Live Music

Kevin Parker’s psych-pop juggernaut Tame Impala plays a two-night engagement at TD Garden on July 28 and 29 as part of The Deadbeat Tour. Djo, the musical project of Stranger Things actor Joe Keery, opens both nights.

Rage-rap phenomenon Yeat lands at MGM Music Hall on his LOVE/LYFE Tour, marking a new era for one of hip-hop’s most distinctive voices. Special guests slayr and producer BNYX round out the bill in the shadow of Fenway Park.

Philadelphia’s laid-back guitar hero Kurt Vile brings his hazy, hypnotic indie rock to Royale. The former War on Drugs co-founder is beloved for sprawling fingerpicked jams and wry, conversational songwriting. This is an 18+ show.

Ariana Grande brings The Eternal Sunshine Tour to Boston for a three-night stand at TD Garden on July 23, 25, and 26. It’s one of the summer’s hottest tickets, with the pop superstar performing songs from her acclaimed eternal sunshine album alongside career-spanning hits.

Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard steps out from behind the camera and into the spotlight with his indie-rock live show at Royale. This all-ages Theatre District date is a rare chance to catch the actor-musician in an intimate club setting.

Every Sunday the South End’s sprawling SoWa market hums with live music as 250-plus artisans, farmers, and food trucks set up shop in the sun. Rotating brewery takeovers and a Street Stage soundtrack the browsing, with special sets like Boston Lyric Opera dropping in for an unexpected, gorgeous flourish on July 27. Street parking is…

Every summer the city throws free concerts in its own backyard, hopping from West Roxbury to Dorchester to the South End with tribute bands, jazz combos, and dance-floor soul acts. It’s hyperlocal Boston at its warmest: lawn chairs, kids underfoot, neighbors catching up as a Pearl Jam cover band or a brass-fueled disco set fills…

Under the grand Rowes Wharf archway, the Boston Harbor Hotel’s 27th season of free waterfront music turns weeknights into a breezy harborside party of jazz, soul, and pop. Catch the Mark Erelli Band’s biweekly Friday residency or Thursday spotlights on rising local talent, with the harbor lapping behind the stage. Grab a lobster roll or…

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, the Landmarks Orchestra brings full symphonic sound to the riverfront on Wednesday evenings, completely free. Spread a blanket as the sun drops behind the Back Bay skyline and let everything from ‘The Best of Boston’ and Mozart’s 40th to a thundering Verdi Requiem wash over the lawn. Bring chairs, snacks, and…

Every Sunday from spring into fall, Harrison Avenue in the South End turns into SoWa Open Market — one of Boston’s largest open-air gatherings of artisans, farmers, and food trucks, with live musicians providing the soundtrack. Bands and solo acts play as shoppers drift between vendor tents, the beer garden’s rotating brewery takeovers, and the…