Who’s performing at the 2026 Allegheny County Summer Concert Series?

British rock band The Heavy Heavy, “American Pie” singer-songwriter Don McLean and hip-hop legends Arrested Development are amongst the featured acts this summer time at Allegheny County’s free weekly outside concert events at South Park and Hartwood Acres.

The county introduced the line-ups Friday.

The season at South Park Amphitheater will open Friday, June 5, with the River City Brass Band.

Other Friday-night South Park acts embody Pittsburgh’s Jimmie Ross & The Jaggerz, who hit No. 2 on the charts in 1970 with “The Rapper” (June 12); The Heavy Heavy (July 10); pop-rock outfit Orleans, identified for “Still The One” (July 17); Grammy-winning folk-blues singer Ruthie Foster (July 24); McLean (July 31); and former Winger and Whitesnake guitarist (and Fox Chapel native) Reb Beach (Sept. 4).

Special packages at South Park embody a July 3 live performance by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

At Hartwood Acres, the Sunday-evening exhibits start June 7 with Pittsburgh Opera. Other highlights embody the Latin jazz of Tito Puente Jr. & Nestor Torres (June 28); Nineteen Eighties new-wave hitmakers The Fixx (July 12); New Orleans legend Cyril Neville, of the Neville Brothers (July 19); Arrested Development, whose hits embody “Tennessee” (July 26); American Roots trio The Wood Brothers; in style big-band revivalists Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (Aug. 9); rock band The Lemon Twigs (Aug. 16); and Pittsburgh’s personal Buzz Poets (Sept 6).

On July 5, the PSO visits Hartwood for a particular present that includes a Fourth of July-weekend drone present synchronized to the music.

At each areas, all concert events embody choices by native meals and beverage distributors.

The Heavy Heavy and Wood Brothers exhibits are introduced by WESA sister station WYEP.

A whole schedule is beneath. You can find more information here.
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South Park Amphitheater

Friday night time concert events start at 7:30 pm until in any other case famous

June 5 —River City Brass Band

June 12 —Jimmie Ross & The Jaggerz

June 19 — Coltt Winter Lepley & The Briar Valley Rangers (w. opener Dave Shepherd)

June 26 —Red Wanting Blue

July 3 —Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Starts at 8:15 pm)

July 10 — The Heavy Heavy (w. opener MT Jones)

July 17 — Orleans (w. opener Pete Hewlett)

July 24 — Rutie Foster (w. opener Gabriella Salvucci)

July 31 —Don McLean

Aug. 7 — Mathias Lattin & Dylan Triplett

Aug. 14 — Women in Jazz Festival (feat. Su Terry with Jazz de Barro, Deanna Witkowski Trio, Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet)

Aug. 21 — Tamburitzans

Aug. 28 — Summer of Love (60s Revue)

Sept. 4 —Reb Beach
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Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater

Sunday night time concert events start at 7:30 pm until in any other case famous; gates open at 3 pm

June 7 —Pittsburgh Opera

June 14 — Melinda & the Night Sky (w. opener Grace Campbell & Rocket Loves Blue)

June 21 —Yacht Rocket

June 28 — The Kings of Latin Jazz: Tito Puente, Jr. & Nestor Torres (w. opener Hugo Cruz and Caminos)

July 5 — America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration w. Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra* (Starts at 8:15 pm)

*Suggested donation of $30 per automobile to assist kids and youth receiving companies via the Allegheny County Department of Human Services

July 12 —The FIXX

July 19 — Cyril Neville (w. opener Norside)

July 26 — Arrest Development (w. opener Cam Chambers)

Aug. 2 —The Wood Brothers (w. opener Ric Robertson)

Aug. 9 —Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Aug. 16 —The Lemon Twigs

Aug. 23 —Pittsburgh Ballet Theater

Aug. 30 — Blasey Plays the Beatles

Sept. 6 — Buzz Poets (w. opener New Invisible Joy)