Nectar’s general manager and talent buyer Aaron Busick had perfected a one-line response to all the musical agents calling and e-mailing him over the past few months, all trying to nail down whether their clients should plan on summer gigs at the Edgartown nightclub after its successful trial-run season last summer. Mr. Busick’s reply:

“We’re working on trying to purchase the building and we don’t really have anything yet.”

“These major agencies and major agents are itching to start planning their tours. They’re like ‘What’s going on on Martha’s Vineyard?’” said Mr. Busick, in an interview at the club this week. “Literally every week from mid-February through April, they’re like ‘What’s up? What’s going on?’ But my hands were tied.”

Not so anymore. Nectar’s finally got approval last month to pick up where they left off in the fall, at the former Outerland and Hot Tin Roof property at the airport. And ever since, the players have been on an accelerated course to design a summer schedule to rival the motley lineup that delighted Islanders of all ages last year. “It’s really been rapid-fire,” said Mr. Busick.

But so far, it’s been paying off. If the brand new nectarsmv.com Web site suggests the nightclub is finally planting its roots on the Island, the new shows that pop up on the site daily show that they’re not going to mess with what last summer proved a very good thing.

The lineup has, of course, changed some. There’s new talent to get excited about, but many old favorites are back, and local music is never an afterthought. On opening night, for example, reggae musician Pato Banton, who’s new to the nightclub but not to the industry, will help Nectar’s kick open their doors, dust off their equipment, and welcome the Vineyard back to the place that echoes with the musical magic that’s been made within its walls for the past four decades.

And opening for Mr. Banton is the Vineyard-based City One Sound collective of deejays and reggae musicians.

“We’re really exited. We’re starting out with a bang, with a really great reggae show,” said Mr. Busick. “Getting locals out in front of bigger acts is something we’re going to try to do. Obviously a local act brings out some people. It also exposes people that are coming to the headliner to this opener. It’s a great sort of scenario.”

Two nights later, Nectar’s will round off its opening weekend with a local night, which became a weekly tradition last year. “We’re going to start it off with the big bash Sunday night,” said Mr. Busick. For the rest of the summer, local night will shift over to Thursdays. Islanders Matty Ro, Phil daRosa, Willy Mason and Brad Tucker are some who will take on the musical playground of the Nectar’s stage.

It’s one of the best parts of the job, to scout out local talent, said Mr. Busick. In the two weeks since he’s been back on the Island full-time, he’s been busy trying to coordinate national acts, but he has been sure to make time for his Vineyard friends.

“I’ve been going out to shows down in O.B. or wherever, seeing all the guys. More so than that, it’s just letting these guys know that we’re back and we’re not going to be doing all just national shows,” said Mr. Busick.

The Nectar’s hall was a bustle of activity on a pre-opening weekday this week, with scattered bartenders polishing pint glasses and workers scrubbing the floor of the clay remnants left behind after last weekend’s oven-building event for the club’s new roommate, Flatbread Pizza Company. The immense wood-fired oven stands quietly in a corner, waiting to crisp its first pie as the striated clay dome dries.

It’s the only significant change this season for Nectar’s, that they will soon share their space with a family-style restaurant during the daytime hours. And Mr. Busick said that everyone’s expecting it to be a mutually beneficial partnership.

“I used this analogy the other day, with the Venn diagram,” said Mr. Busick, referencing the overlapping circles that represent the relationships between two different bodies. “We have such a large circle in the middle. They’re going to be bringing some customers that are here for the food, and then they’re going to see music. We’re bringing some customers here for music, that are going to be like, ‘Wow, there’s food.’ And then there’s everyone in the middle that’s just psyched about both. That’s just really how we feel about both companies. We really have a lot of the same ideals and visions for what we want to do here.”

As they wait for the oven to dry and shoot for an early-July grand opening, the Flatbread partners said it’s pretty much a waiting game at this point. Like Nectar’s, Flatbread strives to promote the local market by using Island-grown produce and staging fundraisers to benefit the local community and economy. Where Nectar’s hosts the local talent on Thursday nights, Flatbread plans to practice a bit of local philanthropy on Tuesdays. “The proceeds of every pizza we sell on Tuesday night goes to a local nonprofit organization,” said Flatbread manager Paul Cucchiarelli. “The first Tuesday that we’re open it will be starting.

“We’re really excited to be here and to really start setting our roots down in the community.”

There’s a sense of relief that comes with having all the details hammered out after months and months of business negotiations. That, coupled with the confidence that came from a successful first season, mean the Nectar’s partners are ready to take this summer’s musical ventures to a new level.

For starters, they hope to line up some two-night music festivals. Reggae and hip-hop, which have proved most popular with the younger Island crowds, will likely be on the slate for the festival planned for mid-August. If all goes well they’ll attempt another for Labor Day weekend, featuring some jazz, funk and soul selections.

“People can buy a two-day pass, or a one-day pass, or a VIP pass and meet the band, take a picture, et cetera, with some big-name artists,” said Mr. Busick. He said they hope to make it an annual event, but as with everything else, the Nectar’s guys like to operate on a sort of trial-and-error basis. If the fans like it, if the logistics work out, then it warrants a second try.

The different genres featured at the festivals also represent their drive for diversity, to satisfy the Vineyard’s varied musical appetites. They’re not catering solely to the hip-hop crowd, and you won’t find rock or folksingers headlining every weekend show.

Pop/rock singer-songwriter Mat Kearney is slated to come in toward the end of July, after a successful tour with popular folksinger Ingrid Michaelson. The pair recently sold out the House of Blues in Boston, and now Mr. Kearney is set to perform solo at Nectar’s as part of a special “underplay” tour.

“Normally he’s playing 1,000 to 2,000 [capacity] rooms, and we’ve got him in here doing a really intimate show for the Island. It’s going to be really great,” said Mr. Busick.

Barrington Levy, a reggae favorite on the Island, will be back for a July 9 show, and surf rock musician Donovan Frankenreiter will be here July 25 after selling out last year at the Chicken Box on Nantucket.

Nectar’s hasn’t yet announced a show for August, but Mr. Busick said there will be something for everyone, and he’s open to suggestions. “We don’t want to get pigeonholed,” he said.

“We want to really hit all the [demographics] out here. The 21 to 31, and then the 31 to 41, and 41 and up. But again, we’re interested in what the Island wants. We’re all ears.”