In recent years we’ve often shown the love to Grub, Sweat, and Beers, the Allston’s annual serving of music n’ meats at the soon to be relaunched O’Brien’s Pub. But this year might be the first time we’ve dropped it into our Fest Intentions highlight series, because the 2025 lineup — the weekend’s ninth offering overall — is a fucking beast of Boston heaviness.
This year’s Grub, Sweat, and Beers goes down July 26 and 27 — maybe summer will even arrive by then — and hitting the stage is a sweltering smorgasbord lineup of metal, hard rock, NWOBHM, psych, stoner, sludge and whatever other genres everyone’s currently arguing about. It features, in alphabetical order, ALRECKQUE, Burn Channel, Catching Hell, Cold Hard Cash, Dwelley, Earthlore, Gozu, Guppy, Holy Bowl, Karate Steve, Louderjoy, Mollusk, Officer X, The Long Wait, The Outlourdes, Strawberry Coffin, Swamphead, Viqueen, Wire Lines, and Worshipper.
The mighty Worshipper at OBs for a BBQ? Alright then.
Peep the dope flyer by Adam O’Day, who’s been illustrating Grub, Sweat, and Beers’ vibe for as long as we can remember, and stay tuned for more bands set to be added to the festivities.
Tickets go on sale Friday (May 23) at 10 a.m. Stay hungry.
