details)
Apr. 21 Bill Callahan @ The Mohawk; “Hellcat Records Tour” feat. tapes ‘n tapes, Aerogramme, etc. @ Emo’s Austin
Apr. 22 “MtvU Campus Invasion Music Festival” feat. The Shins, Shiny Toy Guns and The Rapture @ The Backyard
Apr. 24 Hot Chip @ Antone’s
Apr. 25 Fishbone @ Emo’s Austin
Apr. 28 Elvis Perkins and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Stubb’s Bar-B-Q; Asylum Street Spankers @ Saxon Pub
Boston, Massachusets
Apr. 6 Sondre Lerche & Willy Mason @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge; Sonny Rollins @ Symphony Hall
Apr. 7 Blind Boys Of Alabama @ Berklee Performance Center; Iggy and The Stooges @ Orpheum Theatre; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ The Roxy
Apr. 9 The Walkmen and Kaiser Chefs @ Avalon
Apr. 12 Sean Lennon @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
Apr. 14 Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Orpheum Theatre; Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ The Opera House
Apr. 15 Son Volt @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
Apr. 19 John Legend & Corinne Bailey Rae @ Orpheum Theatre; Chris Cornell @ Avalon
Apr. 20 Patty Griffin @ Orpheum Theatre; Constantines @ Avalon; Guster @ The Opera House (also Apr. 21)
Apr. 21 Bob Saget @ Orpheum Theatre
Apr. 22 Art Garfunkel @ Berklee Performance Center; Fountains of Wayne @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
Apr. 25 Josh Rouse @ Paradise Rock Club/Lounge
Apr. 27 Modest Mouse @ Orpheum Theatre
Apr. 28 Spoon @ Remis Auditorium at Museum of Fine Arts
Apr. 29 Wolfmother @ Avalon
Chicago, Illinois
Apr. 5 B.B. King @ House of Blues (also Apr. 6)
Apr. 7 Exene Cervenka & The Original Sinners @ The Hideout
Apr. 9 Aerogramme, A Northern Chorus and Twilight Sad @ Subterranean; Lindsey Buckingham @ House of Blues
Apr. 10 Son Volt @ Vic Theatre
Apr. 12 Hubert Sumlin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Pinetop Perkins @ House of Blues
Apr. 13 Lucinda Williams & Carrie Rodriguez @ Vic Theatre (also Apr. 14); North Mississippi Allstars @ Old Town School of Folk Music; Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Chicago Theatre
Apr. 14 - Blue Cheer @ Schubas Tavern; Josh Rouse @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Apr. 15 Iggy and The Stooges @ Congress Theater; Rodney Crowell @ Old Town School of Folk Music
Apr. 17 Youth Group @ Empty Bottle
Apr. 18 The Decemberists @ Riviera Theatre (also Apr. 19); The Frames @ Metro/Smar Bar
Apr. 19-22 Green Apple Music & Arts Festival feat. The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Kaiser Chiefs, and more (visit www.greenapplemusicfestival.com for details)
Apr. 23 Bright Eyes & Oakley Hall @ Riviera Theatre (also Apr. 24)
Apr. 24 Richard Swift, David Vandervelde and Sons of National Freedom @ Schubas Tavern
Apr. 25 Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine @ Hilton Towers; Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts @ Double Door
Apr. 27 Antibalas @ Park West; Richard Buckner @ Schubas Tavern
Apr. 28 Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Metro/Smar Bar
Los Angeles, California
Apr. 4 Richard Buckner @ Echo; The Yardbirds @ Knitting Factory; Jill Sobule & Friends @ Largo
Apr. 6 Dean & Britta @ Getty Center (also Apr. 7 @ Silent Movie Theater; Richard Swift, David Vandervelde, Peter Walker and Sons of National Freedom @ Spaceland
Apr. 9 The Killers @ Staples Center
Apr. 11 Cowboy Junkies @ El Rey Theatre; Glen Phillips @ Largo
Apr. 12 Robyn Hitchcock @ Spaceland; Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ El Rey Theatre (also Apr. 13)
Apr. 15 The Shins @ Orpheum Theatre
Apr. 17 The Broken West @ Spaceland; Greg Proops Chat Show @ Largo
Apr. 18 A Northern Chorus, Aerogramme and Twilight Sad @ Knitting Factory
Apr. 21 Smoosh @ Knitting Factory
Apr. 23 Iggy and The Stooges @ The Wiltern; Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo
Apr. 29 Travis @ Music Box at Fonda
Montreal, Quebec
Apr. 2 Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ La Sala Rosa
Apr. 4 Lindsey Buckingham @ Metropolis; Youth Group @ Mile End Cultural Centre
Apr. 6 Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Club Soda
Apr. 13 Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Metropolis
Apr. 15 Joseph Arthur & The Lonely Astronauts @ La Tulipe
Apr. 17 The Walkmen & Kaiser Chefs @ Spectrum De Montreal
Apr. 18 John Mayer & Kathleen Edwards @ Bell Centre
Apr. 21 The Frames @ Le National Music Hall
Apr. 25 Modest Mouse @ Metropolis
Nashville, Tennessee
Apr. 5 The Decemberists @ City Hall
Apr. 6 Southern Culture On The Skids @ Mercy Lounge
Apr. 7 Sebadoh @ Exit/In
Apr. 9 120 Days @ Mercy Lounge
Apr. 13 Antibalas @ Mercy Lounge
Apr. 14 TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ Mercy Lounge; Rodney Crowell @ Tennessee Perfoming Arts Center
Apr. 16 Andrew Bird @ Mercy Lounge
Apr. 17 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah & Elvis Perkins @ Cannery Ballroom; Brandi Carlile @ The Belcourt Theatre
Apr. 18 tapes ‘n tapes @ Mercy Lounge; Sheryl Crow @ Vanderbilt University
Apr. 20-21 “Rites of Spring” Music Fest feat. Drive-By Truckers, Keller Williams, Wolfmother, Amos Lee, The Roots, etc. @ Vanderbilt University
Apr. 21 Rodney Crowell @ Earth Day Festival
Apr. 23 The Killers @ Ryman Auditorium; Susan Tedeschi @ The Belcourt Theatre
Apr. 26 Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Ryman Auditorium
Apr. 28 Anne McCue @ Mercy Lounge
New Orleans, Louisiana
Apr. 5 Yo La Tengo @ Tipitina’s Uptown
Apr. 6 K-OS, POS, Gym Class Heroes and RX Bandits @ House of Blues
Apr. 7 TV On The Radio & The Noisettes @ One Eyed Jacks
Apr. 12 Sheryl Crow @ Republic New Orleans
Apr. 13 Brandi Carlile @ Parish At House of Blues
Apr. 19 Nickel Creek & Tift Merritt @ House of Blues
Apr. 24 Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Republic New Orleans
Apr. 26 Dr. John @ House of Blues
Apr. 27-29 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival feat. Dr. John, Calexico Van Morrison, T-Bone Burnett, Percy Sledge, Mose Allison, Lucinda Williams, and much more (visit www.nojazzfest.com for details)
New York, New York
Apr. 5 “Celebrating The Music of Bruce Springsteen” feat. North Mississippi Allstars, Badly Drawn Boy, Josh Ritter, M. Ward, Steve Earle, etc. @ Carnegie Hall; The Allman Brothers Band @ Beacon Theatre (also Apr. 6-8); Bobby Bare Jr. & Dr. Dog @ Bowery Ballroom
Apr. 6 Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ Bowery Ballroom (also Apr. 7); North Mississippi Allstars @ Housing Works Bookstore
Apr. 7 The Klezmatics @ Makor; Sondre Lerche & Willy Mason @ Webster Hall
Apr. 8 Koko Taylor & Her Blues Machine @ B.B. King’s Blues Club
Apr. 9 Iggy & The Stooges @ United Palace
Apr. 10 Guy Clark & Slaid Cleaves @ B.B. King’s Blues Club; Dr. John @ Lincoln Center; Youth Group @ Mercury Lounge; Bill Frisell @ The Village Vanguard (also Apr. 11-15, 17-22)
Apr. 11 Buddy Guy & Danielia Cotton @ B.B. King’s Blues Club (also Apr. 13); Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ Carnegie Hall; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Irving Plaza
Apr. 12 Alejandro Escovedo @ Joe’s Pub; Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Roseland Ballroom
Apr. 13 Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings & The Isley Brothers @ United Palace; Art Garfunkel @ Allen Room at Time Warner Center (also Apr. 14); Sean Lennon @ Irving Plaza; Guster @ Beacon Theatre (also Apr. 14)
Apr. 14 James Hunter @ B.B. King’s Blues Club
Apr. 15 Allen Toussaint, Jackie Hoffman, Kiki & Herb and The Persuasions @ Joe’s Pub
Apr. 16 Smoosh @ Knitting Factory; Chris Cornell @ Irving Plaza; Leon Russell @ B.B. King’s Blues Club
Apr. 17 Art Brut @ Bowery Ballroom
Apr. 18 Patti Smith @ Hiro Ballroom at Maritime Hotel (also Apr. 24 @ Bowery Ballroom); Son Volt @ Irving Plaza; Norah Jones & M. Ward @ Theatre at Madison Square Garden
Apr. 19-22 “Green Apple Music & Arts Festival” feat. John Mayall & The Blues Breakers, Charlie Hunter, Mason Jennings, etc. (visit www.greenapplefestival.com for details)
Apr. 19 - Patty Griffin @ Beacon Theatre
Apr. 22 Richard Swift, David Vandervelde & Sons of National Freedom @ Pianos
Apr. 23 Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Theater at Madison Square Garden
Apr. 24 Constantines @ Irving Plaza (also Apr. 25); Anjani @ Joe’s Pub (also Apr. 29); The Frames @ Town Hall; Fountains of Wayne @ Webster Hall
Apr. 25 Kristin Hersh @ Bowery Ballroom
Apr. 26 Gordon Lightfoot @ Town Hall; Brandi Carlile @ Bowery Ballroom (also Apr. 27)
Apr. 27 Graham Parker @ Knitting Factory
Apr. 28 Michael Penn @ Joe’s Pub (also Apr. 30); The Killers @ Madison Square Garden Arena
Apr. 29 Modest Mouse @ United Palace (also Apr. 30)
Apr. 30 - Michael Penn @ Joe’s Pub; Lou Reed @ Highline Ballroom; Laurie Anderson & Philip Glass @ Alice Tully Hall
San Francisco, California
Apr. 7 The Killers @ Bill Graham Civic Auditorium; Heart @ Cow Palace; The Frames @ The Fillmore
Apr. 8 Dean & Britta @ The Independent
Apr. 10 Robyn Hitchcock @ Slim’s
Apr. 11 The Gourds @ Great American Music Hall
Apr. 13 Cowboy Junkies @ Great American Music Hall; Charlie Louvin @ Swedish American Hall
Apr. 14 Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ Slim’s; Toots & The Maytals @ Warfield Theatre
Apr. 15 Willie Nelson @ The Fillmore (also Apr. 16-19); A Northern Chorus, Aerogramme and Twilight Sad @ The Independent; Wolfmother @ Warfield Theatre
Apr. 16 The Broken West @ Café Du Nord; The Shins @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 17)
Apr. 19 Iggy and The Stooges @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 21)
Apr. 19-22 Green Apple Music & Arts Festival feat. Willie Nelson, Stephen Marley, Bob Weir and Rat Dog, Smoosh, and more (visit www.greenapplefestival.com for details)
Apr. 24 Grant Lee Phillips @ Great American Music Hall
Apr. 25 The Decemberists @ Warfield Theatre (also Apr. 26); Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson @ Palace of Fine Arts Theatre; Air @ Nob Hill Masonic Auditorium
Apr. 27 Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Warfield Theatre
Apr. 28 Nickel Creek @ Warfield Theatre
Apr. 29 Sean Lennon @ Great American Music Hall
Apr. 30 Regina Spektor @ Warfield Theatre; Sloan @ The Independent; Fountains of Wayne @ Great American Music Hall; Fields @ Café Du Nord
Seattle, Washington
Apr. 6 Robyn Hitchcock @ Crocodile Café
Apr. 7 Asylum Street Spankers @ Chop Suey
Apr. 10 Richard Buckner @ Crocodile Café; Charlie Louvin @ Tractor Tavern
Apr. 11 Dean & Britta @ The Triple Door; The Frames @ The Showbox
Apr. 12 The Duhks @ The Showbox
Apr. 13 Damian Jr. Gong Marley, K’Naan and Stephen Marley @ The Showbox; Aerogramme, Twilight Sad and A Northern Chorus @ Crocodile Cafe
Apr. 14 The Broken West @ The Showbox
Apr. 15 Modest Mouse @ Paramount Theatre
Apr. 17 Ted Leo and The Pharmacists @ The Showbox; Cowboy Junkies @ Benaroya Hall
Apr. 19 Mose Allison @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (also Apr. 20-22); John Prine & Mindy Smith @ 5th Avenue Theatre
Apr. 22 Rufus Wainwright & Teddy Thompson @ The Triple Door (also Apr. 23); Toots & The Maytals @ The Showbox
Apr. 24 - Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith @ Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (also Apr. 25)
Apr. 25 Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ The Showbox; Regina Spektor @ Moore Theatre;Damien Rice @ Benaroya Hall
Apr. 27 Iggy and The Stooges @ WaMu Theatre
Toronto, Ontario
Apr. 3 Youth Group @ Horseshoe Tavern
Apr. 4 Cold War Kids & Tokyo Police Club @ The Mod Club Theatre
Apr. 5 Lindsey Buckingham @ Danforth Music Hall; Lily Allen & The Bird and the Bee @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Apr. 6 A Northern Chorus, Aereogramme & Twilight Sad @ El Mocambo; Ben Folds @ Kool Haus
Apr. 9 Brad Mehldau & Pat Metheny @ Hummingbird Centre
Apr. 11 Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen @ Hugh’s Room (also Apr. 12)
Apr. 12 Son Volt @ The Mod Club Theatre
Apr. 14 Chris Cornell @ Phoenix Concert Theatre; Bettye LaVette & Blind Boys Of Alabama @ Massey Hall; Elvis Perkins & Clap Your Hands Say Yeah @ Kool Haus
Apr. 17 John Mayer & Kathleen Edwards @ Air Canada Centre; Corinne Bailey Rae & John Legend @ Hummingbird Centre; Lucinda Williams & Carrie Rodriguez @ Massey Hall
Apr. 18 Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Kool Haus
Apr. 19 Art Brut @ The Mod Club Theatre
Apr. 20 The Frames @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Apr. 21 Buddy Guy & Jackie Greene @ Massey Hall; Mountain @ Jeff Healey’s Roadhouse
Apr. 22 Emm Gryner @ Downsview Park
Apr. 24 Modest Mouse @ Hummingbird Centre; Patty Griffin @ Trinity St. Paul Centre
Vancouver, British Columbia
Apr. 5 Great Lake Swimmers @ Richard’s on Richards
Apr. 6 Arlo Guthrie @ Chan Centre
Apr. 12 The Frames @ Red Room; Constantines with Jon Rae & The River @ The Plaza Club
Apr. 14 Damian Jr. Gong Marley, K’Naan and Stephen Marley @ Commodore Ballroom
Apr. 15 Ron Sexsmith @ Chan Centre
Apr. 16 Modest Mouse @ Pacific National Exhibition
Apr. 18 Toots & The Maytals @ Commodore Ballroom (also Apr. 19); Ted Leo & The Pharmacists @ Richard’s On Richards
Apr. 21 Air @ Richard’s on Richards
Apr. 24 Damien Rice @ Centre In Vancouver For Performing Arts; Kaiser Chiefs & The Walkmen @ Commodore Ballroom
Apr. 26 Pinetop Perkins & Willie “Big Eyes” Smith @ The Yale
Apr. 27 B.B. King @ Orpheum |  |