Monroeville presents summer concert series

Dillon Carr | Friday, June 21, 2019 1:19 p.m.

Jazz enthusiasts around the region came to Monroeville Community Park for the 16th annual Monroeville Jazz Festival. Jazz musicians including the local group Funky Fly Project, the Yoko Suzuki Trio, Jeon Ruston and Stacia Abbott, and the Emmet Cohen Trio, performed before record crowds at the Tall Trees Amphitheater the afternoon of Aug. 18. Lillian DeDomenic | For The Tribune Review

The Tall Trees Amphitheater in Monroeville Community Park West will host a slew of bands through the summer.

The summer concert series in the park will kick off June 30 with The Buffetman & The Fruitcakes, a Jimmy Buffet tribute band from Pittsburgh.

A June 16 concert with swing band Dr. Zoot was canceled due to rain.

Concerts are held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., unless otherwise noted. Food and beverages will be available for purchase at each event. The park is located at 2447 Tilbrook Road in Monroeville.

Below is a list of upcoming performances:

• July 14: Dancing Queen, a Pittsburgh disco band.

• July 28: The Hobbs Sisters, a country-singing duo originally from Pittsburgh and now based in Nashville, Tenn. The sisters sing originals and covers.

• Aug. 2-4 and 9-10: Poor Yorick’s Players, a William Shakespeare performing troupe. The group will perform Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” from 7 to 9 p.m.

• Aug. 11: KardaZ, a 1960s and 70s pop/rock band.

• Aug. 17: 17th Annual Monroeville Foundation Jazz Festival. Gates for the free festival open at 2 p.m. The first band, Kind of Blue — a group of young Pittsburgh jazz musicians — hits the stage at 2:30 p.m. They are followed by Steeltown Horns, featuring vocalist Lindsey Smith at 4 p.m. The band is an instrumental jazz funk band. The Benny Benack Band, a band performing jazz songs spanning more than 100 years, will then take the stage at 5:30 p.m. The headliner is the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra, featuring vocalist Anqwenique Wingfield, at 7 p.m.

• Aug. 25: 8th Street Rox, a local rock and blues band.

For more information on the festival, visit bit.ly/2N1HwRB.