Levitt Pavilion Arlington’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Continues with Fan Favorites

By Office of Communication

Posted on July 20, 2018, July 20, 2018

Quebe Sisters will return to Levitt Pavilion Arlington this fall.

Levitt Pavilion Arlington&'s 10th anniversary concert season had a great start with its summer concerts, with an estimate of more than 85,000 people on its lawn for free music and movie nights. But they aren&'t finished yet!

The Levitt starts the second part of its birthday celebration on Aug. 31 with its official 10-year birthday bash featuring the band who played the very first concert on the Levitt stage a decade ago, Brave Combo. The party starts at 8 p.m.

Continuing its "greatest hits" theme for their birthday year, the Baylor Orthopedic & Spine Hospital 2018 Fall Concert Season includes many artists familiar to Levitt-lovers. In addition to Brave Combo, the Quebe Sisters also performed during the Levitt&'s first mini-season in October 2008. The triple-threat, fiddle-playing sisters with killer harmony from Burleson return to the Levitt at 8 p.m. Oct. 5. Additional artists making a return to the Levitt include rock royalty, The Drifters; the king and queen of Americana music, Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis; concert pianist and composer, Danny Wright; Texas music maverick, Dale Watson; and Texas treasure, Carolyn Wonderland; as well as The Nightowls, The Unlikely Candidates, The Dirty River Boys, Dawn & Hawkes, and Grady Spencer & The Work.

Blues fans will not want to miss Grammy-winning blues guitar legend, Jimmie Vaughan, who will perform a free concert at 8 p.m. Sept. 20 for Arlington&'s annual Arlington Gives! rally for North Texas Giving Day, presented by the Arlington Tomorrow Foundation and the Communities Foundation of Texas. It&'s North Texas Giving Day&'s 10th birthday as well, and the Arlington event celebrates a day of giving across the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and surrounding area.

The fall season will include a few new artists as well. Most notably, Sundance Head, 2016 winner of NBC&'s The Voice and the founder of country/soul music. Additional first-timers at the Levitt include The Vandoliers, Ram Herrera & the Outlaw Band, hometown jazz artist Tatiana Mayfield performing with the UTA Jazz Orchestra, and JB & the Moonshine Band. The free concerts end Oct. 7 with the African cirque experience of dance and music, Cirque Zuma Zuma.

The Levitt&'s only paid-ticket concert wraps up the fall concert season when Texas Health/Arlington Memorial Hospital presents Barenaked Ladies Oct. 13, featuring special guest Daphne Willis. Tickets for Barenaked Ladies are on sale now on the Levitt website, levittpavilionarlington.org.

The 2018 fall concert season calendar is available on the Levitt&'s website, levittpavilionarlington.org.

2018 fall concert season sponsors are Arlington Chamber of Commerce, Arlington Cultural Tourism Council, Arlington Parks & Recreation, Arlington Today, Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, Bahama Buck&'s, Baylor Orthopedic & Spine Hospital at Arlington, City of Arlington, Candlelite Inn, Downtown Arlington Management Corp., Dr Pepper/Snapple (7-Up, Clamato, Squirt), Fort Worth Weekly, J. Gilligan&'s, Levitt Foundation, MillerCoors, NEA/Artworks, Nothing Bundt Cakes North Arlington, Alan & Bonnie Petsche, Pianotex, Sheraton Arlington, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Health/Arlington Memorial Hospital, Thrive Internet Marketing, UTATickets.com, Viridian and WFAA.

Levitt Pavilion Arlington is located at 100 W. Abram St. in Founders Plaza. Audiences are seated on an open lawn and can bring lawn chairs and blankets, picnics and coolers with beverages. Concessions are sold at the pavilion, including beer and wine. All concerts are free and family friendly except for Barenaked Ladies, which requires a ticket purchase. The Levitt has a 24-hour information line at 817.543.4301 and a free mobile app, Levitt Arlington.