#1 Music Event (up from #3) The fund-raising feItival featuring performances by Yo Gabba Gabba and Jack Johnson drew more than 30,000 attendees and raised more than $1 million for the Life is Good Kids Foundation. New this year was a Life Is Good coffeehouse and a curated musical lineup by Boston-based singer Ryan Montbleau. Next: Fall 2014
Photo:Â Rich Gastwirt
2. Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival
#2 Music Event The 13th annual festival had musical performances, 64 international food and craft vendors, a petting zoo, and kids activities. A $5,000 Berklee City Music Scholarship was also presented. Next: September 27, 2014
Photo:Â Phil Farnsworth
3. Hot Stove Cool Music
#3 Music Event (up from #4) The 13-year-old benefit concert for A Foundation to be Named Later (a branch of the Red Sox Foundation) hosted a show at the Paradise rock club with former Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein and sportswriter Peter Gammons. Next: January 14, 2014