If free live music is on your summer to-do list, there is something nearly every night of the week this summer. Don’t forget your picnic basket and lawn chair.
MONDAYS
Southland Jamboree: 7 pm at Moondance Amphitheatre every Monday
Southland Jamboree has relocated this year from its home on Southland Drive to Moondance Amphitheatre.
June 1: Laurel River Line
June 8: Mountain Connection
June 15: Dale Ann Bradley
June 22: NewTown
June 29: Cane Run Bluegrass
July 6: Blue Eagle Band
July 13: Michael Cleveland
July 20: Custom Made Bluegrass
July 27: Dean Osborne
August 3: Stone Cold Grass
August 10: Half Past Lonesome
August 17: Samantha Cunningham & Friends
August 24: Dover Creek
TUESDAYS
JUNE Big Band & Jazz: 7 pm at Moondance Amphitheater on Tuesdays
June 2: Joey & the Cruisers
June 9: Walnut Street Ramblers
June 16: Tim Lake & the Blue Jazz Ramblers
June 23: Lexington Concert Band
June 30: Dimartino Osland Jazz Orchestra
The Big Band & Jazz series begins the season at Moondance. Picnics are encouraged and patrons should bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating.
JULY AND AUGUST Big Band & Jazz: 7 pm at Ecton Park on Tuesdays
July 7: Colonel’s Choice
July 14: Dan Brock & Friends
July 21: Osland Dailey Jazztet
July 28: Jazzberry Jam
August 4: Lexington Concert Band
August 11: Rick Cook Quintet
August 18: Dave Shelton Jazz Quintet
August 25: (Rain Date)
The Big Band and Jazz series continues the season in July and August at Ecton Park.
THURSDAYS
Thursday Night Live: 5 pm Thursdays at Cheapside Pavilion
June 4: The Trendells
June 11: Encore of Lexington
June 18: The Johnson Brothers
June 25: Rebel Without A Cause
July 2: The Tim Talbert Project
July 9: SixtyFourWest
July 16: Better Off Dead
July 23: Prime Cut Band
July 30: The Bobby Perry Band
August 6: The Big Maracas
August 13: Lauren Mink Band
August 20: Conch Republic
August 27: Kenny Owens
September 3: Mercy Men
September 10: Big Black Cadillac
September 17: Girls Guns & Glory
September 24: The Barrows
October 1: Five Below Band
October 8: Blind Corn Liquor Pickers
October 15: The Twiggenbury’s
October 22: Tony and the Tanlines
FRIDAYS
Summer Nights in Suburbia: 7 pm at Moondance Amphitheater on Fridays
June 5: Johnson Brothers
June 12: C the Beat
June 19: New Country Rehab
June 26: Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen
August 7: The Stella Vees
August 14: Brian Owens & the Soul of Cash
August 21: Bridge 19
August 28: Bear Medicine
September 4: Coralee & the Townies
Summer Nights in Suburbia concert series. Held from 7 to 9 pm on Friday nights in May, June and August at Moon Dance Amphitheater in Beaumont Center, this weekly event will feature a wide variety of live bands. There will also be food and beverage trucks onsite. Remember to bring your lawn chair or blanket for seating.
Phoenix Fridays: 5 pm at Phoenix Park
June 19: Ben Sollee, Humming House, and Twin Limb
July 17: Kopecky, A.J. Ghent, and The Wags
August 21: Turbo Fruits, The Vespers, and Coralee and The Townies
This live music series is the third Friday of May through August in Phoenix Park at the corner of Main and Limestone. Live music begins at 5:30.
—
This article also appears on page 6 of the June 2015 print issue of Ace, the 2015 Lexington Summer Guide.
Subscribe to the Ace e-dition for Lexington news, arts, culture, and entertainment, delivered to your inbox every Thursday morning.
To submit a Lexington Event to be considered for the Ace calendar, please go to the Ace online calendar, and click “Submit” (upper right on the Menu bar). Turn to Ace every week for Lexington’s definitive guide of where to go and what to do!