Concert series kicks off today
Published 10:48 pm Tuesday, June 7, 2011
There will be no shortage of free musical entertainment this summer, as the Niles Summer Concert Series and Buchanan Common Summer Concert Series are both on the way.
The Riverfront Park Amphitheater will host musical acts every Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday through the end of August. Buchanan will have weekly musical entertainment at The Commons at Roe Street and Day Avenue at 7 p.m.
Here’s the tentative lineup of bands and artists:
Niles Summer Concert Series
• Wednesdays (7 to 8 p.m.)
June 8 — SMC Jazz Band
June 15 — Carol and Kayes Dixieland Jazz Band
June 22 — Tim Dudley, Elvis impersonator
June 29 — Chris Young, Elvis impersonator
July 6 — The Balos Family
July 13 — Jetta and the Jelly Beans
July 20 — Lake Effect Winds
July 27 — Emilee Allen
Aug. 3 — MJ Bishop
Aug. 10 — Just for Fun Singers
Aug. 17 — The Backsliders
Aug. 24 — Lake Effect Jazz
Aug. 31 — Al Mott, One Man Variety Band
• Thursdays (7 to 9 p.m.)
June 9 — Oblates of Blues
June 16 — Mike Struwin and Roots Down
June 23 — Parrottheads with the Party Boat Band
June 30 — TBA
July 7 — Top Secret
July 14 — TBA
July 21 — Alligator Blackbird
July 28 — TBA
Aug. 4 — Niles Riverfest featuring Highlife
Aug. 11 — VanDyke Review
Aug. 19 — TBA
Aug. 25 — Scythian
• Sundays (6 to 8:30 p.m.)
June 12 — Highway Home
June 19 — Special Consensus
June 26 — TBA
July 3 — TBA
July 10 — Goldmine Pickers
July 17 — Sixth Generation
July 24 — Twenty-Three
July 31 — Lonesome Meadow
Aug. 7 — Niles Riverfest featuring the Whistle Pigs, Chris Young and the Florida Boys
Aug. 14 — The Hillbenders
Aug. 21 — The Red Hot Rivet
Aug. 28 — TBA
Buchanan Common Series (7 p.m.)
June 9 — Friends, featuring Doug, Terry, Justin, Budd and Randy
June 16 – South Shore Band
June 23 — Kennedy’s Kitchen
June 30 — Blue Water Ramblers
July 7 — The Moonlighters
July 14 — Ernie Givens and the White Lies Band
July 21 — Jack A. Gordon and Venitia Sekema
July 28 — VanDyke Review
Aug. 4 — Truth in Jazz
Aug. 11 — Elwood Splinters Band