In search of the sound: WNC summer concert series

[The summer concert series] provides opportunities to engage community members in the arts, cultural events and entertainment, said Michael Corelli, coordinator for the Western Carolina University concert series. I feel it is a valuable event for people to participate in because it gives individuals the chance to come out during the summer evenings and listen to performers fill the air with amazing music.

And with the official kickoff to summer being Memorial Day weekend, numerous towns around the region will launch their free summer concert series. Everything from old-time bluegrass to gospel soul, rockabilly to honky-tonk country, will hit the stage for all to enjoy. History comes alive through harmonious voices, percussion and vibrating strings that echo into the ancient Great Smoky Mountains, as they have for generation after generation.

June 7 Boogertown Gap (folk/bluegrass)

June 14 Juniper (Celtic/Americana)

June 21 The Freight Hoppers (Americana/bluegrass)

June 28 Lonesome Sound (old-time string)

July 5 The Elderly Brothers (oldies)

July 12 Chris Monteith (Elvis impersonator)

July 19 The Grove Band (rock)

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In search of the sound: WNC summer concert series