Small Town Summer Concert Series

Bring the whole family and enjoy the beautiful Warren G Lineberry Park filled with music, movies and fun activities for the whole family.

Featuring music, movies, face-painting, inflatables, games, food and beverage and special activities presented by a variety of community organizations!

Tentative Event Schedule:
6:00 pm – Gates Open
6:30 pm – Jonathan Scales Fourchestra
8:00 pm – Hoppie Vaughan & The Ministers of Soul

ABOUT HOPPIE VAUGHAN & THE MINISTERS OF SOUL

Rhythm and blue-eyed soul performer, Hoppie Vaughan has been igniting and expanding the live music scene in Southwest, Virginia since 1996. Hoppie is a full-time singer, songwriter, guitar player, bass player, and entertainer, and performs with his impressive group, the Ministers of Soul as well as solo and duo gigs around Virginia.

Adding a wallop of flavor to an evolving regional music feast with his distinct, deep South-influenced sound, Vaughan’s inspiration and influence has been a major catalyst for the growth of Roanoke’s live music scene which is getting bigger and better every year.

Hoppie has performed or appeared with Delbert McClinton, Rod Price of Foghat, Mac Gayden, Tommy Two Tone, Jimmy Hall of Wet Willie, Ronnie Milsap, Wayne Perkins, Tommy Castro, Tab Benoit, John Mayall, Sonia Data, Goose Creek Symphony, Gatemouth Brown, Miranda Louise, and The Kentucky Headhunters, among others.

ABOUT JONATHAN SCALES FOURCHESTRA

You’ve heard this before, but the whimsically named Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is really tough to describe. Veering from in-your-face, jaw dropping chops and passion, to those quiet moments when the background noise disappears and you hold your breath to take in a soundscape of solitude, the power trio of electric bass (E’Lon JD), drums (Maison Guidry), and steel pans (Jonathan Scales) combines elements of jazz, classical, and progressive rock, peppered with Latin rhythms and soulful outbursts of funk. From club and festival stages across North America and Europe, and tours of Africa, Southeast and Central Asia as a Cultural Ambassador for the US Department of State, to their NPR Tiny Desk Concert featuring Béla Fleck, the Fourchestra’s live shows make even the most jaded listeners forget where they are… even if just for a precious moment.

This may seem an odd thing to say, but on the verge of releasing their eighth studio recording, Jonathan Scales Fourchestra is only now truly embracing their identity as a group. For many years, Jonathan’s live band was a fluid lineup of top-notch musicians, and even included an “all-star” version with bassist MonoNeon (Prince, Nas), drummer Sput Searight (Snarky Puppy, Snoop Dogg) and percussionist Weedie Braimah (Trombone Shorty, Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah), as well as a number of other marquee players. Now, however, the Fourchestra is a decidedly indivisible band, and Jonathan is writing for the trio, not just the pans.