Summer Music Festival Begins July 1 at WHAT
By: Courtnie Mele Jun. 16, 2014
Cool off after a day at the beach with eight evenings of music (plus one free family afternoon) at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater. By popular demand, this year's line up is a sampling of many music styles, from some of the best acts in their genre. Concerts are Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 8pm, on the Julie Harris Stage. A free family concert is Sunday, July 13 at 4pm, in the garden in front of the theater.
Tuesday, July 1, 8:00pm
George Gritzbach Blues Band Concert & CD Release
George Gritzbach on vocals, guitar and harmonica; Rich Hill on bass; Bart Weisman on drums
Gritzbach has appeared at a wide variety of venues & festivals and has opened for B.B. King & Eddie Money.
Wednesday, July 2, 8:00pm
Latin Music with Combo Sabroso
Latin Music in the style of the Buena Vista Social Club with Vocals, Sax, Trombone, Piano, Bass and Percussion
Tuesday, July 8, 8:00pm
An evening of Cabaret with Singer/Songwriter Krisanthi Pappas
With a special appearance by Edwige Yingling! Krisanthi Pappas on vocals; Fred Boyle on piano; Steve Skop on bass; Bart Weisman on drums
Wednesday, July 9, 8:00pm
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival
An Evening of Mozart
The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival presents an Evening of Mozart, with students from the New England Conservatory: Lisa Fujita, violin; Jesse McDonald, violin; Sergio Munoz, viola; and Jeremiah Barcus, cello. Performing Mozart's String Quartet No. 4 in C Major, K. 157; String Quartet No. 5 in F Major, K. 158; and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525.
Tuesday, July 15, 8:00pm
An evening of Pop with Mark Greel
Mark Greel on vocals, trumpet, sax, flute, and guitar; Perry Rossi on piano; Ron Ormsby on bass; Bart Weisman on drums. Mark Greel is an exciting performer from the Boston area, who has appeared for 10 years at the Music Series held at the Wequassett Resort.
Wednesday, July 16, 8:00pm
Big Band Music with Stage Door Canteen
With their 12 piece horn section, Stage Door Canteen hits an audience with everything: from the unmistakable jump-swing of the early big band era, to the blistering arrangements of latter day big bands, to horn-band standards by Chicago EW&F and Tower of Power, to the Latin sounds of Tito Puente and the Mambo Kings, to the fiery Celtic strains of pipes and whistles, to hip-shaking Motown, to unbelievable reinventions of radio hits by Van Morrison and the B52s.
Sunday, July 13, 4:00pm
Free Family Concert!
Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group
Performing a blend of Jazz, Latin, Pop, Funk, Blues and Rock. No reservation necessary - but come early for best lawn seats!
Summer Music Festival
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater
July 1 - 16, 2014
Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 8pm
(Free family concert Sunday, July 13 at 4pm)
Tickets: $18 ($10 students)
2357 Route 6, Wellfleet
Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater is the award-winning theater company that inspired "a new vigor for theater on the Cape" (New York Times). In honor of the theater's namesake, Julie Harris, WHAT continues to be a sounding board for new and bold ideas, presenting "continually adventurous theater" (Boston Globe), and year-round programming.
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