DAYTONA BEACH — If listening to live music under the stars and beside the ocean sounds like a great way to spend a weekend night, you’ll have plenty of opportunities this summer in eastern Volusia and Flagler counties.
Beginning May 24 in Daytona Beach and May 29 in Palm Coast, music will fill the warm summer air as the sun starts to go down.
The Daytona Beach Bandshell Summer Concerts & Fireworks series will feature 23 tribute band concerts from Memorial Day weekend through the end of September. Live music will flow at the Bandshell every Friday and Saturday night through Sept. 27.
Concerts on both nights will start at 7:15 p.m. Concertgoers will be treated to fireworks after the Saturday night performances beginning at 9:45 p.m.
The concerts are free to the public, and reserved VIP tickets can be purchased for $15 online at AXS.com, the Peabody Box Office located at 600 Auditorium Blvd., and the Daytona Bandshell Box Office on the day of the event if tickets are still available since some events sell out.
Visitors can park in the Ocean Center garage, stroll across the elevated walking bridge to the Ocean Walk Shoppes, and continue eastward toward the Daytona Beach Bandshell.
The Friday night concerts at the Daytona Bandshell begin June 6 and run through Aug. 29. All concerts begin at 7:15 p.m.
Here’s a rundown of those Friday night concerts beside the beach.
1. Friday, June 6: Ultimate Garth — Garth Brooks Tribute
2. Friday, June 13: Carnival Ride & Lovestory — Carrie Underwood & Taylor Swift Tribute
3. Friday, June 20: Homegrown — Zach Brown Band Tribute
4. Friday, June 27: Beer For My Horses — Toby Keith Tribute
5. Friday, July 4: Alter Eagles – Eagles Tribute
6. Friday, July 11: Nuthin‘ Fancy — Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute
7. Friday, July 18: Sir Jac — Prince Tribute
8. Friday, July 25: Let It Be — The Beatles Tribute
9. Friday, Aug. 1: Caribbean Chillers — Jimmy Buffett Tribute
10. Friday, Aug. 8: China Grove & Midnight Joker — The Doobie Brothers & Steve Miller Band Tribute
11. Friday, Aug. 15: Jaded — Aerosmith Tribute
12. Friday, Aug. 22: Divas of Soul — Whitney Houston & Tina Turner Tribute
13. Friday, Aug. 29: The Wildflowers — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Tribute
Here’s a look at who’ll be playing the Daytona Bandshell on Saturday nights. All concerts begin at 7:15 p.m. and fireworks over the ocean follow the concerts at 9:45 p.m.
1. Saturday, May 24: Rushour and Kiss America – Rush and Kiss Tributes
2. Saturday, May 31: Allman Revival and Beautiful Loser – Allman Brothers and Bob Segar Tributes
3. Saturday, June 7: Best of Rod – Rod Stewart Tribute
4. Saturday, June 14: Fleetwood Max – Fleetwood Mac Tribute
5. Saturday, June 21: Turnstiles – the Ultimate Billy Joel Tribute
6. Saturday, June 28: Turn It On Again and Touch And Go – Genesis and Phil Collins Tribute and The Cars Tribute
7. Saturday, July 5: Southern Cross and Bad Moon Rising – Crosby Stills Nash & Young and Creedence Clearwater Revival Tributes
8. Saturday, July 12: Bad Co. and Foreigner Experience
9. Saturday, July 19: Livin‘ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi Tribute
10. Saturday, July 26: Absolute Queen – Queen Tribute
11. Saturday, Aug. 2: Smokin‘ Renegade – A Tribute to Boston and STYX
12. Saturday, Aug. 9: American Stones – Rolling Stones Tribute
13. Saturday, Aug. 16: Never Stop Believin‘ – Journey Tribute
14. Saturday, Aug. 23: Hotter Than July and Dancing On The Ceiling – Stevie Wonder and Lionel Richie Tribute
15. Saturday, Aug. 30: REO Survivor & Co. and Chicago Rewired – REO Speedwagon, Survivor, Loverboy Tribute and Chicago Tribute Band
16. Saturday, Sept. 6: Absolute De Leppard & Highway to Hell – Def Leppard & AC/DC Tributes
17. Saturday, Sept. 13: In the Light of Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin Tribute
18. Saturday, Sept. 20: Completely Unchained – Van Halen Tribute
19. Saturday, Sept. 27: Wall of Echoes – Pink Floyd Tribute
Here’s what’s coming up at the Peabody Auditorium, located at 600 Auditorium Blvd.
8 p.m. Thursday May 22 Atlanta Rhythm Section
8 p.m. Saturday May 31 Danae Hays
8 p.m. Wednesday June 4 Happy Together Tour
7:30 p.m. Thursday June 26 Totally 80s Tour
7:30 p.m. Friday July 18 The Yacht Rock Summer Tour – Firefall, Pure Prairie League
8 p.m. Friday Sept. 12 Marshall Tucker Band
7 p.m. Thursday Sept. 18 Tom Segura
7:30 p.m. Sunday Sept. 28 John Cleese
7:30 p.m. Saturday Oct. 11 Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood
8 p.m. Thursday Oct. 23 The Rock Orchestra by Candlelight
8 p.m. Friday Nov. 14 Jo Koy
8 p.m. Saturday Nov. 29 Chris D’Elia (18+ Event)
Starting May 29, and continuing until Sept. 25, the Palm Coast Concert Series will be held the last Thursday of every month from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The concerts will be held at The Stage at Town Center, located at 1500 Central Ave. in Palm Coast.
May 29: Chillula
June 26: Half Step Down
July 31: Landfall
Aug. 28: Southern Rock Revival
Sept. 25: SoulFire
You can reach Eileen at Eileen.Zaffiro@news-jrnl.com