Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
ABOUT SOUND VALLEY
Zac Pitts, a graduate of Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School and a host of WDTN's Living Dayton, and his fiancée Ashley Karsten are passionate about supporting local music, and introduced Sound Valley Summer Music Festival in 2018.
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“There are so many talented musicians and artists in this area,” Pitts told us last summer.
“We want to do whatever we can to grow the scene.”
He called Sound Valley an initiative that aims to bring national attention to Dayton’s music scene, a passion project and a launching point.
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Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
ABOUT THIS WEEKEND’S EVENT
This weekend’s event will take place The Yellow Cab in Dayton
Performers include Nightbeast, Tino, The New Old Fashioned, The 1984 Draft, The Boxcar Suite, DC King, Grenades!?, McGuff and the Dumpster Fires, Salvador Ross, Better Anyway, Amber Hargett & The Who’s Who, and The Typical Johnsons.
Pre-sale tickets ($10) are available here. Tickets will be $15 at the door.
Proceeds will help support The Dayton Foundation and SICSA.
The event will begin at 4 p.m.
Food vendors will include Cupzilla, Smokin Bee-Bee-Q, Billie Gold Bubble Tea.
Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Zac Pitts and his fiancée Ashley Karsten featured some of Dayton's best local bands during their first Sound Valley Summer Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 1 at the Yellow Cab Tavern in Dayton’s Oregon District. The festival had food trucks and music on two stages from a list of local pop, rock and alternative acts that include Life In Idle; Knavery; Beesly; Yardboss; Weathervein; NOVAGOLD; Seth Canan And The Carriers; Crosley Court; Isicle; Flee The Valley; Dave Zup; ThunderTaker and A Voice of Your Own. TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
Credit: Tom Gilliam
Credit: Tom Gilliam
WANT TO GO?
What: Sound Valley Summer Music Fest
When: 4 p.m.- 11:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31
Where: Yellow Cab Tavern, 700 E. 4th St., Dayton
Cost: Pre-sale tickets ($10) are available here. Tickets will be $15 at the gate.
More info: Facebook | soundvalleydayton.com