Tanglewood in Lenox has done away with their annual Tanglewood Jazz Festival on Labor Day weekend, but the venue continues to book some good jazz concerts throughout the summer. The latest addition to the jazz concert calendar at Tanglewood’s Ozawa Hall is the Wynton Marsalis Quartet at 8pm on Monday, August 20. Opening the show will be the Christian McBride Trio. Reserved theater tix are $65, $79 & $99; lawn tix are $21.

Caffe Lena in Saratoga Springs – which is celebrating its 52nd anniversary this weekend – has a mighty impressive summer line-up of acts, including Tish Hinojosa at 8pm on Saturday, June 2 ($18 in advance; $20 at the door); bluesman Danny Kalb at 7pm on Saturday, June 9 ($18 in advance; $20 at the door); mandolin master Tim O’Brien at 6:30 & 9pm on Friday, June 15 ($28 in advance; $30 at the door); Dan Bern at 8pm on Friday, June 29 ($18 in advance; $20 at the door); guitarist Pierre Bensusan at 7pm on Sunday, July 1 ($22 in advance; $24 at the door); the Burns Sisters at 8pm on Friday, July 6 ($18 in advance; $20 at the door); Nippertown’s own acoustic soulman Sean Rowe at 8pm on Saturday, July 7 ($14 in advance; $16 at the door); Steve Forbert at 8pm on Friday, July 13 ($25 in advance; $27 at the door); Michael Eck’s 100th Birthday Tribute to Woody Guthrie at 8pm on Saturday, July 14 ($15 in advance; $17 at the door); David Wilcox at 7pm on Sunday, July 15 ($28 in advance; $30 at the door) and Holly Near at 7pm on Wednesday, July 25 ($30 in advance; $32 at the door).

CHANGE OF VENUE: Speaking of Caffe Lena, the Caffe’s 52nd Anniversary/Woody Guthrie Centennial Concert – which was originally slated to take place at Skidmore College’s Filene Recital Hall on Saturday (May 19) – has been moved back to Caffe Lena. Showtime is 7pm, and the line-up of performers remains the same – Butch Hancock, Sgt. Dunbar & the Hobo Banned, Michael Eck, the Bluebillies, Kate McDonnell, Rich Bala (of the Barefoot Boys), George Wilson (of the Whippersnappers) and Kim & Clyde (featuring Kim Kilby of Tern Rounders and Steven “Cousin Clyde” Davies of Ramblin Jug Stompers). Tix purchased for Skidmore will be honored at the Caffe. Priced at $25, tix are still available for the show. ALSO: Nippertown is pleased to be giving away two pairs of tix to the show. Just go here to enter to win…

CANCELLED: Craig Owens’ concert at Valentine’s Music Hall in Albany on Tuesday (May 22) has been cancelled due to “unforeseen scheduling conflicts.”

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: The Palace Theatre in Albany will be hosting one of the best double-bills of the summer season when John Prine and Lucinda Williams share the stage.

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MUSIC: RACES @ Valentine’s Music Hall, Albany. In support of their new debut album, “Year of the Witch,” the Southern California co-ed band corks their winning sonic swirl of indie-rock that embraces both darkness and pop, dreams and nightmares, complexity and simplicity. 6pm. $5. Enter to win a pair of FREE TIX here…

MUSIC: The Love Experiment @ the Garage, Pittsfield. Young Boston-based neo-soulsters. 9pm. $5.

MUSIC: The Lindsey Webster Band @ the Bearsville Theater, Woodstock. The soulful singer-songwriter and her band are joined by special guests Joanna Teters with Mad Satta, as Webster continues her month-long Wednesday night residency. 8pm. FREE.

MUSIC: Jon Cleary’s Philthy Phew @ the Iron Horse Music Hall, Northampton. The New Orleans piano master and longtime anchor of Bonnie Raitt’s band rolls into town in support of his new album, “Occapella,” a romp through the songbag of the great Allen Toussaint. 7pm. $20.