(MORRISTOWN, NJ) -- The summer may have ended, but you can keep the summer vibes going with Glen Burtnik's Summer of Love Concert on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC). Â The concerts has audiences reliving the memories and celebrating the songs of the Woodstock Generation, the music that changed the world! Showtime is 7:30pm.
The Summer of Love Concert includes music by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, Santana, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Jefferson Airplane, The Association, The Turtles, The Beach Boys, Scott McKenzie, Mamas and the Papas, Country Joe, Ravi Shankar, Procol Harum, Joe Cocker, Melanie, The Spencer Davis Group, Cream, The Youngbloods, and many more nuggets and surprises from artists like The Rascals, Chicago, The Zombies, Tommy James and The Shondells, Mountain, Otis Redding, Sonny and Cher, Sly and The Family Stone, Canned Heat, The Strawberry Alarm Clock, Barry McGuire and more! The songs run the gammet from the psychedelic songs to rockin’ album tracks to a sprinkling of now hip Top 40 pop from that era.
The Summer of Love Concert, led by Glen Burtnik (alumnus of Styx and Beatlemania), features a horn section, a string quartet, keyboardists, percussionists, multiple background vocalists and an incredible rock rhythm section recreating note for note and absolutely live music from this remarkable era in music. The show also features Marc Rubinstein’s Pig Light Show which is recognized as one of the most famous psychedelic light shows in rock history.
Tickets range from $39-$69 and are available for purchase online. Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC) is located at 100 South Street in Morristown, New Jersey.
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, presents a wide range of programs that entertain, enrich, and educate the diverse population of the region and enhance the economic vitality of Northern New Jersey. The 2024-2025 season is made possible, in part, by a grant the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, as well as support received from the F.M. Kirby Foundation, The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation and numerous corporations, foundations and individuals. Mayo Performing Arts Center was named 2016 Outstanding Historic Theatre by the League of Historic American Theatres, and is ranked in the top 50 mid-sized performing arts centers by Pollstar Magazine.
