With a good camp chair, a cool beverage and a worn, cozy sweatshirt, the perfect New England summer evening might just be enjoying the music of local musicians at dusk.

Here’s a list of free summer concert series to put on your calendar for the coming year.

Concord

Eagle Square, Thursday nights. Dates and times TBA.

White Park acoustic concerts at the Merrimack Lodge, Sunday mornings from June 8 to Sept. 21 at 10 a.m.

An extension of regular concerts into Penacook’s new Canal Street Riverfront Park has been announced, but no details have been released.

The Nevers’ Second Regiment Band, Tuesday nights at 7 p.m., rotating locations. For more info on this event and the ones above, visit concordnh.gov/1984/Parks-Recreation.

Clinton Street Concerts, behind the church at 79 Clinton Street every other Thursday from June 26 – Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. More info at concordsfirstchurch.org/summer-concert-series

Canterbury

Music on the Green at Canterbury Shaker Village, alternating Sundays in July and August at 4 p.m. Details at shakers.org/events/music-on-the-green/

Henniker

Henniker Concert Series at the Angela Robinson Bandstand, 57 Main Street, Tuesday nights June 10 – Sept 2 at 6 p.m. Performer list at hennikerconcerts.com

Hopkinton

Hopkinton Arts Center, Friday and Saturday nights in July at 6:30 p.m., with Jazz groups on Sundays at 11 a.m. Concerts are pay-what-you-can. Full lineup at hopartscenter.org/summer-concert-series

Warner

The MainStreet Warner Stage,
16 E. Main Street, varying dates and evening times from June 13 – Sept. 26. Details at facebook.com/warnerstage.

Other performances may be announced after publication, so keep your eyes peeled for more. Local restaurants can also be a great place to catch live music in the summer.

To hold you over in the daytime hours, the team at the Monitor has compiled a playlist of tunes that remind us of all that summer in the capital city has to offer. Scan the Spotify or QR code below to access. All reporters and editors chose a handful of songs each: listen in order to catch each person’s taste, or hit shuffle at your own risk.

If you’re looking for a good podcast to dive into this summer, our resident non-music listener Jeremy Margolis recommends “Question Everything” from Serial’s Brian Reed, “Proxy” with Yowei Shaw, “Snitch City” from The Boston Globe’s Spotlight team, and “Anything But Politics,” where a broadcast journalist and a lobbyist talk with prominent NH political figures about everything except their day job.