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February Music Preview: Great acts in town include The New Pornographers. (Photo: Simon Law)

July Concert Guide: Paula Abdul, Megadeth, One Republic, Phish, and Festivals

The Pittsburgh music scene this month isn’t quite at a full boil, but is at a very satisfying simmer.

Dierks Bentley Plays KeyBank; WYEP Music Fest; Ladyfest (Sat., 6/24/17)

Dierks Bentley, WYEP’s Summer Music Festival, Ladyfest

Roy Ayers Brings “Sunshine” to JazzLive Fest; ‘Mixed Emotions’ at Apple Hill Playhouse (Sat., 6/17/17)

Roy Ayers, ‘ed Emotions’

Zac Brown Band Plays KeyBank Pavilion; St. Paul and the Broken Bones in Concert at Arts Fest (Sun., 6/11/17)

The Zac Brown Band, St. Paul and the Bren bones

Griffin Goldsmith

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Joe Walsh at PPG: Dawes Plays Three Rivers Arts Festival (Fri., 6/9/17)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Joe Walsh, Dawes, Proof, Pirates vs. Marlins

Germany in 2009. photo: SteBo and Wikipedia.

U2 Brings ‘The Joshua Tree’ to Heinz Field; Birds of Chicago at Three Rivers Arts Festival (Wed., 6/7/17)

U2 and the Lumineers, Birds of Chicago

Tool Plays The Pete; Stage AE Hosts Hayley Kiyoko; PSO at Arts Fest (Monday, 6/5/17)

Tool, Hayley Kiyo, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

Hippo Campus Plays Three Rivers Arts Fest; ‘Chicago’ at Split Stage; Brian Edward Show (Sat., 7/3/17)

Hippo Campus, ‘Chicago,’ Brian Edward

A very talented group. photo: Rick Handler

CHMH Hosts Sinbad; Three Rivers Arts Fest Opens (Fri., 6/2/17)

Sinbad, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn

Baseball's color line kept Josh Gibson out of the big leagues but he lived large nonetheless. Bass-baritone Alfred Walker is Gibson in "The Summer King."

Pittsburgh Opera’s ‘The Summer King’ Continues; Jazz Keyboardist Kevin Howard Plays August Wilson Center (Fri., 5/5/17)

‘The Summer King,’ Kevin Howard, Unblurred: First Fridays on Penn, Pirates vs. Brewers

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