As the summer draws to a close, there’s no doubt some people feel relieved to be done with incessant traffic and the general chaos of the Island in the busy season. But looking back at the past few jam-packed months, local musician Rob Connolly feels, more than anything else, grateful.

“I get to play music, which is a really cool thing to do. I grew up in a place where there’s an abundance of music to go around, and I get to play pretty much every day, and I just think that’s a really fun thing…