Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents Danielle Ponder with Emme Cannon
2023-07-26 19:00 (America/New_York) | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Bravery can take many forms. For Danielle Ponder it took the shape of a leap of faith: leaving her successful day job working as an attorney in the public defender’s office in her hometown of Rochester, NY to devote herself full-time to sharing her powerful voice with the world. While working as a public defender, Danielle also toured Europe and scored an opening spot with George Clinton. In 2018, after five years as a public defender, she made the gutsy decision to pursue her No. 1 passion – music. Danielle is joined by Emme Cannon, a Boston based artist who released a self written and produced EP, Home Planet.
Come see Danielle and Emme on July 26th at the Prescott Park Arts Festival!
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Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Presents DELFEAYO MARSALIS & THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA for 2 Shows July 30,2023 (6:30PM & 9PM)
2023-07-30 18:30 - 23:00 | Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, 135 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
NEA Jazz Master & GRAMMY® Award-Winning Jazz Producer, Composer & Trombonist DELFEAYO MARSALIS & THE UPTOWN JAZZ ORCHESTRA are one of the best Big Band Jazz Ensembles in the world today. Delfeayo Marsalis is one of the top Trombonists, Composers & Producers in Jazz. He has toured internationally with jazz legends such as Ray Charles, Art Blakey, and Slide Hampton, as well as leading his own groups. In 2008, Delfeayo formed the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, a highly entertaining ensemble that focuses on maintaining important jazz traditions
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Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents Bèla Fleck
2023-07-31 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Over the last four decades, Béla Fleck has made a point of boldly going where no banjo player has gone before, a musical journey that has earned him 16 Grammys in nine different fields, including Country, Pop, Jazz, Instrumental, Classical and World Music. But his roots are in bluegrass, and that’s where he returns with his first bluegrass tour in 24 years, My Bluegrass Heart. The Grammy award-winning album, My Bluegrass Heart is the third chapter of a trilogy which began with the 1988 album, Drive, and continued in 1991 with The Bluegrass Sessions. Fleck’s band will spotlight a multi-generational gamut of the best of bluegrass players, all sporting a myriad of Grammy Awards and nominations, as well as gigantic piles of IBMA awards for their instruments: fiddler Michael Cleveland, mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull, celebrated multi-instrumentalist Justin Moses, bassist/multi-instrumentalist Mark Schatz, and the amazing Bryan Sutton on guitar.
Come see Béla play live on July 31st at the Prescott Park Arts Festival
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Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents The Tallest Man On Earth
2023-08-02 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Kristian Matsson has never remained in one place for very long. Having spent much of the last decade touring around the world as The Tallest Man on Earth, Matsson has captivated audiences using, as The New York Times describes, “every inch of his long guitar cord to roam the stage: darting around, crouching, stretching, hip-twitching, perching briefly and jittering away…Mr. Matsson is a guitar-slinger rooted in folk, and his songs are troubadour ballads at heart.”
Come jam with The Tallest Man on Earth on August 2nd at the Prescott Park Arts Festival!
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Surfing With Smiles Charity Fundraiser & Raffle Event
2023-08-03 17:00 - 19:00 | 12th Street Hampton, Nh 03842, 12th Street at the Wall, Hampton, NH, 03842, United States
Join Surfing with Smiles on Wednesday, August 3rd · 5 – 7pm EDT for a night of surfing, beach games, and good vibes at our third event of the summer! PLUS you can help those with disabilities via their raffle. Purchase raffle tickets for $5 at Cinnamon Rainbows or online at https://surfingwithsmiles.com/
Surfing with Smiles is a nonprofit organization dedicated to spreading joy and creating a sense of community through the power of surfing. Founded in 2008, our mission is to create memorable (and free!) surfing experiences for individuals facing physical, emotional, or cognitive challenges, providing them with a source of inspiration, empowerment, and pure enjoyment.

Jimmy's Jazz & Blues Club Presents SOULIVE for 2 Shows on August 3, 2023 (7PM & 9:30PM)
2023-08-03 19:00 - 23:00 | Jimmy’s Jazz & Blues Club, 135 Congress Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
“Soulive may look like a jazz trio, but they lay down the groove like they just stepped off the Mothership.” Genre-Smashing Groove Masters SOULIVE deliver an infectious blend of Soul-Jazz, R&B, Funk & Rock. Featuring 3x-GRAMMY® Award-Winner & 7x-GRAMMY Nominated Guitarist ERIC KRASNO, Renowned & Prolific Drummer ALAN EVANS, and Acclaimed Keyboardist NEAL EVANS, Soulive are known for their highly energetic & exciting live shows!
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Melissa Etheridge at Lowell Summer Music Series
2023-08-04 19:30 | Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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MELISSA ETHERIDGE OUTDOORS IN BOARDING HOUSE PARK – ONE OF ROCK MUSIC’S GREAT FEMALE ICONS
Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album, which led to an appearance on the 1989 Grammy Awards show. For several years, her popularity grew around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won a Grammy® in 1992. Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades. Her one woman show, “My Window – A Journey Through Life” premiered with a sold-out run at New World Stages and has plans to move to Broadway in 2023. READ MORE

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Fantastic Negrito Film and Acoustic Set w/ Opener Brad Byrd
2023-08-08 19:30 | City Winery Boston, 80 Beverly Street at One Canal, Boston, MA, 02114, United States
Fantastic Negrito Presents White Jesus Black Problems: Film Screening, Q&A & Acoustic Performance with opener Brad ByrdPart love story, part historical excavation, Fantastic Negrito’s extraordinary new album, White Jesus Black Problems, is an exhilarating ode to the power of family and the enduring resilience of our shared humanity. Inspired by the illegal, interracial romance of his seventh generation grandparents—a white indentured servant and an enslaved Black man—in 1750s Virginia, the collection is bold and thought provoking, grappling with racism, capitalism, and the very meaning of freedom itself, all without ever losing sight of the desire and determination at the heart of the tale.

Marcus King at Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
2023-08-08 20:00 | Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom, 169 Ocean Blvd, Hampton, NH, United States
Marcus King is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist known to combine hip-hop, rock, and country music. This summer, August 8th, he will be preforming songs from his new album Young Blood and fan favorites at the Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom. Click here for tickets and info.

Prescott Park Arts Festival presents The Heavy Heavy
2023-08-09 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
The Heavy Heavy create the kind of unfettered rock-and-roll that warps time and place, immediately pulling the audience into a euphoric fugue state with its own sun-soaked atmosphere. Led by lifelong musicians Will Turner and Georgie Fuller, the Brighton, UK-based band began with a shared ambition of “making records that sound like our favorite records ever,” and soon arrived at a reverb-drenched collision of psychedelia and blues, acid rock and sunshine pop. As revealed on their gloriously hazy debut EP Life and Life Only, The Heavy Heavy breathe an incandescent new energy into sounds from decades ago, transcending eras with a hypnotic ease.
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The Revivalists and Band of Horses at Leader Bank Pavilion
2023-08-11 08:00 - 17:00 | Leader Bank Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave, Boston, MA, 02210, United States

Guster On The Ocean 2023
2023-08-11 19:30 | Thompson’s Point, State Theatre Portland Maine, 609 Congress St, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Night 1 of Guster’s ‘On The Ocean!’ Enjoy an aquatic prom-themed evening of music, supporting acts TBA. Tickets here!

Patty Griffin at the Lowell Summer Music Series
2023-08-11 19:30 | Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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PATTY GRIFFIN LIVE OUTDOORS IN BOARDING HOUSE PARK
Patty Griffin is among the most consequential singer-songwriters of her generation, a quintessentially American artist whose wide-ranging canon incisively explores the intimate
moments and universal emotions that bind us together. Over the course of two decades, the 2x GRAMMY® Award winner – and 7x nominee – has crafted a remarkable body of work in progress that prompted the New York Times to hail her for “[writing] cameo-carved songs that create complete emotional portraits of specific people…[her] songs have independent lives that continue in your head when the music ends.”
The show will feature one set at 7:30PM (no opening act or intermission)
The Lowell Summer Music Series is Presented by the Lowell National Historic Park and the Lowell Festival Foundation
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Guster On The Ocean Night 2
2023-08-12 15:30 - 22:00 | Thompson’s Point, 10 Thompsons Point Road, Portland, ME, 04102, United States
Night 2 of Guster’s ‘On The Ocean!’ Support from: Bahamas, Madison Cunningham, The Ballroom Thieves, Brooke Annibale. Tickets here!

Matt Nathanson at the Lowell Summer Music Series
2023-08-12 19:30 | Boarding House Park, 40 French Street, Lowell, MA, 01852, United States
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MATT NATHANSON LIVE OUTDOORS IN BOARDING HOUSE PARK
The River has been playing Matt Nathanson’s music on the air for decades. And after seeing him perform live at many of our events – we can promise you’re in for an incredible musical performance, and you’ll probably laugh a lot. He is FUNNY! Over his almost 30 year career, Matt Nathanson has evolved into one of the most applauded songwriters and engaging performers on the music scene today. His sixth studio album, Some Mad Hope, yielded his breakthrough multi-platinum hit “Come on Get Higher.” He followed up with Modern Love, a critically acclaimed album (PopMatters called it “the closest a pop album comes to perfection this year”) that garnered Nathanson two RIAA Gold Certified singles, “Faster” & “Run (featuring Sugarland)”. His 2013 release, Last of The Great Pretenders, debuted at #16 on the Billboard Top 200 while hitting #1 on iTunes’ Alternative Albums chart. His most recent album, Sings His Sad Heart spawned the hit single “Used To Be” which was a chart climber – hitting top 20 at Adult Top 40.
The show will feature an opening set from ALEX2E at 7:30PM (Matt Nathanson goes on at 8:30pm)
The Lowell Summer Music Series is Presented by the Lowell National Historic Park and the Lowell Festival Foundation
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Guster On The Ocean Night 3
2023-08-13 15:30 - 22:00 | MA
Night 3 of Guster’s ‘On The Ocean!’ Support from: Shakey Graves, Lucius, Oshima Brothers. Tickets here!

Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents Mipso
2023-08-17 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Since making their acclaimed debut with 2013’s Dark Holler Pop, North Carolina-bred four- piece Mipso have captivated audiences with their finely layered vocal harmonies, graceful fluency in the timeless musical traditions of their home state, and a near-telepathic musical connection that makes their live show especially kinetic. On their self-titled sixth album and Rounder Records debut, fiddle player Libby Rodenbough, mandolinist Jacob Sharp, guitarist Joseph Terrell, and bassist Wood Robinson share their most sonically adventurous and lyrically rich work to date, each moment charged with the tension between textural effervescence and an underlying despair about the modern world.
See Mipso live on August 17th at the Prescott Park Arts Festival
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Parliament Funkadelic feat. George Clinton at MGM Music Hall
2023-08-17 20:00 | MGM Music Hall at Fenway, 4 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
George Clinton continues to stay unretired and will be on tour with Parliament-Funkadelic this summer! Tickets here.

Better Than Ezra at Tupelo Music Hall
2023-08-17 20:00 | Tupelo Music Hall, 10 A Street, Derry, NH, 03038, United States
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BETTER THAN EZRA LIVE AT TUPELO MUSIC HALL IN DERRY
Whether you caught a house party gig after Better Than Ezra formed in 1988 at Louisiana State University, heard “Good” on the radio once it hit #1 during 1995, became a fan following Taylor Swift’s famous cover of “Breathless” in 2010, or saw them headlining sheds in 2018, you most likely never forgot that initial introduction to the New Orleans quartet founded by Kevin Griffin [lead vocals, guitar, piano] and Tom Drummond [bass, backing vocals]. Those hummable melodies, unshakable guitar riffs, and confessional lyrics quietly cemented the group as an enduring force in rock music. How many acts can boast being the inspiration of a classic Saturday Night Live skit?
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Celebrate 2023 Aviation Day at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport
2023-08-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Manchester Boston Regional Airport, 1 Airport Road, Manchester, 03103, United States
Come visit Manchester-Boston Regional Airport on August 18th from 10am-2pm at baggage claims 3-5 to celebrate National Aviation Day! The River will be there with awesome music and prizes alongside other fun booths and activities. Let’s honor the hard work that goes into making airports everywhere run smoothly so we can travel happily! See more information here!

Gov't Mule's Dark Side of the Mule at Leader Bank Pavilion
2023-08-18 19:00 | Leader Bank Pavilion, 290 Northern Ave, Boston, MA, 02210, United States
Gov’t Mule’s Dark Side of the Mule with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening – Friday, August 18 2023
Leader Bank Pavilion, Boston MA
Gov’t Mule is bringing the songs of Pink Floyd to Boston with their tribute act, Dark Side of the Mule. Supporting them is Jason Bonham’s Zeppeplin tribute, Led Zeppelin Evening. TICKETS HERE.

Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents 49 Winchester
2023-08-18 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
With its latest album, “Fortune Favors The Bold,” Russell County, Virginia-based 49 Winchester is ready and roaring to break onto the national scene with its unique brand of tear-in-your-beer alt-country, sticky barroom floor rock-n-roll, and high-octane Appalachian folk.
Come see the band play live on August 18th at the Prescott Park Arts Festival!
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In Between Days Festival - Quincy
2023-08-19 11:30 - 2023-08-20 00:00 | Veterans Memorial Stadium, 850 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA, 02170, United States
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Two stages of live music featuring a diverse lineup spanning the world of indie rock and more…featuring national headliners, inspired talent and Boston’s most expansive local artist lineup.
They’ve partnered with Little City Thrifty Vintage Market and The Good Trade Makers Market to curate a one-of-a-kind marketplace, featuring vintage fashion, home decor, vinyl record dealers and local independent makers. MORE INFO

Sigur Rós at Boch Center Wang Theatre
2023-08-19 20:00 | Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
For the first time, Sigur Rós will embark upon a limited series of performances with a 41-piece orchestra, playing songs from their new album and selected pieces from their catalog. Find tickets here.

Amos Lee and The Boston Pops Orchestra at Bank of NH Pavilion
2023-08-19 20:00 | Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion, 72 Meadowbrook Ln, Gilford, NH, 03249, United States
Amos Lee is bringing The renowned Boston Pops Orchestra up to Gilford for his show on August 19th. Tickets here!

Guns N' Roses with The Pretenders at Fenway Park
2023-08-21 17:30 | Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Guns N’ Roses are on tour this summer with The Pretenders! Catch the iconic group at the even more iconic Fenway Park. More info and tickets here.

Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents Celisse with Julie Rhodes
2023-08-21 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
Celisse has been making strides for over a decade, but recently she has taken the music world by storm. If you ask her where she is from, you’ll get a few different answers. Born in Oakland, she spent a meaningful portion of her life in New York City on Broadway and television, which helped shape her artistic vision. Her soulful voice and captivating stage presence led to her inclusion on NIVA’s Live List as a favorite up-and-coming touring artist in 2023, with festivals this year including Boston Calling, Bonnaroo, and more. Joining Celisse is blues singer Julie Rhodes.
Come see the artists perform live on August 21st at the Prescott Park Arts Festival!
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Prescott Park Arts Festival Presents American Aquarium
2023-08-23 19:00 | Prescott Park, 105 Marcy Street, Portsmouth, NH, 03801, United States
American Aquarium is a dynamic and passionate American rock band that hails from Raleigh, North Carolina. Known for their heartfelt songwriting and high-energy live performances, American Aquarium has been captivating audiences with their unique blend of rock, country, and folk influences. Led by singer-songwriter BJ Barham, the band has been on a relentless musical journey, releasing a series of critically acclaimed albums that delve into the complexities of life, love, and the American experience. With their raw, honest lyrics and infectious melodies, American Aquarium has gained a dedicated fanbase and continues to push boundaries in the contemporary music scene.
Come jam out with the band live on August 23rd at the Prescott Park Arts Festival!
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Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra at MGM Music Hall
2023-08-24 20:00 | MGM Music Hall at Fenway, 4 Lansdowne Street, Boston, MA, 02215, United States
Jimmy Eat World and Manchester Orchestra are coheadlining the Amplified Echoes tour, which will see the groups hit 29 cities this summer. Tickets here!

Beach Road Weekend - Martha's Vineyard
2023-08-25 - 2023-08-27 | Martha’s Vineyard Veterans Memorial Park, Vineyard Haven, MA, 63 Lagoon Pond Road, Vineyard Haven, MA, 02568, United States
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