Live music easy to find during the summer

Summertime means plenty of outdoor music concerts and performances are a given in this part of Placer County. All genres are represented for all ages to enjoy at community events and also seasonal concert series.The third of three free Summer Concert/ Family Fests in downtown Loomis will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 12 at the Loomis Train Depot at 5775 Horseshoe Bar Road. Invincible, a Pat Benatar tribute band, will take the stage at 7 p.m. Besides the concert, the Loomis festival includes local vendors, food, beer, and wine, and kids' activities such as bounce houses, face painting, splash pad, and arts and crafts. And the third of three free concerts presented by the Lincoln Recreation Department and the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Aug. 26 at Beermann Plaza, 640 5th St. The North Forty band will perform. In addition to the Lincoln concert will be a kids' fun zone, vendors, community booths, a beer garden and food. The kids' zone includes video games, face painting, rock painting and a balloon artist. Lincoln Area Archives Museum, located on the plaza, will also be open during the concert. For more live music at summer community events, visit the city of Roseville's Concerts On The Square the third Saturdays from June to September. The free all-ages concerts at the Vernon Street Town Square start at 7:30 p.m. and food trucks and the beer garden open earlier. Plus several restaurants are on Vernon Street. The remaining two Concerts on the Square shows in Roseville are: * Aug. 20: Carnaval (Santana Tribute)* Sept. 17: Thunder Rolls (Garth Brooks Tribute). Vernon Street Town Square is at 311 Vernon St. and there is plenty of free parking on adjacent streets. Summer also means concert series There are 17 more shows in the 12th annual Thunder Valley Summer Concert Series with headliners in several genres, including country, rock, R&B, new wave and ska. The series, which opened June 4, runs through Oct. 1. Remaining Thunder Valley 2022 Summer Concert Series shows are: * July 30: Boyz II Men with Hi-Five & Father MC at 6:30 p.m. * Aug. 6: Jim Gaffigan: The Fun Tour at 8 p.m. * Aug. 12: The Australian Pink Floyd Show with Queen Nation at 7:30 p.m.* Aug. 13: Three Divas 2022 Concert with Francis Yip, Elisa Chan and Alice Lau at * Aug. 19: John Fogerty with Hearty Har at 7:30 p.m.* Aug. 20: Soul Fest '22 with The Whispers, Jeffrey Osborne, Alexander O 'Neal, Cherrelle and Evelyn Champagne King at 6 p.m. * Aug. 21: Billy Idol with Meg Myers at 7:30 p.m. * Aug. 26: Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo at 7:30 p.m.* Aug. 27: Ron White at 8 p.m. * Sept. 2: Rick Springfield with Men At Work and John Waite at 7 p.m.* Sept. 3: Travis Tritt and Randy Houser with Rachel Steele at 7 p.m.* Sept. 4: Rewind Fest/Lost '80s, Live '22 with A Flock of Seagulls, The English Beat, Wang Chung, Men Without Hats, Missing Persons, Stacy Q, Animotion, Dramarama, Musical Youth and Kon Kan at 6 p.m. * Sept. 10: Chicago at 7:30 p.m.* Sept. 16: Ken Jeong and Joel McHale at 7:30 p.m. * Sept. 24: V101 Big Block Party '22 with Keith Sweat, 112, Sisqo, Treach of Naughty by Nature, Digital Underground and more at 6 p.m. * Sept. 30: Steve Miller Band at 7:30 p.m.* Oct. 1: Sammy Hagar & The Circle at 7:30 p.m. Thunder Valley Summer Concert tickets can be bought online at www.thundervalleyresort.com/entertainment or at the Rewards Center Box Office between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. at Thunder Valley at the Rewards Center Box Office. Thunder Valley Casino is at 1200 Athens Ave., Lincoln. For more information, check out thundervalleyresort.com. This year's annual Summer Amphitheater Concert Series at Sun City Lincoln Hills kicked off June 3 and continues through Sept. 16 for all ages. Open to the public, concerts are at Orchard Creek Amphitheater, 965 Orchard Creek Lane, Lincoln Showtimes are either 7 or 7:30 p.m., depending on the particular concert. While no outside food and drinks are allowed, food concessions and bars open an hour prior to each concert. Bring your own low-backed chairs. The remaining concerts are. * Uptown Funk, performing Bruno Mars hits, at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12. * Surf's Up, a tribute to the Beach Boys, at 7 p.m. Sept. 2.* Keep On Truckin,' honoring the Woodstock experience, at 7 p.m. Sept. 16. Tickets are $23 per Lincoln Hills show. For more information or tickets, call 916-625-4022 or 916-408-4013 or go online to suncity-lincolnhills.org. The annual Quarry Park Amphitheater summer concerts continue through Oct. 1 at 4000 Rocklin Road, Rocklin. Remaining Quarry Park Amphitheater concerts are: * July 31: SWF - Jimmie Allen* Aug. 6: Mark Willis with The Cripple Creek Band* Aug. 19: Average White Band with Mercy Me* Aug. 20: Lonestar* Aug. 27: Jack Russel's Great White* Sept. 3: Rocking The Quarry with Skynnyn Lynnyrd and ZZ Tush* Sept. 24: Exile with Madison Hudson* Sept. 30: Plain White T's* Oct. 1: The Calling. Tickets are available at https://stproductions.events/2022-concert-calendar/rocking-the-quarry. For more information, visit https://www.rocklin.ca.us/QuarryPark.