Wired for Sound’ Outdoor Concert Series starts THIS Friday!!

[jewlee138]

For Immediate Release

Contact: Sarah Nichter – (260)427-6024
Manager-Information & Development

Botanical Conservatory is ‘Wired for Sound’ with Outdoor Concert Series

Trade in the smoky club scene for concerts al fresco. Blues, reggae, Celtic, zydeco and folk music will play from the Fort Wayne Metals – Wired for Sound stage at the Botanical Conservatory every Friday evening from July 21st through September 1st. Bring a lawn chair and join us for these upcoming concerts:

No Tools Loaned will take the stage on July 21st at 9:00pm. Come enjoy this Kentucky-based bluegrass band that combines classic standards and unique touches to make every song a true “NTL” original.

Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans will make you want to dance as they take the stage on July 28th. The band, which embraces Reggae and old-school soul, will transport you to a club in the French Quarter as they play what they dub “Afro-Caribbean inspired New Orleans funk.”

Doors open at 8:00pm with music starting at 9:00pm (to midnight). Admission is only $5 per person and children ages 12 and under are admitted free with a parent. Cover includes the concert and admission to the gardens. Mad Anthony Brewing Co. will have themed food and a cash bar available for an additional charge.

For more information about the Wired for Sound series, please call the Conservatory at 427-6440.

The concerts are part of the Upbeat Downtown Concert Series. Wired for Sound is sponsored by Fort Wayne Metals, the Downtown Improvement District, Whatzup, Mad Anthony Brewing Co., Z94.1 and the Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory with special assistance from One Lucky Guitar, Fort Wayne Music.com and the Hilton Fort Wayne at the Grand Wayne Center.

[The_Dude]

Thanks, Julie. I heard an advertisement for this Friday's show last night and didn't catch the name of the band. I'm going to MySpace their asses to see if they're worth a damn.

I never thought I would consider going to the Botanical Conservatory.

[Oliver's Army]

Ive seen Paul Cebar et al at Summerfest in Mil-e-wa-ka (Algonquin)

Good times.

[The_Dude]

Is Summerfest worth a damn? I've always wanted to check it out but never have.

CMT was broadcasting parts (Lynyrd f'ing Skynyrd, unfortunately) the other night but didn't show anything worth a damn.

[Oliver's Army]

Best live concert series ever....that never gets covered.

June 29 - Tom Petty & Pearl Jam, REO Speedwagon, The BoDeans, Carbon Leaf, Elvis Costello, Common, Cat Empire, Marcia Ball, Terrence Simien, Bryan Lee, Keane, The Redwalls, New Sense, Dave Melillo, Blue Oyster Cult

June 30 - Tom Petty & Pearl Jam, Dave Mason, Los Lonely Boys, James Hunter, Jon Kay & Steppenwolf, Lynyrd Skynyrd, DB Bryant, Cowboy Mouth, Amadou & Miriam, Blue October, Action Action, Jon McGlaughlin, Everclear, House of Moist

July 1 - Paul Simon, Temptation Revue with Dennis Edwards, David Lee Roth, The Go Go's, Hank Williams Jr., Susan Tedeschi, All-American Rejects, Damone, Quietdrive, Jupiter Sunrise, The Gufs

July 2 - Nine Inch Nails w/Bauhaus, Ray Davies, Kings of Leon, Mr. North, The Whigs, Josh Turner, Dierks Bently, Fred Hammond, Tragically Hip, Soul Asylum, Danielia Cotton, Joan Jett & the Black Hearts, Aubrey Collins, Squint

July 3 - Mary J. Blige w/Ne-Yo, Phil Vassar, The Warren Brothers, Thomas Martinez, Alice Cooper, Rusted Root, Zox, Groupo Fantasma, Louis Black, My Morning Jacket, Will Hoge, Margot and the Nuclear So & So's, SundayRunners, The Apparitions, New London Fire

July 4 - Kenny Chesney, CCR, Psychedelic Furs, Electric Six, moe, New Monsoon, Bowling for Soup, Lucky Boys Confusion, Punchline, Army of Freshman, Elvin Bishop, Ryan Cabrera, Josh Hoge, MoZella, Kate Voegle, Candlebox

July 5 - Nickelback w/Hoobastank & Chevelle, Foreigner, Wilco, Andrew Bird, Flogging Molly, Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Wood Brothers, Particle, Mickey Hart interactive Drum Circle, Mutaytor, Otis Taylor, Mike Doughty, Over the Rhine, Cameron McGill, Jay Buchanon, Trapt, Halestorm, American Motherload

July 6 - String Cheese Incident w/Bob Weir & Ratdog and Keller Williams, The Outlaws, Freddy Jones Band, Anthony Hamilton, Mix Master Mike, Tortured Soul, Digital Underground, Floetry, The Fray, The Working Title, Helen Stellar, ON A SUN, Call Me Lightining, Robin Trower, Greg Koch

July 7 - Steely Dan w/Michael McDonald, Styx, Train, Matt Kearney, Cheap Trick, Chris Brown, Cincere, The Big Wu, Yellowcard, Matchbook Romance, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Rock Kills Kid, Sherwood, P.O.D., SOiL, Gingerjake

July 8 - Alan Jackson w/Carrie Underwood, Guster, Willy Porter Band, Victor Manuelle, Sammy De Leon y Su Orquestra, Toto, The Click Five, Barefoot, The Good Luck Joes, Panic! At The Disco, The Dresden Dolls, The Hush Sound, Absent Star, The Starrs, Seether, Marty Casey & Lovehammers

July 9 - The Goo Goo Dolls w/Counting Crows, The Bangles, Poi Dog Pondering, Bob Schneider, Aqualung, Marc Broussard, Buckwheat Zydeco, Paul Cebar & the Milwaukeeans, Jacks's Mannequin, The Finalist, bandcamp, Jackyl, The Last Vegas, Fatal Order

[The_Dude]

it definitely looks like it's a great time.

Does your admission include seeing ALL of those bands or are their seperate tents and seperate tickets for each band?

[Oliver's Army]

I think all but the *headliners* for the day are all part of the ticket price to the fairgrounds.

The headliners may have an additional ticket price.

The fairgrounds are kick ass and it cool to walk from stage to stage with beer and food in hand and listen to a HUGE diversity of music.

The stages sound great and the always pick interesting acts.

The definitely have their crap together there.

[jewlee138]

WOW. That's one helluva crazy line-up.

[WBOB]

what's the venue for the music like?
are you on a lawn, seats, ????

The fairgrounds are kick ass and it cool to walk from stage to stage with beer and food in hand and listen to a HUGE diversity of music.

...added incentive

[Oliver's Army]

Each stage has a section up front for seating. Its like the long aluminum bleacher type seats.

From there its standing room so people can come and go easily. Some of the stages are small and nearly standing room only, the rest are medium sized with *some* seating. The main stage is more like a small Deer Creek.

It is set up nicely to allow people to stroll around from stage to stage.

I can't reccomend enough that everyone go at least once.

What a great time.

It's what Three Rivers Festival wants to be when it grows up.

[The_Dude]

I'd like to see them to condense it down to 3 or 4 days. 10 days is just way too much, in my opinion.

[WBOB]

It's what Three Rivers Festival wants to be when it grows up.

.....well 37 years has gone by since inception...,,,,

I'd say we're a little overdue..


please no more acts like the Village People, pleasepleaseplease

[david sumner]

nutha fine design from olg

way to go folks!

[The_Dude]

Well it looks like I'll be arriving at 8pm sharp.

Where is this afterparty taking place?

[david sumner]

from what ive gathered its all goin on in the same spot