Port Townsend begins its summer season of free outdoor concerts on Thursday, and Sequim and Port Angeles will continue their weekly shows.
Port Townsend will present Uncle Funk & the Dope 6 performing a free-ranging set list of rock, funk and R&B 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. each Thursday. 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 at Pope Marine Park Plaza on Water Street at Madison Street.
On Tuesday, Sequim will begin the Music in the Park series with the sound of the Stardust Big Band.
The concerts will be at 6 p.m. each Tuesday at the James Center for the Performing Arts in Carrie Blake Park at 500 N. Blake Ave.
The City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission are co-sponsoring the series with Sequim Community Broadcasting/KSQM Radio.
On Wednesday at 6 p.m., Ranger & the Re-Arrangers will perform gypsy jazz at the Port Angeles Concerts on the Pier. The concerts are sponsored by Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.
Here’s the lineup for the rest of the summer:
Sequim
Music In the Park
• Aug. 10 — Navy Band Northwest: classical, dixieland, jazz and contemporary.
• 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 Advise 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. 11 — Backwoods Hucksters: Americana and blues.
• 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. 12 — Abakis: aka Aba Kiser, blends classic soul, powerhouse vocals and Kottke-style fingerpicking guitar.
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 PTmain street.org, phone 360-385-7911 or email admin@ptmainstreet.org.
