Dayton Music Insider: Support local music venues through virtual events this week

Whether you venture out or stay at home, these artists and venues need your support more than ever. Plus these are really cool shows that you won’t want to miss!

This entire week through Friday, July 24

The Brightside presents Guided by Voices, one of the most prolific and influential bands to emerge from Dayton. The band announced that they have extended the streaming window for their virtual concert event until Friday, July 24, at 5 p.m.

The concert premiered online on Friday, July 17, and was available to stream for another 96 hours. Due to popular demand, the band decided to extend the streaming time so more fans could purchase and access the concert this week.

To help support independent venues like The Brightside, 20 percent of ticket sales will go to the venues virtually hosting the show. Tickets to the concert can be purchased for $25 plus fees here. The concert is available until Friday, July 24, at 5 p.m.

Thursday, July 23

Levitt Pavilion presents Kyshona Armstrong, for the venue’s first-ever virtual fundraiser on Thursday, July 23, supporting free music for all. Ticket holders will enjoy an evening emceed by local favorite Faith Daniels of 92.1 WROU-FM with live music and a Q&A session featuring Armstrong, an up-and-coming Nashville recording artist.

Tickets for the virtual fundraiser are $25 plus fees. A portion of the ticket price, $25, is a tax-deductible donation to Levitt Dayton and attendees will receive an acknowledgment of their gift after the event.

Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite or visit LevittDayton.org for more information.

Yellow Cab Food Hub presents Showcase Thursdays, every Thursday for a curated open mic featuring some of the best original artists from the Dayton region. Music starts at 6:30 on Thursday, July 23, and entry is free. All ages welcome.

Friday, July 24

Yellow Cab Food Hub presents Stringus Khan, one of the Dayton area’s most promising bluegrass ensembles. If you love string music, this is an excellent opportunity to see it live once again.

Music starts at 8:30 p.m. with a $7 cover starting at 7:30. Please be sure to read their new dining policies at yellowcabfoodtrucks.com before coming out. NOTE: If it rains, this show will be canceled.

Saturday, July 25

Yellow Cab Food Hub presents Charlie & Amanda Jackson’s album release party on Saturday, July 25. The new album, entitled “The King & Queen of Dayton Country,” will be available on streaming services and on CD from Magnaphone Records on July 25.

The live event at Yellow Cab also features special guests The Tim Pritchard Revelry and Paul Monnin. There is a $7 cover charge for the show, which begins at 8:30 p.m.

Dayton Philharmonic presents Summer Streams, a free streaming concert on Saturday, July 25, at 8 p.m. on Discover Classical 88.1FM WDPR Dayton/ 89.9FM WDPG Greenville/ 89.1FM WUSO Springfield, and online at discoverclassical.org.

This week’s concert features work by Reznicek: Donna Diana Overture; Liebermann: Clarinet Concerto (Jon Manasse, clarinet); Franck: Symphony in D Minor. The intermission interview is with Lowell Liebermann.

Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani, Trace Adkins star in a virtual drive-in concert on Saturday, July 25. This new series of drive-in events, called Encore Drive-In Nights, are filmed exclusively for each one-night-only event, and include interviews with the performers. More events will be announced later.

Participating local theaters (or places transforming into drive-in theaters) include the Dixie Twin in Dayton, Caesar Creek Drive-In in Wilmington, the Holiday Auto Theatre in Hamilton, Melody 49 in Brookville, Sidney Auto Vue, Starlite Drive-In in Amelia.

Tickets are $114.99 per vehicle (up to six people). A limited number of tickets are still available at ticketmaster.com/encore-blakeshelton. For more information and to see a list of participating theaters, visit encorenights.com

As always, thank you for supporting live music!

Your Dayton Music Insider,

Libby Ballengee