Over its nine previous years, Boston Calling has been festival of moments. And as the 2022 edition comes up this Memorial Day weekend, we’re already thinking of the potential moments — a certain song, a certain experience, a certain run-in with an old friend — that might unfold across three days at the Harvard Athletic Complex in Allston. One moment that we’re very much looking forward to is hearing Japanese Breakfast blaze through 2021 mega-jam “Be Sweet” midway through the Sunday slate (May 29), which has potential to be a highlight of the entire festival. This past weekend, Michelle Zauner gave us a pretty great taste of what to expect.
Japanese Breakfast played the Season 47 finale of SNL, performing two songs — the aforementioned “Be Sweet” and fellow Jubilee jam “Paprika” — and Zauner participated in a sketch called “Women’s Commercial.” As fate would have it, that would be the last SNL sketch for departing cast members Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, and Kyle Mooney.
Zauner, who today was announced as one of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People, brings Japanese Breakfast to Western Mass for an appearance at Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival just ahead of the Boston Calling gig, and returns to New England for a July 21 show at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine.
Get all the dates below, check out a trio of SNL clips, and get excited for the weekend.
Japanese Breakfast North American Tour Dates:
May 28 – North Adams, MA @ Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival
May 29 – Allston, MA @ Boston Calling
June 4 – Bloomington, IN @ Granfalloon Festival
June 12 – Queens, NY @ The Governors Ball Music Festival
June 14 – Raleigh, NC @ Red Hat Amphitheater
June 15 – Vienna, VA @ Wolf Trap Filene Center
June 16 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
June 17 – Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
July 8 – Des Moines, IA @ 80/35 Music Festival
July 9 – Winnipeg, MB @ Winnipeg Folk Festival
July 11 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *
July 12 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
July 14 – Bloomington, IL @ Castle Theatre *
July 15 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *
July 16 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
July 17 – Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery *
July 19 – Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
July 20 – Montreal, QC @ Theatre Corona
July 21 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point
July 23 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center ^
July 26 – Honolulu, HI @ The Republik
August 12 to 14 – Seattle, WA @ Day In Day Out Festival
August 26 – Stanford, CA @ Here And There at Frost Amphitheater
September 2 – Nelsonville, OH @ Nelsonville Music Festival
September 3 – Denver, CO @ Here And There at The Mission Ballroom
September 15 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond
October 4 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
October 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~
October 7 – Portland, OR @ Theater of the Clouds #
October 8 to 9 – Austin, TX @ ACL Festival
* w/ The Linda Lindas
^ w/ Yo La Tengo & Cate Le Bon
~ w/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs
# w/ Florence + The Machine