(Press Release from the Green Music Center)
The Green Music Center at Sonoma State University announces its 2024 Summer concert season – Summer at the Green 2024. This new season features indoor-outdoor concerts from popular artists including multi-platinum-selling classic rock band America (Sept 14), pop music sensations Colbie Caillat and Gavin DeGraw (Aug 9), American music icons The Beach Boys (Aug 28), chart-topping country artist Niko Moon (July 13), Reggae/Pop legends UB40 (July 28), and singer and songwriter, businesswoman, author, television celebrity, and two-time Latin Grammy Award winner, Chiquis (July 14).
Summer at the Green 2024 includes a number of other events including the 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular with the Santa Rosa Symphony and Transcendence Theatre Company; a brand new production entitled The Voice of Whitney: A Symphonic Celebration (Sept 7) – an original tribute concert celebrating Whitney Houston; and Global Roots Sonoma (Sept 21). A world music festival that connects Sonoma County to the globe, Global Roots Sonoma features multiple stages, food trucks, family activities, and artist workshops. This year’s lineup includes performances by Lila Downs, Dakhabraka, Caña Dulce y Caña Brava, Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino, Sam Reider & Jorge Glem and more.
Summer at the Green will also host two summer arts festivals this summer. Festival del Sole (Aug 1–4) returns to the Green with international stars including violinist Viktoria Mullova, cellist Nina Kotova, pianist Olga Kern, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and the Zukerman Trio, Tenor Joseph Calleja, as well as a screening of the film performance of Sibylle Szaggars Redford’s The Way of the Rain: Hope for Earth featuring Robert Redford, who will be present for the screening. PianoSonoma’s chamber music festival will include performances by pianoSonoma’s artists in residence led by acclaimed
pianist Peter Dugan (July 16, 18, 23, & 25).
Alongside the Green’s summer concerts will be four Movies at the Green. Audiences can bask in the outdoors while enjoying box office hits like Barbie, both Finding Nemo and Finding Dory, as well as Guardians of the Galaxy, and the newly released IF. Admission to Movies at the Green is $5 for adults, and free for kids 12 and under.
Find out more at gmc.sonoma.edu.
KSRO’s Michelle Marques and Larry Olson spoke with the executive director of the Green Music Center, Jacob Yarrow, regarding this Summer on the Green series.