The BPO at Artpark
|  | A concert featuring works by Berlioz, Mozart, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 15. For tickets, visit www.artpark.net.
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 | The BPO's free First Niagara Summer Concerts in the Parks starts June 26! Concerts include music from "Spiderman," "Pirates of the Carribean," "Indiana Jones" and "Chicago," and much more! Enjoy your BPO in these bucolic settings:
- Goat Island State Park, Niagara Falls, 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 26
- Knox Farm State Park, 437 Buffalo Road, East Aurora, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 27 (Tapas on the Terrace, a benefit for the park, precedes this concert.
- Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens, 2655 South Park Ave., Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday, June 29
- Lancaster Band Shell, Artel Metz Drive off Aurora St., 7 p.m. Saturday, July 7
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BPO commemorates the War of 1812
| The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra is honored to join the Olmsted Parks Conservancy in remembering the events of the War of 1812. At 8 p.m Friday, July 6, they will perform a free concert in Delaware Park, capping off a commemoration featuring dignitaries from the United States, Canada and the Seneca Nation, a military flyover, a dove release, and a parade. Events begin at 5 p.m. The concert will feature the 1812 Overture, and the national anthems of the United States and Canada, among other works. Fireworks will follow the concert.
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"Sugar Magnolias" meets symphony
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Echoing their historic 1970 performance with the Grateful Dead under music director Lukas Foss, the BPO will perform the music of the Grateful Dead. Paul Ferington will conduct the free concert, part of the Hard Rock Cafe Niagara Falls' "Hard Rock Rocks Old Falls Street" series. The show begins at 6 p.m. Saturday, July 14, with the BPO taking the stage around 9 p.m. Forever Young will be a special guest artist. Come hear why Ferington compared this music to that of the Beatles, and why he feels it will remain popular for years to come.
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BLT and BPO?
| With a short season in which to enjoy the outdoors, the average Western New Yorker takes full advantage, and the BPO is no exception! At noon on Wednesday, July 18, make sure to pack your lunch and bring it to the M&T Plaza on Main Street near the Fountain Plaza Metro stop and West Huron Street in downtown Buffalo. Your BPO will be there, performing a free concert as part of the M&T Summer Concerts Series.
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