The northern Michigan venue will also boast summer tour stops by Lady Antebellum, Weird Al Yankovic, I’m With Her, Vince Gill, Bela Fleck, Joshua Davis and more. Tickets go on sale in late April.
Farewell Tour: Guitar hero Peter Frampton will make a stop at Interlochen this summer. (Photo/Jamie Geysbeek)
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Josh Groban, Reba McEntire, Peter Frampton, Diana Ross, Lady Antebellum and Weird Al Yankovic will heat up northern Michigan this summer as part of Interlochen’s summer concert series.
The 2019 Interlochen Arts Festival kicks off June 8 on the Kresge Auditorium stage with operatic pop superstar Groban and winds up with acclaimed country singer Vince Gill on Aug. 21.
Series Closer: Country star Vince Gill plays Interlochen in August. (Photo/Eric Stoike)
In between, the series at Interlochen Center for the Arts will feature the virtuosic Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, country luminaries Reba McEntire on July 12 and Lady Antebellum with Kylie Morgan on Aug. 9, soul icon Diana Ross on July 17, a farewell tour stop by rock guitarist Peter Frampton on July 23, funny man Weird Al Yankovic on July 25 and even a pair of Michigan legends: Traverse City singer-songwriter Joshua Davis and the band Steppin’ In It will perform at Interlochen on July 19.
Frampton, who became an international sensation with the 1976 album, “Frampton Comes Alive,” announced that his 2019 tour would be his last due to a rare and incurable muscular disease. He will also make a Michigan tour stop on July 25 at DTE Energy Music Theatre in Clarkston, along with Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening.
Rory Baker, executive director of Interlochen Presents, predicted it will be “a summer to remember,” featuring not only international touring acts but student performances and theatre company productions.
Weird Al Yankovic (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
The announcement comes a day after Grand Rapids’ Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announced its 30-concert summer series. Only two tours will stop at both venues this summer: Steve Miller with Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives (June 24 at Meijer Gardens, June 25 at Interlochen) and Jonny Lang with JJ Grey & Mofro (Aug. 13 at Interlochen, Aug. 14 at Meijer Gardens).
Also making appearances at Interlochen will be Casting Crowns, Russian Renaissance, Double Vision Revisited (with Bob James, David Sanborn and Marcus Miller), The Capitol Steps and I’m With Her, featuring Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O’Donovan. (Groban, who opens the Interlochen series, will also play a Grand Rapids concert at Van Andel Arena on June 18 with Chris Botti. And Ross plays DeVos Performance Hall on July 16.)
Tickets for the Interlochen series go on sale April 26. Get more details about the series online at Interlochen.org.
INTERLOCHEN ARTS FESTIVAL 2019 CONCERT LINEUP
June 8 – Josh Groban, $89-$113
June 25 – Steve Miller with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, $49-$66
June 28-29, July 5-6 – Shakespeare Festival: Richard III, $34
June 29 – The Harlem Quartet, $34
June 30 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Cristian Macelaru, $16-$23
July 1 – Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, $29-$46
July 1, 2, 3 – Shakespeare Festival: The Niceties, $34
July 3 – The Capitol Steps, $34
July 6 – Dorrance Dance, $38
July 7 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mei-Ann, Midori violin, $31
July 9 – Collage, $16-$31
July 11 – Casting Crowns, $34-$46
July 12 – Reba McEntire, $99-$123
July 14 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dr. Leslie Dunner, $16-$23
July 16 – I’m With Her (Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife O’Donovan), $36-$46
July 16 – Russian Renaissance, $34
July 17 – Diana Ross, $53-$70
July 19 – Joshua Davis with special guests Steppin’ In It, $26-$36
July 21 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor JoAnn Falletta, $16-$23
July 23 – Peter Frampton, $49-$66
July 25 – Weird Al Yankovic, $42-$59
July 25 – Aja Gabel, $24
July 26 – Pacifica Quartet, $34
July 27 – Detroit Symphony Orchestra, $49-$66
July 28 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Erik Nielson, $16-$23
July 29 – Jake Shimabukuro, $39
Aug. 1, 2, 3, 4, – HS Musical Theatre Company, “9 to 5, The Musical,” $16-$31
Aug. 4 – World Youth Symphony Orchestra and Les Preludes, conductor Jung-Ho Pak
August 9 – Lady Antebellum with Kylie Morgan, $94-$118
August 13 – Jonny Lang with JJ Grey & Mofro, $36-$46
August 15 – Double Vision Revisited feat. Bob James, David Sanborn, and Marcus Miller, $49-$59
August 21 – Vince Gill, $38-$55
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