One of Levitt Dayton’s biggest draws is coming back and bringing her band

Blues vocalist Ruthie Foster and her band will play Levitt Pavilion, 134 S. Main St. in downtown Dayton, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 6, Madeline Hart, Friends of Levitt Pavilion Dayton's director of outreach and community engagement, told this new organization.

The concert, like most others held at Levitt, will be free to attend.

Just under 2,000 people packed the outdoor music venue’s lawn in 2018 to hear Foster play.

A favorite from Dayton’s former Cityfolk festival concerts, Hart said Foster was one of the largest draws to Levitt last year.

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Several fans requested that she be invited back with her band.

“There was something about her concert and her energy that was in line with our mission,” Hart said of Foster’s show.

Levitt Dayton, a nonprofit based downtown, announced at a recent community mixer held at Third Perk Coffeehouse & Wine Bar that gospel singer Tonya Baker would be among the 50 acts to perform at the venue this summer.

Her show has been scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31.

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The complete lineup for this summer’s concerts will be revealed on Wednesday, April 17, at a free party at Table 33, 130 W. Second St. in downtown Dayton.

Foster has performed with Bonnie Raitt,  the Allman Brothers and Susan Tedeschi. She has been nominated for three consecutive Best Blues Album Grammy  awards. She won seven Blues Music Awards, three Austin Music Awards, the Grand Prix du Disque award from the Académie Charles-Cros in France and a Living Blues Critics' Award for Female Blues Artist of the Year.