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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
Bluemont Concert Series Returns to Downtown Leesburg on
Sunday Evenings This Summer
Leesburg, VA (June 19, 2014) – Bluemont
Concerts will bring its popular outdoor concert
series back to downtown Leesburg on Sunday
evenings this summer, beginning on June 29,
2014.
The concerts will be held on the lawn of the
Loudoun County Courthouse, at 18 West Market
Street and will begin at 7pm. West Market Street,
from King Street to Church Street, will close at 5pm prior to each concert and will remain closed
until the concert concludes.
The schedule of performers for the 2014 Bluemont Concert Series in Leesburg is:
• June 29, 2014 – Africa Meets Appalachia with Cheick Hamala Diabate and Danny Knicely
• July 6, 2014 – Hard Swimmin’ Fish, a blues quartet
• July 13, 2014 – Dixie Power Trio, a New Orleans funk ensemble
• July 20, 2014 – Mark Newtown and Steve Thomas, a bluegrass duo
• July 27, 2014 – Solas, a Celtic band
• August 3, 2014 – Pan Masters, a steel drum orchestra
All are welcome at these family-oriented events and attendees are encouraged to bring lawn
chairs or blankets to sit on and a picnic to enjoy before the show. There is a requested donation
of $5 per person, $4 for Bluemont Friends and seniors, and $2 for kids twelve and under.
Proceeds go to support Bluemont's year-round Artist-In-Education program in area schools. No
pets, alcohol or smoking are allowed. In the event of bad weather, the concerts will be held
indoors at the Leesburg United Methodist Church’s Asbury Hall, located at 107 West Market
Street.
Bluemont partners and major donors include the Town of Leesburg, Waterborne
Environmental, Bullock and Associates, the Virginia Commission for the Arts, Wells Fargo
Advisors, Loudoun Mutual Insurance Company, The Gerald and Paula McNichols Family
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Foundation, Middleburg Bank, Dominion Foundation, Target and Walmart, plus more than 250
local businesses and 1,200 friends and families.
For more information about Bluemont, please visit www.bluemont.org.
Contact:
Besty Fields
Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov
703-771-2734
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