The Coop Concert summer music series has returned to Energy Park this year for its first full season since 2019.

The series runs through Aug. 17, with built-in rain dates of Aug. 10 and Aug. 24.

“We have a wonderful roster of musicians each summer,” said Rob Adams of The Franklin County Musicians Cooperative.

The free music series, which was canceled for two years and condensed last summer, is hosted each year by The Franklin County Musicians Cooperative’s Coop Concerts, a not-for-profit “collective of musicians and music lovers.”

“It’s all about putting on concerts,” Adams said.

Each Thursday through August, three performances take the stage at Energy Park from 6 to 8 p.m.

Adams, who sings and plays guitar, is among 25 musicians and bands in the Coop. He joined the group after moving with his wife to Greenfield from central Massachusetts five years ago.

“We were fortunate to meet Dennis Avery, one of the members of the Coop, and we got talking,” he recalled. “He found out I was a musician and invited me to get together with some of the players. After a few of those get-togethers, I was invited to join the Coop… This has been a blessing in town to join the musicians’ community here in Franklin County.”

Schedule of events

Thursday, June 8

■Performer 1: Jennie McAvoy

■Performer 2&3: Zydeco Connection

Thursday, June 15

■Performer 1: John Stacey and Friends

■Performer 2: Orlen, Gabriel, and Avery

■Performer 3: Pat and Tex LaMountain with Avery and White 

Thursday, June 22

■Performer 1: R&D (Rob Adams & Dennis Avery)

■Performer 2: The Frost Heaves and HaLeS

■Performer 3: Boys of the Landfill

Thursday, June 29

■Performer 1: Kathy Sylvester and Friends

■Performer 2: Austin & Elliott

■Performer 3: Small Change

Thursday, July 6

■Performer 1: Brookside Project

■Performer 2: Russ Thomas

■Performer 3: Pat and Tex LaMountain with Avery and White

Thursday, July 13

■Performer 1: Orlen, Gabriel, and Avery

■Performer 2: Joe Graveline and Nina Gross

■Performer 3: The Klines

Thursday, July 20

■Performer 1: Katie Clarke and Larry LeBlanc

■Performer 2: Jim Eagan

■Performer 3: The Frost Heaves and Hales

Thursday, July 27

■Performer 1: 133 Skeele

■Performer 2: Jennie McAvoy and Ellen Redman

■Performer 3: Brookside Project

Thursday, Aug. 3   

■Performer 1: TBD

■Performer 2: Austin & Elliott

■Performer 3: Small Change

Thursday, Aug. 17     

■Performer 1: Larry LeBlanc

■Performer 2: Gail Hegeman and Friends

■Performer 3: Gail Hegeman and Friends

Rain dates: Aug. 10 and Aug. 24 

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