Jun 20 Friday
Art on the Town at Tandy Park celebrates local artists, live music, and local food!
We're a LexArts Hop location! Stop by during the Hop to shop with over a dozen Kentucky artists and authors for paintings, drawings, jewelry, books, sculptures, and more!
Enjoy delicious food from Bryant's Red Hots and Bella's Ice Cream and live music from Beth Burden!
Jul 05 Saturday
Mobile Concert during the Berea Interdependence Day Parade and ending at Berea Community School Lawn!
Featuring Cincy Brass: a “N’awlins Soul Meets Cincinnati Funk” 9-piece brass band with the essence of Bourbon St, funk, hip-hop, and jazz all wrapped into an epic explosion of sound and passion. The Cincy Brass has been a staple of the Cincinnati music scene since 2010 and delivers a performance that can't be duplicated. You won't want to miss this show!
Presented by First Friday Berea, Berea Arts Council, Clear Creek Creative, Year of Mud, Mountain Association & Levitt Foundation
**The Levitt AMP Berea Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits across the country to activate underused outdoor spaces, creating welcoming and inclusive destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together, fosters belonging, and invigorates community life. www.levitt.org
Jul 08 Tuesday
A free concert at the Berea Farmer's Market featuring The Jenkins Twins, (aka Trevor and Trenton Jenkins), who have worked for years to craft a sound that seats them squarely on the cutting edge of modern country, pioneering a sort of cosmic Americana that nods to contemporary indie like The War on Drugs and The Killers without turning their nose up to golden-age pioneers like Springsteen and Roy Orbison.
Presented by First Friday Berea, Mountain Association & Levitt Foundation**The Levitt AMP Berea Music Series is supported in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, which partners with changemakers and nonprofits across the country to activate underused outdoor spaces, creating welcoming and inclusive destinations where the power of free, live music brings people together, fosters belonging, and invigorates community life. www.levitt.org
Aug 01 Friday
A free concert in the Berea City Park Expansion with Arts & Crafts Vendors, Food Trucks, and Kids Activities. Bring chairs or blankets and stay the whole evening!
Featuring: Alla Boara, who seeks to bring recognition and new life to Italy's diverse history of regional folk music. With modern arrangements variously surprising, playful, mournful, tender, and bewitching, Alla Boara’s dynamic songs move audiences of all ethnic heritages to treasure their musical roots and consider historical songs’ contemporary cultural relevance.
Supported by: Molly's Midnight Villians
Presented by First Friday Berea, Mountain Association & Levitt Foundation
Aug 02 Saturday
Featuring: Ox-Eyed Daisies, a five-piece band from Lexington, KY. Each member brings a unique flavor to the table which leads to the sum being greater than its parts. Drawing from influences from multiple genres such as funk, soul, gospel, blues, rock, jazz, bluegrass, and country. Audience members are sure to find a sound that feels both unique and familiar.
Supported by: Eric Bolander
Sep 05 Friday
Featuring: Appalatin’s foot-stomping, hip-swinging sounds organically unite Appalachian folk and high-energy Latin music. The name, Appalatin, reflects the unexpected meeting in Louisville, KY of Kentucky-raised musicians and masterful Latin émigrés from Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Their all-acoustic performances of traditional stings of guitar, mandolin, upright bass, and charango, indigenous Andean flutes, hand percussion, harmonica and vocal harmonies bring joy and happiness to listeners of all ages.
Supported by: Something Sandy
Sep 06 Saturday
Featuring: Jeri Katherine Howell — award-winning singer-songwriter, cultural producer, and educator — cultivates creative experiences that inspire care for ourselves, one another, and the planet. Her compelling performances connect and rejuvenate audiences, centering vulnerable lyrics, dynamic vocals and guitar, and a grounding Folk/Americana
Supported by: The Branchwater Belles