Boston Calling Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/boston-calling/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:17:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://redefined.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/31135224/cropped-V-SOCIAL-2023-32x32.png Boston Calling Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/category/boston-calling/ 32 32 Boston Calling to take ‘a short break’ and return in 2027 https://vanyaland.com/2025/06/20/boston-calling-to-take-a-short-break-and-return-in-2027/ Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:13:38 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041883 Here’s some disappointing news that comes out of nowhere: There will be no Boston Calling in 2026. The festival revealed the word via a social media post on Friday (June 20), adding that it eyes a return in 2027 with a new target date on the calendar of June 4 to 6, a week or so after its longtime slot across Memorial Day weekend. Boston Calling, which goes down annually at the Harvard Athletic Complex after launching in 2013 at […]

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]]> Boston Calling 2025: Vanyaland’s complete coverage index https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/28/boston-calling-2025-vanyalands-complete-coverage-index/ Wed, 28 May 2025 17:09:15 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041761 Editor’s Note: What else is there to say about Boston Calling? This year’s festival was a total blast, and not even the chilly temps, occasional downpour, and gloomy clouds — sorry for predicting all that earlier this month for Vivid Bloom’s set — could put a damper on the vibes around Harvard Athletic Complex. As usual, Vanyaland was all over the place, with Brittany Rose Queen capturing photo galleries from damn-near every performance and field reporters Victoria Wasylak and Jason […]

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]]> Boston Calling Photo: All the images that defined the 2025 festival https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/28/boston-calling-photo-all-the-images-that-defined-the-2025-festival/ Wed, 28 May 2025 12:03:56 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041745 Editor’s Note: Johnny Cash was once everywhere, man, and this weekend so was Vanyaland. We just wrapped up three awesome days down at Boston Calling, and we have the visuals to prove it. While we banged out individual five-shot photo galleries for nearly all the 50 or so performances over the weekend at Harvard Athletic Complex, it’s time to pull them all together for one gallery to rule them all. From Megan From Work and PINKLIDS on the homegrown Orange Stage […]

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]]> Boston Calling V List: 5 questions with SNACKTIME https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/27/boston-calling-v-list-5-questions-with-snacktime/ Tue, 27 May 2025 20:12:22 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041644 Sunday’s early birds at Boston Calling know that SNACKTIME is actually a full sonic buffet. When kicking off the fest’s final day, the crew of Philadelphia bandmates served up heaping portions of funk and party-pop, plus a side of contagious goodwill. (You might even go so far as to call the entire affair “spiritually filling.”) After their performance on the Green Stage, the group sat down to chat about the power of festivals as platforms, wearing their love for Philadelphia […]

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]]> Boston Calling V List: 5 questions with Mo Lowda & the Humble https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/27/boston-calling-v-list-5-questions-with-mo-lowda-and-the-humble/ Tue, 27 May 2025 20:08:02 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041649 Maybe Boston Calling’s Green Stage should have been rebranded the Eagles-Green Stage on Sunday. The final day of the Memorial Day weekend festival brought a one-two punch of Philadelphia talent: A smooth transition between the party-pop funk of SNACKTIME and the groovy alt-rock of Mo Lowda & The Humble (who, as we learned, actually know each other — small world). After their early afternoon set, Mo Lowda & The Humble sat down to bridge the gap between the two East […]

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]]> Boston Calling V List: 5 questions with Copilot https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/27/boston-calling-v-list-5-questions-with-copilot/ Tue, 27 May 2025 16:08:05 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041643 Boston Calling, this is your captain speaking. Not to alarm you, but festival performers Copilot have decided to change their well-rehearsed set while onstage with absolutely no warning. This will not impact the quality of their sun-dappled Americana-pop. You are free to move around Orange Stage area, and please refrain from smoking. Thank you. Following their Sunday performance on the Orange Stage at this year’s Boston Calling, we chatted with Boston band Copilot about their skywards trajectory — both in […]

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]]> Boston Calling V List: Top 5 songs heard Sunday at the festival https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/27/boston-calling-v-list-top-5-songs-heard-sunday-at-the-festival/ Tue, 27 May 2025 15:54:31 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041735 Sunday at Boston Calling — or as we like to say, Boston Calling, now with 100 percent less precipitation — popped. Maybe the weekend’s lone dry day lent everyone some subconscious spring in their step. Or perhaps the anticipation of an incendiary tag team like Tom Morello and Public Enemy revved up even the muddiest festival-goer trudging between the Green and Allianz Blue Stages for the umpteenth time. Whatever the reason, Sunday felt like a Monster Energy Drink straight to […]

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]]> Boston Calling Photo: Snacktime live on the Green Stage https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/26/boston-calling-photo-snacktime-live-on-the-green-stage/ Mon, 26 May 2025 15:47:43 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041729 Editor’s Note: It was a chilly Day 3, but Boston Calling brought the heat. The final day of the weekend music festival delivered a bounty of highlights to Allston — Harvard grad Tom Morello’s acts of resistance wrapped in crunchy riffs; Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Flavor Flav rocking Celtics jerseys to wish Jayson Tatum a speedy recovery; the Orange Stage showing a wealth of homegrown talent; Remi Wolf delivering a spirited set to a captive audience; and Vampire Weekend holding […]

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]]> Boston Calling Photo: Nate Perry & Ragged Company live on the Orange Stage https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/26/boston-calling-photo-nate-perry-ragged-company-live-on-the-orange-stage/ Mon, 26 May 2025 15:40:34 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041723 Editor’s Note: It was a chilly Day 3, but Boston Calling brought the heat. The final day of the weekend music festival delivered a bounty of highlights to Allston — Harvard grad Tom Morello’s acts of resistance wrapped in crunchy riffs; Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Flavor Flav rocking Celtics jerseys to wish Jayson Tatum a speedy recovery; the Orange Stage showing a wealth of homegrown talent; Remi Wolf delivering a spirited set to a captive audience; and Vampire Weekend holding […]

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]]> Boston Calling Photo: Goth Babe live on the Green Stage https://vanyaland.com/2025/05/26/boston-calling-photo-goth-babe-live-on-the-green-stage/ Mon, 26 May 2025 15:35:36 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10041717 Editor’s Note: It was a chilly Day 3, but Boston Calling brought the heat. The final day of the weekend music festival delivered a bounty of highlights to Allston — Harvard grad Tom Morello’s acts of resistance wrapped in crunchy riffs; Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Flavor Flav rocking Celtics jerseys to wish Jayson Tatum a speedy recovery; the Orange Stage showing a wealth of homegrown talent; Remi Wolf delivering a spirited set to a captive audience; and Vampire Weekend holding […]

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