Dead Meat, the electrifying tribute to the Grateful Dead, brings its high-energy jams and moving harmonies to New England this weekend with three unmissable shows in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

The countdown is officially on for AIRBEAT ONE Festival 2025, as organizers reveal a blockbuster final line-up featuring more than 250 of the world’s leading electronic music talents. Running from July 9 to 13, 2025, the festival will transform the historic airfield at Neustadt-Glewe into a vibrant “Spain”-themed festival city, complete with six uniquely crafted stages and an atmosphere that promises to transport attendees straight to the sun-drenched shores of the Mediterranean.

WhyHunger, a global nonprofit dedicated to ending hunger and advancing the human right to nutritious food, will honor CNN Chief Legal Analyst and Anchor Laura Coates with the inaugural Bill Ayres Social Justice Award, in honor of those who are driven by moral conviction to unite communities and fight for justice, at WhyHunger’s 50th Anniversary Chapin Awards Gala on June 4, 2025, at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall in New York City - tickets here.

As summer officially kicks off with Memorial Day Weekend, GrassRoots Festival is proud to release its complete daily lineup—now available in the attached schedule poster—and to open single-day ticket sales for the 33rd annual celebration, running Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20, 2025. Fans can now plan their festival experience in detail, circling can’t-miss sets across the Infield, Dance Tent, Grandstand, and Cabaret stages.

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal (FIJM), presented by TD Bank Group in collaboration with Rio Tinto, is fast approaching! With just one month to go, the Festival is thrilled to announce that concerts by Blue Rodeo and Monsieur Periné have been added to the outdoor programming, offered free of charge on the TD Stage. Also on the agenda: roaming performances, student orchestras, lively after-parties and a vinyl fair that is sure to delight music lovers.

Two-time Grammy® Award–winning guitarist and singer-songwriter Billy Strings has officially announced his appearance at the 53rd Annual Charlotte Bluegrass Festival, taking place June 19–21 at the Eaton County Fairgrounds in Charlotte, Michigan. In a surprise announcement to fans, Strings revealed, “This is the first bluegrass festival I ever attended and it changed my whole life!”