The clocks haven’t gone back yet, but the Hub’s Celtic punk and Irish rock crews are already lining up the autumn sessions, from State Street to Southie to the Cape. Here’s what’s on the Greater Boston radar from mid-October through the holidays. Pace yourselves.
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Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: NEMA Americana Nod
Boston’s accordion-slinging, chicken-pickin’ crew Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners have bagged another nomination: Americana Act of the Year at the 2026 New England Music Awards.
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Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners: Halfway to St Paddy’s in Southie
If your idea of a good Saturday involves an accordion, and a few pints then, Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners have a date for you. They’ll be at Castle Island Brewing in South Boston on Saturday, October 3, from 6–9pm, for the brewery’s Halfway to St Paddy’s Day Festival at 10 Old Colony Ave.
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Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners
I’m really enjoying the new EP from Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners, In The Key of Guinness. Celtic folk rock with elements of old-school rock and roll. Kier, of course, was formerly of Boston alt-country rockers Three Day Threshold, who contributed to the now legendary (if I do say so myself) Shite’n’Onions Vol 2. The Kettle Burners have three EPs up on Spotify:
Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners – In the Key of Guinness (March 2025)
https://open.spotify.com/album/5mp8tUQQleu0FJ8XXgef3B
Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners – Before the Fall (April 2025)
https://open.spotify.com/album/4d2yRCLYBSOX6YZGogX9lB
Kier Byrnes & The Kettle Burners – All Gone Wrong (2024)
https://open.spotify.com/album/1ybfw2BmNfvqQ3qOxJfoKk
