2024 Summer Concert Series artists and who they sound like

by Leslie Simon

We have a great summer concert series this year, with both returning guests you may already know and love, and several artists that are new to our stage! Read on to see if any of the artists playing in our 2024 Summer Concert Series sound like something you already like - maybe you will find your new favorite artist at our Outdoor Amphitheatre this summer! Is there someone on the schedule that you would like for me to try to describe? Send us a message and I will try to tell you some similar artists.

If you like:

New Orleans funk
R&B/soul
Professor Longhair
Dr. John
Allen Toussaint

Then you might love: Jon Cleary and the Absolute Monster Gentlemen (opening for Orquesta Akokán)

If you like:

Cuban mambo music
Daptone Records artists
Los Hacheros

Then you might love: Orquesta Akokán

If you like:

Sade
British Neo-Soul
Joss Stone
India.Arie

Then you might love: Corinne Bailey Rae

If you like:

All-women bluegrass bands
Molly Tuttle
Gillian Welch
New Grass Revival

Then you might love: Big Richard

If you like:

Neotraditional country/bluegrass
Del McCoury
Tony Rice
“Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” soundtrack

Then you might love: Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder

If you like:

Traditional New Orleans jazz (Dixieland)
Louis Armstrong
Jelly Roll Morton
Trombone Shorty

Then you might love: Preservation Hall Jazz Band

If you like:

Irish folk
Celtic groups
The Kilkennys
The Pogues
The Dubliners

Then you might love: The High Kings and Gaelic Storm

If you like:

Genre-fluid British country/soul
Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys productions
The Highwomen
Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes

Then you might love: Yola