CELEBRATING 16 YEARS OF SUMMER CONCERTS

ALL CONCERTS ARE FREE  |  DANCERS ARE WELCOME  |  FREE PARKING  |  RAIN OR SHINE

June 12 – August 21, 2025 | Thursdays, 7:30pm - 8:30pm

In the Bumper Car Pavilion
 

RSVP for FREE Summer Concerts!

RSVPs preferred, not required

Parking information & link to Park Map below.

Limited seating available — feel free to bring folding chairs.

Beer, wine, soft drinks, and snacks for sale in Bumper Car Pavilion courtesy of Praline.
Bringing your own alcohol is not permitted.

June 12  |  Gina DeSimone and the Moaners *Celebrating Pride

Gina DeSimone & The Moaners are a DC-based blues and swing foursome that are sure to liven up any event with an eclectic mix of music from all eras! Since 2007, The Moaners have made their mark on the D.C. music scene with unrelentingly danceable tunes and fun-loving humor. The group's musically diverse backgrounds come together to deliver a night of enthusiastic fun, foot tappin' rhythm, and killer harmonies.
 

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June 19  |  Rise Band and Show *Celebrating Juneteenth

The Rise Band and Show is a fun and lively band, performing Motown, R&B, Soul, Funk, Jazz, and more! Ready to rock the house down!

 

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June 26  |  U.S. Marine Band Free Country

The U.S. Marine Band's popular music ensemble Free Country performs pop, folk, rock, and country music selections from the 1960s through today, and the group's showmanship and vocal harmonies always provide an entertaining performance to which the whole family can dance and sing along.

 

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July 10  |  Black Masala

Brassy Washington DC-based outfit, Black Masala, is part of the new generation of go-anywhere brass bands. You can hear this sound all over the world now – from New Orleans (Hot 8) to Belgrade (Boban & Marko Markovic), Paris (Fanfarai) to Cotonou (Gangbe Brass Band), and right here on the east coast area as well (Red Baraat & No BS! Brass). A major party alert for this band – Black Masala puts on an amazing, high-energy live show!

 

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July 17  | The High and Wides

The High & Wides were formed in 2015, and have roots both in Baltimore and the rural Delmarva peninsula. They draw on a shared background playing straight ahead bluegrass, but weave in influences from new wave to old time to make music that evokes the era before country, bluegrass, rockabilly, western swing, and rock'n'roll broke off into separate and strictly defined genres. The band's music imagines an alternate timeline - if instead of the electric-guitar and drums driven band format that took off in the 50s, the stringband lineup had dominated across genres of popular music in the 20th century, what would be happening now?

 

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July 24  |  U.S. Marine Band Latin Jazz Ensemble

The U.S. Marine Band's Latin Jazz Ensemble performs a mix of classic and contemporary Latin jazz hits that will keep hands clapping, feet tapping, and the dance floor busy!

 

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July 31  |  Halley's Hot Gumbo Swingtet

Traditional jazz styles from Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller and Benny Goodman. This group has performed at Great Gatsby parties, dances at Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom, Victorian Chautauqua Festival, a Moulin Rouge party and for the Potomac River Jazz Club. The band has six musicians including vocalists, horn and rhythm sections. Halley's Hot Gumbo Swingtet performs at Glen Echo Spanish Ballroom for dancing. The Swingtet performs crowd pleasers for huge dancing and listening audiences.

 

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August 7  |  Justin Trawick and The Common Good

Justin Trawick has been performing in the Washington DC area and along the East Coast since 2006, citing musical influences like Bob Schneider, Greensky Bluegrass, The Tallest Man on Earth, G. Love, Old Crow Medicine Show, and David Gray.

 

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August 14 | Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines

Kiti Gartner & the Drifting Valentines is a band out of Washington DC who play western swing, rockabilly, old country and some jump blues. Their influences include music from the 1940s and on, including almost everything that came out of The Quonset Hut and RCA Studio B in Nashville, Sun Records and Bakersfield. Kiti Gartner (vocals and rhythm guitar), Zachary Sweeney (lead guitar), Steve Wolf (upright bass), Brian Alpert (drums)

 

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August 21 |  James Bazen Big Band

James Bazen Big Band is an 18-piece big band that plays a wide variety of energetic jazz. In addition to originals, the orchestra plays innovative compositions from Stan Kenton, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Gordon Goodwin, Bob Mintzer, Buddy Rich and more.

 

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Thank you to our sponsor, Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rotary Foundation.

FREE parking in our main parking lot at 5801 Oxford Road. Find more information and a link to our Park Map here. 

Watch recordings of 2021 Summer Concerts Series >>

Suggested Donation: $10

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