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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release Media Contact:
Betsy Fields, Research & Communications Manager
bfields@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2734
Bluemont Concert Series Returns to Downtown Leesburg on
Sunday Evenings This Summer
Leesburg, VA (June 18, 2015) – Bluemont
Concerts will bring its popular outdoor concert
series back to downtown Leesburg on Sunday
evenings this summer, beginning on June 28,
2015.
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 2015 Bluemont Concert Series in Leesburg is:
June 28, 2015 – The Hula Monsters
July 5, 2015 – Furnace Mountain
July 12, 2015 – Afrolachia, with Cheick Hamala Diabate and Danny Knicely
July 19, 2015 – John McCutcheon
July 26, 2015 – Black Sheep Reggae Band
August 2, 2015 – Pan Masters
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, the National
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Endowment for the Arts, Inner Quest, Loudoun Mutual Insurance Company, T he Gerald and
Paula McNichols Family Foundation, Middleburg Bank, Dominion Foundation, and Target, plus
more than 250 local businesses and 1,200 friends and families.
For more information about Bluemont, please visit www.bluemont.org.
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