Lizard Lounge Cambridge

Poetry Jam tonight at the Lizard Lounge with featured poet Brother D!...

Brother Donnell Singleton, also known as Brother D the People's Poet, is a Roxbury native and Boston Latin Academy graduate, deeply committed to service, education, and entrepreneurship. A multi-talented artist, Brother Donnell is a published author of On My Knees, The Journey Begins, a compilation of poetry and short stories. He is also an accomplished playwright, having written What Happened to Our Renaissance and Jesus Matters. As a recording artist, his works include Voices of My Soul and The Brother D Experience.

After serving in the U.S. Army to fund his college education, Brother Donnell earned a full scholarship to Clark Atlanta University. His career spans roles as an educator, salesman, and program director, but his entrepreneurial spirit shines through the founding of Food For The Soul, a halal soul food restaurant in Grove Hall, which provided over 80,000 meals during the pandemic. As Executive Director of Origin Nile Publishing, he amplifies young voices by publishing children's books written by children.

A devoted family man, poet, and community advocate, Brother Donnell continues to impact his community through initiatives like Poetry in the Park, recognized for its cultural significance. Guided by his faith, he remains relentless in his pursuit of excellence and service.

Tickets are $10 and you can grab them now on our Eventbrite page or at the door starting at 7!... See you there!...🦎

Tonight at the Lizard Lounge...

MC Kabir continues his residency with Krush Factory tonight at 9!

Emcee, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kabir Sen is a veteran musician, hip hop artist, producer, and music teacher who has released songs with a wide range of established artists (Blackalicious, J-Live, Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Lyrics Born, EDO G, Ryan Montbleau and many others).

Kabir will be joined by members of the Krush Factory - a talented group of musicians from the Boston area featuring members of Morphine, Vapors of Morphine, The Slip, Pressure Cooker, Pop into the Chemist and Duppy Conquerors. This night will be a continuation of a long-running monthly show on the first Saturday of every month! http://www.kabirsen.com

Tickets are $15 on our Eventbrite page or $20 at the door starting at 8 o'clock tonight! See you there...🦎

We are saddened by the passing of Steve Morse. His love and support of the music community will go unmatched. Thank you Steve for all you did. Our hearts go out to your family and loved ones. ❤️

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight featuring Ink From Honey!...

Featuring the work of six incarcerated poets, curated by Joanna Don:

Ink From Honey Presents Tudo
Djunto/District 10 & A.P.I.C.A.
"Are We not Human?"

This question seeks to invoke our communities to imagine returning citizens as an advocate to end violence. Citizens knocking on your front door, encouraging you to
remember your rights to vote. And also making sure immigrants learn how
to become law abiding citizens.

District 10 is an Organization founded by both Haitian-Americans and
Haitian Immigrants advocating for environmental justice for all
incarcerated citizens.

Tudo Djunto is an Organization founded by incarcerated Cape Verdeans
who decided to end Violence amongst each-other, now they organize to
end violence inclusively to all communities Tudo Djunto(Together).

The Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Alliance(APICA) is a movement and an
Organization created by incarcerated people who strive to empower
Asians, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders to take
control of their narratives and raise their voices in spaces that keep the
marginalized and under-represented.

Tickets available on our Eventbrite page or at the door starting at 7 o'clock tonight! See you there...🦎

This afternoon at the Lizard Lounge...

What do wigs, eggs benedict, pop mixes, and mimosas have in common? They'll all be in the Lizard Lounge on the last Sunday of every month! Join us for Drag Brunch, a fabulous afternoon of fierce drag performances and all your favorite brunch specials! Doors at 12pm, show starts at 1pm!
Doors lock once show starts at 1pm
General Admission $20, bar stools first come first serve.
Tables Available for $45, each table seats 2 guests

Tonight at the Lizard Lounge...

The Arcanauts celebrate their latest release "3" with The After Times...

The Arcanauts bring a universal yet unique perspective to the saxophone-bass-drums outfit. Drummer David Moore, bassist Greg Toro, and woodwind multi-instrumentalist Joe Albano have been performing with each other in various ensembles since the early 2000’s, and have developed a unique chemistry, only possible through the range of music the trio has played together. Listen to a set of the Arcanauts'music and you will hear threads of styles from throughout jazz history, woven together seamlessly with nods to free improvisation, American folkloric and popular music, and broader African diaspora musical language.

The After Times formed during the COVID lockdown of 2020, when the three childhood friends decided to get together in their respective yards on a semi-regular basis to play music. What started as a loose session for stretching out on standards turned into a workshop for original music, and eventually, when restrictions began to open up again, a working band.

Tickets are $15 on our Eventbrite page or $18 at the door starting at 7! Music kicks off at 8. See you there!..🦎

Tonight at the Lizard Lounge...

Eugene Tyler Band, Eliza Lemon of lighthearted and Cannon Rogers!...

Indie-bluegrass trio Eugene Tyler Band is, at their core, a road band, who've spent years cutting their teeth on the bluegrass festival circuit and clubs across the northeast. Their newest record, Low It Goes, captures the free-wheeling intensity of those live shows and showcases the cathartic, irreverent songwriting that has won them fans all over the country.

lighthearted” is an indie-folk band from Athens, Georgia fronted by twin sisters Gracie Huffman and Eliza Lemmon. They write the “type of hushed, kaleidoscopic songs that appeal to anyone that takes to gorgeous harmonies and plumbing the depths of human nature” (Ethan Fogus of Immersive Atlanta). Since its release, their debut album "from here on out," (Apr 2023) has accrued 1.3 million streams on Spotify alone.

lighthearted” is an indie-folk band from Athens, Georgia fronted by twin sisters Gracie Huffman and Eliza Lemmon. They write the “type of hushed, kaleidoscopic songs that appeal to anyone that takes to gorgeous harmonies and plumbing the depths of human nature” (Ethan Fogus of Immersive Atlanta). Since its release, their debut album "from here on out," (Apr 2023) has accrued 1.3 million streams on Spotify alone.

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page for $15 or $18 at the door starting at 7! Music starts at 8. See you there!...🦎

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight with featured poet Brynna Boyd!...

Brynna Boyd (she/her) is an emerging writer who graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in Communication & Leadership and African & African Diaspora Studies with a minor in English. She has always had a love for writing and has found community through sharing her work at slams, open mics, and local writing groups. She is the 2024 Boston Poetry Slam Champion and was on the winning team for the Northbeast regional slam.

She recently earned a Master’s of Education and teaches middle school creative writing. Brynna finds great joy in helping students explore their creative power and wearing silly buttons on her school ID badge.

Her writing is informed by her lived experiences, readings, musings of better worlds, and the everyday. When she’s not writing or teaching, you’ll find her at thrift stores, book shops, and searching for the best fries in town. The best way to keep up with her is on Instagram:

Tickets are $10 and can be bought on our Eventbrite page or at the door starting at 7! See you there!...🦎

North Carolina's Lyle de Vitry shares the stage tonight at the Lizard Lounge with Ben Cosgrove...

Much like life itself, the music of Lyle de Vitry comes in cycles. With his intricate, ambient fingerpicking guitar style and suede-soft baritone voice, de Vitry mesmerizes audiences into meditative serenity. Immersed in rich and nuanced harmonic composition, listeners are gently drawn into the here and now. Effortlessly moving between unity and dissonance, voice and instrumentation, rhythm and melody, de Vitry seamlessly integrates the comfort of folk music with the spine-shivering emotional release and intentionality of classical compositions. In so doing, he manages to create a sound as dynamic and honest as the ocean’s eternally flowing tides or the planet’s ever-changing seasons.

Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as “a sonic plein-air painter… [using] his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has performed in every U.S. state except for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page now for $12 or at the door starting at 7 o'clock for $15... Music starts at 8. See you there!...🦎

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How about a Saturday night DA show in town??We haven’t been back to Lizard Lounge Cambridge since our 4/20 show, so we are overdue. Full lineup- Johnny Trama -gtrs, Van Martin- gtrs and dubs, Timo Shanko-bass, Tommy Benedetti -drums, Steve Digregorio-keys, and to complete the sonic attack,Mister Rourke from the mighty Club d'Elf on turntables. All sorts of deep dubs and deep cuts. Get advance tickets now, save a few bucks and secure your spot.

Tonight at the Lizard Lounge!...

Montreal's Rosier and Kit Orion!...

Folk at its core and endowed with a great affection for detail, the Montreal-based band « Rosier » evolves gracefully without following the prescribed recipe of its era. Halfway between tradition and modernity, « Rosier » takes over an audacious approach where traditional songs become the intimate accomplice of well-crafted indie-folk-pop-rock music. Their direction: one where the unheard meets the existing, and stories passed down from generation to generation are rejuvenated with a contemporary twist.

Kit Orion (Caitlyn O'Brien) is a the Cambridge-based genre-bending singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and DJ. Fueled by a profound sense of community, Caitlyn regularly collaborates with local musicians, gracing stages with her own compositions and captivating audiences with her electrifying DJ performances at beloved neighborhood haunts. With the efforts and voices of her friends in the New England Music Scene, her original music project, Kit Orion, will be releasing her sophomore album, "Bottle Grin" on 10/24/24.

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page for $12 or at the door starting at 7 for $15. See you there!...🦎

The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight with featured poet Coach LA!...

Lakisha’s work has always centered on validating diversity, fostering empowerment, financial literacy, professional development, and promoting self-care advocacy. She is also a certified life coach with expertise in positive self-psychology, personal development, and self-care practices that build resilience. She has over 20 years of experience helping entrepreneurs, couples, and individuals achieve desired professional and personal goals.

As a coach, Lakisha applies many of these same principles. She aims to understand the person outside of the problem and empower her client to do the same. She understands that though she cannot predict outcomes, her approach can foster personal understanding and growth that allows her clients a better opportunity to obtain and maintain change.

Listen to Conversations with Coach LA, weekly on Sundays at 10 pm on UrbanHeat 98.1FM, an iheartradio station. Catch the replay on all major podcast platforms. Learn more at www.iamcoachla.com

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page or at the door starting at 7! See you there!...🦎

Pressure Cooker tonight at the Lizard Lounge!...

Pressure Cooker is a nine piece reggae/ska/rocksteady band from Boston. The group writes, records, and performs original songs in the styles of 1960s and 1970s Jamaican music. The group formed in 1997.

Pressure Cooker has released seven full-length CDs. Fronted by lead singer Craig Akira Fujita and backed by a core of Boston-area musicians, the band has played to audiences at clubs and festivals spanning from New England to Chicago. Over the years, Pressure Cooker has opened locally for notable artists of roots reggae music including T***s & the Maytals, Burning Spear, Gregory Isaacs, The Wailers, Prince Buster, Derrick Morgan, The Skatalites, Culture, Laurel Aitken, Eek-A-Mouse, Julian Marley, and Sister Carol.

Grab tickets on our Eventbrite page now for $15 or or at the door starting at 8 o'clock for $20! Music starts at 9. See you there!...🦎

Get ready for a funky good time tonight in the Lizard Lounge with The BT All Stars and DELA and the Steady Rock Easy!...

BT and DELA have been horn section partners for decades working with groups including John Brown's Body, G. Love, The Elovaters and Kings Highway. As their friendship grew, they supported each other's solo projects and have become a dynamic duo. They have assembled an amazing cast of Boston's finest to present a special mashup BT Allstars/Steady Rock Easy material.
Boston based trombonist Brian Thomas has been a crusader for funk, jazz, soul & reggae music in New England and beyond for over 20 years. His vibrant stage presence and distinctive funky style are on full display whenever he is on the stage. Whether he is co-leading big band funk powerhouse BT ALC Big Band, with sextet Duochrome, or directing the rotating cast musicians that are the BT Allstars, Brian strives to achieve his goal to deliver positive music for your mind and body that keeps your head bobbing and and your soul full.

Daniel “DELA” Delacruz is the Boston born saxophonist of SoCal reggae rockers, Slightly Stoopid. Before he joined the band, he spent five years touring and recording with Easy Star Records artist John Brown’s Body. In 2017, with the help of producer Karl Denson, DELA released his first solo effort “Opening Night,” on Stoopid Records. As a multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, DELA has been a key figure in the reggae and punk scene for decades.

The lineup includes Brian Thomas,DELA,Steve Fell, Jeffrey Lockhart, Jesse Williams, Cameron Greenlee, Boey Russell, and Dave Fox! Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite or at the door tonight at 8!.. See you there...🦎

Rich Hinman tonight at the Lizard Lounge...

Pedal Steel Guitarist Rich Hinman plays in a mind-expanding instrumental trio with Zachariah Hickman,Dan Drohan. Sam Kassirer, Nabe Radley, and Chris Morrissey. On his latest LP "Memorial," on Colorfield Records, multi-instrumentalist and composer Rich Hinman creates an arresting collage containing elements of electronica, psychedelia, and searching improvisation, with Hinman's pedal steel as the (mostly) primary voice. Here he debuts a trio of like-minded explorers. Collectively, Hinman, Hickman and Drohan have worked with kd lang, Sara Bareilles, Emily King, Maggie Rogers, Nick Hakim, Ray LaMontagne, Josh Ritter and many others.

Tickets available now on our Eventbrite page for $15 or at the door for $18 starting at 7! Music starts at 8. See you there!...🦎

The Duppy Conquerors tonight at the Lizard Lounge!...

The quintessential Bob Marley tribute band – the Duppy Conquerors – is a rich collection of high-caliber musicians playing in tribute to the music of Bob Marley. Nominated for a Boston Music Award, this 10-piece ensemble of veteran musicians embodies a soulful authenticity that honors the artist and his timeless collection. With nearly 80% of Marley’s repertoire under their belts, the Duppy Conquerors are equipped to provide hours of entertainment and positive vibrations.

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page for $12 or at the door for $15 starting at 7. See you there!...

Saturday 10/19!

Saturday 10/19 at is going to be a rager! This is our only Boston show of the fall, and we’re psyched to team up with and for a killer night of original music. will be joining us on bass and on vocals. Get them tickets!

The Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight with featured poet Big Brotha Sadi!...

Born Sadi Lubangala Diazabakana Jr on April 27, 1975 in Lynn, Massachusetts, Big Brotha Sadi is a Congolese American Hip Hop artist who as an MC, a Rapper, a Lyricist categorizes himself as a Hip Hop Poet which he describes a Spoken Words artist with a Hip Hop Rhymes and Beats format using Rap as language and MCing as a style of Performance.
Over the past 25 years, Big Brotha Sadi has studied and practiced Hip Hop Culture and its arts. Through his understanding of Hip Hop as a culture, a movement, and not just a genre of music, he has been able to focus on fulfilling Hip Hop's true purpose: finding self-identity and culture.
Big Brotha Sadi did not embrace and accept Hip Hop as a culture until the early 1990’s right after spending twelve years of his youth in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo where he acquired a sense of diversity within the culture which explain his fascination with Hip Hop being a subculture Black American culture which takes in inclusion a multitude of different and ethnic groups.

Grab your tickets now or at the door starting at 7... see you there!...🦎

MC Kabir & The Krush Factory tonight live at the Lizard Lounge...

Emcee, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter Kabir Sen is a veteran musician, hip hop artist, producer, and music teacher who has released songs with a wide range of established artists (Blackalicious, J-Live, Esoteric, Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, Lyrics Born, EDO G, Ryan Montbleau and many others).

Originally from London, he has been a staples of Boston’s music scene, and, with the steady releases of new songs each month his momentum is currently stronger than ever.

Grab your tickets now on our Eventbrite page for $15 or at the door starting at 8 for $20. Music starts at 9... see you there