Boston Calling Music Festival
| Boston Calling Music Festival | |
|---|---|
A performance during the fall 2014 edition | |
| Venue | Harvard Athletic Complex (2017–present) Boston City Hall Plaza (2013–2016) |
| Locations | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Years active | 2013–2019, 2022–2025 |
| Founders | Brian Appel and Mike Snow |
| Most recent | May 23–25, 2025 |
| Next event | June 4–6, 2027 |
| Attendance | 40,000 (2024) |
| Website | bostoncalling |
Boston Calling Music Festival is a Boston-based music festival. The festival was initially produced by Crash Line Productions, a Boston-based entertainment production company. Subsequently, the festival has been produced by Boston Calling Events, which was purchased by the Madison Square Garden Company in 2016, and by 2023 was owned by Live Nation Entertainment.
The festival debuted in May 2013 at City Hall Plaza and took place twice a year, in May and September, through 2015. In 2016, the festival transitioned to being held annually in the second half of May, and since 2017 its venue has been Harvard Athletic Complex in the Allston neighborhood of Boston
Past performers of Boston Calling have included The National, Sia, Beck, My Morning Jacket, Brandi Carlile, Of Monsters and Men, Fun, Kendrick Lamar, Passion Pit, Vampire Weekend, Modest Mouse, Airborne Toxic Event, Disclosure, Clairo, Eminem, Twenty One Pilots, Travis Scott, Tame Impala, Nine Inch Nails, Metallica, Luke Combs, Avril Lavigne, and Dave Matthews Band.