Free concert at Mattapan's Almont Park

Boston Natural Areas Network will kick off its unique community garden concert series, Sounds of the Garden, with Lloyd Thayer, master of the blues guitar, at Shangri-La Community Garden at Almont Park in Mattapan at 6:30 p.m. The free concert series, now in its eighth season, is generously funded and produced by Ellen Schmidt and Jake Kensinger. For more information call 617-542-7696.