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Thursday, July 3, 2025
Dvořák New World Symphony
Jul 3 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center

Dvořák New World Symphony

Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Stella Chen, violin

Dvořák’s “New World Symphony” is a sweeping tribute to the American spirit, blending European symphonic tradition with the soulful echoes of spirituals and folk melodies. Led by celebrated American conductor Leonard Slatkin, the evening also features Samuel Barber’s deeply lyrical Violin Concerto, performed by the award-winning Stella Chen, and Cindy McTee’s exhilarating Double Play—a vibrant celebration of rhythm and energy.

Thursday, July 3, 2025 7:30PM

Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium

Friday, July 4, 2025
Meat Sweats July 4th Cookout
Jul 4 @ 11:30 am – 6:00 pm
Fireforge Crafted Beer

🤤 It’s Rib O’ Clock at Fireforge! Join us for “Meat Sweats” on Friday, July 4th with pit & grill masters from Fireforge & Project Host: all-afternoon fun from 11:30 am to 6 pm.

Nosh on a variety of meats & sides while enjoying the party band sounds of Big Radio from 3-5 pm. We’ll be releasing the menu throughout the day as our myriad of smoked & grilled delights are ready. Don’t sleep on our sassy sides – AND, save room for our favorite summer beer: 🍑 Pool Honeys Peach Milkshake IPA, which will be released on July 4th! In addition, 10% of Taproom Sales from the day will benefit Project Host.

After Meat Sweats, our regular Fireforge kitchen menu & Friday evening operations will resume through 10 pm.

Meat Sweats Menu:
🐖 John’s Texas Style Smoked Pork Shoulder
🐓 Chris’s Smoked Pulled Chicken w/ Cornell-Style BBQ Sauce
🐄 Nick’s Beef Burnt Ends: slow-cooked beef chuck roast & bbq sauce
🌭 Alex’s Chop Shop Butchery Smoked Grass Fed Beef Foot Long Hot Dogs
-Cowdog: cowboy beans, bacon, salsa, beer mustard
-Plainsman: plain dog with mustard & ketchup
🍖 Nick’s Baby Back Ribs: dry rubbed
🍗 John’s Smoked & Fried Chicken Wings: dry rubbed, Alabama white sauce

Sassy Sides:
🧀 Spinach & Artichoke Mac N Cheese
🍅 Chips & Salsa Roja
🍉 Compressed Local Watermelon & Smoked Sea Salt
🥬 Chopped Coleslaw: Duke’s mayo dressing & poppy seeds
🥔 Crushed Red Potato Salad: Duke’s, local egg, bread & butter pickles, onion, celery.
🫘 Cowboy Beans: slow-cooked pinto beans with tomatoes & spices

Pendergrast Family Patriotic Pops
Jul 4 @ 2:00 pm
Brevard Music Center
Pendergrast Family Patriotic Pops

Brevard Symphonic Winds
Kraig Alan Williams, conductor
Members of the Janiec Opera Company and U.S. Airforce Band Singing Sergeants

Ashley Manocchi, soprano
Elizabeth Neumeyer, mezzo-soprano
Chris Leimgruber, tenor
Benjamin Chen, baritone
Technical Sergeant, Adrienne Kling, soprano
Technical Sergeant, Amanda Palmeiro, alto
Master Sergeant, Matthew Hill, tenor
Technical Sergeant, Ben Edquist, baritone

Celebrate Independence Day with an exhilarating concert of American classics and patriotic favorites. Enjoy rousing marches and inspiring tributes as we honor the birth of our country.

Saturday, July 5, 2025
Shindig On the Green
Jul 5 @ 7:00 pm
Pack Square Park

2025 will be the 59th Season of Shindig On the Green!

Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2025 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the new Pack Square Park. Locals and visitors alike come together downtown “along about sundown,” or at 7:00pm for those who wear a watch, until 10:00p.m. Concessions are available. Come experience the beautiful music and dance traditions of Southern Appalachia on a summer evening in the mountains.

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Jul 5 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Brevard Sinfonia

Chloé van Soeterstède, conductor
Santiago Cañón-Valencia, cello

Experience the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4, a journey from despair to triumph. The program also features Shostakovich’s deeply expressive Cello Concerto No. 1, performed by internationally acclaimed Santiago Cañón-Valencia, and Jessie Montgomery’s bold and patriotic Banner.

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No. 1

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 4

Free pre-concert student recital 1 hour prior in Thomas Hall

Saturday, July 5, 2025 7:30PM

Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium

Sunday, July 6, 2025
From Beethoven to Bernstein
Jul 6 @ 3:00 pm
Brevard Music Center

From Beethoven to Bernstein

Brevard Concert Orchestra
Ken Lam, conductor

A vibrant program celebrating musical storytelling with Maestro Ken Lam. Beethoven’s Egmont Overture and Sibelius’s Karelia Suite set the stage for Copland’s uplifting Outdoor Overture and selections from Bernstein’s West Side Story, filled with energy and iconic melodies.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Egmont Overture

JEAN SIBELIUS Suite from Karelia

AARON COPLAND An Outdoor Overture

LEONARD BERNSTEIN Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Free pre-concert student recital 1 hour prior in Thomas Hall

Sunday, July 6, 2025 3:00PM

Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium

 

Monday, July 7, 2025
RadioSoul!: Elvis Costello & The Imposters and Charlie Sexton
Jul 7 @ 7:30 pm
Peace Center

Born in London and raised there and in Liverpool, D.P. MacManus later came to be known as “Elvis Costello”. He has been performing in public for over fifty years. Costello is the composer and lyricist of over six hundred published titles, including fifteen songs co-written with Paul McCartney and renowned collaborations with Allen Toussaint, the Brodsky Quartet and T Bone Burnett.

Thursday, July 10, 2025
Downtown Alive featuring Almost Vintage
Jul 10 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
NOMA Square

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive presented by Spectrum benefiting Metropolitan Arts Council, kicks off the weekend every Thursday night with music at NOMA Square on Main Street. FREE ADMISSION. More than 45,000 people attend this event annually. The event serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council. Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Bands play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:20 p.m

Music on Main featuring The Enforcers
Jul 10 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Morgan Square

City of Spartanburg’s Music on Main. Get ready for a-rockin’ good time!

Located in the heart of downtown on Morgan Square, Music on Main is Spartanburg’s most anticipated summer concert series! Friends from all over gather every Thursday, April to July, from 5:30 to 8:30 pm to listen to some of the hottest and hippest bands around!

Road Closure: Dunbar Street from Church to Magnolia

Cinderella
Jul 10 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center

Cinderella

July 10th at 7:30p
July 12th at 2:00p
Janiec Opera Company of Brevard Music Center

Brevard Festival Orchestra
Emily Jarrell Urbanek, conductor
Dean Anthony, stage director

Pauline Viardot’s charming chamber opera Cendrillon brings a fresh and intimate take on the classic Cinderella story. Filled with charm, wit, and elegant melodies, this enchanting retelling showcases Viardot’s gift for lyrical beauty and lighthearted humor, making it a perfect opera for audiences of all ages.

Friday, July 11, 2025
Main Street Fridays featuring Broken Rekordd
Jul 11 @ 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm
NOMA Square

Wind up the work week at Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi, listening and dancing to the best in musical entertainment on the Spectrum Stage. FREE ADMISSION

This weekly music series on Main Street at NOMA Square opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 9:30 p.m., with bands playing two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:40 p.m. NOMA Square chairs go fast, so bring a tailgating chair if you are not arriving early.

Mahler Symphony No. 7
Jul 11 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
Mahler Symphony No. 7

Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor

Mahler’s Seventh Symphony is a profound, complex, and mystical journey. In this special event, Maestro Keith Lockhart guides the audience through the symphony’s innovations and emotional depths before leading the Brevard Music Center Orchestra in a stirring performance of this epic work.

Saturday, July 12, 2025
Foothills Philharmonic Summer Pops Concert
Jul 12 @ 11:00 am
Edward R. Driggers City of Greer Center for the Arts

Foothills Philharmonic celebrates summer with light classics and popular favorites — the joy of music and the fun of the familiar.

This summer concert is indoors. Afterwards, if weather permits, you can picnic in the park behind the Art Center. Bring picnic and lawn seating. Or if you prefer, have lunch at one of the great downtown Greer restaurants.

The audience is invited to visit the art displayed at the Gallery before or after the concert. Concert, art gallery and parking are all absolutely

Cinderella
Jul 12 @ 2:00 pm
Brevard Music Center

Cinderella

July 10th at 7:30p
July 12th at 2:00p

Janiec Opera Company of Brevard Music Center
Brevard Festival Orchestra
Emily Jarrell Urbanek, conductor
Dean Anthony, stage director

Pauline Viardot’s charming chamber opera Cendrillon brings a fresh and intimate take on the classic Cinderella story. Filled with charm, wit, and elegant melodies, this enchanting retelling showcases Viardot’s gift for lyrical beauty and lighthearted humor, making it a perfect opera for audiences of all ages.

Shindig On the Green
Jul 12 @ 7:00 pm
Pack Square Park

2025 will be the 59th Season of Shindig On the Green!

Bring your instruments, families, friends, lawn chairs and blankets and join us for good times at the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Stage. In 2025 Shindig on the Green, which features a stage show and informal jam sessions around the park, continues at its original location — formerly known as City County Plaza, now transformed into the new Pack Square Park. Locals and visitors alike come together downtown “along about sundown,” or at 7:00pm for those who wear a watch, until 10:00p.m. Concessions are available. Come experience the beautiful music and dance traditions of Southern Appalachia on a summer evening in the mountains.

BMC Presents: An Evening With Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones
Jul 12 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
BMC Presents: An Evening With Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones

Two iconic voices. One unforgettable night.

Join us for a rare double bill as Rickie Lee Jones and Patty Griffin — two of America’s most distinctive and celebrated singer-songwriters — take the stage for an evening of music, storytelling, and soul. With timeless songs, GRAMMY-winning legacies, and unmistakable voices, these two legends promise an intimate night that spans genres, generations, and emotional landscapes.

Sunday, July 13, 2025
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2
Jul 13 @ 3:00 pm
Brevard Music Center

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

Brevard Sinfonia
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 sparkles with youthful brilliance and elegance, brought to life by renowned BMC piano faculty member Norman Krieger. The afternoon also features Robert Aldridge’s Elmer Gantry Suite a dynamic work by BMC’s own GRAMMY-winning composer, and Hindemith’s powerful symphonic masterpiece Mathis der Maler, a stirring exploration of artistic vision and resilience.

Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 2

 

Monday, July 14, 2025
Mozart Clarinet Quintet
Jul 14 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
Mozart Clarinet Quintet

A program of striking contrasts, from the nostalgic and lyrical Bolcom Rags to the beauty of Mozart’s Clarinet Quintet, a masterpiece of elegance, spirited interplay, and boundless charm. The evening features the extraordinary clarinetist Anthony McGill in a captivating showcase of expressive artistry.

Anthony McGill holds the 2025 Thomas C. Bolton Distinguished Artist Chair.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025
The Pacifica Quartet
Jul 16 @ 7:30 pm
Brevard Music Center
The Pacifica Quartet

One of the preeminent string quartets of our time, the GRAMMY Award-winning Pacifica Quartet is celebrated for its daring interpretations and impeccable artistry. With a repertoire spanning centuries, their performances balance fiery passion with refined precision, offering audiences a thrilling chamber music experience.

Thursday, July 17, 2025
Downtown Alive featuring Mojohand
Jul 17 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
NOMA Square

**Special Art after Dark night**

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive presented by Spectrum benefiting Metropolitan Arts Council, kicks off the weekend every Thursday night with music at NOMA Square on Main Street. FREE ADMISSION. More than 45,000 people attend this event annually. The event serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council. Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive opens at 5:30 p.m. and closes at 8:30 p.m. Bands play two sets at 5:50 p.m. and 7:20 p.m