{"id":161595,"date":"2026-04-09T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161595\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T17:16:16","slug":"free-summer-concert-series-to-make-stops-in-hershey-other-pennsylvania-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161595\/","title":{"rendered":"Free summer concert series to make stops in Hershey, other Pennsylvania cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Free live music will be headed to Pennsylvania this summer as part of the Commonwealth Concert Series, Gov. Josh Shapiro announced Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>The concert tour will run from May 23 through June 27 in celebration of the United States&#8217; 250th anniversary this year. <\/p>\n<p>Here are the dates, locations and performers for each of the five concerts:<\/p>\n<p>May 23: Bryce Jordan Center, State College. Performers: Cole Swindell (headliner), Gabby Barrett, and the Benny Havens Military BandJune 6: Erie Insurance Arena, Erie. Performers: The Fray (headliner) and First to ElevenJune 13: Hershey Park Stadium, Hershey. Performers: The Avett Brothers (headliner)June 20: Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre. Performers: Lady A (headliner) and En Vogue. June 27: Point State Park, Pittsburgh. Performers: Nelly and Third Eye Blind (co-headliners)<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will be required to have a free ticket for admission. Ticket release dates will be announced later at <a href=\"https:\/\/america250pa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">America250PA.org.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania&#8217;s newly established<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/governor\/newsroom\/2026-press-releases\/icymi--gov--shapiro-launches--visit-pa-playmakers---announces-ma\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Marketing to Attract Marquis Events program<\/a> awarded $675,000 to support the Commonwealth Concert series, according to a release.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud that we secured funds in the 2025-26 budget to put on these free concerts,&#8221; Shapiro said in the release, &#8220;and I\u2019m confident the Commonwealth is ready to put on a once-in-a-lifetime show.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHP) \u2014 Free live music will be headed to Pennsylvania this summer as part of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137],"class_list":["post-161595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}