Free summer concerts have returned after a year-long hiatus due to the pandemic. Pack a picnic and get ready to dance the summer away at the region’s free concerts from the mountains of Olympic Valley to the shores of Lake Tahoe. Check our Event calendar at TheTahoeWeekly.com and in each edition for upcoming music events and performances throughout the region.
* Event sponsored by Tahoe Weekly
Tuesday
Bluesdays | Village at Squaw, Olympic Valley
July 13-Aug. 31 | 6-8:30 p.m. | squawalpine.com
Wednesday
Truckee Music in the Park | Truckee River Regional Park
July 7-Aug. 25 | 6:30-8:30 p.m. | tdrpd.org
Thursday
Live at Lakeview | Lakeview Commons, South Lake Tahoe*
Aug. 5-Sept. 2 | 4:30-8:30 p.m. | liveatlakeview.com
UPDATE 080421: AUGUST SHOWS CANCELLED
Truckee Thursdays | Downtown Truckee*
July 15, Aug. 12 & Sept. 9 | 5-8:30 p.m. | truckeethursdays.com
Friday
Music on the Beach | Kings Beach State Rec. Area*
July 9-Sept. 3 (no show Aug. 6) | 6-8:30 p.m. | northtahoebusiness.org
Friday & Saturday
Heavenly Village Summer Concert Series | South Lake Tahoe
Until Sept. 5 (additional concerts select Thurs. & Sun.) | 5:45-9:15 p.m. | Facebook
Saturday
SunSets Live Music | Village at Squaw Valley, Olympic Valley
Until Aug. 28 | 5-7 p.m. | squawalpine.com
Sunday
Concerts at Commons | Commons Beach, Tahoe City*
July 25-Sept. 5 | 4-7 p.m. | concertsatcommonsbeach.com
Select Dates
Music in the Park | Tahoe Paradise Park, Meyers
Through Sept. 3 | Times vary | Donation based | facebook.com/tahoeparadisepark
Northstar Summer Live Music Series | Village at Northstar
Through Sept. | Days vary |northstarcalifornia.com
JULY 7-11
July 7 | Dead Winter Carpenters | Music in the Park
July 8 | Arizona Jones| Heavenly Village
July 9 | Pacific Vibration | Music on the Beach
July 9 | Rock Monsterz | Heavenly Village
July 9 | Matt Reardon | Village at Northstar
July 10 | Trey Stone w/Mescalito | Music in the Park (Meyers)
July 10 | Neon Playboys | Heavenly Village
July 10 | | Tim Snider | SunSets Live Music Series
JULY 12-18
July 13 | The Blues Monsters | Tuesdays Bluesdays
July 14 | Sal’s Greenhouse | Music in the Park
July 15 | Coburn Station | Truckee Thursdays
July 16 | The Gold Souls | Music on the Beach
July 16 | New Wave Crave | Heavenly Village
July 17 | Musicole | Heavenly Village
July 17 | Mike Schermer | SunSets Live Music Series
July 17 | Buddy Emmer Band | Village at Northstar
JULY 19-25
July 20 | Mark Hummel & the Blues Survivors ft. Rusty Zinn | Tuesdays Bluesdays
July 21 | Déjà Vu | Music in the Park
July 23 | Mike Schermer | Village at Northstar
July 23 | Mescalito | Music on the Beach
July 23 | Neon Playboys | Heavenly Village
July 24 | Locked and Loaded | Heavenly Village
July 24 | Chi McClean | SunSets Live Music Series
July 25 | Diggin’ Dirt | Concerts at Commons
JULY 26-AUG. 1
July 27 | Chris Cain| Tuesdays Bluesdays
July 28 | Beatles Flashback | Music in the Park
July 30 | Coburn Station | Music on the Beach
July 30 | One Way Street | Heavenly Village
July 31 | Bread & Butter Band | Heavenly Village
July 31 | Lucas & Darcy | SunSets Live Music Series
Aug. 1 | The Blues Monsters and Guest | Concerts at Commons
AUG. 2-8
Aug. 3 | Alastair Greene| Tuesdays Bluesdays
Aug. 4 | Fog City Swampers | Music in the Park
Aug. 5 | Boot Juice w/Preacher’s Pickers | Live at Lakeview CANCELLED
Aug. 6 | False Rhythms Reggae | Music in the Park (Meyers)
Aug. 6 | Joy and Madness | Heavenly Village
Aug. 7 | Chi McClean | SunSets Live Music Series
Aug. 7 | Steel Breeze | Heavenly Village
Aug. 8 | Pamela Parker’s Fantastic Machine and Sals Greenhouse | Concerts at Commons
AUG. 9-15
Aug. 10 | JC Smith Band| Tuesdays Bluesdays
Aug. 11 | Blues Monsters | Music in the Park
Aug. 12 | Vokab Kompany w/Mic Smith | Live at Lakeview CANCELLED
Aug. 12 | The Ghost Town Rebellion | Truckee Thursdays
Aug. 13 | Jelly Bread | Music on the Beach
Aug. 13 | Bread & Butter Band | Heavenly Village
Aug. 14 | Neon Playboys | Heavenly Village
Aug. 15 | Afrolicious | Concerts at Commons
AUG. 16-22
Aug. 17 | Terry Hanck | Tuesdays Bluesdays
Aug. 18 | Brubeck Brothers Quartet | Music in the Park
Aug. 19 | 40 Watt Hype w/The Connor Party | Live at Lakeview CANCELLED
Aug. 20 | Bicicletas Por La Paz | Music on the Beach
Aug. 20 | Island of Black and White | Heavenly Village
Aug. 21 | Steel Breeze | Heavenly Village
Aug. 21 | Tim Snider | SunSets Live Music Series
Aug. 22 | TBA | Concerts at Commons
AUG. 23-29
Aug. 24 | Rick Estrin & The Nightcats | Tuesdays Bluesdays
Aug. 25 | Poor Man’s Whiskey | Music in the Park
Aug. 26 | The Sextones w/Buenos Diaz | Live at Lakeview CANCELLED
Aug. 27 | Sol Peligro | Music on the Beach
Aug. 27 | Whiskey Maiden | Heavenly Village
Aug. 28 | Golden Cadillacs | Heavenly Village
Aug. 28 | Jenni & Jesse (of Dead Winter Carpenters) SunSets Live Music Series
Aug. 29 | Dead Winter Carpenters | Concerts at Commons
AUG. 30-SEPT. 5
Aug. 31 | Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings | Tuesdays Bluesdays
Sept. 2 | J Ras + The Higher Elevation w/Tahoe Tribe + False Rhythms | Live at Lakeview
Sept. 3 | Tritones | Music in the Park (Meyers)
Sept. 3 | Achilles Wheel | Music on the Beach
Sept. 3 | Steel Breeze | Heavenly Village
Sept. 4 | Musicole | Heavenly Village
Sept. 5 | One Way Street | Heavenly Village
Sept. 5 | Joy & Madness | Concerts at Commons
SEPT. 6-12
Sept. 9 | The Sextones | Truckee Thursdays
