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Lizard Lounge Cambridge

"An intimate, eclectic hot spot." –Rolling Stone
Live music. Full bar. Dinner. 21+. The Lizard Lounge has a full bar, cocktail list, and 30 brews on tap.
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With its subterranean location, sensuous red lighting, and welcoming staff, Lizard Lounge brings such a unique vibe to performances that Rolling Stone Magazine hailed, “Lizard Lounge is where it’s at – intimate, eclectic hot spot.”

Lizard Lounge features live performances seven nights a week (cover varies), ranging from the area’s hottest local bands to touring national acts. In addition to rock

and roots, you might also find opera, classical music or Balkan folk music dotting the Lounge’s diverse calendar. As ongoing series, every Monday night features The Lizard Lounge Open Mic Challenge hosted by Tom Bianchi, and every Sunday night, The Jeff Robinson Trio hosts the legendary Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam and Slam (14 years running!). In addition, the world renown groove collective Club D’Elf has called Lizard Lounge home for over 13 years and can be seen performing here once or twice a month. Our dinner menu is available every night until midnight. And talk about a great place for a party! The Lounge is available for private get-togethers from 20 – 100, from offbeat to swank. Please email [email protected] for details. Lizard Lounge is a 21+ club.

08/30/2026

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight with featured poet Nadia Gaskins. Tickets are $10 in advance or at the door! See you there...🦎

Nadia Gaskins is a Connecticut-born poet who has been writing since the age of 12. Now 23, she uses poetry as a way to explore identity, vulnerability, healing, and the complexities of the human experience. Her work has appeared in The Arts Paper and the Connecticut Student Writers Magazine, and is featured in Our Red Book by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff. In 2023, Nadia was named Connecticut’s Youth Grand Slam Champion. Through her writing, she hopes to create work that lingers with readers long after they’ve turned the page.

08/29/2026

The mighty Blue Ribbons return tonight with PlusOrMinus tonight at 8 o'clock! Grab your tickets now on Eventbrite or at the door starting at 7! See you there!...🦎

Local champs the Blue Ribbons are a pop band in the same way that the Beatles or Steely Dan or Television are pop bands in that they like pop but “aren’t too precious about the songs,”

PlusOrMinus are a Boston-based trio writing and playing music built for the space between sound and image. Everything is live-played and overdubbed, never programmed.
We're Eliot Hunt and Jon Bistline - longtime collaborators, formerly of the Boston-based band, Chauncey - alongside drummer Mike Piehl, formerly of Expanding Man and Reverse.

08/28/2026

Muddy Ruckus and Le Prestige tonight at the Lizard Lounge! Tickets are $15 advance or $20 at the door starting at 7 o'clock! Music starts at 8. See you there...🦎

Two Souls, one suitcase kick, three amplifiers, and enough voltage to raise the dead.
Muddy Ruckus is a wild-hearted, feral psyche rock duo known for transforming minimalist instrumentation into a full-throttle sonic eruption. Fronted by guitarist/songwriter Ryan Flaherty and drummer/vocalist Erika Stahl, the band delivers a sound far bigger than two people should be able to conjure.

Le Prestige is an instrumental and improvisational music group based in Somerville and Cambridge, Massachusetts. Their original songs are primarily influenced by the spirit of 60’s soul jazz and the big beats and loops of 90’s hip-hop and electronica. Taking an organic and low-tech approach to these sounds, the tunes feature horn-driven melodies and expressive soloing over funk, jazz, reggae and disco grooves.

08/27/2026

Tonight at the Lizard Lounge! JJ Slater, Savoir Faire and Safe Journey! Tickets are $15 on Eventbrite or $20 at the door starting at 7! Savoir Faire kicks off at 8! See you there!...🦎

Usually when folks describe JJ Slater’s music, words relate back to nature, the outdoors, the warm sun and the cool breeze. His UMASS Amherst psych-rock band Humble Digs was a mainstay at Stockbridge School of Agriculture events, and ten years later tours are often routed with ulterior, National Park-related motives.

With a voice straight out of the jazz age, Savoir Faire brings the modern existential crisis into a realm of retro-noir. Born to an American mother and an Iranian father, Savoir Faire was absorbing the influences of everything from classic 60s rock to Persian pop at an early age. It was during her pre-teen years that she was inspired by the 90s wave of female songwriters to pick up the guitar

Safe Journey is an indie project led by photographer-turned-songwriter Steph Larsen, who began writing after unexpectedly losing her mother in 2022 just after her 30th birthday. With no formal musical training, Steph turned her grief into songs. She reunited with guitarist Liz Glenn, drummer Emily Payson and bassist Michaela Knight, old friends from the South Shore of MA, transforming what started as a solo exploration into a kismet she/they band.

08/23/2026

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam with René Manuel Ramos tonight! Tickets are $10 on Eventbrite or at the door! See you there!...🦎

René Manuel Ramos (he/him) is a Providence-based artist born & raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. A competitive poet on the Providence Poetry Slam team since 2025. His poetry explores masculinity, family growing pains, and systemic grief. A Motif Magazine Free Verse Award Nominee. A featured performer at Boston Poetry Slam, FreeVerse Presents, AfroVerse PVD, & more. His work has been featured on platforms such as Voices in Power and The Poets Cauldron. A self-proclaimed caffeine connoisseur, René uses energy to navigate this thing called life.

08/22/2026

An evening with Brady Dallas Jones and The Lonestar Band tonight at 8 o'clock! This is their last show for a spell and tickets are moving quick so make sure to grab your tix on Eventbrite now! We'll have tickets at the door for $20 starting at 7! See you there...🦎

"Brady Dallas Jones blends an introspective and musing lyrical style with the dramatic folk rock sound he was raised on to create a Boston-brewed mixture capable of bringing an audience to their knees, whether it be in sadness or ecstasy." - Arlo Matthews

08/21/2026

Aaron Bellamy celebrates the release of "Divided By Zero" tonight at the Lizard Lounge! Aaron will be performing tracks from the album featuring collaborations with Jen Kearney, Toussaint the Liberator, Kabir Sen, Jimmy Treez, Jonathan Gramling, and TA3! Also performing will be the mighty A-Beez! Grab your tickets on Eventbrite for $20 or $25 at the doors starting at 7! See you there! 🦎

Divided by Zero is the latest album from Aaron Bellamy. An eclectic collection of collaborations featuring Jen Kearney, Toussaint the Liberator, Kabir Sen, Jimmy Treez, Jonathan Gramling, and TA3. Blending rock, hip hop, jazz, soul, and improvisational sessions, the album showcases a wide-ranging musical vision. Written primarily by Aaron Bellamy, with additional lyrical contributions from Toussaint the Liberator and Kabir Sen, Divided by Zero is a celebration of fearless musical exploration.
Divided by Zero will be released August 7, exclusively on Bandcamp, giving listeners the opportunity to support the album directly. One month later, it will be available on all major streaming platforms.

The A-Beez are a powerhouse collective born from Boston’s thriving soul and funk scene, led by keyboardist Amy Bellamy and bassist Aaron Bellamy. Known for their fearless blend of soul, funk, R&B, hip-hop, and jazz, The A-Beez deliver music that grooves hard, feels deep, and never stops evolving.
Longtime creative and life partners, Amy and Aaron began building their sound in the early 2000s as part of the Sam Kininger Band. Since then, they’ve toured internationally, shared stages and studio credits with a long list of musical heavyweights—including Chaka Khan, Terri Lyne Carrington, G. Love, Res, Club d’Elf, and members of Earth, Wind & Fire, The Nth Power, and Snarky Puppy.
Over the past decade, The A-Beez have become a cornerstone of Boston’s music community, with a long-running residency at the legendary Wally’s Jazz Café and regular appearances up and down the East Coast. Onstage, the group expands into a rotating ensemble of Boston’s most elite players—including vocalists, horn sections, and guest artists—with an unmistakable chemistry and infectious live energy.

08/20/2026

dayes, Brendan Cleary and Russel Jamie Johnson tonight at the Lizard Lounge! Grab your tickets now, just a few tickets remain on Eventbrite for $15, but we'll have some tickets at the door starting at 7 o'clock for $20. Russel Jamie Johnson kicks off at 8! See you there!...🦎

dayes is an independent alternative folk band based in Boston, MA, led by songwriter and vocalist Patrick Morelli. Morelli blends his love for the free-spirited energy of modern jam bands like Dispatch and Mt. Joy, along with the intimate storytelling of folk artists such as Caamp and The Lumineers. Morelli is joined by his wife, Camille Morelli, on bass, and longtime friend Pete Duffy on lead guitar. When not working on music, Patrick and Camille are high school teachers at a small, private school in Boston.

In 2019, Brendan Cleary hit the bottom — and his life restarted. After years of struggling with addiction while fighting to maintain a career as a live musician in Nashville, the world finally came crashing down around him. It was the beginning of the road back to finding his voice again.
Playing hotel bars and restaurants, Brendan slowly felt his way back to the songwriter he had always been in his heart of hearts, using his struggles to connect with an understanding audience.

Russell Jamie Johnson is a New York City–based singer-songwriter and actor crafting cinematic indie-folk songs that feel both timeless and intensely personal. Blending the emotional honesty of folk storytelling with sweeping Americana textures and alternative influences, Johnson’s music lives in the aftermath of love, memory, and longing. His voice moves effortlessly between intimate vulnerability and raw intensity, carried by fingerpicked guitars, atmospheric arrangements, and lyrics that read like scenes from a film.

08/16/2026

Lizard Lounge Poetry Jam tonight with featured poet Mckendy Fils-Aimé! Tickets are $10 on Eventbrite or at the door starting at 7! See you there!...🦎

Mckendy Fils-Aimé is a New England-based Haitian American poet, organizer, and teaching artist. He is the author of sipèstisyon (YesYes Books, 2026) and has received fellowships from Callaloo, Cave Canem, The Watering Hole, CantoMundo, and Periplus. Over nearly two decades, Mckendy has represented New England in several regional and national poetry slams, performing on numerous semifinal and final stages. Mckendy’s work has been featured or is forthcoming in Best New Poets, Adroit, Muzzle, American Literary Review, the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series, and elsewhere.

08/15/2026

Tonight, we welcome back Brendan Boogie from LALA land who's coincidentally celebrating his 50th bday tonight at the Lizard Lounge with help from Grownup Noise, Harris, Fooled by April and of course Brendan Boogie closing things out! Presales have ended but we'll have tickets at the door starting at 6! Music starts at 7! See you there!🦎

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1667 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA
02138

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http://lizardloungeclub.com/

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