It's not just any summer Sunday coming up in Allegheny County. That's right, the 25th Annual Allegheny County Music Festival is hitting the Hartwood Acres Park Amphitheater hard on June 29, with gates flinging open at 5:00 p.m. As they've done every year, festival-goers are encouraged to kick in a suggested donation of $20 per carload to support the Allegheny County Music Festival Fund.
This fund is no small potatoes; it's managed to sweetly spill over $1.3 million into the lives of kids and youth who engage with the Department of Human Services and the Juvenile Court. Erin Dalton, the big cheese at DHS, didn't miss the chance to remind us of that goodness quickly. "We’re grateful that for 25 years, County residents have generously supported thousands of local children through this fund," Dalton told Allegheny County. They're looking to keep that generosity train chugging, making this year's celebration a call not only to shake it off to some live music but also to chip into the piggy banks of local youth needing an extra boost.
When it comes to the musical agenda, iHeartRadio and WDVE's Randy Baumann are the puppeteers, pulling strings to line up homegrown vibes. Get psyched to see "Randall Baumann’s Ramble: A Celebration of Levon Helm’s Midnight Rambles," a Pittsburgh All-Star Band homage to classics churned out by Levon Helm and The Band. If you've got a thing for indie rock—well, luck's on your side—with "Meeting of Important People." Frontman Josh Verbanets is sure to deliver what MOIP fans fiend for. And don’t overlook "Woodland Creatures," the folk-rock squad known for stirring souls with their original compositions and those signature triply harmonized melodies.
