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The Sounds of Summer
Written By: Mary Jane McCall | Issue: July 2024
The sounds of Friday Night Live and Saturdays on Pine are Highlands’ official Summer Soundtrack. The concerts are free, family-friendly and handicapped accessible.
Dive Bar Divas
If you’ve been around Highlands for a while you know that Friday and Saturday nights are made for live music.
If you’re just visiting, you’ll delight in making the same discovery.
Few communities offer such a diverse live music scene and these weekend outdoor concerts have become don’t miss dates for the music lovers among us. 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, NC are held each Friday and Saturday night. Hours for both are the same, from 6:00 until 8:30 P.M. and both are free.
Bring your lawn chairs, put on your dancing shoes, and join your friends and neighbors for cool summer evenings spent listening to some of the region’s best music. These concerts are fun for all ages.
Friday Night Live is starting the month with a bang truly worthy of the July 4th holiday on July 5 when crowd favorites Nitrograss light up the night with their blistering bluegrass. These bluegrass superstars feature two-time national champion banjo player, Charles Wood, whose blistering banjo lays the foundation of this group’s sound.
Silly Ridge Roundup, Highlands’ very own bluegrass band will play on July 12. These talented musicians always draw a crowd and they mix their bluegrass playlist with a bit of Americana and Folk.
Leadfoot Lily, composed of lifelong friends Dean English and Mike Hamilton, along with their wives, hit the stage on July 19 playing a setlist that covers every imaginable genre from bluegrass, country, rock, R & B to folk and pop.
Rounding out the Friday series on July 26 is Kettle a three-piece band that also plays an eclectic playlist, everything from alternative country to psychedelic funk. Their lively sound is sure to bring out your inner dancer.
Saturdays on Pine features Blaze The City on July 6. This talented group is in demand across the Carolinas and brings crowds to their feet playing everything from funky dance rhythms to pop, rock, country, blues, and Motown sounds.
Hailing from Asheville, Dive Bar Divas bring their good time sounds to the stage on July 13. Get your groove on listening to pop, rock, soul, funk, and disco.
July ends with bands that play the best of the 80s so tease your hair, dig your shoulder pads, neon, and spandex out of storage, pop your collar, and prepare to dance the night away to the sounds of Lazrluvr on July 20 and The Breakfast Club on July 27.
For more information visit highlandschamber.org or call (828) 526-5841.
