A summer of music is right around the corner
2023 AMPHITHEATER SEASON
The 2023 Amphitheater music festival will start Thursday, June 29, with a 12show lineup, promising an eclectic mix of country, rock, pop, soul and blues tribute performers at the 2,500-seat Amphitheater.
Residents are invited to celebrate summer under the stars at the free weekly concerts. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. The schedule is subject to change.
Non-resident guests must be accompanied by a resident.
Smoking is not permitted at the Amphitheater, which is located behind the LW News Office in the GRF Administration complex.
No parking is allowed in front of the Amphitheater on St. Andrews Drive along the southbound lanes. This is a tow-away zone on Thursdays during Amphitheater season.
Minibus transportation will be available before and after shows. Food trucks will provide options for pre-event dining. Playing in Concert June 29 Season Opener: Surf’s Up Beach Boys Tribute
Sponsors: On-Site Home Sales, Home Instead Senior Care
Surf ’s up is one of the first true Beach Boys tribute bands in the country and have been recreating the Beach Boys sound for almost 40 years, literally since they were kids. The band consists of brothers Donny and Danny Goldberg, their father Don Goldberg Sr., who founded the group, and Donny’s two sons Landon and Lyric— making it three generations on stage.
July 6: Independence Day Celebration: The Springsteen Experience—a Tribute To Bruce Springsteen Sponsors: Golden Age Foundation,
Financial Partners Credit Union
The Springsteen Experience, led by Josh Schreiber and the cast and crew will perform a high-octane, chronological journey recreating the most memorable moments and stage interactions throughout E STREET concert history.
July 13: Shades of Billy—Billy Joel Tribute Sponsor: MemorialCare
Shades of Billy is comprised of lead singer Steve Feller, who looks and sounds like Billy Joel, backed by a band of veteran players playing hits like “Uptown Girl,” “Piano Man” and “The Longest Time.”
Feller has been performing Billy Joel’s Top 40 hits for decades, and with the finesse of his band, he recreates the best of the iconic singer. July 20: Michael Buble Tribute with Anthony Bernasconi
Anthony Bernasconi will take the stage performing as a soulful Michael Bublé crooning classic swing and jazz standards and giving them a modern day feel. Bernasconi has mastered Bublé’s buttery vocals and couples that with a mesmerizing stage presence.
July 27: Venturesmania
Sponsor: Community Legal Aid SoCal
Venturesmania is a tribute to the Ventures, a 1960s rock band that built its reputation on surf guitar. Using their period-correct guitars, amplifiers, drums and even the suits they perform in, Venturesmania are a time trip of the best kind.
Aug. 3: Tribute to Elton John starring Kenny Metcalf Sponsors: Memorial Care, Gasper Monteer Real Estate Kenny Metcalf as Elton John has mastered the wildly popular music, costumes and antics of the great British pianist, singer and composer who has sold 300 million records worldwide.
From rhinestones to sequins, every detail has been meticulously recreated.
Aug. 10: Bee Gees Gold
Sponsors: Athens Services, Financial Partners Credit Union
Brothers Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb sold more than 220 million records and won five Grammy Awards as the Bee Gees. Their music lives on with John Acosta, who portrays Barry Gibb in Bee Gees Gold: The Tribute, debuting for the first time in Leisure World. The band performs early hits such as “Massachusetts” and “I started a Joke,” to the later disco classics such as “Stayin’ Alive” and “You Should Be Dancing,” plus Andy Gibb hits.
Aug. 17: Matt Lewis as Elvis
While there are lots of Elvis entertainers in the business, only one has been named “The Best Elvis in Vegas” by USA Today: Matt Lewis.
Over the past 10 years, Lewis has headlined around the globe for the world-famous “Legends In Concert” show. The last five years have been at the Imperial Palace Hotel on the Las Vegas strip.
Aug. 24: Always Tina— Tribute to Tina Turner Shar Wils as “Tina” has performed her celebrated singing and dancing shows all over the world and her unique act has been featured on “Entertainment Tonight” and “The People’s Choice Awards,” as well as various music videos.
The band includes Russ Olsen on guitar and vocals; Albert LaRoche, bass, vocals and Sam Cunniungham, drums, percussion, vocals.
Aug. 31: Hip To Be Square— Tribute to Huey Lewis and the News Sponsor: Optum Healthcare
Huey Lewis and the News dominated the airwaves and MTV racking up an impressive list of top 10 hits throughout the 80s.
In a concert experience that honors the band’s formidable legacy and its renowned a cappella and doo-wop sound, Hip To Be Square recreates all the sounds and energy of the original act in their heyday.
Sept. 7: Stone Soul
Sponsor: Optum Healthcare
Stone Soul is an eight-piece, horn-blowing, foot-stomping classic Soul and Motown tribute band.
Come and dance to the Jerk, The Mashed Potato and the Twist to smash hits from Smokey Robinson, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder, The Four Tops, Otis Redding, James Brown and more.
Sept. 14: Mark Wood & the Parrotheads—Tribute to Jimmy Buffet Sponsor: Optum Healthcare
Mark Wood began listening to and playing Jimmy Buffett tunes in the early 1970s. Songs like “Margaritaville,” “A Pirate Looks at 40,” “Pencil Thin Mustache” and “Tampico Trauma” are staples in his solo career.
The party band has a Cajun/ Zydeco-style rhythm sectionm with a reggae keyboardist, a country guitarist, R& B sax man, Parrothead Singers and a steel drummer who actually studied with Coral Reefer Band member.
Shar Wils as Tina Turner
Steve Feller as Billy Joel
