Middle East Upstairs

Middle East Upstairs is a 194-capacity music venue in Central Square, Cambridge. The closest T service is Red Line, Central Square.

194-cap upstairs room at the Middle East, booking mid-level touring indie, punk, and rock acts in a more intimate setting than the downstairs.

Address

472-480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 · map

Neighborhood

Central Square

Capacity

194

Nearest T

Red Line, Central Square

Website

mideastclub.com

Calendar

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What is the bag policy at Middle East Upstairs?

No bag restrictions are posted for this venue. Smaller rooms rarely enforce one, but check before a sold-out night.

How do you get to Middle East Upstairs on the T?

The nearest MBTA service is Red Line, Central Square. The venue is within about a 20-minute walk of rapid transit.

Upcoming shows at Middle East Upstairs

• Fri Sep 25, 2026 — Liturgy, Guppy — 5pm — $24 — 18+
• Fri Sep 25, 2026 — Synapse — 10pm — 18+
• Sat Sep 26, 2026 — Pertinence, Cesar — 8pm — $27 — 18+
• Sun Sep 27, 2026 — Pathogenic, My Hands Were Tied, In Contempt, Bad Move, Greyloch, Company Car Booking & Assbeaters Anonymous present Pathogenic — 12pm — $20
• Sun Sep 27, 2026 — The Holdup, Cydeways, Dylan Reese — 7pm — $29 — 18+
• Tue Sep 29, 2026 — Hot Flash Heat Wave, High, Pinklids — 7pm — $27 — 18+
• Wed Sep 30, 2026 — Sean Nicholas Savage, Toth — 7pm — $18/$22
• Thu Oct 1, 2026 — Unsane, Sexless Marriage, Alreckque — 7pm — $32 — 18+
• Sat Oct 3, 2026 — Taylor Bickett, Corrina — 8pm — $25 — 18+
• Sun Oct 4, 2026 — Heavy Temple, Crystal Spiders, Insomniac — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Mon Oct 5, 2026 — The Royston Club — 7pm — $18/$20 — 18+
• Tue Oct 6, 2026 — Supersuckers, The Rumours — 7pm — $30 — 18+
• Wed Oct 7, 2026 — Bombargo, Fudge — 7pm — $38
• Thu Oct 8, 2026 — Cardinal Bloom, Holdfast — 6:30pm — $25
• Fri Oct 9, 2026 — RAV — 7pm — $31/$76
• Sat Oct 10, 2026 — Owen Riegling, Payton Smith — 8pm — $27 — 18+
• Sat Oct 10, 2026 — Slack Magic, Dust Jacket, Bebe & Oona, Callan. — 12pm — $22 — 18+
• Sun Oct 11, 2026 — HellBound — 8pm — $20/$25 — 21+
• Sun Oct 11, 2026 — Kowloon Walled City, Great Falls — 6:30pm — $27 — 18+
• Mon Oct 12, 2026 — Tripwire, Open Letter, Putnam Junior, My November, I Shot an Angel — 6pm — $22
• Tue Oct 13, 2026 — Ian McConnell, Cherokee Social — 7pm — $23 — 18+
• Wed Oct 14, 2026 — Magoo — 7pm — $20/$25 — 18+
• Thu Oct 15, 2026 — Linnea's Garden, American Ocelot, The Magic City, Lover of Eve — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Fri Oct 16, 2026 — Chanpan, Shebad — 8pm — $20/$25
• Sat Oct 17, 2026 — Matt Shore, The Jerritone — 6pm — $30
• Wed Oct 21, 2026 — Ouija Macc, Billy Marchiafava, Darby O'Trill, Mikey Rotten — 7pm — $27
• Thu Oct 22, 2026 — Zinc, Unhinged, Low Tide, Hatch, At Fault — 7pm — $27
• Fri Oct 23, 2026 — Have Heart, If It Rains, Far Too Late, Dizeaze — 7pm
• Fri Oct 23, 2026 — Synapse — 10pm — $10/$15
• Sat Oct 24, 2026 — Epicenter, Gravewraith, Swarm Of Eyes, Fullminator, Bridges — 7:30pm — $22
• Sat Oct 24, 2026 — Ethan Franklin and Friends, Ice Lemonade & The Apple Snaps — 12pm — $22 — 18+
• Sun Oct 25, 2026 — Fuller, Le Keep — 7pm — $18/$22 — 18+
• Sun Oct 25, 2026 — Recollection, The Sissy Boys, Neolithic, Peace Test, Breakout From Oppression — 12pm — $20
• Tue Oct 27, 2026 — Bungalow Collect — 7pm — $27/$35
• Sat Oct 31, 2026 — Punkoween 2, tributes to Slapshot, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Bad Brains — 7pm — $22
• Sun Nov 1, 2026 — Banda AL9, The Burkharts — 7pm — $23
• Tue Nov 3, 2026 — Keenan TreVon — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Wed Nov 4, 2026 — Canyon Lights with Mojo Thunder, Canyon Lights, Mojo Thunder — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Thu Nov 5, 2026 — Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers — 7pm — $27 — 18+
• Fri Nov 6, 2026 — Jesse Gold — 7pm — $29/$68
• Sun Nov 8, 2026 — HellBound — 8pm — $20/$25 — 21+
• Wed Nov 11, 2026 — vaultboy, Gus — 8pm — $27 — 18+
• Thu Nov 12, 2026 — Mordent.IO, Zeist, Rohan, Sunshine [at Night], Hint of Reason — 7pm — $25 — 18+
• Fri Nov 13, 2026 — Orange Dog Club — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Sat Nov 14, 2026 — The Tumblers, Air Traffic Controller — 6:30pm — $22 — 18+
• Sun Nov 15, 2026 — The Kilans, Jade Street — 7pm — $20/$25 — 18+
• Tue Nov 17, 2026 — Jack Blocker — 7pm — $22
• Wed Nov 18, 2026 — First to Eleven — 7pm — $27/$90
• Thu Nov 19, 2026 — Garret Elias — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Fri Nov 20, 2026 — J Ember, That Graduate — 8pm — $27
• Sat Nov 21, 2026 — The Wankers - The Ultimate Britpop/New Wave Experience — 8pm — $27 — 18+
• Sun Nov 22, 2026 — Straight Ahead, Waste Management, C4, Big Contest, Lose Sight, Against the World, Step First — 4pm — $30
• Tue Nov 24, 2026 — Middle East presents Super Pop Party, Battlemode, Cerussis, Parris, J-Line — 7pm — $20 — 18+
• Wed Nov 25, 2026 — Complete Utter Opposite, Cosmic Triumph, Roaches, Lacquerhead — 7pm — $22 — 18+
• Fri Nov 27, 2026 — Synapse — 10pm
• Tue Dec 8, 2026 — Jady, Ezra — 7pm — $25 — 18+
• Thu Dec 10, 2026 — DJ Lucas, Kinji00, 1of1 Soldiers, Fugga Wugga — 7pm — $22
• Sun Dec 13, 2026 — HellBound — 8pm — $20/$25 — 21+
• Fri Dec 18, 2026 — An Evening With Mostly Maiden, Mostly Maiden — 7:30pm — $27 — 18+
• Sat Dec 26, 2026 — G-Rose, Dj Randy Flow, Shumvnasty, Black & White And Party w/ — 7pm — $27 — 18+
• Sat Jan 16, 2027 — Cosmic Triumph, Wikka, Turbo Goth — 7pm — $25 — 18+
• Tue Jan 26, 2027 — Never Easy, Wayside, Postdrome — 6:30pm — $22
• Fri Jan 29, 2027 — Boy Golden — 7pm — $20/$25
• Tue Mar 16, 2027 — Anna Shoemaker — 7pm — $25

foobos has listings for 44 past shows at Middle East Upstairs.