MUSIC

July 09, 2009 Last Updated: July 09, 2009 03:38 PM Weekend Entertainment

The Summer Concert Series 2009 at Butler County Community College will feature Mac Martin and the Dixie Travelers at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Succop Theater. Admission is free. Call 724-284-8505 or visit www.bc3.edu.

Butler County Symphony's Lunchtime Concerts to Munch By take place from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 19, all at the symphony office, 259 S. Main St. Scheduled to perform Wednesday is The Butler Notables Barbershop Quartet. Guests may take a bag lunch or buy one for $3 from City Subs. Call 724-283-1402.

A free Family Summer Concert Series, sponsored by Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, is taking place Tuesdays at Alameda Park. The shows begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Carousel Shelter. Performing on Tuesday will be the Dixieland trio called the Dixie Doodlers Trio. Admission is free. Call 724-284-5383.

Watermelon Wednesdays return to Slippery Rock Park this summer with concerts Wednesdays in July. The shows take place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Music and watermelon are free. Playing Wednesday will be Rock Falls ¿ The Freedom Express. Call 724-794-8180.

Free summer concerts will take place select Thursdays on the lawn at the Harmony Inn, 230 Mercer St. Rock n' roll bands Chrome Moses and the 9th Ward will play tonight.

The Thursdays in the Park Concert Series at Cranberry Rotary Amphitheater in Community Park, Cranberry Township begins at 7 p.m. Playing tonight will be Renewed Memories featuring music from the 1950s and '60s. On July 16 the scheduled performers are Joe Negri & Friends for a family concert. Admission is free. Call 724-776-4806.

The Musicians Concert Band, a community group that performs at Slippery Rock University, will play in concert at 7:30 p.m. today in Miller Auditorium. Concerts are also scheduled for July 23 and Aug. 6. The MCB Swing Band will join in the July 23 show. Admission to each concert is $3. Jeff Kroner is the music director.

JazzLive from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday in Agnes R. Katz Plaza, diagonal from the Benedum Center, 719 Liberty Ave., will feature the Murray Avenue Jazz Initiative. In case of poor weather, JazzLive will move indoors to the Cabaret at Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave. Call 412-456-6666 or visit the Web site, www.pgharts.org.regionThe Indiana Pops Concert Band, with eight Butler County members, will perform in concert at 7 p.m. Sunday at Mack Park, 752 S. Sixth St. The 50-member band will play its final concert of the summer on July 26. The hour-long concerts are held rain or shine, but in case of the rain, they move indoors to the nearby skating rink. Butler County members are Jim Cunningham, Todd and Jana Karenbauer, Jeannette Schmidt, Todd Obidowski, Mark and Steve Rodgers, and David Huemme.Hartwood Amphitheater on Middle Road in Hampton Township will be the site of a free performance by Mick Taylor Band, blues rock, at 7:30 p.m. Sunday. Call 412-350-2478.Kean Theatre at St. Barnabas' Washington Place, 5847 Meridian Road, Gibsonia, hosts an oldies concert by Pure Gold at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $29. Call 724-444-5326 or visit the Web site, www.keantheatre.com.