35 Evenings of Live Music on Friday and Saturday Nights in Downtown Westport

For 35 evenings this summer, on Friday and Saturday nights from June 1 to Sept. 28, you can attend free concerts  outdoors on Church Lane in downtown Westport.

The Music on Church Lane concert series is organized by the Westport Downtown Association, a business group. Professional musicians from the area will play starting at 6 p.m. and ending at 9 p.m. each Friday and Saturday night.

The organizers ask that you donate to support this summer’s schedule of local, professional musicians and bands. You can see the list below, and a link at the top of the lists has descriptions. For a map, see the bottom of this article.

2024 SCHEDULE

Brief descriptions of each musician or band can be found here.

June

SAT, 6/1 – AMBER ANCHOR

FRI, 6/7 – MARK ZELENZ

SAT, 6/8 – PICNIC ON THE 4TH OF JULY

FRI, 6/14 – FRED AND ETHEL

SAT, 6/15 – STEVE KEITH

FRI, 6/21 – STEVE FERENTZY

SAT, 6/22 – ACOUSTIC ELIXIR

FRI, 6/28 – PICNIC ON THE 4TH OF JULY

SAT, 6/29 – VINNIE FERRONE

July

FRI, 7/5 – AMBER ANCHOR

SAT, 7/6 – VINNIE FERRONE

FRI, 7/12 – MARK ZELENZ

SAT, 7/13 – JOHN RICHERS

FRI, 7/19 – STEVE KEITH

SAT, 7/20 – VINNIE FERRONE

FRI, 7/26 – PICNIC ON THE 4TH OF JULY

SAT, 7/27 – JON SAXON

August

FRI, 8/2 – AMBER ANCHOR

SAT, 8/3 – VINNIE FERRONE

FRI, 8/9 – MOSS

SAT, 8/10 – STEVE FERENTZY

FRI, 8/16 – BLONDE & GREY

SAT, 8/17 – MADELYN SPERA

FRI, 8/23 – STEVE KEITH

SAT, 8/24 – MADELYN SPERA

FRI, 8/30 – JOHN RICHERS

SAT, 8/31 – STEVE FERENTZY

September

FRI, 9/6 – MARK ZELENZ

SAT, 9/7 – VINNIE FERRONE

FRI, 9/13 – AMBER ANCHOR

SAT, 9/14 – BLONDE & GREY

FRI, 9/20 – JOHN RICHERS

SAT, 9/21 – STEVE KEITH

FRI, 9/27 – FRED AND ETHEL

SAT, 9/28 – ACOUSTIC ELIXIR

If You’re Going …

All shows are on Fridays or Saturdays, from 6 to 9 p.m., from June through September.

You can combine these free concerts with dinner at one of the restaurants on Church Lane. There are quite a few on a Google search page.

See also: “These 12 Free Concerts (and 10 Others) Are Scheduled at the Levitt Pavilion in Westport Through July 18″ (April 24 article)

Here are directions to Church Lane from Google Maps.