The country music legend will come to the Vineyard this summer to play a benefit concert on July 1. Flatbread will donate the venue. Planning is still in the early stages.

On Saturday, Feb. 15, from 7 to 9 p.m., join the Pathways Projects Institutes at its Chilmark Tavern location as they offer a Blast of Light Music Jam hosted by Rick Padilla. The love songs are composed, performed and improvised on the Island.

Martha’s Vineyard Film Society makes way for music on Thursday, Feb. 13, when Woody Pines comes to play.

Boaz Kirschenbaum is turning 40 and doing it in public, with music, too, on Saturday, Feb. 1, beginning at 6 p.m.

The Vineyard Haven Public Library begins a six-week long film and lecture series entitled America’s Music: A History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway on Wednesday, Jan. 22, at 7:30 p.m.

Students from all elementary schools on the Island come together for the string concert this Friday at 6:30 p.m. at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School.