Kronos Quartet tours Europe, from Slovakia to Spain ... The Arcs play a free show in Montauk ... Lake Street Dive continues its Side Pony tour in Colorado, at Red Rocks and Steamboat Springs ... Conor Oberst is in Colorado too, headlining the Rocky Mountain Folks Festival ...Punch Brothers perform at Children's Cancer Association benefit in Oregon ... and more ...

Emmylou Harris will tour North America this fall with special guests Steve Earle, Patty Griffin, Buddy Miller, and The Milk Carton Kids (not all artists will appear at all venues). The 11-stop tour, Lampedusa: Concerts for Refugees, will raise awareness for the unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis. Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS) will host this singer/songwriter tour in support of the organization's Global Education Initiative. "After witnessing firsthand the work of JRS in Ethiopia this past June, I have never been more inspired to champion such a critical cause," said Harris. "The better angels of our nature call upon us to act with compassion and not with fear in the face of so much suffering."

Sam Amidon and The Staves perform at the Eaux Claires Festival in Wisconsin … Laurie Anderson takes her Concert for Dogs to the Hamptons … Emmylou Harris concludes tour with Lyle Lovett at Wolf Trap, joins Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Biltmore … Lake Street Dive heads for the mountain states … Punch Brothers conclude Australia tour in Sydney, Melbourne … and more …

Devendra Banhart plays OFF Festival in Katowice, Poland … Jeremy Denk joins Britt Orchestra for Brahms in Oregon … Emmylou Harris is in Idaho, Montana … Lake Street Dive conquers Kansas City … Punch Brothers conclude Blue Note Tokyo residency … Steve Reich’s The Desert Music is performed at Sydney Opera House … The Staves play Edmonton Folk Music Festival … Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil perform at the Opening Ceremony of Rio Olympic Games … and more …

The legendary Brazilian singers, songwriters, and guitarists Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil will perform at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracanã Stadium this Friday, August 5. The ceremony will be broadcast around the world and can be seen in the US on NBC starting at 7:30 PM ET. Nonesuch released a live two-disc recording from Veloso and Gil—Dois Amigos, Um Século de Música: Multishow Live—earlier this year, celebrating a lifelong friendship over the half-century careers of two artists who hold key roles in developing and keeping Brazilian popular music vibrant and alive around the world.

Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields will lead a two-week residency at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA, that culminates in the world premiere of a staged performance of the forthcoming Nonesuch Records album 50 Song Memoir, an album celebrating Merritt's first half-century on the planet, November 18 and 19. Following the premiere, the Magnetic Fields perform at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December, Royce Hall in LA in April, and Moore Theatre in Seattle in May.

Lake Street Dive resumes its North American tour in Louisville on Wednesday. The extensive tour includes stops in St. Louis, Boulder, Salt Lake City, Milwaukee, Buffalo, Northampton, and more, leading into September for three nights at the Gorge Amphitheatre in Washington state with Dave Matthews Band. The tour continues with headline shows in Nashville, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Madison, Birmingham, Knoxville, and others, concluding in October with shows at the Wang Theatre in Boston and Radio City Music Hall in NYC, and two nights at Union Transfer in Philadelphia.

Punch Brothers launch an eight-date tour of Japan and Australia on Wednesday. The tour begins with a three-night, multi-set residency at Blue Note Tokyo, followed by a full five-city run in Australia, including stops at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland Performing Arts Center in Brisbane, Adelaide International Guitar Festival, City Recital Hall in Sydney, and Melbourne Recital Centre.

Punch Brothers, Michael Daves close out 44th annual RockyGrass Festival … Laurie Anderson leads free celebration of Lou Reed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors in NYC … Timo Andres performs at The Last Samurai reading in Brooklyn … The Arcs play Osheaga … Jeremy Denk performs at Aspen Music Festival … Emmylou Harris, Lyle Lovett take tour to upstate NY … Brad Mehldau is in Germany with Mark Guiliana, John Scofield … Robert Plant is in Croatia … and more …

The Nonesuch Journal is taking a bit of a break for a summer holiday, ready to return with all the latest Nonesuch news on Thursday, July 28. Until then, the summer concert season remains in full swing, of course, and with plenty of great music being made around the world, here's a look at some of the many events featuring Nonesuch artists in the coming days, hopefully reaching wherever your summer travels may take you. For additional details and tickets links for these and other upcoming shows, head to nonesuch.com/on-tour.

The Arcs launch a summer tour at the Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina, tonight. The tour, with special guests Mariachi Flor de Toloache, makes stops throughout the eastern United States, Midwest, and Canada, including festival sets (Forecastle, Newport, Wayhome, Osheaga, Lollapalooza, and more) and shows at The National in Richmond, CMAC in upstate New York, St. Andrew's Hall in Detroit, among others, as well as an official Lollapalooza aftershow at Park West in Chicago.

Among the 80th birthday celebrations for Steve Reich will be a week of concerts by the San Francisco Symphony (SFS) and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas (MTT) highlighting the composer's works at Davies Symphony Hall, September 7–11, 2016, starting with the Orchestra's Opening Night Gala and culminating in an all-Reich concert featuring Kronos Quartet. The pieces to be performed during the week are Three Movements, Double Sextet, Six Marimbas, Electric Counterpoint, and WTC 9/11.