Orcas Center is proud to present its annual Summer Concert Series on the Village Green, bringing free, live music to the heart of Eastsound. This vibrant outdoor series, supported in part by Joe & Maureen Brotherton and the Doe Bay team, features many artists from the Doe Bay Artist in Residence program. It celebrates community, creativity, and the magic of music under the open sky. All performances are free for the community and take place on Sundays at 5pm. The series runs June 28 through August 30. The eclectic lineup will have something for everyone with phenomenal performers for all ages.

Up Up Up! plus Dana Lyons and Kaleidoscope Kid Faire

Up Up Up! headlines, with Dana Lyons also performing on Sunday, Aug. 23. Also on the lineup is a Kid Faire, hosted by Kaleidoscope Preschool and Child Care Center. Up Up Up! is a nonprofit self-contained touring circus show that brings outdoor circus performances to small farms, immigrant communities, tribal community centers, refugee support groups, nursing homes, women’s shelters, and more. Their ensemble of seven performers creates whimsy, beauty, and hilarity accessible to audiences of all ages. Performing its sixth annual one-hour, all-ages, outdoor circus show, the production features aerialists, musicians, acrobats, clowns, and illusionists — complete with a crane truck for shenanigans and a jumble of instruments for live music. Also performing is Dana Lyons, the Bellingham-based “environmental troubadour” who carries on the legacy of artist-activists such as Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie. Best known for his hit comedy song “Cows With Guns,” Lyons is a singer, guitarist, and recording artist who has toured the world for thirty years promoting environmental and social justice causes.