As the weather warms, the concert scene is heating up. Start planning your weekend now

The spring music season is heating up and there's a lot happening beyond the weekend, and suddenly Royale in Boston is very busy.

Special concert coming up in Weymouth

The East Weymouth Congregational Church continues to stage frequent concerts in their Sanctuary Hall, with a wide variety of music, and this Saturday they've got a really interesting and eclectic combination. Folksinger/fiddler Jake Armerding performs on a regular basis at the Weymouth church, and he's always got an engaging set of original music and remarkable musical content, and this time he's bringing Kevin Gosa along for added support. And opening Saturday's show will be a homegrown jazz duo, with Weymouth's Luke Seto on tenor sax and Oscar Cordner on piano, a pair that loves to re-interpret jazz standards, as well as delve into some fast-paced bebop. It sounds like an odd combination, but somehow these Sanctuary Hall shows make it all work, and the acoustics are first class. Tickets are available through Eventbrite.com.

THURSDAY, March 7:  Mike Iannantuoni Quartet bringing jazz to Plymouth

I've been touting Ohio rock band Red Wanting Blue for years, and their blend of heartland rock and intelligent songwriting should have elevated them to bigger venues long ago, but it's always great to catch them in a small club, like Boston's City Winery.  The Mike Iannantuoni Quartet brings jazz to the Spire Center in Plymouth. Pop singer Louis Cole warms up Royale in Boston. Scottish indie-rockers The Snuts unload their latest at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Jimbo's Drag Circus arrives at The House of Blues in Boston. Saxophonist Mark Zaleski brings a quintet into the RegattaBar in Harvard Square for "Portrait of the '90s," a program where they'll do jazz versions of tunes from Nirvana, Michael Jackson, Radiohead and more. Thievery Corporation gets down at Big Night Live in Boston. Oregon DJ Rjd2 grooves at Brighton Music Hall.

FRIDAY, March 8: Thirsty Boots makes their debut at The C Note

Folk icon Tom Rush is doing a City Winery show in Boston to benefit the Pine Street Inn. Thirsty Boots – a Chicago country-rock quintet – makes their debut at The C Note in Hull. The Kooks rock MGM Music Hall in Boston. Plymouth's Delta Generators heat up Boston Harbor Distillery in Dorchester.  Soundcheck Studios in Pembroke has the Boston collective Club d'Elf all weekend, with tonight featuring members of Dopapod, and Saturday offering members of Morphine to salute that band's music. The all-female Canadian rock band known as The Beaches headlines Royale in Boston. Drummer Joe Farnsworth brings his Quartet into Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. Buffalo Springfield, and Loggins & Messina alum Jim Messina returns to the Narrows Center in Fall River. Skynny Lloyd rocks The Next Page Cafe in Weymouth. Taylor Eigsti, a 2022 Grammy winner brings a septet into The RegattaBar in Cambridge. The instrumental all-star band Circles Around the Sun gets down at Brighton Music Hall. Blazing guitars galore when Taz Niederauer and Quinn Sullivan share the stage at The Met Cafe in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The Welsh post-hardcore (whatever that means) outfit McLusky thunders into The Sinclair in Cambridge.  Comedian Jo Koy had his problems hosting the Golden Globes, but tonight he's headlining TD Garden in Boston – is he ready for Bruins fans?

SATURDAY, March 9: Mike Zito at the Spire Center in Plymouth

Rockin' blues with Mike Zito at the Spire Center in Plymouth. Quincy's irrepressible Joe Fitz & The Dented Cans rock The Sports Emporium in Weymouth. The Brothers Project plays your favorite Allman Brothers music at The C Note in Hull. Americana songsmith Marc Broussard at Royale in Boston. Original J.Geils Band bass monster Danny Klein brings his Full House band to The District Center for the Arts in Taunton. Iconoclastic songwriters Paul Thorn and Steve Poltz team up at City Winery in Boston. Boston rockers Co-Pilot heat up Brighton Music Hall. The Danilo Perez Trio at The RegattaBar in Cambridge. The comedy disco of Koo Koo at The Sinclair in Cambridge. Folksinger Lisa Bastoni's arresting new music at Club Passim in Cambridge. Alto saxman Eric Darius and his band jam at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston. The Michele Rockwell Band warms up Tosca in Hingham.

SUNDAY, March 10: Suzanne McNeil performs in Humarock

Don't forget the blues jam at Players in Rockland, (4-8 p.m.) hosted by the Michele Rockwell Band; and Suzanne McNeil has a 4-7 p.m. performance at The Voyage in Humarock. Sunday night look for Joan Osborne's sublime music at City Winery in Boston; while Laura Jane Grace performs at Crystal Ballroom in Somerville; the Alkaline Trio thunders into the House of Blues in Boston; popster Kid Bloom hits Brighton Music Hall; The Red Hot Chili Pipers (bagpipes and rock!) shake up Cary Hall in Lexington; and singer/rapper Bryce Vine tops the bill at MGM Music Hall in Boston.

Coming attractions

MONDAY: John Mellencamp performs at The Hanover Theater in Worcester, while singer/songwriter Dorian Electra holds court at Royale in Boston.

TUESDAY: Minnesota's acclaimed folk/Americana singer-guitarist Charlie Parr is at Club Passim in Cambridge; while the metal thunder of KMFDM fills Royale in Boston.

WEDNESDAY: Garage rockers Cherry Glazerr burns at The Sinclair in Cambridge; while songwriter Lauren Monroe's insight charms at City Winery in Boston. 

MARCH 14: The Dropkick Murphys' annual run of Boston shows begins at The House of Blues and continues with three nights at MGM Music Hall.

MARCH 15: Newton's own songwriting star Alice Howe headlines Club Passim in Cambridge with her mentor Freebo; while Scituate's Dalton & The Sheriffs puts their cowboy hats aside to do a show celebrating the music of Ireland's immortal Clancy Brothers at City Winery in Boston.

MARCH 16: Local bands return to their roots as Fat City Band returns to its home base at The C Note in Hull; while GA-20 lights it up at The Met Cafe in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Where to see live music near Quincy and Boston from March 7-10