Pitbull, beabadoobee, JPEGMAFIA: MA Events This Weekend

MASSACHUSETTS — It isn't so much a question of what there is to do in the Boston area and beyond, but rather, what should locals do?

Welcome to Patch's latest weekly roundup of highlight-worthy events across the city and surrounding areas. We've compiled them into one, easy-to-follow list, for your weekend planning.

As a singer and harp player who has traveled the world performing since forming The James Montgomery Band while living in Boston in 1970, he said there are a select few venues that still ignite his passion for the style and its rich history with just a touch more fire.

Montgomery will be back in one of those hallowed halls on Sept. 13 as part of a special night of film, tribute and blues jams when he performs at the historic Cabot Theater in Beverly with an all-star band after a screening of the documentary "Bonnie Blue - James Cotton's Life in the Blues," which Montgomery co-produced, followed by the jam session featuring the likes of Jon Butcher, Christine Ohlman, Johnny A, and Willie J. Laws.

Plus: beabadobee plays MGM Music Hall, The National and The War on Drugs play Xfinity Center one day before Pitbull, and what else to know this weekend in Massachusetts.

Friday

• Dana and Alden at The Sinclair — Cambridge
• The Lemonheads at Paradise Rock Club — Boston
• Boy & Bear at Brighton Music Hall — Boston
• Sierra Ferrell at Roadrunner — Boston
• James Montgomery at The Cabot — Beverly
• beabadoobee at MGM Music Hall — Boston
• Jane's Addiction and Love and Rockets at Leader Bank Pavilion — Boston
• The Front Bottoms at House of Blues — Boston
• Silver Scream Con — Worcester

Saturday

• Polaris at Roadrunner — Boston
• Dalton & The Sheriffs at Leader Bank Pavilion — Boston
• Manchester Orchestra at House of Blues — Boston
• The National and The War on Drugs at Xfinity Center — Mansfield
• Red Bull Tug of Oar at DCR John W. Weeks Footbridge — Cambridge
• Swampscott Town Yard Sale, PorchFest — Swampscott

Sunday

• The Young Dubliners at Brighton Music Hall — Boston
• JPEGMAFIA at Roadrunner — Boston
• STS9 at Big Night Live — Boston
• Pitbull at Xfinity Center — Mansfield

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