By Bella Caggiano

A quintessential New England summer evening; music on a picturesque town common. Norwood has this event more than covered, thanks to its charming communal venue and to the many volunteers who bring music to town for all to enjoy. In total, there are three concerts held on the Norwood Town Common throughout the summer: Concerts on the Common, Carillon Concerts, and Summerfest. 

 

Should any Norwood resident know or meet a Norwood Concert Committee Member, thanking them should be a must:

Bob Donnelly, Chair

Olga Abdallah

Paul Eysie

Lisa O’Leary

Patricia Schick

Kevin Broderick

Lee Leach

Dorothy Prevoir

Dave Tuttle

Tony Mazzucco

Michael Rosen

Jeanne Vatour

There are three evenings, each with a unique style and repertoire to embrace and introduce all venues of music for all ages. 

Sunday Concerts on the Common

6:30-8:30 p.m.

Concerts on the Common is marking its 30th season at the Walter J. Dempsey Memorial Bandstand on the town common. Every Sunday evening throughout the summer, residents bring folding chairs and blankets and listen to period music, from marches, to swing, to jazz. July 7: Compaq Big Band

July 14: Westwood Swing Band

July 21: Sharon Concert Band

July 28: Roy Scott Big Band

August 4: Portrait in Jazz

August 11: NHS Swing Band August 25: Dan Gabel and the Abletones

Monday Carillon Concerts

6:30-7:30 p.m.

Open carillon tower tours following the concerts

Rain or Shine

The Carillon Concerts on the Common have returned for its 39th year! The carillon, Norwood’s hidden instrumental gem, is a 50-bell instrument located in the Memorial Municipal Building (Town Hall) tower. The carillon was a gift to the town by Walter F. Tilton, at the time of the building’s original construction in 1928.

July 4: Lee Leach & Margaret Angelini (special time-2:30 p.m.)

July 8: Margaret Pan

July 15: Andrea McCrady

July 22: John Widmann

July 29: Dvid Hunsberger

August 5: Jess Ip

August 12: Jennifer Herrmann

August 19: John Whiteside

Wednesday Summerfest concerts

6:30-8:30 p.m.

These groups often provide sounds from different musical eras or cultures and have the audience on their feet dancing, or at least tapping their feet and bobbing their heads, to familiar music, past and present.

July 10: Round House

July 17: JD, Billy and Ken

July 24: Boston’s Erin Og

July 31: Hipshot Band

August 7: PanNeubean Steel

August 14: Stoptime Revue

August 21: Slapback

August 28: Back in Time

It’s not just music, however, that people enjoy at the concerts, at Sunday Concerts on the Common and Summerfest on Wednesdays, raffle prizes are given out to the audience from these generous, local businesses:

Acapulcos Boston Beef Boston Tavern

Brookside Café

Café Fresh Bagel Castle Island Brewing

Chelala Jewelers

Conrad’s Restaurant Cove by Dune

D&G deli Dominos Feisty Greek

Furlong’s Candies Hometown Arcade Honey Dew

Imperial Perfumery

Irish Brewing Jack N Joes

Keegan’s Jewelers Launch Lewis’s

Lustra Cleaners

Mina’s Café Murph’s Place

Napper Tandy’s

Olde Colonial Café Orange Leaf

Pizza Palace Simple Sweets/Mizuya Smokehouse BBQ

Shop & Shop Straightstitch Taso’s Café

Vico Ristorante

99 Restaurant & Pub

Lastly, none of the concerts would be available without the generous donations from its sponsors:

Gold Batons

Castle Island Brewing Company

CMI Property/David Spiegel

Dianne Shalbey/Rojo Company, Inc.

Delite and Edward Sweeney

Norwood Record

The Herb Chambers Charitable Foundation

Silver Batons

Ai3 Architects LLC

Bank of Canton

Dedham Savings

Norwood Women’s Community Committee

Bronze Batons

Dempsey Insurance

Four Points by Sheraton

OneLocal Bank

Poirier Service Crop.

Friends

Gerry Dodge and Sharon Cartier

Myer Dana and Sons

Norwood Democratic Town Committee

Norwood Engineering

Norwood Police Association

Norwood Post 2452 VFW

Morwood Rotary Club

Norwood Space Center

Robert Donnelly/Michelle St. Pierre

Roche Bros. Supermarkets

Rockland Trust

Find more information about individual concerts, visit the Town of Norwood website, www.townofnorwood.gov, click on Residents, click on Holidays and Community Events,  or Norwood’s Facebook page at, Facebook page @TownofNorwoodMA, or visit each band’s personal website.