Summer concert watch: Live shows return to NEPA

Live music is filling the air this summer at venues across Northeast Pennsylvania.

Here’s what’s planned for this season and beyond:

 

The Pavilion at Montage Mountain

1000 Montage Mountain Road, Scranton; livenation.com

• July 1 to 4: The Peach Music Festival
• Aug. 14: Korn and Staind, 6:30 p.m.

 

Wayne County Creative Arts Council Summer Concerts

All 7:30 p.m. (except for July 2), Honesdale’s Central Park, Church Street between Ninth and 10th streets; honesdaleparkevents.org

• July 2: Independence Day celebration with Doug Smith’s Band and fireworks; time to be announced; rain date: July 3, with the Fabulous 45s
• July 5: Doug Smith’s Band (only if rain date is used for Independence Day celebration)
• July 8: The Pharm
• July 12: Nashville band the Farm Hands
• July 15: The Irish Balladeers
• July 19: Ekat and Friends
• July 22: Gypsy Jazz Quintet
• July 26: Clarence Spady
• July 29: The Old Time Fiddlers

 

Wildflower Music Festival

Dorflinger-Suydam Wildlife Sanctuary (outdoors), 55 Suydam Drive, Hawley; 570-253-1185 or dorflinger.org

• July 3: Alliance Brass
• July 10: Ilya Yakushev and Thomas Mesa
• July 17: Delfeayo Marsalis Jazz Quintet
• July 24: Appalachian Roadshow
• July 31: Tapestry (Carole King tribute)
• Aug. 7: Paperback Writer (Beatles tribute)
• Aug. 8: Catch A Wave (Beach Boys tribute)
• Aug. 14: Sounds of the ‘60s

 

Nay Aug Park Sunday concerts

Showmobile by pool complex, Nay Aug Park, Scranton; nayaugpark.org

• July 4: Independence Day Celebration with the Ringgold Pops Orchestra, 10:30 a.m.
• July 11: Clarence Spady Blues Band, 1 p.m.; Phyllis Hopkins Electric Trio, 5 p.m.
• July 18: Electric City Dixieland Band, 2 p.m.; Secret Reasons, 5 p.m.
• July 25: Tom Hamilton Jazztet, 2 p.m.; Mark Montella with Erin Malloy & Friends, 5 p.m.
• Aug. 1: Ferdie Bistocchi Memorial Orchestra, 2 p.m.; Jim Cullen with Jack Bordo & Sharon Ambrozia, 5 p.m.
• Aug. 8: Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms, 1 p.m.; Ruckzuck, 5 p.m.
• Aug. 15: The Wannabees, 1 p.m.; Group du Jour, 5 p.m.
• Aug. 22: Luongo Brothers, 1 p.m.; Clarence Spady Blues Band, 5 p.m.
• Aug. 29: Phyllis Hopkins Electric, Trio 5 p.m.
• Sept. 5: Act to be announced, 2 p.m.; Bill & Donna Arnold, 5 p.m.
• Sept. 12: Act to be announced, 2 p.m.; Bog Swing Group, 5 p.m.
• Sept. 19: Flaxy Morgan, 1 p.m.; Jacob Cole Trio, 5 p.m.
• Sept. 26: West 3rd Street Band, 2 p.m.; Rixner Trio, 5 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Se a Cabo, 2 p.m.
• Oct. 10: Picture Perfect, 1 p.m.

 

Sherman Theater

524 Main St., Stroudsburg; shermantheater.com

• July 6: Buckcherry, 8 p.m.
• July 7: Countdown to Ecstasy, 7 p.m.
• July 9: Walter Lee and Friends, 7:30 p.m.
• July 10: The Maybabies, 7 p.m.
• July 14: Real Diamond, 7 p.m.
• July 21: Joe and the T-Birds, 7 p.m.
• July 24: Respect — A Tribute to Aretha Franklin, 7:30 p.m.
• July 28: Tramps Like Us, 7 p.m.
• July 30: Gemini Syndrome, 7 p.m.
• July 30: B-Street Band, 7:30 p.m.
• July 31: The McElligott School Annual Showcase, 2 p.m.
• July 31: The Second Street Players performing Earth, Wind and Fire, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 1: 7 Bridges, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 4: Best Friends Girl, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 7: Unforgettable Fire, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 8: Best Friends Girl, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 11: Double Vision — The Foreigner Experience, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 13: Christian Porter Band, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 14: From Good Homes, 5:45 p.m.
• Aug. 18: Sensational Soul Cruisers, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 20 and 21: Cabinet, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 22: John 5, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 25: Idlewild South, 7 p.m.
• Aug. 27: Bark at the Moon, 8 p.m.
• Aug. 28: Don’t Panic, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 4: Stroudfest, 11 a.m.
• Sept. 18: Van Halen Nation: 8 p.m.
• Oct. 3: Lil Tjay, 7:30 p.m.
• Oct. 15: War, 8 p.m.
• Oct. 16: Blue October, 8 p.m.
• Oct. 29: Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 30: Yonder Mountain String Band, 8 p.m.
• Nov. 5: In This Moment, Black Veil Brides, Ded and Raven Black, 6:15 p.m.
• Nov. 6: Black Label Society, 7:30 p.m.
• Jan. 22: The Newsboys, 7 p.m.
• Jan. 22: MJ Live, 8 p.m.

 

Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series

All 6 p.m., Scranton Cultural Center at The Masonic Temple, 420 N. Washington Ave.; 570-344-1111 or scrantonculturalcenter.org

• July 9: Erin Malloy & Friends
• Aug. 13: The Mule Team
• Sept. 10: Blind Choice

 

Mount Airy Casino Resort

312 Woodland Road, Mount Pocono; 877-609-4260 or mountairycasino.com

• July 13: Motown & More — The Legacy Continues, 3:30 p.m.
• Aug. 17: Girl Power — Tribute to the Greatest Girl Groups of the ‘60s, 3:30 p.m.
• Sept. 21 and 22: Divas 3 — Celebrating Four Decades of Iconic Diva Hits, 3:30 p.m.
• Oct. 12: Bill Haley Jr. & the Comets — Rock Around the Clock, 3:30 p.m.
• Oct. 15: War, 8 p.m.

 

Kindred Spirits Arts Programs Concert Series

Downtown Milford; 570-409-1269 or kindredspiritsarts.org

• July 17: Of Love, Hope & Healing: GuruGanesha Band, 7 p.m., Atlantic Health Parking Lot, 111 E. Catharine St.
• Aug. 7: Annual Classical Music Celebration, 2 to 7 p.m., Atlantic Health Parking Lot and other spots in Milford’s historic district
• Aug. 21: American in Paris: Empire Wild, 5:30 p.m., Milford Park Gazebo
• Sept. 12: Rhythm & Blues Reinvented: Al Chez’s Brothers of Funk, 4 p.m., Atlantic Health Parking Lot

 

Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

255 Highland Park Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Twp.; mohegansunarenapa.com

• July 23: Alabama, 7 p.m.

 

‘Cooped Up’ Summer Concert Series

All 6 to 8 p.m., the Cooperage, 1030 Main St., Honesdale; 570-253-2020 or thecooperageproject.org

• July 24: Nū-Mat’iks
• Aug. 28: To be announced
• Sept. 25: To be announced

 

The Theater at North

1539 N. Main Ave., Scranton; 570-800-5020 or thetheateratnorth.com

• July 24: Rock Royalty Tribute Band, 8 p.m.
• Aug. 28: Yellow Brick Road — A Tribute to Elton John, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 11: Carpenters tribute with Sally Olson and Ned Mills, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 18: The Glass Prism and Se Acabo, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 25: American English — The Complete Beatles Tribute, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 3: The Rat Pack: Together Again, 2 p.m.
• Oct. 9: High Noon (Lynyrd Skynyrd and southern rock tribute) and the John Fogerty Tribute Project, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 16: The Sweet Caroline Tour — A Neil Diamond Concert Celebration starring Jay White, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 23: Escape (Journey tribute), 8 p.m.
• Nov. 13: Leavin’ on a Jet Plane: The Peter, Paul and Mary Experience, 7 p.m.

 

F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts

71 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre; 570-826-1100 or kirbycenter.org

• Aug. 9: Happy Together Tour — the Turtles, Gary Puckett & the Union Gap, the Association, Classics IV, the Vogues and the Cowsills, 7:30 p.m.
• Aug. 18: Tedeschi Trucks, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 11: Jay & the Americans, Lou Christie, Brian Hyland, Gary US Bonds and the Fireflies, 7 p.m.
• Sept. 16: Straight No Chaser, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 18: Edd Raineri presents the Yardbirds, Big Brother and the Holding Company, and Peter Asher and Jeremy Clyde, 7:30 p.m.
• Sept. 25: No Quarter, 8 p.m.
• Oct. 2: Martina McBride: The Livin’ Life Up Tour 2021, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 9: Theo Von, 7 p.m.
• Oct. 15: Almost Queen: A Tribute to Queen, with Philadelphia Freedom (Elton John tribute), 8 p.m.
• Oct. 20: Art Garfunkel in Close-Up, 8 p.m.
• Oct. 22: Foreigner, 7:30 p.m.
• Nov. 13: Edd Raineri Presents the Sinatra Years, 7:30 p.m.
• Feb. 3: Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black, 8 p.m.