Yeah during the covid shut down they completely renovated. Like gutted the place basement to roof and redid everything, only to have to close permanently a year later.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_'n'_Roll_Rumble

When we still had actual rock stations who dedicated air play to local music and they sponsored this stuff it was bigger. Anngelle Wood still runs it and a podcast type local music show. A lot of the groups involved either as bands or judges tend to be people who know the host, so it can be a little circle jerky, but still a great way to network if you want to break into the local music scene.

Your comment reminded me, the rock and roll rumble is coming up in April. It’s not what it once was sure, but still a great way to see a lot of newer bands and meet people. Sometimes that circle of bands can feel a bit hard to break into, but it’s also a lot of people who know a lot of people.

/r/bostonmusic though it’s not super active

Would help if you mentioned what genres you’d prefer, posted some links to prior work, stuff like that.

If you want to check out local acts try some smaller clubs around town, meet some of the members and try to network. Always local stuff going on at the jungle, the midway, the late show at sally o’briens, square root, obriens in Allston, etc.