Framingham musician Dwayne Haggins brings his mix of country, blues and soul to the gardens of Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens on Thursday, Aug. 6, giving North Andover residents a chance to hear live music on one of the town's most storied properties.

The concert runs 6 to 8 p.m. at 153 Chickering Road, part of The Trustees' Summer Concert Series that has filled Thursday evenings at the 91-acre estate since late June. Food and drink vendors will be on site.

Tickets cost $12 for Trustees members and $20 for nonmembers. Children get in for $3 (members) or $5 (nonmembers). Advance tickets and information are available at thetrustees.org or by calling 978-607-1135.

Haggins, who has performed professionally since 2017, didn't pick up a guitar until he was 18, inspired by watching Sturgill Simpson on the Conan O'Brien show. By 20 he was writing his own songs. Since then he has shared stages with nationally known acts including Keb' Mo', Joe Bonamassa, George Thorogood, and Samantha Fish, and sailed on two of Bonamassa's "Keeping The Blues Alive at Sea" cruises.

His sound defies easy labels. Fans and critics have called him "the love child of Hank Williams and Otis Redding" and "the John Legend of rockabilly," according to his artist biography. His most recent album, Straggler, released in September 2025, draws on late-1960s folk, R&B and soul.

In an April 14 Blues Rock Review profile, music critic Allan Claudio wrote that Haggins "still feels like a discovery, the kind of artist people talk about by saying, 'I saw him before everyone else figured it out.'"

Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens served as the summer home of Helen Stevens Coolidge and diplomat John Gardner Coolidge from 1914 to 1962. The property features perennial gardens, a rose garden and greenhouse complex, and a French vegetable garden bordered by a brick serpentine wall designed by preservation architect Joseph Everett Chandler. Helen Coolidge bequeathed the estate to The Trustees of Reservations, the Massachusetts land conservation nonprofit that manages more than 120 properties statewide.

The gardens are normally free to the public but require a ticket during special events like the concert series.

The Summer Concert Series at Stevens-Coolidge wraps up with one more Thursday show on Aug. 20. Series details and tickets are available at thetrustees.org/program/concerts.