Boston Calling Music Festival brought thousands of music lovers of all ages to the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston, MA over this past Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2024.
The weather was perfect for this three-day outdoor music festival where more than 50 talented Artists performed across four stages. The Boston Calling website offered helpful information in advance of the event.
The festival grounds in general were easy to navigate with the Happy Valley Red Stage and the Green stage being the main stages and closest together. There was a great selection of food vendors with many offerings, beverage stands, sponsor booths, Ferris wheel and 2 stands to buy merchandise for the festival and various artists.
Friday, May 24
Kicking off the music was Divine Sweater performing on the Happy Valley Red Stage. Performances on Friday also included The Wolff Sisters, Justin Clancy, JVK, and KEI closing out the orange stage with a high energy performance.
On the Allianz Blue stage Kieran Rhodes, Maris, Ric Wilson, Cannons, and Young the Giant played great sets.
Happy Valley Red Stage also held performances by Beach Weather, David Kushner, and Leon Bridges. The Green Stage had performances by Mandi Diaz, Luke Hemmings, Renee Rapp who performed popular songs “Pretty Girl”, “Bruises”, “Poison, Poison”, and Ed Sheeran played an incredible set using a loop pedal and his guitar, playing a variety of hits such as ” The A Team”, “Thinking out Loud” and “Bad Habits”.
Saturday, May 25
Senseless Optimism playing on the Happy Valley Red Stage, also played on that stage was Bad Rabbits, Frank Turner & the Sleeping Souls, who while on stage said it was their first time back to Boston Calling in 10 years.
Trey Anastasio & Classic TAB had fans of all ages dancing and singing to songs such as “Moma’s Dance, “Everything’s Right Jam” and “Sand”. The Orange stage had performances from Highwater Haulers, Cakeswap, Paper Lady, and Ward Hayden & the outliers.
On the Allianz Blue Stage ToriTori, Motherfolk, Tanner Usrey, The Red Clay Strays and Jessie Murph who sang “Devil gotta Dance”,”Cowboys and Angels”, as well as an unreleased song titled “Bad Behavior”. The Green Stage held performances from The Castellows, D4vd, who backflipped onto the stage and played popular songs such as “Backstreet Girl”, and “Here with Me”, KHRUANGBIN, and Tyler Childers who started the set off with “Whitehouse Road”.
Sunday, May 26
The Happy Valley Red stage and the Green stage holding performances by Chappell Roan, Hozier, Megan Thee Stallion, and the final headliner of the 2024 Boston Calling Music Festival, The Killers. Other popular artists that had played earlier in the day also drew in the fans were Royel Otis, The Revivalists, and The Heavy Heavy. Playing on the blue and orange stage, The thing, Francis of Delirium, Christone of the Ingram, Blondshell, ALVVAYS, TYSK, TYSK, TYSK, Billy Dean Thomas, Zola Simone, and Freshwater.
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