Photos: Boston Summer Arts Weekend 2015

From the funky songs of Karen K & the Jitterbugs to the soulful styling of Betty LaVette, this year’s Boston Summer Arts Weekend hit all the right notes when it returned to Copley Square on July 25-26. Check out some of the weekend’s best highlights.

From the funky songs of Karen K & the Jitterbugs to the soulful styling of Betty LaVette, this year’s Boston Summer Arts Weekend hit all the right notes when it returned to Copley Square on July 25-26. Check out some of the weekend’s best highlights. BGM Creative / Boston Globe Media

By Legacy User

July 28, 2015

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The weekend’s performers played their hearts out for the crowd, especially Dirty Dozen Brass Band sousaphonist Kirk Joseph.
While watching The Remarkable Renaldo, the festival’s youngest audience members were entertained by his astounding magic and goofy antics.
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band has been serving up its signature style of feel-good music for over 35 years.
Trumpet player Gregory Davis has played with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band since its start in 1980.
The incomparable Bettye LaVette shines under the spotlight.
Blue Man Group Boston held the first-ever Drum-Off at this year’s festival and crowned the top local drummer on stage. Find out more about the Drum-Off at blueman.com/BostonDrumOff.
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell performed together and closed the show.
Emmylou Harris has earned 13 Grammy awards over the course of her long and illustrious career.
This year marks the 200th anniversay of The Handel + Haydn Society. The crowd that watched them play was one of the biggest of the weekend.
Violinist Natalie MacMaster chatted with the crowd in between performances.
Many young audience members got a lift to better see the family-friendly shows, like Karen K & the Jitterbugs.
The front row was a bubble lover’s paradise while Zak Morgan and the Funny Farmers were performing.
The silly songs performed by family-friendly guitarist Wayne Potash kept families dancing and laughing (and flying).
The Arthur Murray Dance Center wowed the crowd with their perfectly-choreographed dancing.
Scottish folk band Alba’s Edge played their signature mix of fiddle, jazz, and funk, to the delight of the crowd.
Clear skies made for beautiful music.
As the sun set, Boston Bhangra took the stage, and the audience got comfortable to watch one of the area’s most talented Indian dance troupes.
The performers on stage looked out on a crowd of hundreds of music lovers as they played their instruments.
One of the weekend’s many guitar players strummed along as the sun set on the first day of this year’s festival.
Music appreciators of all kinds came out to celebrate the variety of entertainers and musicians who took part in this year’s Summer Arts Weekend.