A hot summer indeed. Today, Local Spins launches the first round of its annual “Outdoor Summer Concerts at Michigan Venues” listing, with more to come as show announcements filter in.
Music on the Beach: The Deck in Muskegon boasts a full roster of shows this summer. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
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For many Michigan fans of the virtuosic bluegrass guitarist, the biggest show of summer 2023 at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston arrives when Billy Strings lights up the iconic outdoor amphitheater for the first time as a headliner on June 16.
For others, the star-studded Pine Knob lineup is rife with classic rock icons Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Foreigner and Alice Cooper, or country stars such as Dierks Bentley, Eric Church and Jason Aldean, or maybe the return of The Cure, Matchbox Twenty, Fall Out Boy and Barenaked Ladies. Or how about tour stops by The Arctic Monkeys, Beck or Pentatonix?
But Pine Knob’s roster is just a small slice of the outdoor concert offerings at venues throughout Michigan this summer, with Local Spins today revealing its first round-up of “2023 Summer Concert Series @ Michigan Venues” listing which you can peruse in its entirety here.
Eric Church: Heading to Pine Knob. (Photo/Eric Stoike)
We’ve featured several here today, exemplifying the wide variety in venues which draw music lovers to their unique settings.
Some are farms, such as Ed Dunneback & Girls Fruit Farm outside Grand Rapids, Wildwood Family Farms’ with its “Between the Silos” series in Alto, Frugthaven Farm in Greenville or Lavender Hill Farms outside Boyne City.
Others take place at vineyards or ballparks or on the beach, such as The Deck in Muskegon, which offers music by regional bands on a nightly basis through the summer, starting with the JGJ Band on May 18 and running through Sept. 24 (Carl Webb Band, Jedi Mind Trip).
Find some of these listings below, with more in our “Outdoor Concerts at Venues” guide.
Have a concert series you’d like to add to the list? Email details to juliel100@protonmail.com. Check here for listing of Free Outdoor Community Concerts and check out our extensive Michigan Music Festivals 2023 Guide.
CLARKSTON: PINE KNOB MUSIC THEATRE
When: Various dates, times
Where: Pine Knob Music Theatre, 33 Bob Seger Dr., Clarkston
Admission: Ticket prices vary
Website: http://www.pineknobamp.com/events/
Billy Strings: Looking at a capacity crowd for his headlining Pine Knob debut. (Photo/Derek Ketchum)
June 2 – Dierks Bentley: Gravel & Gold Tour with Jordan & Molly Tuttle
June 13 – The Cure
June 14 – Matchbox Twenty & the Wallflowers
June 16 – Billy Strings
June 23 – Eric Church, Ashley McBryde & the Red Clay Strays
June 27 – Dave Matthews Band
July 2 – Anita Baker
July 13 – Bret Michaels
July 19 – Big Time Rush, Max & Jax
July 22 – Barenaked Ladies, Five for Fighting & Del Amitri
July 29 – Fall Out Boy, Bring Me the Horizon, Royal and the Serpent & Games We Play
August 5 – Kidz Bop Live
August 13 – Nickelback, Brantley Gilbert & Josh Ross
August 14 – Ghost & Amon Amarth
August 26 – Lynyrd Skynyrd & ZZ Top: The Sharp Dressed Simple Man
August 29 – Arctic Monkeys
August 30 – Foreigner: Farewell Tour with Loverboy
September 1 – Disturbed: Take Back Your Life Tour with Breaking Benjamin & Jinjer
September 2 – Beck & Phoenix
September 3 – Pentatonix & Lauren Alaina
September 5 – Rob Zombie & Alice Cooper
September 8 – Jason Aldean, Mitchell Tenpenny, Corey Kent & Dee Jay Silver
ALPINE TOWNSHIP: ED DUNNEBACK & GIRLS FRUIT FARM CONCERT SERIES
When: 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays
Where: 3025 6 Mile Rd., Grand Rapids
Admission: $15
Website: https://www.facebook.com/dunnebackgirls https://www.dunnebackgirls.com/visit
LINEUP:
June 21 – Brena
July 19 – American Heartbreakers – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Tribute Band
August 16 – Union Guns
ALTO: WILDWOOD’S BETWEEN THE SILOS CONCERT SERIES
When: Fridays at 7 p.m. doors open at 5 for food and drink
Where: Wildwood Family Farms, 7970 Snow Ave. SE, Alto
Admission: $10 at the gate; kids 16 and under free
Website: https://www.wildwoodfamilyfarms.com/live-music-between-the-silos
LINEUP:
May 6 – Cinci De Mayo Concert
June 9 – The Soul Syndicate
July 7 – Full Cord Bluegrass
August 4 – Joslyn & The Sweet Compression
September 1 – Michigan Mafia String Band
October 13 – Fall Campfire Sessions
GREENVILLE: FRUGTHAVEN FARM SUMMER MUSIC SERIES
When: 7 p.m. Thursdays
Where: 11470 W. Carson City Rd., Greenville
Website: https://www.facebook.com/frugthavenfarm/events
Admission: $15-20
Tickets: https://www.frilloshop.com/shop/events/
LINEUP:
June 15– Whorled
June 24 -Taylor Swift Experience
June 29 – Austin Benzing
July 13- The Moxie Strings
July 27 – Funkle Jesse
August 10 – Brena
August 24 -The Insiders – Tom Petty Cover Band
MUSKEGON: LIVE @ THE DECK
When: 6 p.m. Tuesdays–Thursdays, 7 p.m. Fridays 7 p.m. Saturdays & Sundays – varies times
Where: The Deck, 1601 Beach St., Muskegon
Website: https://thedeckmkg.com/live-music/
Deck Funk: Melophobix (Photo/Anthony Norkus)
May 18-JGJ Band
May 19, June 22, July 13, August 24-Project 90
May 20 & 21-Blammo
May 23, June 20, July 18, August 8, August 29, September 12- Brena
May 25, June 29, July 27, August 31, September 21-Sonimanic
May 26, July 14, August 13-The Red Roses
May 27-Velvet Mushroom Syndicate
May 27-Semple
May 28, June 24, July 23, August 12-Zion Lion
May 28, July 23-The Soul Syndicate
May 29, June 17, July 4, July 22, August 19, September 4, September 24-The Carl Webb Band
May 29, July 3, July 21, September 10-Sushi Roll
May 30, August 6, September 14-Half Way There
May 31, September 6-Post Fontaine
June 1, June 27, August 7, September 13-Main Street Dueling Pianos
June 2, August 5-Hello Weekend
June 4, July 28, July 29- Trailer Park Ninjas
June 6-The Cheap Dates
June 7, July 11, August 21-Julia & the Greensides
June 8, August 30-Slowfloot
June 9-Shiatown
June 10 Hunter Wainscott
June 10, September 17-Union Guns
June 11, August 6-Westside Soul Surfers
June 12, July 10-County Current
June13, July 15, August 22, September 23-Coty Bouchard
June 14, July 12, August 23–Great Scott
June 16, September 15-The Bootstrap Boys
June 17, July 15-Willits Records Band
June 18, July 3, August 5, August 27-Post Fontaine
June 18, August 9-Jesse Ray and the Carolina Catfish
June 19, July 8, August 28-Plain Jane Glory
June 21, July 16, August 20-Upcoast Kin
June 24, July 30, September 3, September 16-Twice the Action
June 25, July 17, August 13, September 10-Moonshot
June 25, August 18, September 24-Jedi Mind Trip
June 26-Brendan Bayliss & Joel Cummins of Umphrey’s McGee
June 27, August 1, September 7-Funkle Jesse
June 30, August 19, September 4-PS Dump Your Boyfriend
July 1, July 31, September 5-Leaving Lifted
July 1, July 2, August 25-Starlight City
July 2, September 2- One Love Reggae Band
July 3-Hairbanger’s Ball
July 5, August 15-The Cheap Dates
July 6, September 22-Melophobix
July 7-Prior Noon
July 8-The Spazmatics
July 9-Pretoria
July 9-Windbreakers
July 16, August 20-Tweed & Dixie
July 19, August 16-Grace Theisen
July 20-Mr. Mota
July 22, August 12-Starfarm
July 24-Jake Stevens
July 25-Pretzel Logic
July 26-Silver Creek Revival
July 29, September 9-Nick Veine
July 30, September 3-The Reverend Jesse Ray
August 2-Hatchwing
August 3, September 20- Blue Jay Bridge
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