Music on the Pier

The Music on the Pier Summer Concert Series returns to the Lake Erie waterfront in Dunkirk on Thursdays, from June 4-Aug. 20. Opening acts play at 6 p.m. with the headliner at 7:15 p.m. each week.

Presented by APG, Van Buren Drive-In and National Grid. Stage sponsors: DFT Communications and Piede Tents.

Shop and dine at the Dunkirk Boardwalk and Pier merchants. Enjoy food trucks, the Merritt Winery Slush Bus, and the city beverage tent.

The Pier is closed to traffic at 2 p.m. on Thursday concert dates.

Bring a folding chair and enjoy the variety of music on Lake Erie.

June 4: Party McFly/The Funkensteins

• Dance Night sponsored by the harbor-front businesses of Spike Dailey's Irish Pub, Off The Hook, Chadwick Bay Marina, 64 on the Pier, Clarion Hotel/Steelbound & Tim Hortons

June 11*: We Speak Canadian/Canada Rocks USA

• Canadian Night sponsored by Southern Chautauqua Federal Credit Union

June 18: Grungebox/AppleJack

• Decades Night sponsored by KeyBank

June 25: Ion Sky/Nerds Gone Wild

• 80's Rewind & Boater Night sponsored by Community Bank. Note: Boater guests can tie off at pier or can moor out of the way of water traffic.

July 2*: Hintz of Thunder/Sean Patrick McGraw

• Country Night during the Fourth of July Celebration. Sponsored by Owl Homes of Fredonia.

July 9: Black Widow/Hurricane ROCKS You Like the Scorpions

• Power Rock Night sponsored by Brooks-TLC Hospital System, Inc./Lake Erie Medical Services

July 16: Furious George/Appetite For Voltage

• Hard Rock & Biker Night sponsored by The Resource Center. Note: Motorcycle guests will have a designated parking area.

July 23: The Midroom Drifters/Uncle Ben's Remedy

• Homegrown Night sponsored by Nestle Purina & CHRIC

July 30: Silver Xtreme/Midnight Recovery

• Ladies Night sponsored by Universal Stainless

Aug 6: Porcelain Busdrivers/Flipside

• Party Night sponsored by Lake Shore Bank

Aug 13: DTO/The BroFish Band - Hootie & the Blowfish/Darius Rucker Tribute

• 90's Night sponsored by Wells Enterprises

Aug 20*: Reset To Vinyl/Wanted: The Bon Jovi Tribute Band

• Arena Rock Night sponsored by DFT Communications

Rain dates are Aug. 27 and Sept. 3.

*3 shows held at Memorial Park

Parking: Dunkirk event parking locations are located at the Route 5 and Washington Avenue lot, Dunkirk Boardwalk, and the full length of East and West Third Street.