Koto Lowell Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/koto-lowell/ The proven voice in music since 2013 Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:32:00 +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 Koto Lowell Archives - Vanyaland https://vanyaland.com/tag/koto-lowell/ 32 32 Koto’s live music venue in Lowell to close later this month https://vanyaland.com/2025/11/16/kotos-live-music-venue-in-lowell-to-close-later-this-month/ Sun, 16 Nov 2025 10:31:18 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10042667 The turnover on Lowell’s ever-changing Merrimack Street continues: Koto Lowell, a live music venue and “small bites” restaurant, is closing. The business revealed the news on social media this weekend (November 15), stating that it will shutter “for good” at the end of the month. The business opened at 76 Merrimack St. in July of 2024 as a sister location of Koto in Salem, Massachusetts, which is also a hybrid venue and eatery. The Mill City iteration of Koto spans […]

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]]> First Look: Koto is the latest addition to Lowell’s live music circuit https://vanyaland.com/2024/08/21/first-look-koto-is-the-latest-addition-to-lowells-live-music-circuit/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 17:26:23 +0000 https://vanyaland.com/?p=10039339 On a brisk August evening, Neighbor fill downtown Lowell’s Boarding House Park with a bright fusion of funk and Americana. Barely two blocks away, Graveborn’s yowls seep out of Koto Lowell and tumble down Merrimack Street in contrast. If the bone-rattling riffs or metal musicians hulking Orange amplifiers down the sidewalk weren’t enough of an indication, the stages at Koto’s second location are open for business. After originally planning for a winter debut, the sister venue of Koto Salem launched […]

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