Port Townsend will offer its first free outdoor concert of the summer this week.
Concerts on the Dock will feature Locust Street Taxi, a dance band, on Thursday.
The concerts will continue through Aug. 30 at Pope Marine Park Plaza. Seating will open at 4:30 p.m. Music is set from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Free outdoor summer concerts also are planned in Sequim and Port Angeles this week.
The Craig Buhler Quartet will perform smooth jazz at Sequim’s Music in the Park at the James Center for the Performing Arts at Carrie Blake Community Park, 500 N. Blake Ave.
The concerts are from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through late August at the center.
In the spotlight at Port Angeles’ Concerts on the Pier program will be Three Too Many, which will play progressive rock from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday on City Pier.
Attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket and a picnic to the outdoor venues.
The schedule for upcoming free outdoor summer concerts is:
Sequim
• Tuesday, July 17 — Locos Only, blues, country and rock.
• July 24 — Caribe Steel Band, Caribbean.
• July 31 — Black Door Alley, eclectic rock.
• Aug. 7 — Stardust Big Band, big band to modern era.
• Aug. 14 — Sequim City Band, concert band.
• Aug. 21 — Ranger and the Re-Arrangers, gypsy jazz.
• Aug. 28 — FarmStrong, country and bluegrass.
See schedule at www.sequimwa.gov/index.aspx?NID=512.
Port Angeles
• Wednesday, July 18 — Robin Besser and the Full Circle Band, contemporary jazz.
• July 25 — FarmStrong, county and folk.
• Aug. 1 — TFM, classic rock and R&B.
• Aug. 8 — Alma y Azucar, Latin jazz.
• Aug. 15 — The Olson Bros Band, modern country.
• Aug. 22 — Daring Greatly, rock, harmony.
• Aug. 29 — Joy in Mudville, roots, rock.
• Sept. 5 — The Blue Rhinos, electric blues.
• Sept. 12 — Stardust Big Band.
• Sept. 19 — The Weavils, bluegrass.
See schedule at www.portangeles.org/pages/ ConcertsonthePier.
Port Townsend
• Thursday, July 19 — Uncle Funk and the Dope Six, dance band.
• July 26 — Three for Silver, roots, indie folk, jazz and blues.
• Aug. 2 — Global Heat, soul, R&B, pop.
• Aug. 9 — Toolshed Trio Grande, roots, rock, soul.
• Aug. 16 — 432 Retro, progressive rock.
• Aug. 23 — Daring Greatly, rock, harmony.
• Aug. 30 — Kevin Mason and the PT All Stars, rock, soul, Motown, R&B.
See schedule at http://ptmainstreet.org/concerts- on-the-dock/.
