Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles announces 2017 lineup of free shows

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Tank & the Bangas (Photo by Gus Bennett Jr.)
Tank & the Bangas (Photo by Gus Bennett Jr.)

Houston soul juggernaut the Suffers, New Orleans funk/soul group Tank & the Bangas, SoCal faves Thee Commons, Brainstory, Quitapenas, Buyepongo and Vaud & the Villains and Mexican greats Kinky are all part of the free concert series this summer at Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles.

The lineup of free shows at Levitt Pavilion in MacArthur Park also includes rockers such as the Blasters, the Buttertones, the Regrettes and L.A. Witch, along with appearances from Peanut Butter Wolf, Baio and MNDSGN, children’s shows and more.

The typically genre-spanning Levitt series in MacArthur Park, which launched in 2007, is newly curated this year by Spaceland Presents, which promotes shows at the Regent Theater, Echo/Echoplex, Twilight Concerts at the Santa Monica Pier and more.

The lineup has not been been announced for Levitt’s other staple, the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena.

See the full lineup below:

June

17: Fernanda Ulibarri & the Mexican Standoff, Nancy Sanchez, Sin Color
18: Cumbia Cosmica
22: The Blasters
23: Tank & the Bangas and Sweet Crude
24: Kinky
29: The Buttertones and Pinky Pinky
30: Vieux Farka Touré

July

1: Chico
2: Jessica Fichot
6: The Regrettes and the Tracks
7: Western Standard time
8: The Suffers
13: La Resistencia, the Paranoias and Ghetto on Phyre
14: La Chamba
15: Dos Lobos (David Hidalgo & Cesar Rosas)
16: Silk Road
20: Brainstory
21: MNDSGN
22: Jungle Fire
23: The Hollow Trees
27: Thee Commons
28: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound
29: Baio
30: Twinkle Time

August

3: Leslie Stevens & the Badgers and Moonsville Collective
4: Boogaloo Assassins
5: New Breed Brass BAnd
6: Lucky Diaz & the Family Jam Band
10: Buyepongo
11: Vaud & the Villains
12: La Mias Negra
13: Jazzy Ash
17: Dutty Artz with Discos Barba Azul & Mexican Sonideros
18: Mariacha Divas
19: KX Festival
20: KX Festival
24: Paprika Mari Jazz Ensemble
25: Yanga
26: Quitapenas
27: Birdie’s Playhouse
31: L.A. Witch

September

1: Peanut Butter Wolf’s History of Hip-Hop (1979-88)
2: Peanut Butter Wolf’s History of Hip-Hop (1989-99)
3: The Battle of Santiago
7: Prezident Brown
8: Eagle Rock Gospel Singers
9: The Mudbug Brass Band
10: Tropi Corillo