A performer in the 2023 NBT Bank Free Summer Concert Series. The free Thursday shows will return on July 11, with performances each week at 7 p.m. in Norwich's East Park until August 29. (Photo by Dustin Genter of 5th Dimension Photography)

NORWICH - The NBT Bank Free Summer Concert Series will be returning next Thursday, July 11, and include an impressive lineup of high-caliber blues musicians.

Concerts are always at 7 p.m. every Thursday from July 11 to August 29. This year's lineup includes Eric Lindell on July 11; The Iguanas on July 18; James Hunter Six on July 25; Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds on August 1; The Garcia Project on August 8; Blood Brothers and Los Blancos on August 15, beginning at 6:30 p.m.; the Sam Bush Band on August 22; and Keller Williams on August 29.

"We have artists coming from Texas and California and Virginia and England. So it’s very diverse, and some really high-caliber artists covering a lot of genres from a lot of different places," said Chenango Blues Association President Eric Larsen. "We’re very excited about who we were able to get, and we’ve been getting a lot of really positive feedback about it."