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Lineup Announced For ‘Boston Summer Arts Weekend’
To celebrate and promote Beantown’s arts community, organizers have booked a mix of genres featuring classical, jazz, Latin, bluegrass and soul, along with dramatic theater and dance.
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“Boston Globe WGBH Summer Arts Weekend” kicks off Friday, July 26 with headline performances from Dr. John and Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Guitarist/harmonica blues artist and Berklee College of Music student Noe Socha will open the show, followed by bluegrass band Della Mae.
Saturday, July 27 features a lineup made up of music from around the world including Galician bagpipe player Carlos Nunez, Beninoise singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo, Hawaiian ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro and Brooklyn-based Bhangra band Red Baraat.
Carlos Nunez will take the stage once more on Sunday, July 28 with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. The Handel and Haydn Society – America’s oldest continuously performing arts organization – will also perform.
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With one of Boston’s nicknames being “America’s Walking City” it’s fitting that a series of “Boston Summer Arts Weekend Walks & Talks” is also planned beginning the week of July 21. The agenda includes a Newbury Street gallery tour/art auction, plus exclusive talks with artists and authors at venues across Boston.
Details will be released soon about the Walks & Talk as well as the “Boston Summer Arts Weekend After Dark,” a series of ticketed events featuring short-form intimate performances and collaboration between festival artists.
For more information visit BostonGlobe.com.