Dayton concerts to attend this summer

If you’re looking for concerts to attend without having to empty your gas tank, you’re in luck. There are plenty of acts stopping in Dayton to perform at local venues all summer.  

Rose Music Center at The Heights

This shiny new concert hall in Huber Heights features smaller acts year round, but two bigger acts will be swinging through for the summer season.

Texas musician Willie Nelson will be playing Wednesday, June 22 at 7 p.m. alongside The Mavericks.

For those that want to get in touch with their inner high school freshman, song parody artist Weird Al Yankovic will be performing on Sunday, August 28 at 7 p.m.

Fraze Pavilion

Country artist Jake Owen is coming to Kettering on Friday, June 24 to play a show at 8 p.m.

Vintage folk icon Bob Dylan along with Mavis Staples is playing the Fraze Pavilion on Tuesday, June 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Two days later, singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow is performing on Thursday, June 30 at 7:30 p.m.

Dating back to the 1970’s, Hollywood Vampires is a classic rock band revitalized by Johnny Depp, Alice Cooper and Joe Perry that will show up at the Fraze Pavilion on Tuesday, July 12 at 7:30 p.m.

If you want to know what love is, classic rock band Foreigner will bring smooth music that will make you want to raise your hands on July 24 at 7:30 p.m.

Lady Antebellum, a Nashville country band, will play on Sunday, August 7 at 7:30 p.m.

To get a little comedy in your life, let comedian Jim Gaffigan make you laugh on Wednesday, August 10 at 8 p.m.

Nutter Center

If you’re still on campus and just want to walk to your concerts, you can see James Taylor on Wednesday, July 27 at 8 p.m.

Get your face paint ready for August, because KISS is performing on Monday, August 22 at 7:30 p.m.

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