Live Music

Chris Stapleton plays back-to-back nights at Fenway Park with special guests Zach Top and Allen Stone. The two-night stand is part of the Nucar Fenway Concert Series, with different start times each evening.

Three 1990s alt-rock radio staples share the Seaport waterfront stage. Blues Traveler and Gin Blossoms co-headline with Spin Doctors on the bill, at an open-air pavilion right on Boston Harbor.

The Landmarks Orchestra closes out a stretch of free Esplanade concerts with Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony paired with Respighi’s Fountains of Rome. The Hatch Shell is walkable from both Charles/MGH on the Red Line and Arlington on the Green Line.

Alt-rap artist Diggy Graves stops at the Paradise Rock Club on The No Vacancy Tour. His sound leans on the moody, guitar-tinged edge of contemporary hip-hop.

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra performs Verdi’s monumental Requiem free of charge on the Esplanade. Concertgoers are welcome to bring blankets, chairs and food, and ASL interpreters are present at all Hatch Shell performances, with haptic vests available for this date.

Chicago rapper and poet Noname marks ten years of her breakthrough mixtape Telefone with an anniversary performance. The show was relocated to the Paradise Rock Club, putting the record’s warm, conversational verses in a 933-capacity room.

Scottish art-rock mainstays Franz Ferdinand bring the Greater Glasgow Cultural Exchange to House of Blues Boston. The band’s sharp, danceable guitar hooks have anchored their live show since the early 2000s.

Tomahawk, the long-running experimental rock group fronted by Mike Patton alongside Duane Denison, plays House of Blues on Lansdowne Street. Expect the band’s angular, genre-shifting catalog in a loud club setting.

Tim McGraw headlines Fenway Park with special guests The Chicks, Lady A, 49 Winchester and Timothy Wayne. The show is part of the Nucar Fenway Concert Series and turns the ballpark into a full-day country bill.

Oakland’s Souls of Mischief bring their Hieroglyphics-crew brand of jazzy, dexterous West Coast hip-hop to City Winery’s intimate room. Boston’s own STL GLD opens the night.