Now in its fourth year of semi-annual concert extravaganzas, the spring edition of the Boston Calling music festival graces City Hall Plaza yet again May 27–29. This three-day blow-out begins

  No list of beloved Boston institutions would be complete without “America’s Orchestra,” the Boston Pops. As conductor Keith Lockhart says, the best way to describe the Pops is to say

 Now in its third year, the biannual Boston Calling  music festival has continually delighted local music lovers with its diverse lineups of acts ranging in genre from indie rock to hip-hop

 Congratulations to the innovative Boston-based music group the Handel and Haydn Society on its bicentennial! For 200 years the organization has maintained a loyal following playing Baroque and c

 After a one-year hiatus, Outside the Box returns with a second helping of music, dance, theater and more. This performing arts festival that debuted in 2013 offers a free showcase for hundreds o

 As the first event for Harvard Square’s seventh annual Winter Carnival, Boston’s Celtic Music Fest (passim.org/bcmfest) gets things off on the right foot with a lively lineup celebrating the

When Martin Pearlman steps onto a stage, the audience knows they’re in for a unique experience. Pearlman is a composer, conductor and the music director and founder of Boston Baroque, North America�

Ten acts and two stages all on one street—this is what folk music fans can enjoy, all for free, when the fifth annual New England Americana Festival takes to a closed-down Brattle Street in Harvard

  “Of all the music I heard growing up in the 1950s and ’60s, folk music always felt the most real to me,” says Scott Alarik, one of the most prolific folk music writers in the country