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Summer’s Perfect Playlist
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: June 2024
The sounds of Friday Night Live and Saturdays on Pine are Highlands’ official Summer Soundtrack. The concerts are family-friendly and handicapped accessible.
Spare Parts Bluegrass Band
Few towns offer as diverse a live music scene as Highlands, much to the delight of residents and visitors alike.
Summer weekends come alive with the sounds of live music concerts on Friday and Saturday nights with Friday Night Live at Town Square and Saturdays on Pine at the Kelsey Hutchinson Founders Park, both sponsored by the Highlands Chamber of Commerce/Visit Highlands. Hours for both are the same, from 6:00 until 8:30 and both are free.
Cast your cares away, put on your dancing shoes, and come out for both.
The High Five Band
Friday Night Live celebrates traditional mountain music and offers local and regional artists the chance to share their love of traditional and contemporary Appalachian sounds. June 7 brings long-time favorites The Foxfire Boys to the stage. On June 14 Spare Parts Bluegrass Band entertains the crowd with everything from delicate harmonies to blistering bluegrass runs. Curtis Blackwell returns on June 21 with traditional bluegrass sounds. Rounding out the month is the Johnny Webb Band. With a 50-year history in their pocket, this band has perfected the traditional country sound.
Saturdays on Pine shakes things up a bit with music of every kind and the bucolic setting invites you to bring a picnic, a cooler of beverages, lawn chairs, or a quilt and settle in for an enchanting evening under the setting sun.
Back Porch Orchestra
The versatile High 5’s rock the stage on June 1 playing everything from rock, blues, Americana, country, and jazz. True blues legend Bill Mattocks brings his Chicago-style blues sound to the stage on June 8. Back Porch Orchestra will have you dancing on the lawn on June 15 as they cover hits through the decades. H C Oakes band rounds out the month on June 22. This band can play it all-rock, Americana, and country. Chances are you’ll hear a favorite in their playlist.
Please note there will be no concert on June 29 due to other scheduled events in the park.
For more information call the Highlands Chamber of Commerce and Welcome Center at (828) 526-2112 or highlandschamber.org.
Friday Night Live Concert Series: Spare Parts Bluegrass Band at Town Square
Hailing from Upstate SC, Spare Parts Bluegrass Band delivers delicate harmonies as well as tried and true barn burners within the bluegrass genre.
