Concert Connections

June 8, 2005

Roadtrip or close to home -- it’s your call.  The following lists offer some options from Interlochen to the Detroit area.  Do be sure to check websites on these venues for updates -- acts are frequently added and sometimes cancelled...

Interlochen Arts Festival

June 20:  Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
June 21: Jim Brickman with Mario Frangoulis
June 28:  Pilobolus Dance Theatre
June 29:  Bobby McFerrin
June 29: Pacifica Quartet
June 30:  Mark O’Connor and Appalachia Waltz Trio
July 1:  Keith Brion 
July 2:  Steve Winwood
July 3:  WYSO with  Mark O’Connor
July 5:The Capitol Steps
July 7: Alison Krauss and Union Station
July 11: US Army Brass Quintet
July 13: Kathy Mattea and  Natalie MacMaster
July 14: Rhythm & Brass
July 15: Chanticleer
July 17: WYSO with  Olga Kern
July 18: Brad Paisley
July 19: Ani DiFranco
July 19: Avalon String Quartet
July 20: Michael Cooper: Masked Marvels & Wondertales
July 21: Evelyn Glennie
July 22: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
July 23: WYSO with  Evelyn Glennie and members of the DSO
July 25: Arlo Guthrie 
July 26: Soweto Street Beat
July 27: Australian Chamber Orchestra with Angela Hewitt
July 28:Jewel
Aug 11: Gordon Lightfoot
Aug 13: Lou Rawls
Aug 14: Aretha Franklin with  Jane Monheit
Aug 16: Susan Tedeschi and  The Blind Boys of Alabama
Aug 19:   Clay Aiken

DTE Energy Theater
Clarkston

6/18 - Stevie Nicks & Don Henley 
6/19 - The Music of Led Zeppelin 
6/25 - Santana wsg Los Lonely Boys 
6/28 - The Doobie Brothers 
6/29 - Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago 
7/01 - Black Eyed Peas wsg Talib Kweli and Fatty Koo 
7/02 - John Mellencamp wsg John Fogerty 
7/04 - Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo 
7/07-8- Creedence Clearwater Revisited  
7/10- John Michael Montgomery 
7/15 - Zooma Tour w/Ben Harper, Jurrasic 5, Trey Anastasiao  & The Black Keys
7/17 - Avril Lavigne ‘Bonez Tour 2005’ 
7/20- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wsg The Black Crowes 
7/23- Dennis DeYoung : The Music of Styx with Rock Symphony 
7/29- Montgomery Gentry
7/31 - Hootie & the Blowfish
8/2 - 3 Doors Down & Staind 
8/04 - Ozzfest 2005 
8/07- Alan Jackson with Sara Evans and The Wrights 
8/12 - Journey
8/13- James Taylor and Band 
8/24 - Mötley Crüe Carnival of Sins Tour  
9/2 - Brooks & Dunn with Big & Rich 


Meadowbrook
Rochester Hills

6/18 - Oasis wsg Jet 
6/21 - Wilco wsg My Morning Jacket   
7/07 - Robert Plant - Strange Sensation 
7/08- Mark Knopfler 
7/09 - Carole King  
7/16 -  DSO - Great Gershwin Outdoors 
7/17 - DSO - The Three Phantoms   
7/20 - Ani DiFranco wsg Erin McKeown 
7/21 - Richard Jeni 
8/06 -  Big Bad Voodoo Daddy w/ DSO 
8/07 - DSO Tribute to the Beatles  
8/10 - Trio! wsg Joe Sample 
8/12 - Clay Aiken
8/13 - Lewis Black 
8/18 - O.A.R. 
8/27 - Dane Cook 
9/8-11 -  The Rocky Horror Show  

Meijer Gardens 
Grand Rapids

6/26 - George Benson
6/30 - Los Lobos
7/14 - Natalie MacMaster
7/18 - Ani DiFranco
8/31 - Keb’ Mo’
9/01 - Jonny Lang Acoustic Band