summer sound series

New Bedford music festival features free live concerts, indoor outdoor stages, folk jazz Cape Verdean rock.

New Bedford July 3 fireworks celebrate America's 250th birthday with a synchronized patriotic music playlist simulcast on WBSM, free downtown summer concerts, and family events.

Massachusetts bars can open until 3 AM, but New Bedford rejects extended alcohol sales hours, choosing instead to focus on downtown public consumption spaces for summer concerts.

New Bedford announces the 2026 Summer Sound Series lineup. Enjoy free concerts and Friday live music downtown.

Despite a $32M budget deficit, New Bedford Fourth of July fireworks and the Summer Sound Series are fully funded for summer 2026. Enjoy the harbor events and free downtown music.

The City of New Bedford and Mayor Jon Mitchell are once again putting on a slate of free summer concerts downtown on select dates.

The City of New Bedford has announced the lineup of free downtown concerts that will happen as part of this year's Summer Sound Series.

Dust off those dancing shoes, because free concerts are coming back to New Bedford for the 2023 Summer Sound Series. Alternating Fridays from June 9 through September 15 there will be block party events on Lower Union Street or Purchase Street with what the city calls "high-energy danceable varieties of musical genres." ...

Walk around with food and drinks on Union and Purchase streets this summer.

The 'Phunky Autokratz' are taken over the State Pier.