PORT ANGELES — Rock ’n’ roll, country, folk, blues and a fusion of Celtic and Indian music will be heard this July and August at Olympic Cellars, the winery at 255410 U.S. Highway 101, as the summer concert series returns.
These outdoor shows feature bands from across the Pacific Northwest, plus catered suppers and wine from Olympic’s barrels.
Each concert starts at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted, and tickets are on sale for $13 in advance at BrownPaperTickets.com (search for Olympic Cellars).
Season passes covering all seven concerts are available for $75 at www.OlympicCellars.com along with information about each band and links to each of the organizations to receive proceeds from the fundraising concerts.
Tickets will be available at the winery — if any are left — on the evening of the show for $15.
The lineup goes like this:
■ July 12: The season opener brings the Cort Armstrong Band, with vintage country, blues and folk, to the winery at 4:30 p.m. For this show, there’s no charge.
■ July 19: The West Coast Women’s Blues Revue, featuring Lady A, Teri Anne Wilson and Rae Gordon, brings blues, rock, funk and soul for a show to benefit the Jefferson County Fund for Women and Girls.
■ July 26: The Senate, featuring singer-songwriter Nick Drummond, will dish out rock ’n’ roll in a benefit for the Alzheimer’s Association of the North Olympic Peninsula.
■ Aug. 2: Delhi 2 Dublin, a band from Vancouver, B.C., stirs up Celtic, Indian Bhangra, Bollywood and other forms of dance music in a fundraiser for Port Angeles Rotary Club charity projects.
■ Aug. 9: The local band Fat Chance brings its wide repertoire of classic rock covers in to benefit North Olympic Peninsula Youth Lacrosse.
■ Aug. 16: The Paperboys, the dance band blending Latin, Celtic and Americana, arrives for a Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts benefit concert.
■ Aug. 23: Creme Tangerine, the Seattle group well-known for its Beatles music, returns for a show to benefit Clallam County Habitat for Humanity.
For more details about the winery and its concert series, phone Olympic Cellars at 360-452-0160.
