The longest running bluegrass festival in the country continues this year with four days of entertainment, June 11-14, in southern Indiana.

Taking place at Bill Monroe Music Park & Campground in Brown County, this year’s Bill Monroe Bluegrass Festival will be headlined by Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys. Joining inthe celebration will be Lonesome River Band, Authentic Unlimited, Special Consensus, Po Ramblin Boys, Joe Mullins & The Radio Ramblers, and many others also on the bill. 

The festival, situated between Morgantown and Nashville, also features camping, a military flyover, a veterans salute, traditional bean dinner, jamming, vendors, and museum tours. 

Tickets are on sale. Children 12 and under are free.

The Church celebrate singles

Australian new wavers The Church will tour across North America this summer, celebrating 45 years of singles from their unbelievable 37-album collection. 

The 25-show, four-week The Singles tour includes just two shows in our region, unfortunately, with a July 29 stop at Park West in Chicago on the docket followed by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on July 30. 

The band’s peak commercial success in the U.S. came in 1988 with the single “Under the Milky Way,” which peaked at No. 24 on The Billboard Hot 100.

Warsaw set to rock

Former Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler will bring his band to Central Park in Warsaw for a free concert on June 20. 

The show is part of that city’s annual Rockin’ Concert for Riley benefiting Riley Children’s Hospital. 

“They promised us a very good family-friendly show, which is something we want and expect,” Warsaw Parks Recreation Director Stephanie Schaefer said in a press release. “We want everyone to come and have a good time.” 

Adler has released music under his own name as well as the band name Adler’s Appetite over the years, but Schaefer also said Adler “has the rights to the Guns N’ Roses music and they would be performing those songs.” 

In addition, the free Country Concert for St. Jude will feature Kentucky Headhunters headlining July 18 with openers Confederate Railroad.

Run the Jewels join Wu-Tang

Announced as “the start of their final tour,” Wu-Tang Clan recently announced a 27-date North American tour with Run the Jewels as support. 

Billed as Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber, the tour promises to celebrate the iconic hip-hop group’s deep musical catalog, including songs that have never been performed live. 

Dates include three regional shows: July 7 at United Center in Chicago, July 8 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, and July 9 at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. 

Live, Collective Soul unite

Radio juggernauts from the ’90s Live and Collective Soul will team up for a tour this summer, their first tour together since 2008. 

The Summer Unity tour has only two dates scheduled for our region, however: a July 20 stop at Rose Music Center near Dayton and a July 22 show at Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre near Detroit. 

Live are best known for their 1994 album Throwing Copper, which sold more than 8 million copies, while Collective Soul’s 1993 debut album, Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid, has sold more than 2 million copies. 

Our Lady Peace and Greylin James Rue will support.

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