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Yahoo
31-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Boston launches new "Late-Night Food Truck" program for summer eats
Insomniacs with a major cheeseburger jones, this one's for you. Mayor Michelle Wu's office announced Saturday that the city is launching its new "Late Night Food Truck Program," aimed at bringing treats to places where people are working late or are stumbling out of clubs and bars and find themselves in need of a snack. This new program will led by the city's Office of Nightlife Economy. 'My very first efforts in city government working under Mayor Menino focused on improving the restaurant permitting process and launching food trucks in Boston,' Wu said in a statement. 'Fifteen years later, I'm excited to continue creating opportunities for our food businesses and to make our city vibrant, welcoming, and fun,' the mayor continued. 'I encourage interested food truck operators to register for the lottery for a chance to operate at a late-night location this summer and fall.' A lottery to operate near the seven sites near hospitals, universities, music venues, and nightlife districts will take place on June 6 at 4 p.m. If you're a food truck operator and you want in, you should sign up using this online form by Wednesday, June 4. You'll also need all the requisite documents to vend in the city. You can find a list of those required documents is available at this link. The new late-night program is 'about more than just meals—it's about unlocking new opportunities for Boston's entrepreneurs and increasing access to late-night food,' Corean Reynolds, the city's director of nightlife economy, said. 'This initiative is a direct response to conversations with residents, workers, and businesses, as they consistently indicated to me the need for more food options after hours.' District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan called the effort a 'win for small businesses, those getting off a late shift, students finishing a long study session, and folks enjoying a night out.' 'It also gives small businesses a new opportunity to connect with customers,' Durkan said. The city will announce the list of winning vendors in June, with the late-night program running until this fall. Business owners and the foodservice industry welcomed the new effort. 'Being able to serve food later into the evening is a key part of continuing to make the city more vibrant and livelier,' Josh Bhatti, the senior vice president for The Bowery Presents, said. 'Providing food for concertgoers and our staff along with creating business opportunities for others is something that has been much needed in the city. I applaud the Mayor for pushing this initiative forward.' 'With so many employers offering lunch to incentivize workers to come back to the office, Boston's food truck community is still struggling to recover from the impact of COVID,' Jen Faigel, the co-founder and executive director of CommonWealth Kitchen, said. Longtime Market Basket execs say they expect to be sacked amid company's turmoil Boston Red Sox prospect (Mass. native) promoted to High A; The Password stays hot High bacteria levels prompt closures for these Mass. beaches More than 30 pizzerias to be at New England's largest pizza festival in June Downtown Boston zoning changes could allow buildings up to 700 feet tall Read the original article on MassLive.
Boston Globe
14-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Kim Petras and Trixie Mattel to headline a new queer music festival in Boston this summer
Advertisement Trixie Mattel is heading to the Hub for OUTLOUD Boston. Nazrin Massaro The OUTLOUD Boston lineup also includes rapper Flo Milli, Australian singer-songwriter G Flip, and DJ and TV host Hannah Rad, as well as Boston DJ MATH3CA and Bay State artist Big Body Kweeng. Meanwhile, Rebecca Black — the former teen YouTube star behind the Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The upcoming music fest marks the first East Coast event for OUTLOUD, which describes itself as 'the leading LGBTQ+ music brand.' According to a press release, OUTLOUD debuted as a digital-only series in 2020 and has since grown into a live event series that aims to celebrate LGBTQ+ artists and provide a platform for up-and-coming queer performers. The main OUTLOUD Music Festival takes place at WeHo Pride in West Hollywood, with Advertisement 'In today's political climate, it's more important than ever to uplift queer voices and provide a platform for LGBTQ+ artists,' said OUTLOUD founder and executive producer Jeff Consoletti, who originally hails from Boston, in a press release. 'Bringing the OUTLOUD Music Festival to my hometown of Boston is a surreal and full circle moment for me, a moment that isn't lost in today's climate of hostility towards my LGBTQ community.' OUTLOUD Boston is co-produced by live event and entertainment agency JJLA, as well as concert promoter The Bowery Presents. Josh Bhatti, senior vice president of The Bowery Presents, said in a press release that his organization is 'proud to partner with' OUTLOUD on the event, noting that it's 'so important for our company to continue to celebrate LGBTQ+ artists in the Boston area and beyond.' OUTLOUD Boston isn't the only festival taking over The Stage at Suffolk Downs this year. The Pogues and Pre-sale registration for OUTLOUD Boston is now open on Matt Juul can be reached at
Boston Globe
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Something in the Way Fest celebrates indie rock, emo, and punk
'It's just a conglomeration of bands that we think are cool and important and people should know about,' says Run for Cover founder and owner Jeff Casazza. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The fest is a celebration of the (slightly belated) 20-year anniversaries of Run for Cover and The Bowery Presents, which both started in 2004. Soon after expanding to Boston in 2010, The Bowery Presents moved into the same Allston office building as Run for Cover, which specialized in the sort of college kid-approved, guitar-forward music the Bowery tended to book. A symbiotic relationship based in shared musical tastes soon formed, with the label's artists often booking their Boston dates in Bowery venues. Though both businesses have since moved out of the building (Bowery Boston is now based in Brighton, while Run for Cover went fully remote), the connection formed during that period remains strong. 'I can't really imagine who else we would have ended up doing this with,' Casazza says. 'We love Roadrunner; it's kind of the perfect place to see a band, in my opinion.' Balance and Composure singer/guitarist Jon Simmons, whose group returned from a four-year hiatus in 2023, remembers always looking forward to playing Boston on past tours. He's honored to be headlining a festival presented by his old friends at Run for Cover. Advertisement 'We used to crash with [Casazza], like five or six guys sleeping on his bedroom floor,' Simmons says. 'They've done a lot of things to help us through our career.' Balance and Composure never signed to Run for Cover, although the label did co-release a split 12-inch record with them and fellow Pennsylvania emo band Tigers Jaw in 2011 which Casazza calls 'a historical landmark for that time and scene of bands.' To Simmons, the absence of a formal partnership with Run for Cover only makes the endurance of their bond all the more impressive. 'We just stayed friends, and I think that's really cool,' Simmons says. 'There's no business aspect with us. That's hard to come by these days.' Fiddlehead will perform as part of Something in the Way Fest. Reid Haithcock Although none of the four headliners are Run for Cover artists, the Something in the Way undercard features plenty of the label's current crop, like local post-hardcore heroes 'You know, not every Slowdive fan is aware of Ovlov or They Are Gutting a Body of Water,' Casazza says. 'So, I think that there's going to be a decent [number] of people who see something that they haven't seen before and end up really enjoying it.' Just as important to Casazza was ensuring that fans could see every artist on the bill. He's very happy that the Bowery figured out how to fit a second stage in Roadrunner to make back-to-back sets possible. Advertisement 'We're at a time where a festival with 50 bands across one day is a common thing, so even if the lineup is incredible, you might be able to see seven or eight bands out of the 25 that you want to see, which ends up being a frustrating experience,' Casazza says. 'We're glad to be offering something different than that.' Beyond the main festival, Bowery Boston's smaller venue The Sinclair will host a sold-out pre-show headlined by Fiddlehead Friday night and a late show Saturday night featuring two generations of Boston indie rock in '90s shoegazers Drop Nineteens and modern slowcore outfit (and Run for Cover band) Horse Jumper of Love. Meanwhile, Casazza sounds ready to realize his original vision of Something in the Way as a yearly celebration, with the 2026 edition already in the works. 'We're glad to have a long runway for next year, because we definitely didn't plan for a year for this one and it turned out pretty great,' he says. 'Hopefully, we can expand outside of Roadrunner and do something a little bigger.' SOMETHING IN THE WAY FEST 2025 With Balance and Composure, Soccer Mommy, Slowdive, and American Football. At Roadrunner, 89 Guest St., Boston, Feb. 1-2, 1 p.m., $150,
