Last Friday the L.A. SummerFest at Rivendale on The Old Road near Calgrove featured local blues bands gettin’ down for International Blues Day. This Friday, SummerFest goes spiritual with “An Evening of Praise, Songs of Hope, Love and Grace.”
The concert features music from Christ Lutheran Church, Newhall Church of the Nazarene and the Valencia UMC. Showtime’s at 8 p.m., and it’s free for all ages, but your donations will benefit the non-profit SCV Food Pantry and Family Promise organizations. See the “L.A. SummerFest at Rivendale” event page on Facebook for more details.
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Friday night’s Valencia Jazz & Blues concert, on the street outside the Hyatt Regency off McBean Parkway, features East L.A. favorite sons The Delgado Brothers. The El Monte band brought its tasty blend of blues, soul and Chicano rock to SCVTV’s “House Blend” show a couple of years ago, and they’re great live. Admission is free and the music starts at 7 p.m. It’s the final show of the 2015 summer series. Get more info at ValenciaJazzandBlues.com or call 661-290-2911.
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Saturday night’s Concert in the Park presents AirPlay, a popular high-energy ’90s-to-now show band. The show’s free for dancers of all ages, and the music starts at 7 p.m. at Central Park. For more info, visit santa-clarita.com/concerts.
Finally, “House Blend” hosted by yours truly is on summer vacation, but you can see all 69 episodes from the first five seasons archived at scvhouseblend.com.
You’ll find lots more local entertainment news 24/7 at HometownStation.com, SCVNews.com and my blog, stephenkpeeples.com. That’s what’s thumpin’ on the SCV Entertainment Beat.
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Santa Clarita journalist Stephen K. Peeples is an entertainment reporter for SCVTV and SCVNews.com,as well as AM 1220 KHTS Radio News and the station’s website at HometownStation.com. Peeples also hosts and co-produces SCVTV’s acclaimed “House Blend” program, and posts more entertainment news and reviews on his own site at http://www.stephenkpeeples.com.