By Scott Tady
Toto holds the line, Vince Gill croons country, Teddy Swims sings soulfully and Pantera gets heads banging in what’s shaped up to be a memorable month of music in Western Pennsylvania.
From Kiss six-stringer Ace Frehley to Jakob Dylan’s The Wallflowers, July is loaded with famous acts headed our way.
To help you pick a show, here’s the July concert guide:
July 9: The Lumineers
July 15: Pantera
July 19: Wiz Khalifa
July 24: Toto, Christopher Cross and Men at Work
July 26: Kesha
July 31: Kidz Bop
Aug. 2: Luke Bryan; Aug. 6: Doobie Brothers; Aug. 9: Jason Aldean; Aug. 10: Styx, Kevin Cronin and Donnie Iris; Aug. 29: Dierks Bentley; Sept. 5: Hardy; Sept. 18: Falling in Reverse; Sept. 20: $uicide Boy$; Sept. 28: Twenty One Pilots; Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.
July 17: Phil Wickham and Brandon Lake
July 18: Ghost
July 22: Shinedown
Aug. 19: Linkin Park; Sept. 12: Eric Church; Sept. 20: Adam Sandler; Oct. 4: Jo Koy; Oct. 15: Tate McRae; Oct. 18: Cody Johnson; Oct. 19: Mumford & Sons; Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter; Nov. 2: Bryan Adams; Nov. 5: A Day to Remember; Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings; Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers; Nov. 14: Maroon Five.
July 2: Diana Krall
July 12: Vince Gill
July 20: Frankie Valli
July 26: Nas with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Aug. 6: Wilco; Aug. 23: Louis C.K.; Oct. 28: Jon Batiste; Dec. 18: Trish Yearwood with the PSO.
July 1: 311
July 11: Sam Barber
July 12: Teddy Swims
July 16: Hatebreed
Aug. 1: Blackberry Smoke; Aug. 2: Rock, Reggae & Relief with Stephen & Damian Marley; Aug. 3: The Head & The Heart; Aug. 7: Lord Huron; Aug. 9: Flaming Lips/Modest Mouse; Aug. 19: Jessie Murph; Aug. 21: Chevelle and Asking Alexandria; Aug. 26: Gary Clark Jr.; Sept. 3: Men I Trust; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson; Sept. 8: PUP; Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes; Sept. 10: Vance Joy; Sept. 12: Pixies; Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson; Sept. 22: Dylan Gossett; Sept. 23: Garbage; Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock; Sept. 27: Russell Dickerson; Sept. 29: Marina; Oct. 7: T-Pain.
July 3: Samantha Fish
July 17: Kenny Neal
July 18: Ace Frehley
Aug. 16: Montrose; Aug. 17: Stryper; Aug. 22: ZZ Ward; Aug. 27: Sister Hazel; Sept. 10: Michael Schenker; Sept. 14: David Cook; Sept. 24: Lita Ford; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 9: Hailey Whitters; Oct. 23: Squirrel Nut Zippers; Oct. 26: Tab Benoit; Nov. 6: North Mississippi All-Stars; Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen and John 5.
July 3: Robin Trower
July 10: The Wallflowers
July 11: Little River Band
Aug. 3: Graham Nash; Sept. 14: Vicki Lawrence & Mama; Oct. 1: Don Gatlin & the original Kenny Rogers Band; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Oct. 25: Bill Murray & The Blood Brothers; Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.
July 13: Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms, Spin Doctors
Aug. 8: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.
Photo: David “Doc” Abbott /David Abbott Photos
TIMBER RIDGE AMPHITHEATER
July 5: Jon Anderson & His Band Geeks
July 10: Lee Brice
July 18: Old Crow Medicine Show
July 19: KC & The Sunshine Band
Aug. 8: Billy Currington; Aug. 23: Kansas; Sept. 6: Gabby Barrett.
July 18: Comedy Jam with Steve Byrne
July 25: +Live+.
July 16: Yelawolf
July 23: Jojo Siwa
Aug. 18: Silversun Pickups; Aug. 19: The Struts; Sept. 6: Jerry Cantrell; Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly; Sept. 18: GWAR; Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson; Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand; Oct. 28: Andy Bell of Erasure; Nov. 1: From Ashes to New; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 26: The Beths.
July 6: Kasey Chambers
July 10: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
July 14: Mekons
July 26: Joe Grushecky
Aug. 5: Tracy Bonham and Jeffrey Gaines; Sept. 13: Charles Esten; Sept. 18: Anthony Rapp; Oct. 27: Joshua Radin.
SOUTH PARK AMPHITHEATER
| July 5 | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| July 11 | American Authors |
| July 18 | Chuck Prophet |
| July 25 | Ashley Cooke |
| August 1 | Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone |
| August 8 | Over the Rhine |
| August 15 | Robert Jon & The Wreck |
| August 22 | Pittsburgh Honky-Tonk hosted by Jon Bindley |
| August 29 | Tamburitzans |
July 13: Murder by Death (sold out)
July 15: Ezra Furman
Aug. 14: Los Lobos; Aug. 21: Asleep at The Wheel; Sept. 20: The Baseball Project; Sept. 23: Soccer Mommy; Oct. 3: Feeble Little Horse; Oct. 11: Craig Finn; Dec. 2: The Lemonheads.
Sept. 15: Hans Zimmer; Sept. 16: Conan Gray; Oct. 3: Lorde; Oct. 9: Crowder; Oct. 23: John Mulaney; Nov. 1: Katt Williams; Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours.
CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL
Sept. 12: Tower of Power; Sept. 13: Molly Tuttle; Oct. 1: Toad The Wet Sprocket; Oct.6: Pat Metheny; Oct. 8: Gary Newman; Oct. 24: Neko Case; Nov. 22: Jimmy Failla; Dec. 6: Shaun Cassidy.
Oct. 3: Dylan Scott; Nov. 5: Chicago; Nov. 8: Seether & Daughtry; Nov. 19: All Time Low.
Aug. 19; John Moreland; Sept. 16: Superchunk; Sept. 17: James McMurtry; Oct. 25: The War & Treaty; Nov. 8: Keller Williams.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
Aug. 12: Train and Edwin McCain; Aug. 17: Alice Cooper; Sept. 18: Lee Brice; Sept. 20: Cody Jinks.
BENEDUM CENTER
Sept. 16: David Byrne; Sept. 18: Dream Theater; Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus; Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser.
HARTWOOD ACRES
| July 6 | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| July 13 | Mo Lowda & the Humble |
| July 20 | The Family Stone |
| July 27 | Mat Kearney |
| August 3 | Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets |
| August 10 | KT Tunstall |
| August 17 | Smash Mouth |
| August 24 | Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre |
| August 31 | Monty Alexander |
BYHAM THEATRE
Sept. 18: Nate Jackson; Oct. 14: Il Divo.
OTHERS
July 10: Umphrey’s McGee, Mountain View Amphitheater; Hampton Township; Aug. 9: Wheatus, Cascade Park Dance Pavilion, New Castle; Aug. 22: Aaron Lewis, Hollywood Casino at The Meadows; Sept. 10: Oaks Theater, Oakmont; Sept. 13-14: Four Chord Music Festival, EQT Park, Washington, Pa.; Sept. 28: Shonen Knife, Preserving Underground, New Kensington; Oct. 23: Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland.