(Sept. 7 Show Canceled) Bay State Green Summer Concerts in the Park Continue

Bay State Green is hosting Summer Concerts in the Park.

Seating is on the lawn. Guests may bring a blanket or lawn chair, bubbles, a picnic spread or eat-in/take-out at a local restaurant and enjoy the music.

Admission is free. Organizers are asking for a suggested donation of $5 per person of $20 per family to help compensate the artists and promoter.

Donors will receive a raffle ticket. Organizes will call out several numbers during the middle and at the end of a show. Gift certificates to local businesses will be raffled.

For more information about the artists and sponsors, visit http://www.sallyjohnsonpresents.com/joomla or, on Facebook, Sally Johnson Presents.

The schedule is as follows:

• The Matt Nakoa Band: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 19.    With a colorful three-octave vocal range and music that weaves gracefully between classical and blues, Matt Nakoa's unique rock sound has been compared to that of Jeff Buckley and Paul McCartney.

• Singer-songwriter Barbara Kessler: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7.   Kessler's country/soul feel is just what the doctor ordered. Superbly inventive guitar, excellent songwriting and graceful ... yet commanding vocals.
• In-the-round artists are Kelly Ann Kerr, Marc Douglas Berardo, Joel Cage.  
• Grace Morrison and the RSO, with the opening act to be determined: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 16. Morrison and the RSO bring original covers and covert originals to the stage.