Most tour routing doesn’t take artists 30 miles out to sea — but nearly 40 acts, including Sugar Ray, Natasha Bedingfield, Mt. Joy, Dispatch, Yellowcard and The Fray are all taking such a voyage this summer as they ferry to Nantucket.
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The Massachusetts island, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Cod, is a major summertime destination, with the population swelling by the tens of thousands during “the season.” But this globally-known talent won’t being play an amphitheater or major venue, but The Muse, a dive bar that’s been standing on Nantucket since the 1960s and which holds just 375 people.
“People are like, ‘This is so good, I don’t even believe it’s real,’” says The Muse Summer Series organizer Hayden Arnot. “I’m reading the Instagram comments announcing the lineup and they’re like ‘What the hell, do I need to move to Nantucket’ and ‘Is it too late to find a restaurant job in Nantucket this summer?’”
