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Summer Concerts at Carson Beach


Presented by Natixis Global Asset Management

As the weather warms up, join Berklee students, alumni, and faculty for a free outdoor music series held in neighborhoods throughout Metro Boston and beyond. The series culminates with the Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival on September 28.


“Summer in the City is one of our very best contributions to the local community – the world’s next great artists performing throughout Boston all summer long. You can be among the first to see their careers take flight,” said Berklee President Roger H. Brown. Past performers have included Esperanza Spalding, Dopapod, and the Stray Birds, to name a few.


Summer in the City concerts bring neighborhoods to life with free programs of pop, rock, jazz, Latin, blues, flamenco, and Celtic music. The Boston-area concerts take place in destinations throughout the city from the Rose Kennedy Greenway, Institute of Contemporary Art, the Boston Harbor Islands, and the Boston Common’s newly renovated Brewer Fountain Plaza to communities with strong cultural identities ranging from Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, East Boston, and the South End.


Click on one of the locations on the left to find a concert near you.

Joe's Truck Stop

Carson Beach, 2:00 p.m.Free

Joe's Truck Stop's unique sound is characterized by bluegrass vocal harmonies and twin fiddle lines, driving Appalachian dance tunes, and lonely honky tonk songs.

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Bronwyn Keith-Hynes

Carson Beach, 2:00 p.m.Free

A recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Bronwyn Keith‐Hynes is gaining recognition for her fiddling across many genres, including bluegrass, Irish, Cape Breton, and old‐time music.

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We Avalanche

Carson Beach, 2:00 p.m.Free

Often characterized by the unique blend of their instruments (voice, guitar, cello, and mandolin), We Avalanche's sound is uncommon, blending modern pop and counter culture subgenres.

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The Dwells

Carson Beach, 2:00 p.m.Free

The Dwells are a neo-Americana, cosmic folk duo that gives a nod to earlier genre-benders like Gram Parsons and Elliott Smith

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