Artpark announces summer lineup

The Buffalo News
By Aaron Besecker
NEWS NIAGARA REPORTER

Some familiar faces will perform as part of two popular, free concert series this summer.

Organizers this morning unveiled Artpark's complete summer lineup, which also includes performances by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and an Elvis musical starring Sally Struthers.

The picturesque venue on the Lower Niagara River became the first entertainment spot in Western New York to release full details on its free summer concert series, which are held on Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The announcement was made at the Barton Hill Hotel & Spa on Center Street.

Here's the lineup:

Tuesday in the Park
Series' concerts are free and start at 6:30 p.m.
June 15: War
June 22: Jimmie Vaughan & the Tilt-A-Whirl Band (featuring Lou Ann Barton)
June 29: America
July 6: The Guess Who
July 13: Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
July 20: Creedence Clearwater Revisited
July 27: George Thorogood & The Destroyers
Aug. 3: Little Feat
Aug. 10: Doobie Brothers
Aug. 17: Foreigner
Aug. 24: Sara Evans
Aug. 31: The Machine performs Pink Floyd


Wednesdays at Artpark
Series' concerts are free and start at 6:30 p.m.
July 14: Katherine McPhee
July 21: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
July 28: John Brown's Body
Aug. 4: The Sadies
Aug. 11: Willie Nile Band
Aug. 18: Sloan
Aug. 25: The Trews


Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Summerfest
8 p.m. July 24: Peter Shaffer's Amadeus
8 p.m. July 31: Beethoven, Coriolan Overture and Symphony No. 5
3 p.m. Aug. 1: Brahms, Academic Festival Overture; Beethoven, Symphony No. 7


Big Band Series
2 and 8 p.m. June 21: Glenn Miller Orchestra
2 and 8 p.m. July 26: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Big Band Show


All Shook Up
Starring Sally Struthers
8 p.m. Aug. 12
8 p.m. Aug. 13
2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 14
2 p.m. Aug. 15
2 and 8 p.m. Aug. 19


Other performances
8 p.m. May 22: Alice Cooper & Rob Zombie
7 p.m. June 2: Les Claypool & The Avett Brothers
7 p.m. July 8: Furthur
8 p.m. July 17: Great Big Sea
8 p.m. July 22: The Flaming Lips
8 p.m. July 23: Celtic Woman
8 p.m. Aug. 27: Bachman & Turner


For ticket information, call the Artpark box office at 754-4375 or go online to www.artpark.net. Tickets are also available through tickets.com outlets or by phone at (800) 223-6000.