Fruitlands Museum to Kick Off 30th Summer Concert Series Next Month

Fruitlands Museum has announced the 2015 Summer Concert Series, presented on Thursday nights at 7:15PM, June 18 through August 6. This year's stellar line-up features the award winning The Concord Band; the crowd-pleasing jazzy jive blues group The Love Dogs & the folk rock band Black Marmot.

Admission is $10/car for Museum Members, $15/car for Nonmembers. Season discount passes are available: $50 Members, $75 Nonmembers-pick any 6 concerts to attend. Bring your blanket, lawn chairs and picnic baskets or purchase food from one of our food vendors. Beer and wine will be available on site. Fruitlands Museum's buildings and Wayside Visitor Center are open until 7PM. Concert admission price includes entry after 5PM. For more information, please visit www.fruitlands.org or call 978-456-3924 ext. 292.

On June 18, The Concord Band kicks off their 30th six-week season at Fruitlands! Performing together since 1959, the band consists of 65 musicians from more than 40 area towns. This year, Concord Band will treat concertgoers to a deep roster of timeless music, including pieces memorializing historic events, show tunes, holiday favorites and more. The July 9th concert, "From Broadway to Hollywood" will be the night of the popular annual picnic contest when audience members are invited to bring the most elaborate picnic and win a special prize! For more about The Concord Band, visit www.concordband.org.

The July 30th concert will bring back another group that is quickly becoming a concert tradition-The Love Dogs. With its mix of jazz and jive, this energetic band brings the crowd to its feet every year. Voted "Best New England Band" by Blues Audience magazine, the Dogs are part Rat Pack party, part 20th-century musical encyclopedia, and part revival meeting. The New York Post says "Even though the music could make Leonardo's David dance, it's the songwriting that separates these dogs from the rest of the pack" and Blues Review agrees "If there were a Superbowl for crowd pleasing rhythm & blues, a photo of The Love Dogs would be on every Wheaties box in America." More at www.thelovedogs.com

Black Marmot will close the summer series on August 6. They will delight the audience with their infectious folk rock tunes. Experimenting with ukulele, complicated harmonies, and even the addition of the rare bass VI, Black Marmot is bound to cast a spell over one and all. Hailing from Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston, Black Marmot has been performing their unique adaptations of folk, blues and rock music since 2009. "Working a sound solidly anchored in folk, roots and pop, but fusing elegant harmonies, fluid musicianship and eclectic arrangements/instruments, Black Marmot has a unique and fetching appeal," says The New London Day. More at www.blackmarmotband.com

2015 FRUITLANDS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES SCHEDULE

June 18..................The Concord Band: The Blue and the Grey (150th Anniversary of end of Civil War) - Strawberries and Champagne

June 25..................The Concord Band: A Winter for Summer (Music from Concord Band Holiday Pops)

July 2.....................The Concord Band: American the Beautiful

July 9 ....................The Concord Band: From Broadway to Hollywood - Annual picnic contest!

July 16 ................ The Concord Band: Dancing Under the Stars

July 23 ................ The Concord Band: Summer Retrospective

July 30.................. The Love Dogs

August 6................ Black Marmot

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, June 20, 10AM-5PM, FREE ADMISSION

CENTENNIAL SATURDAY: Fruitlands Turns 101!

Come celebrate the grand finale of Fruitlands' centennial year! On this FREE day there will be fun for the whole family, with live music, craft activities, art-making, games, trail walks and more. There will even be cake! Don't miss this party to end all parties!

Sunday, June 28, 5PM, $150

SUMMER SOLSTICE FARM TO FORK DINNER

Join us in the field at Fruitlands for the 3rd annual Farm to Fork dinner. We'll say adieu to our centennial year and celebrate the beginning of our 101st while supporting Fruitlands Museum's educational programs.

The evening will begin with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres under the tent and tours of the museum buildings., followed by outdoor dining under a summer sky on a delicious locally-sourced dinner provided by Fireside Catering from Gibbet Hill Grill in Groton, along with wine and live music. After dinner it's back to the tent for champagne and dessert. Tickets are $150 per person or $1200 for a table of eight. www.Fruitlands.org/f2fdinner or 978.456.3924, x289 for more information.

Fruitlands Museum is open Monday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., weekends and holidays 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is $12 adults, $10 seniors and students, $5 for children 5 - 13, and free for members and children under 5. Fruitlands Museum is located at 102 Prospect Hill Road in Harvard, Mass. For more information please visit www.fruitlands.org or call 978-456-3924 ext. 292.

ABOUT FRUITLANDS MUSEUM

Fruitlands Museum, founded in 1914 by Clara Endicott Sears, takes its name from an experimental utopian community led by Bronson Alcott and Charles Lane that existed on this site in 1843. The Fruitlands campus includes: The Fruitlands Farmhouse, the site of an experiment in communal living led by Alcott and Lane in 1843; The Shaker Museum, home to the largest archive of Harvard Shaker documents in the world; The Native American Gallery, which houses a significant collection of artifacts that honor the spiritual presence and cultural history of the first Americans; The Art Gallery, featuring a significant display of our extensive collection of Hudson River School landscape paintings, and a partial display of our over 230 nineteenth century vernacular portraits, the second largest collection in the country. The Land feature 210 acres with panoramic views of the Nashua River Valley, including 2.5 miles of walking trails. The Fruitlands Museum Store sells fine crafts by local artists, including pottery, glass, jewelry, clothing and home furnishings. The Museum Café, open during the main season (April 16 through November 2) focuses on locally-sourced, sustainable cuisine reflective of the heritage of New England. For more information, visit www.fruitlands.org or call 978-456-3924 ext. 292.

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