Free outdoor concerts continue this week on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Today at 6 p.m., Backwoods Hucksters will perform Americana and blues during the Port Angeles Concerts on the Pier.
The concerts are sponsored by Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.
On Thursday, Abakis: aka Aba Kiser, will blend classic soul, powerhouse vocals and Kottke-style fingerpicking guitar at Pope Marine Park Plaza on Water Street at Madison Street.
The plaza will open for people to set up lawn chairs and picnic blankets at 4:30 p.m.
Two hours of live music will begin at 5 p.m.
The concerts put on by Port Townsend Main Street will offer beer, wine and cider.
The Navy Band Northwest performed at 6 p.m. Tuesday during the Music in Park at the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park at 500 N. Blake Ave. in Sequim.
The City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission are co-sponsoring the series with Sequim Community Broadcasting/KSQM Radio.
Here’s the lineup for the rest of the summer:
Sequim
Music In the Park
• Aug. 17 — Bread & Gravy: Americana, blues, classic rock and soul.
• Aug. 24 — Buck Ellard Band: mix of traditional country mixed with classic rock, blues and originals.
• Aug. 31 — Black Diamond Junction: classic hits.
The grand finale of the Sequim summer series will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park.
Tess Teel Trio will perform from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and Sound Advice with Dawn Martin will be on stage from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
For more information about the free concert series in Sequim, see www.sequim wa.gov/512/Summer-Music-Events.
Port Angeles
• Aug. 18 — Three Too Many: rock covers.
• Aug. 25 — Black Diamond Junction: classic hits.
For more information about Port Angeles concerts, see jffa.org/concerts-on-the-pier or call 360-457-5411.
Port Townsend
Aug. 19 — Sound Advice: featuring vocalist Dawn Martin, dishes out Motown, soul and rock ’n’ roll.
Aug. 26 — The Merry Makers: mix of psychedelia and roots rock.
Sept. 2 — Kevin Mason and the PT All Stars: with singer Christa Holbrook, travel from soul to rock to rhythm and blues.
For information about Concerts on the Dock and other fall and winter events in the works, see PTmainstreet.org, phone 360-385-7911 or email admin@ptmainstreet.org.
