Summer music season sizzles in Boston

Welcome to the all-outdoor, all-awesome summer season music preview. We’ve obtained festivals and stadium live shows, native music and acts from all over the world, pop, rock, soul, jazz, jam, steel, punk and hip-hop.

HarpoonFest: Might 20 & 21, Harpoon Brewery

Come for the music, keep for the music. Certain, there may be scrumptious beer and a great deal of meals truck choices, however over the previous decade Harpoonfest has turn out to be top-of-the-line showcases for native skills of each style. A couple of of the aces within the 2022 lineup: Carissa Johnson, Latrell James, Girl Drugs and Mindless Optimism. harpoonbrewery.com

Boston Calling: Might 27-29, Harvard Athletic Complicated

Our native megafest has historically not been one the perfect showcases for native skills. That has been altering and this time round loads of Boston heroes made the invoice alongside the giants. Coral Moons, Ali McGuirk, Miranda Rae, the Chelsea Curve and others provide assist to headliners 9 Inch Nails, the Strokes and Metallica. bostoncalling.com

Kina Zore: Might 28, Governor Hutchinson’s Area, Milton

Led by Mozambican native Helder Tsinine and that includes members from North America, Europe and Africa, Kina Zore performs a sensible, passionate, very-danceable type of Afropop. This present in Milton is simply one of many many family-friendly picnic live shows the Trustees host in Massachusetts’ nice wild areas. thetrustees.org/program/summer-concerts

BAMS Fest: June 11, Franklin Park, Playstead Area

The Boston Artwork & Music Soul Pageant champions the Black artistry of native and nationwide stars. This version of the fest exhibits of a few of our metropolis’s brightest together with units from hip-hop queen Jazzmyn RED, singer-songwriter-genre-defier Naomi Westwater, younger jazz titan Jonathan Suazo and Zili Misik, anacoustic & digital fusion of roots music of the African diaspora. bamsfest.org

Summerville Solstice!: June 25, Boynton Yards, Somerville

Boynton Yards hosts a collection of outside events close to Union Sq.. This one options music for youths, music for adults and music for individuals who like superior, extreme quantity — we’re you Black Helicopter! Come shout and dance with Genie Santiago, Tigerman WOAH, Grace Givertz, Assasi, Borboleta, Nectarine Lady, the Dripp, and Matt Heaton and the Outdoors Toys. oncesomerville.com

Useless and Firm: July 2, Gillette Stadium, Foxboro

Within the immortal phrases of Robert Hunter, “Wave the flag, pop the bag, rock the boat, pores and skin the goat.” Rejoice Independence Day weekend with the Useless and hope for “U.S. Blues” (and “Throwing Stones,” which additionally appears seasonally applicable). gillettestadium.com

Phish: July 14 & 15, Xfinity Heart, Mansfield

Within the immortal phrases of Tom Marshall, “Down with illness and I’m up earlier than the daybreak, a thousand barefoot kids outdoors dancing on my garden.” Rejoice summer season with the Phish and hope for “Down with Illness” (and “Axilla Half II,” which additionally appears seasonally applicable). livenation.com

An Night with Misplaced 80’s Reside: Aug. 5, South Shore Music Circus, Cohasset

For 7% of readers, that is the must-see present of summer season. For the opposite 93%, c’mon, dwell a bit. An early MTV smorgasbord that includes A Flock of Seagulls, Lacking Individuals, Bow Wow Wow, Bare Eyes, Tommy Tutone and Stacy Q. themusiccircus.org

Alicia Keys: Aug. 9, Chief Financial institution Pavilion

Alicia Keys: piano grasp, songwriting ace, Grammy host, James Bond movie theme track singer, woman on fireplace, must-have summer season live performance ticket. livenation.com

Girl Gaga: Aug. 19, Fenway Park

Two years late, Gaga’s Fenway gig is lastly again on the calendar. Fortunately, the wait has given us extra time to spend with “Chromatica.” Stefani Joanne Germanotta does a lot so effectively (jazz requirements, energy ballads, tender people, gonzo vogue), typically her standing as this century’s dance pop monarch will get misplaced in a fog of different stuff, like meat clothes and flicks. “Chromatica” dispels the haze by injecting discotheque sweet into hearts, brains and loins. ticketmaster.com

Hiss Golden Messenger & Aoife O’Donovan: Aug. 27, Boarding Home Park, Lowell

This present will probably be a songwriting masterclass. Between these two acts, it’s no stretch to say this present is for followers of Joan Baez, Willie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Tracy Chapman, Rhiannon Gideon and The Warfare on Medication. lowellsummermusic.org