The Park Theatre, at 19 Main St. in downtown Jaffrey, will host four concerts in May and June, starting with Matt Nakoa on Saturday, May 28, at 7:30 p.m.
Nakoa is a songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist who appears regularly with folk music icon Tom Rush.
Next is the Adam Ezra Group on Friday, June 10, at 7:30 p.m. The band has regularly performed hundreds of shows a year for the past two decades since emerging from Boston. They have performed with the likes of Little Big Town, The Wallflowers, Gavin DeGraw, Train and The Wailers. Charity events and fundraisers are also a regular part of the group’s touring schedule, and each year the band’s festival, The Ramble, raises money and marshals resources to help homeless veterans find safe and dignified housing.
The Park presents “American Idol” winner MaddiePoppe will perform Saturday, June 11, at 7:30 p.m. Poppe plays the guitar, piano and ukulele. Before winning “American Idol,” she released an independent album titled “Songs from the Basement,” and she released her first studio album, “Whirlwind,” with Hollywood Records in 2019.
On Friday, June 24, the Paul Nelson Band takes the stage at 7:30 p.m. Nelson is a guitarist, songwriter and record producers. He was the hand picked fellow guitarist to the rock/blues icon Johnny Winter in the 2000s, and has performed or recorded with artists that include Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Paul McCartney, Bootsy Collins and Ben Harper. He received a Grammy award for his work performing on and producing Winter’s “Step Back” release,which won for Best Blues Album.
Tickets for all concerts can be purchased online at theparktheatre.org, by visiting the box office or calling the box office hotline 603-532-8888.