Another summer Thursday in Chelsea meant another evening of live music.

David Bloom & Friends showed up in the Clocktower Gazebo.  This is David Bloom himself:

And this is his drummer friend, Alan Harris:

David Bloom might consider the audience members his friends, too, but they’re not his & Friends.

His website explains that David sings jazz standards and ballads of the 30s, 40s and 50s.  Here, David is singing the Gershwin song ” ‘S Wonderful“:

Also worth noting is that his website address is a hilarious anagram of his name: David C. Bloom becomes BoldDiva.com.  Well done, Mr. Bloom.  Well done.

Not far from DB&F, The Dixie Mafia was performing next to the old Glazier Stove Co. welfare building.

I’m reasonably certain they’re not connected to the actual Dixie Mafia.

Just across the railroad tracks, Los Dingos del Norte performed almost in the shadows of the Jiffy towers.

One block south, Zero Gravity Band entertained crowds in front of the soon-to-be-vacant police station.

(Wait, what?  No, potential criminals, don’t get your hopes up: the Chelsea Police Department isn’t disappearing.  The city is building a new police station a couple blocks down the road.)

One little girl enjoyed dancing to the music of the Zero Gravity Band.

The rest of the crowd enjoyed the music a bit more sedately.

And, of course, the library brought in another comedian.