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Boston Calling Music Festival returns this weekend (May 26, 27, 28), and there's a lot going on. The three-day music and arts festival boasts its most impressive performer lineup in its four-year history, with an expanded food and drink offering all stretched out over a new location at the Harvard Athletic Complex. After seven fests at City Hall plaza in downtown Boston, the party shifts to the open acreage of Lower Allston, upgrading its overall layout from a condensed six acres surrounded by buildings to about 17 acres along the Charles River. We've been covering the news of this expanded and enhanced Boston Calling since organizers held meetings with Allston officials last fall, so here's a quick recap and rundown of where we stand today at the Boston Calling gates set to swing open this afternoon. To recap all our Boston Calling coverage, click here.
What are the set times?
In recent years at City Hall Plaza, the fledging festival had no need to overlap performances over the course of its 20-something-performer bill. Now with its expanded lineup, overlap was inevitable. Some of the biggest conflicts that jump out: Chance The Rapper and Sigur Ros co-headlning Friday, Migos and Mac Demarco overlapping a few hours earlier, the xx and 1975 partying at the same time on Saturday, and a Massachusetts guitar throwdown between Converge and Buffalo Tom on Sunday.
Seriously, why do Converge and Buffalo Tom need to play at the same time?
Other than that things look pretty clear. We don’t think Weezer and Major Lazer share any fans, so no worries there. Same with Brandi Carlisle and Danny Brown. Peep the full schedule below, note the earlier Friday start time — more bands, more hours, more fun.
