Hartwood Acres, South Park announce summer lineup

By Adrian McCoy, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Epic Records Los Lonely Boys perform at Hartwood Acres June 10 with Martin Sexton as part of the free summer concert series. Click photo for larger image.

For many, it's a rite of summer -- the annual trek to South Park or Hartwood Acres, picnic basket and kids and dogs in tow, for an evening of music as night falls.

The Allegheny County Parks Department's summer concert series offers free performances by a wide spectrum of national and local performers.

This year, the Pittsburgh Blues Festival, which raises money for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, moves to Hartwood Acres for three days.

Concerts start at South Park at 8:15 p.m. and at Hartwood at 8 p.m., unless otherwise noted.

Hartwood Acres

Pittsburgh Opera (June 5)

Los Lonely Boys/Martin Sexton (June 10, starting at 7 p.m.)

The Impressions/The Holidays (June 19)

Tracy Lawrence (June 26)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (July 3)

Koko Taylor and the Blues Machine (July 10)

Pittsburgh Blues Festival (July 15-17)

Norm Nardini and Glenn Pavone (July 24)

Chris Botti (July 31)

Robert Randolph and the Family Band (Aug. 7)

Solomon Burke (Aug. 14)

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Aug. 18, starting at 7:30 p.m.)

Los Lobos (Aug. 21)

Duquesne Tamburitzans (Aug. 28)

South Park

Johnny Angel and the Halos (June 3)

Billy Price (June 17)

Catie Curtis/Lindsay Mac (June 24)

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (July 2)

River City Brass Band (July 8)

Patty Griffin (July 15)

Bill Wharton, a k a The Sauce Boss, plus bluegrass artist (July 22)

Trent Willmon (July 29)

Mendelssohn Choir (Aug. 5)

Susan Tedeschi (Aug. 12)

Dave Brunell (Aug. 19)

Joe Grushecky and Bill Toms (Aug. 26)