SUN 7/25: Music & Fests

My brain and body did not return from vacation in a timely manner...

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SUN 7/25

Noon to 6pm
Annual Lowell Folk Festival
at Various Spots in Downtown Lowell
FREE

Hear the sounds and taste the flavors from folks around the country and the world.

SUN 7/25

Noon to 4pm
Foss Fest 2010
at Saxton Foss Park, about 240 Broadway, Somerville (East Somerville)
FREE

Feat: Angeline, The Kieran Ridge Band, Christopher Christian, Raiz Sertaneja, Open Air Circus

A big stretch of Broadway is going to be closed for a street festival with music, dance, food, etc. For the second year in a row, there is a rock/folk/etc concert. Good times!

SUN 7/25

1pm to 7pm
Benefit for Girls Rock Camp Boston
at TT the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge (Central Sq)
$10 / All Ages

Feat: Lady Lamb the Beekeeper (6:15pm), Aerochix (5:35pm), Robin Lane (5pm), Mary Lou Lord (4:25pm), Laurie Geltman (3:20pm), Hilken Mancini & Thalia Zedek (2:45pm), Amy Griffin (2:10pm), The Nowherenauts (1:35pm), The Bungles (1pm)

Girls rock! And there is a fundraiser to keep it affordable for young women to get pointers. Seasoned rockers are joined by a couple new, young bands.

Expect raffles, giveaways, finger tattoo booth, art auctions, and GRCB Merch for sale. Raffle winners are supposed to be announced at the middle and end.

SUN 7/25

2pm to 7pm
RIBS, The Dirty Dishes, Bloody Knives
at Wadzilla Mansion, 12 Wadsworth St, Allston
$5 / 18+

How the heck could "RIBS" host a barbecue with two bands called "Dirty Dishes" and "Bloody Knives"? Good work!

On a street down by the train yard, people are invited to hear some amazing hard-synth, shoeqazey, electro-punk sounds after the free barbecue from 2pm to 4pm. (It's a BYOB party.)

SUN 7/25

6pm
Boston Landmarks Orchestra, "Let's Dance at Jamaica Pond"
at Pinebank Promontory, Jamaica Pond, Jamaica Plain
FREE

Free Classical by the Pond!

Program:

Beethoven, "Symphony No. 8"
Tchaikovsky, "Danse des Cygnes" from Swan Lake Suite
Brahms, "Hungarian Dance No. 5"