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FEATURED ARTISTS Featured Artists are musicians or concert series drawn from the summer concert performances. Over the summer, the section introduces, re-introduces and welcomes back as many bands and artists as possible. This year's Featured Artists and the dates in which they first appeared in the section will be listed below. A new band/artist/series is added each week. You can read more about them and/or view a performance video. Please welcome the newest Featured Artists for 2025 - New Romantics (Taylor Swift Tribute)
Upcoming performances: July 9 - West Covina, July 10 - Anaheim/Anaheim Hills, July 18 - Norwalk, July 23 - Signal Hill, July 24 - Fontana, July 27 - Yorba Linda, July 30 - Orange, July 31 - Duarte, August 6 - Buena Park, August 7 - Placentia, and August 8 - Ladera Ranch. Past performances: June 11 - Tustin, June 15 - Sierra Madre, June 19 - Cerritos, June 20 - Santa Fe Springs, June 23 - Covina, and June 25 - Downey Last year Taylor Swift's "Eras" tour took the world by storm. This year a Taylor Swift tribute group is having a similar effect on the Southern California summer concert stages. New Romantics is a SoCal-based six-piece (unofficial) Taylor Swift tribute group (not affiliated with TAS Rights Management, Taylor Swift or any related entities). The band is one of the newer bands to the summer concerts, having been formed in May of 2024, and it is led by singer Katie Forester. The group - Forester, two backing vocalists, guitar, keyboards and drums - plays all of the Swiftie favorites, bringing their high energy sound to audiences throught the area. In addition to the park concerts, the band has appeared at a variety of other private and public events in Los Angeles and Orange Counties and in the Inland Empire. To learn more about the New Romantics, view the video below or visit the group's website at www.newromanticstribute.com.
2025 FEATURED ARTISTS This year's Featured Artists and the dates in which they first appeared in the section are listed below. Click on a link to read more about them or continue scrolling down the page.
June 23 - Artists of the 2025 Featured Series - City of Tustin Concerts in the Park June 30 - Stone Soul - (Motown/Soul)
ARTISTS OF THE 2025 FEATURED SERIES - CITY OF TUSTIN CONCERTS IN THE PARK www.instagram.com/tustinparksandrec Upcoming performances: July 9, July 16, July 23 and July 30 Past performances: June 11, June 18, June 25, and July 2 The 2025 Featured Artists section begins with this year's Featured Series: The City of Tustin Concerts in the Park. Concerts take place on Wednesday nights from 6 - 8 p.m. at Peppertree Park, 230 W. First Street near Old Town Tustin. The summer line-up for the concerts in the heart of Orange County includes a wide variety of music from tributes to selections from across the decades. The evening events also feature vendors and food trucks, and available food trucks are posted on the concert page on the city's website.
The concerts are made possible by numerous event partners and sponsors including Tustin Parks and Recreation, Tustin Auto Center, Renewal By Anderson, Shugarman's Bath, Raising Cane's, Bridgelink Insurance and Financial Solutions, Mariners Church, Own it Now Realty, CASA for Children, Full Body Pilates, Solely:, Blue Buoy Family Swim School and Aqua-Tots Swim School. Concerts will continue through July 30. For additional information, go to www.tustinca.org/concerts
STONE SOUL Upcoming performances: July 9 - Orange, July 10 - Bellflower, July 18 - Colton, July 24 - Fountain Valley, August 6 - Temple City, August 7 - Lakewood, August 10 - Monrovia and August 23 - Laguna Niguel Past performances: June 11 - Riverside, June 12 - Temecula, June 15 - Palos Verdes, June 22 - Aliso Viejo, June 29 - Long Beach and July 2 - Tustin Stone Soul is an eight-piece horn-blowing, foot-stomping classic soul and Motown band, complete with snazzy suits, fancy footwork and renditions of some of soul and Motown's greatest hits. The band has audiences up and dancing The Jerk, The Mashed Potatoes and The Twist to hits from artists like The Temptations, The Four Tops, James Brown and many others. Stone Soul has played over 400 SoCal summer concerts as part of the California Park and Recreation Society's "Parks Make Life Better!" summer programs. This year the band is appearing weekly on Tuesday nights at Knott's Berry Farm (through August 5) as well. Over the years they have opened for legends such as Stevie Wonder, BB King, Diana Ross and Huey Lewis and the News at the San Antonio Alamodome. Members of Stone Soul have had their music heard on numerous TV shows such as NCIS and Good Morning America and also in movies such as Hendrix and Cheech and Chong's Animated Movie. To learn more about Stone Soul, view the video below or visit their website at www.stonesoul.com.
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