Rockin’ the park — 07/20/23

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Get some greenery with your live music. In this week’s cover story, Michael Witthaus talks to a few of the artists who play these outdoor gigs and some of the challenges they encounter. Then we offer a list of some of the places you can find some summer concerts.

Also on the cover Find ribs and food trucks this weekend in Merrimack at the Great American Ribfest & Food Truck Festival (page 22). And if you want to get a jump on next weekend’s food fests, check out the story (page 24) on the New England Hot Sauce Festival in Hampton. And after all the live music talk if you’re looking for even more area performances by bands and solo artists, see our Music This Week listing, which starts on page 31.

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Running for governor Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig launched her campaign for governor of New Hampshire with an event at the ...
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Concord-based doctor discusses her center’s focus Dr. Cindi Croft is set to open New Dimensions Wellness Center in Concord in ...
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The Big Story: Things are looking up for the Red Sox, who’ve cut five games off the Tampa Bay lead ...
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A rain-soaked Sunday Torrential rain in New Hampshire caused significant damage, including sinkholes, flooded basements and over 120 road closures, ...
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Big Events July 20, 2023 and beyond Thursday, July 20 Finally, today, we have reached “Barbenheimer” — the potential for ...
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Where to find free music in the fresh air In Summer 2020, al fresco was the only option for fans ...
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Ovation Theatre Company presents Newsies By Mya Blanchardmblanchard@hippopress.com A week and a half away from opening night, the cast of ...
The latest from NH’s theater, arts and literary communities • Celebrating water: The Mt. Kearsarge Indian Museum (18 Highlawn Road ...
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Cut them fresh in the morning if you can I’ve been keeping track this year of what blooms for me, ...
Family fun for the weekend Game time • The Nashua Silver Knights, playing in the Future Collegiate Baseball League of ...
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Dear Donna, I believe my grandfather bought this to use for my mother around the year 1927. As you can ...
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Jeweler Lara Stawasz is a self-taught jeweler who owns her own business, Lara’s Theme Jewelry (495-6689, laras14k@aol.com, larasthemejewelry.patternbyetsy.com), based in ...
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News from the local food scene • Bubble Tea: The Teen Advisory Board at Chester Public Library (3 Chester St., ...
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The Great American Ribfest returns By Delaney Beaudoinfood@hippopress.com The Great American Ribfest and Food Truck Festival will be returning, rain ...
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Breakfast and lunch restaurant to open in Hooksett By Mya Blanchardmblanchard@hippopress.com Your potential new favorite place to grab breakfast or ...
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NE Hot Sauce Fest comes to Hampton By Maya Pumafood@hippopress.com Hot sauce companies from across the Northeast will come together ...
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With 26 years of experience, Charley Moore is the executive chef at 603 Brewery in Londonderry. He started in the ...
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We had just come home from a long trip, and I’ll admit that I was a little out of it ...
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Fay Victor, Blackity Black Black Is Beautiful (Northern Spy Records) This record is definitely in the same church if not ...
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After the Funeral and Other Stories, by Tessa Hadley (Knopf, 240 pages) The essayist Lorrie Moore once said that a ...
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Tom Cruise parachutes off a mountain to land on a moving train, engages in sleek spy-vs-spy action in an airport ...
Local music news & events • Striking strings: A regional ensemble with a world music approach, Acoustic Nomads includes Maurizio ...
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Young Dubliners perform in Concord It’s been 35 years since the Young Dubliners debuted. With rocked-up songs that owed as ...

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