Jan 14 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Boston, MA, at the Boston seaport location of Porter Square Books at Grub Street (near the ICA), 7pm. Celebration of the release of the first-ever collection of Rick Froberg's artwork, "Plenty For All". Chris writes: "Besides playing in bands like Drive Like Jehu, Hot Snakes, Obits et al Rick left a really great body of work as a visual artist; highly recommended. The rock-ish folks at Akashic have spearheaded a touring book release show with a live performance by Alexis + Johnny from Girls Against Boys and Sohrab from Obits etc PLUS Boston locals TW Walsh, Drew O'Doherty, Brad Searles + yours truly playing a short set of Rick's music."
Feb 13 2026 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Hamden, CT, at Space Ballroom, w/The Black Heart Procession
Feb 15 2026 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Boston, MA, at Sonia, w/The Black Heart Procession
Chris Brokaw Solo -- German Scandinavian Tour 2026
March 2026
Chris is excited to be bringing his solo tour to Germany and Scandinavia, to lots of places he hasn't played in a while. He will be performing his newest record, "Ghost Ship." More dates tba.
March 18 2026 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Karlsruhe, Germany, at Jubez
March 20 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
V.Schwenningen, Germany, at MPS Studio
March 21 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Gesilingen, Germany, at Ratsche
March 24 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Berlin, Germany, at Privat Club
March 25 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Hamburg, Germany, at Hafenklang
March 26 -- Chris Brokaw Solo
Copenhagen, Denmark, at Rahuset
May 1 -- Chris Brokaw and Tanya Donelly
Cambridge, MA, at First Church in Cambridge Congregational, in Harvard Square. Chris recently recorded medieval pieces for vocal and electric guitar with Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Belly). It will be released April 2026 on Fire Records. This is their first announced show; additional shows in the U.S. and abroad are in the works. Tickets on sale here
Silkworm and Come -- Eastcoast USA 2026
May 2026
COME (Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O'Brien, Arthur Johnson) is thrilled to be playing four eastcoast USA shows with Silkworm. After a long hiatus, Silkwork played together as a dual-guitar quartet for the first time in thirty years at Steve Albini’s memorial in late July 2024. This is a rare chance to see both bands. Tickets are on sale now!
May 9, 2026 -- Come
Philadelphia, PA, at Johnny Brenda's w/Silkworm; tickets on sale here
May 10 -- Come
Washington, DC, at Pearl Street, w/Silkworm; tickets on sale here
May 10 -- Come
Brooklyn, NY, at Elsewhere, w/Silkworm; tickets on sale here
May 12 -- Come
Somerville, MA, w/Silkworm; tickets on sale here
Chris began playing solo in late 1999. His shows feature solo electric guitar and tambourine, vocals, and acoustic guitar. His solo records include "Red Cities" (2002), "Wandering as Water" (2003), "My Confidante + 3" (2004), the original film score "I was Born, But. . ." (2004), "Incredible Love" (2005), "Canaris" (2008), "VDSQ Solo Acoustic Volume Three" (2009), "Gambler's Ecstasy" (2012), "'Now, Forager' Soundtrack" (2014), "The Periscope Twins" (2015), "The Hand That Wrote This Letter" (2017), "The End Of The Night" (2019), "Puritan" (2021), and "Ghost Ship" (2025). He occasionally performs as the CHRIS BROKAW ROCK BAND with Luther Gray on drums and Clint Conley on bass.
To quote The New Yorker: "During its original incarnation, in the early-nineties underground, the doom-laden New York band Codeine issued two LPs, “Frigid Stars” and “The White Birch.” Listen to Stephen Immerwahr’s dour poetry, John Engle’s tolling guitars, and Chris Brokaw’s glacial drumming, and picture falling snow." In 2022, a previously unheard session recorded between the two LPs, called "Dessau," was released by Numero Group. Codeine has returned to performing in 2023 to celebrate "Dessau." Follow Codeine on Instagram.
Chris recorded and performed with Come from 1991 through 1999, releasing a body of work on Sub Pop and Matador Records and performing around the world. Fire Records of London, England, reissued Come's entire catalog in a project running from 2021 to 2023. The band's original lineup of Chris (guitar and vocals), Thalia Zedek (guitar and vocals), Sean O'Brien (bass), and Arthur Johnson (drums) reunited for shows to celebrate the reissues.
Formed in 2022, Lupo Citta is a punk rock trio of Jennifer Gori (drums and vocals), Sarah Black (guitar), and Chris Brokaw (guitar). The band recorded its first LP in January 2023 with Pete Weiss at Bluetone Studio, Somerville, and it was released on 12XU Records of Austin, Texas, in January 2024. Their second album comes out in 2026.
MVF is a punk rock trio of Elisha Weisner (Kahoots) on guitar + vocals, Bob Weston (Shellac + Mission of Burma) on bass + vocals, and Chris on drums + vocals. Their newest record is the 7" 'Decorations'/'Context,' released Feb 2025. Their first recording is 2010's "IN THE POND", a 4 song, 1-sided 12" ep; their 2013 "MASS GRAVE" lp and cd is on Kiam and African Tape Record; their 2021 release is "Suns Out Guns Out" (2021). Find MVF on Bandcamp.
COME (Thalia Zedek, Chris Brokaw, Sean O'Brien, Arthur Johnson) were thrilled to play their first ever shows in Australia, in February 2025
LUPO CITTA (Jen Gori, Sarah Black, and Chris Brokaw) played four shows with OG SF punks AVENGERS
Chris was invited to Tokyo, Japan, to play two solo shows in March, 2025
Chris traveled to Florli, Norway, to participate in the Outpost festival
Chris is honored to play 3 sets at Dromfest August 29-31 2025: solo (Aug 29), with Lupo Citta (Aug 30), and with Beth Kaplan (Aug 30). See the poster full size.
Codeine's October 2025 shows in Chile and Brazil were their first ever in South America
Chris was exited to return to Europe in November 2025 for a short run of solo electric shows.