On Wednesday, September 3, Portland, Maine, felt like it was showing off. The skies were clear, the air had just a hint of fall crispness, and Thompson’s Point was packed for the first night of Vance Joy’s American tour. Maine is known for bringing autumn in early, and this show made the season’s arrival feel celebratory.

By the time the sun dipped low over Thompson’s Point, the crowd was already moving. Portland’s waterfront venue was buzzing with energy Saturday night as Lake Street Dive returned for their annual summer stop, joined by the high-energy force that is Sammy Rae & The Friends.

It had been exactly eight years since Katy Perry last played Boston, a fact she gleefully pointed out at TD Garden on August 8, the eighth day of the eighth month. The symmetry didn’t stop there: her stage was shaped like an infinity symbol, and for much of the night she seemed suspended somewhere between pop concert and high-wire circus act.

Leave it to Ben & Jerry’s to host a concert that hits every sensory pleasure point. Free ice cream? Check. Golden hour lighting against a backdrop of Vermont’s green mountains? Check. A double bill featuring one of blues rock’s reigning legends and its teenage heir apparent? Big check.

Incredible headliners Mt. Joy, Courtney Barnett, and Waxahatchee anchor incredible music festival in Western Massachusetts, the Green River Festival.

It was a Tuesday night in Foxborough. But you’d never have guessed that from the crowd rocking inside Gillette Stadium.

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to be inside a snow globe during a technicolor blizzard, OK Go’s show at The Royale last night had your answer: pure, euphoric chaos. The Chicago-born band transformed the downtown Boston venue into a sensory playground of confetti, crowd banter, and joyful absurdity.