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        Pasadena POPS Summer Concert Series at the Arboretum

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      A concert at the Arboretum (File Photo – L.A. County)

      Celebrate the iconic melodies from the annual Rusnak Summer POPS Series this summer at the Arboretum.

      By News Desk

      Experience timeless tunes from the world’s most memorable musical composers such as Principal POPS Conductor Michael Feinstein and classics from Wicked, Oklahoma, Chicago, and Gigi.

      Gates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking. Concerts begin at 7:30 pm.

      For more information or to purchase tickets, click here.

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      • June 29: Harlem Nights
        In honor of Duke Ellington’s 125th birthday, the POPS celebrates the explosion of music in 1920s New York that gave birth to the Jazz Age, Swing Era, and beyond. Hear favorites from Gershwin and Ellington to Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, and more.
      • July 13: Waterloo – A Tribute to ABBA
        The top ABBA tribute group in the world, audiences will be dazzled by dancing to ABBA’s most iconic hits with “Mamma Mia,” “S.O.S,” “Money, Money, Money,” “Waterloo,” “Dancing Queen,” and more.
      • July 27: Michael Feinstein’s Tribute to Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra
        “The Best is Yet to Come” as Michael Feinstein remembers the larger than life personas of Tony Bennett and Ol’ Blue Eyes. From “New York, New York” to “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” hear the stories behind these legends as only the Ambassador of the Great American Songbook can deliver.
      • August 10: Michael Cavanaugh – Singer Songwriters
        “The New Voice of the American Rock and Roll Songbook,” (Billboard) returns with the music of Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Neil Diamond.
      • August 24: California Dreamin’
        Music that shaped a state of mind from the Gold Rush through the ‘60s – from Chet Baker’s West Coast Jazz and the Latin sounds of Carmen Miranda and Santana to the Beach Boys, the Mamas and the Papas, and more.
      • September 7: Oscar Meets Tony
        Award-winning music from stage and screen with songs from Oklahoma, Gigi, Wicked, and Chicago with composers Henry Mancini, Alan Menken, and more.
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