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May 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 • Chinese Culture Days, • Soundgarden, the Pageant • Kids Rock Cancer Benefit • Tim McGraw, Verizon • STL Bluesweek, May 24- • Korn, Peabody Opera House Missouri Botanical Garden • Twilight Tuesdays: Dr. Zhivegas, Concert featuring Brian Wireless Amphitheater 26, Soldiers Memorial • “Pirates of Penzance,” May 25- • Cortango, Ritz-Carlton Missouri History Museum Owens, Erin Bode and Peter • Spring to Dance, May 23-25, • Greek Fest, May 24-27, Assumption June 29, Opera Theatre of St. Louis • “WWE Extreme Rules,” Martin, Sheldon Concert Hall Touhill Performing Arts Center Greek Orthodox Church, Town & Country • St. Louis African Arts Festival, John Cena Scottrade Center of “WWE • “Rock of Ages,” May 24-26, Fox Theatre May 25-27, Forest Park • Benton Park Summer Extreme • Shakespeare Festival St. • Missouri River Irish Festival, May Rules” Concert Series, Benton Park Tim Louis’ “Twelfth Night,” May 25-26, Frontier Park in St. Charles McGraw 24-June 16, Forest Park
26 27 Memorial Day 28 29 30 31 June 1 • Memorial Day BBQ with • Memorial Day BBQ with • “Anything Goes,” May • “The Wiz,” May 29-June • Circus Flora’s “A • “Always ... Patsy Cline,” May • Taste of Midtown Art Fair, June 1-2 Shooter Jennings, the Demo Big Boi, the Demo 28-June 9, Fox Theatre 29, the Black Rep Trip to the Moon,” May 30- 31-June 30, Stages St. Louis • LL Cool J, Ice Cube, Public Enemy • Gypsy Caravan, University • Twilight Tuesdays: A June 23, Grand Center • “The Music of Queen,” Powell Hall and De La Soul, Scottrade Center of Missouri-St. Louis Tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire, • “Bukowsical,” New Line Theatre, • International Horseradish • “The Music of Pink Floyd,” Powell Hall Missouri History Museum May 30-June 22, Washington Festival, May 31-June 2, Collinsville • Son Volt, the Pageant University South Campus Theatre • “Pagliacci” and “Il Tabarro,” Pauly June 1-29, Opera Theatre of St. Louis Shore • IndiHop, June 1, Grove/Cherokee
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 • Taste of Clayton, Clayton • Pauly Shore, Plush • Twangfest 17, June 5-8, • BCI Wing Ding, Frontier • Art + Air, June 7-9, Webster Groves • Story of the Year, the Pageant • Citygarden Summer Concert Plush and Blueberry Hill Park in St. Charles • Innsbrook Institute Music Series: Circus Flora, Citygarden • “Chapter Two,” Insight Theatre • Dierks Bentley, River City Casino Festival, June 7-15, Innsbrook Co., June 5-16, Nerinx Hall • QFest, June 6-9, Webster University • “King Lear,” St. Louis Actors’ • Whitaker Music Festival: • “Six Degrees of Separation,” Studio, June 7-23, Gaslight Theater Story of “Anything Funky Butt Brass Band, Stray Dog Theatre, June 6-22, • Zac Brown Band, Verizon the Year Goes” Missouri Botanical Garden Tower Grove Abbey Wireless Amphitheater
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 • Jewish Film Festival, June 9-13, • Compton Heights Concert Band • Frampton’s Guitar Circus • Citygarden Summer Concert • Missouri Chamber Music • Luke Bryan, Verizon • Casting Crowns, Six Flags Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema Summer Series, Tower Grove Park with Peter Frampton and Series: Jesse Prather, Citygarden Festival, June 13, 15, 17, First Wireless Amphitheater • “Champion,” June 15-30, • The Go-Go’s, June 9, the Pageant Robert Cray, Family Arena • Parties in the Park: Whiskey Congregational Church of Webster • St. Louis Brewers Heritage Opera Theatre of St. Louis • Compton Heights Concert Band Morning, downtown Clayton Groves and Webster University Festival, June 14-15, Forest Park • Komen Race for the Summer Series, Francis Park • Whitaker Music Festival: Terence • Leon Russell, June 14-15, Cure, downtown Blanchard, Missouri Botanical Garden Argosy Casino Alton • Ambassadors of Harmony: “Voices in Harmony,” Touhill Performing Arts Center
16 Father’s Day 17 18 19 20 21 Summer begins 22 • “The Kiss,” June 16-28, • “Monty Python’s Spamalot,” • The World’s Largest Swimming • “Disney’s Cinderella,” June • Big Muddy Dance Co., June 20-22, • HotCity New Play Festival, • Sonny Rollins, Touhill Opera Theatre of St. Louis June 17-23, the Muny Lesson, Splash City Family Waterpark 19-30,” Stages St. Louis Touhill Performing Arts Center June 21-23, Centene Center Performing Arts Center • Father’s Day Car Show, • Compton Heights Concert Band • I Love Beer Run, Lafayette Square • BoDeans, Old Rock House • St. Lou Fringe, June 20-24, • Riverside Shakespeare Co.’s • Huey Lewis and the Museum of Transportation Summer Series, Tower Grove Park • Not So Quiet Concert • Citygarden Summer various locations in midtown “Romeo and Juliet,” June 21- News, River City Casino • Compton Heights Concert Band Series: Cosmic Cow, Central Concert Series: Bottoms Up • Richard Marx, June 20, 30, Frontier Park, St. Charles Sonny Summer Series, Francis Park Library downtown Blues Gang, Citygarden River City Casino • Rockin Chair, Sheldon Concert Hall Rollins • Whitaker Music Festival: Kim • Gesher Music Festival, June “Shrek” Massie, Missouri Botanical Garden 21-30, various venues
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 • Compton Heights Concert Band • “Shrek The • Masters of Madness with • Pat Benatar, River City Casino • Kenny Chesney, Verizon • Fall Out Boy, the Pageant • “American Idols Live!,” Summer Series, Francis Park Musical,” June 24-30, the Muny Alice Cooper and Marilyn • “1776,” Insight Theatre Co., Wireless Amphitheater • “45th Anniversary Celebration Chaifetz Arena • Curtis Sittenfeld, St. Louis Manson, Family Arena June 26-July 7, Nerinx Hall of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts • PrideFest, June 29-30, Public Library, Central Branch • Citygarden Summer Concert Club Band,” Powell Hall Soldiers Memorial • Compton Heights Concert Band Series: Acoustik Element, Citygarden • Erin Bode, June 28-29, • St. Louis Art Museum expansion Kenny Summer Series, Tower Grove Park • Whitaker Music Festival: Ransom Chesney Jazz at the Bistro opening, June 29-30, Forest Park Note, Missouri Botanical Garden • Pale Divine, the Pageant
30 July 1 2 3 4 Independence Day 5 6 • New Kids on the Block, • “Nunsense Muny Style!” • Heritage & Freedom Fest, • Citygarden Summer Concert • St. Charles Riverfest, Frontier Park • Fair St. Louis: Bret Michaels, • Fair St. Louis: Counting 98 Degrees, Boyz II Men, July 1-7, the Muny July 2-4, O’Fallon, Mo. Series: Lulus, Citygarden • Ferguson Fourth of July Gateway Arch grounds Crows, Gateway Arch grounds Scottrade Center • Compton Heights Concert Band • Whitaker Music Festival: Beth Festivities, January Wabash Park • St. Louis Actors’ Studio’s • Benton Park Summer • Compton Heights Concert Band Summer Series, Tower Grove Park Bombara, Missouri Botanical Garden • Veiled Prophet Parade, downtown LaBute New Theatre Festival, Concert Series, Benton Park Summer Series, Francis Park • Fair St. Louis: Trace Adkins, July 5-28, Gaslight Theater Gateway Arch grounds Dave John Mayer Matthews
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 • John Mayer, Verizon • “South Pacific,” July 8-14, the Muny • Matchbox Twenty and Goo Goo • Dave Matthews • Let Them Eat Art, • Celebrate St. Louis: the Wireless Amphitheater Dolls, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Band, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Downtown Maplewood Urge, Soldiers Memorial • World’s Largest Catsup • Brandi Carlile, the Pageant • “Madama Butterfly,” Union • Tour de Donut, Staunton City Park Bottle Festival, Collinsville • Citygarden Summer Concert Avenue Opera, July 12-20 Series: farshid etniKo, Citygarden • Celebrate St. Louis: Josh • Parties in the Park: Dave & Turner, Soldiers Memorial Greg Show, downtown Clayton Trace • Citygarden Summer Concert Adkins Series: TBA, Citygarden
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 • Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson, • “Les Misérables,” July • Not So Quiet Concert • Citygarden Summer • Jefferson County Fair, • “Legally Blonde the Musical,” • Celebrate St. Louis: Peabody Opera House 15-21, the Muny Series: Soulard Blues Band, Concert Series: Letter to July 18-21, Hillsboro July 19-Aug. 18, Stages St. Louis Needtobreathe, Soldiers Memorial Central Library downtown Memphis, Citygarden • “Little Shop of Horrors,” • Celebrate St. Louis: K’naan, • El Monstero, Verizon • Whitaker Music Festival: Montez Stray Dog Theatre, July 18-Aug. Soldiers Memorial Wireless Amphitheater Coleman and Willie Atkins, 3, Tower Grove Abbey • “Charlotte’s Web,” Insight • Petapalooza, July 20, Purina Farms Ian Anderson Missouri Botanical Garden Theatre Co., July 19-21, Nerinx Hall • Music on Main: Hillard Blues • “Timon of Athens,” St. Louis Band, St. Charles Main Street Shakespeare, July 19-28, DeSmet
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 • Slash featuring Myles Kennedy • Rodrigo Y Gabriela, • Vans Warped Tour, Verizon • “Mary Poppins,” July • Blake Shelton, Verizon and the Conspirators, the Pageant July 23, the Pageant Wireless Amphitheater 25-Aug. 2, the Muny Wireless Amphitheater • Cody Simpson, Ryan Beatty, Before You Exit, Peabody Opera House “Mary Adam • Citygarden Summer Concert Poppins” Levine of Series: Jim Stevens, Citygarden Maroon 5
28 29 30 31 Aug. 1 2 3 • Mac Miller, Earl Sweatshirt, • Citygarden Summer Concert • Maroon 5 with Kelly Clarkson, Chance the Rapper, Vince Staples, Series: Acoustik Element, Citygarden Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Bruno the Internet, July 28, the Pageant Mars • Whitaker Music Festival: Big George Brock, Missouri Botanical Garden
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4 5 6 7 8 9 10 • “West Side Story,” • Washington Town & • Bruno Mars, Scottrade Center • Beer and Pretzels Howl, Aug. • Christian Day with Tenth Aug. 5-11, the Muny Country Fair, Aug. 7-11 • Missouri State Fair, 9, Endangered Wolf Center Avenue North, Six Flags St. Louis • Steely Dan, Peabody Opera House • Citygarden Summer Concert Aug. 8-18, Sedalia Series: Dawn Weber, Citygarden • Illinois State Fair, Aug. • Whitaker Music Festival: 8-18, Springfield The Scandaleros, Missouri Botanical Garden
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 • Benton Park Summer • Citygarden Summer Concert • Christopher Cross, Orleans, Gary • “Die Walküre,” Union • Heart with Jason Bonham’s Concert Series, Benton Park Series: TBA, Citygarden Wright, Firefall, John Ford Coley, Avenue Opera, Aug. 16-24 Led Zeppelin Experience, • Super Jam with Lil Wayne, • Parties in the Park: Cosmic Robbie Dupree, Player, Family Arena • Festival of the Little Hills, Aug. Verizon Wireless Amphitheater T.I. and 2 Chainz, Verizon Cow, downtown Clayton • “Time Stands Still,” Insight 16-18, Frontier Park, St. Charles • Chuck Prophet and the Mission Wireless Amphitheater Theatre Co., Aug. 15-25, Nerinx Hall Express, Aug. 17, Off Broadway
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24 • Downtown Restaurant Week, • Not So Quiet Concert Series: Clave • Citygarden • Umphree’s McGee, STS9, • Keith Urban, Verizon • Kid Rock, Verizon Aug. 19-25, locations downtown Sol, Central Library downtown Summer Concert Series: Chesterfield Amphitheater Wireless Amphitheater Wireless Amphitheater Jim Stevens, Citygarden • Du Quoin State Fair, Aug. • Festival of Nations, Aug. • Music on Main: Miss Jubilee 23-Sept. 2, Du Quoin, Ill. 24-25, Tower Grove Park and the Humdingers, St. Charles Main Street
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 • Citygarden Summer Concert • Gateway Cup, Aug. 30- • St. Nicholas Greek Festival, Aug. Series: Acoustik Element, Citygarden Sept. 2, various locations 31-Sept. 1, St. Nicholas Church • Japanese Festival, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Missouri Botanical Garden • Big Muddy Blues Festival, Aug. Lil Wayne 31-Sept. 1, Laclede’s Landing
Sept. 1 2 Labor Day 3 4 5 6 7 • Labor Day Parade, • Arianna String Quartet, • LouFest, Sept. 7-8, Central downtown St. Louis Touhill Performing Arts Center Field in Forest Park
Justin • Clayton Art Fair, Sept. Flowers of 6-8, downtown Clayton the Killers • Art Outside, Sept. 6-8, Schlafly Bottleworks Find more things to do this summer at stltoday.com/go • “My Fair Lady,” Sept. 6-Oct. 6, Stages St. Louis