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My Top Shows of 2024

From Taylor to Tullycraft, most of my favorite memories of 2024 were musical ones.

Dana DuBois
Three Imaginary Girls
18 min readJan 4, 2025

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the author with some of her favorite people at her favorite shows of 2024
So many of my favorite memories of 2024 were at live shows. All photos by author.

Three is the magic number.

From triangles, holy trinities, and Schoolhouse Rock, the special power of the third number is long-established. I mean, we named this publication Three Imaginary Girls for a reason.

I’m contemplating this as I revisit my favorite live shows of 2024, because I realize they can all be classified into — you guessed it—three categories: nostalgia shows, discovery shows, and mama/daughter shows.

This makes it hard to rank my picks. How can I compare traveling to Europe with my kids to see Taylor Swift on the Eras Tour to discovering a new local band playing at a 50-person venue in my neighborhood? I can’t, because they’re wildly different experiences.

Instead, I present my 2024 favorite shows in chronological order.

Come join me for a year-long whirlwind into darkened bars, screaming arenas, and outdoor festivals as I share my very favorite musical discoveries...

“Live at the Crocodile” record release show

16 January 2024 at the Crocodile

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Three Imaginary Girls
Three Imaginary Girls

Published in Three Imaginary Girls

Medium’s sparkly indie-pop press! Music discovery, memoir, mixtapes and more.

Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois

Written by Dana DuBois

Publisher for Pink Hair & Pronouns and Three Imaginary Girls. Boost nominator. I'm a GenX word nerd living in the PNW with a whole lot of little words to share.

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