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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 Award-winning artists with decades of influential music-making will perform this summer in the Union Savings Bank Summer Concert Series at Ives Concert Park in Danbury.<\/p>\n

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Multi-platinum recording artists Michael Franti & Spearhead<\/a> and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals<\/a> will perform at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 27, at the outdoor venue on the Westside campus of Western Connecticut State University, 43 Lake Ave. Extension in Danbury. Gates will open at 5 p.m. Tickets, which range from $26 to $37, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. According to his website, \u201cThe Sound Of Sunshine\u201d \u2014 the inspired and inspiring new album by Michael Franti & Spearhead \u2014 is a kind of musical sun shower, a bright, beautiful and often buoyant song cycle created to bring all kinds of listeners a sense of hope during rough and rainy times for so many in our world. Potter\u2019s bio proclaims: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals are like a modern-day version of Tina Turner stroking the microphone in a spangled mini-dress while fronting the Rolling Stones circa Sticky Fingers. The proof is there for all to hear on the band\u2019s third album for Hollywood Records, hitting this spring, and marks an artistic breakthrough for a vital young band caught in the act of fulfilling its immense promise.<\/p>\n

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At 8 p.m. on Friday, July 1, Grammy Award winner Peter Frampton<\/a> will take the Ives Concert Park stage to perform \u201cFrampton Comes Alive!\u201d in its entirety for his 35th Anniversary Tour. Gates will open at 7 p.m. Tickets, which range from $27 to $77, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. The three-hour show will feature a complete performance of \u201cFrampton Comes Alive!\u201d along with highlights from Frampton\u2019s catalog, including his Grammy Award-winning 2006 instrumental album, \u201cFingerprints.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Popular Ives artists Earth,Wind & Fire<\/a> will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, July 2. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, which range from $32 to $97, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. The Earth, Wind & Fire 40th Anniversary Tour will launch April 30 and continue to July 3, taking the legendary group to more than 30 cities. A celebrated legacy of four decades has produced 20 Grammy nominations with eight wins, an induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and bountiful musical and cultural achievements.<\/p>\n

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Legendary duo Steely Dan<\/a> will perform at 8 p.m. on Monday, July 25. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events and range from $37 to $152, plus service charges. Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Steely Dan dazzled both the public and the critics in 2009 with their classic-albums-in-full Rent Party Tour. Responding to overwhelming popular demand, Steely Dan masterminds Walter Becker and Donald Fagen bring on more action with the Shuffle Diplomacy Twenty Eleven summer tour. The tour, which kicks off in Seattle on July 2 and concludes in Boston on Sept. 30, will showcase greatest hits and deep cuts alike.<\/p>\n

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Alison Krauss and Union Station<\/a> featuring Jerry Douglas will take the stage at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets, which range from $30 to $75, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. According to Krauss\u2019 publicity, her most recent triumph, the certified-platinum \u201cRaising Sand,\u201d a 2007 collaboration with Robert Plant and producer T Bone Burnett, notched a total of six Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year, bringing her unsurpassed total to 26. That mesmerizing modern-day masterpiece sets the stage for another stunner: \u201cPaper Airplane,\u201d the artist\u2019s first album of all-new recordings in partnership with her remarkably skillful and renowned band Union Station since 2004\u2019s \u201cLonely Runs Both Ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Alternative rockers from Boston, Mass., Guster<\/a>, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 3. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets, which range from $25 to $35, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. Formed in 1991 at Tufts University, Guster is known for its live performances and humor. Opening will be Ra Ra Riot<\/a>, an American indie rock band from Syracuse, N.Y.<\/p>\n

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The J. Geils Band<\/a> and special guests The Chris Robinson Brotherhood<\/a> will perform at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 13. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets, which range from $37 to $77, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. The J. Geils Band is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Worcester, Mass., best known for its 1981 single, \u201cCenterfold,\u201d which charted No. 1 in the U.S. in early 1982. The band played R&B-influenced blues-rock in the 1970s before moving towards a more pop-influenced sound in the 1980s. Since its initial break-up in 1985, the band has reunited several times. Special guest Robinson tells fans on his website, \u201cWe’ll be playing a bunch of new songs I have been working on and will be digging deep into what is happening at that musical moment. There will be old stuff that I\u2019ve done and a handful of covers that just feel right.\u201d<\/p>\n

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It wouldn\u2019t be summer without a live performance by The Beach Boys<\/a>. They will perform at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 14. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets, which range from $27 to $57, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. You can summarize most pop music acts by reciting how many hits they\u2019ve had and how many millions of albums they\u2019ve sold. But, according to the band\u2019s website, these conventional measurements fall short when you\u2019re assessing the impact of The Beach Boys. To be sure, this band has birthed a torrent of hit singles and sold albums by the tens of millions. But its greater significance lies in the fact that it changed the musical landscape so profoundly … that every pop act since has been in its debt.<\/p>\n

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Closing out this summer\u2019s Celebrity Concert Series are Texas rockers ZZ Top<\/a>, who will perform at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25. Gates will open at 6 p.m. Tickets, which range from $37 to $67, plus service charges, are on sale at http:\/\/www.premierboxoffice.com\/events. The band lays undisputed claim to being the longest running major rock band with original personnel intact and in 2004 the Texas trio was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

the Ives Concert Park Facebook page at http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ivesconcertpark or follow the venue on Twitter at http:\/\/twitter.com\/IvesConcertPark.<\/p>\n

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