Carson City outdoor concert Saturday features Grammy-nominated musician Rocky Dawuni

The Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series presented by The Change Companies returns this Saturday, July 2 with twice-Grammy nominated performer and international music star Rocky Dawuni. Grab your family, friends and neighbors and get ready to experience the power of free, live music to bring our community together.

This Saturday we are honored to bring you International music star and humanitarian activist Rocky Dawuni, whose music straddles the boundaries between Africa, the Caribbean and the U.S. to create an appealing sound that unites generations and cultures.

With an easy-going charisma and reputation as a dedicated champion of social causes, Dawuni’s infectious grooves and dance-inducing anthems have consistently excited fans across the globe. A galvanizing performer, Dawuni has shared the stage with Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Bono, Jason Mraz, Janelle Monae and John Legend, among many others. Named one of Africa’s Top 10 global stars by CNN, he has showcased his talent at prestigious venues such as The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Opening for Rocky Dawuni is Moxy Ruckus, a local favorite and a perfect start to get the crowd on their feet. The concert begins at 7 p.m.

Sponsored in part by the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national funder of creative placemaking that empowers communities to inject new life into underused public spaces through free, outdoor concerts, the Levitt AMP Carson City Music Series will present 10 free, family-friendly concerts to the public this summer on Brewery Arts Center’s two block campus.

The Brewery Arts Center could not produce these concerts for free for our community without the help of our sponsors, Igniting the series is of course the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation and The Change Companies has been a presenting sponsor since 2018 but Carson Tahoe Health has also been a sponsor since the very beginning, making a significant contribution to the health and well being of our community.

New sponsors this year include; Anderson Heating and Air, PBS Reno, Living Stones Church, Armac Construction and we are so lucky to have continued relationship with sponsors such as Allison MacKenzie Law Offices, Dr. Mark Funke, Visit Carson City, Nevada Division of Tourism, Law offices of Kilpatrick, Bullentini and Woodrum and Plumas Bank, We are also fortunate to be able to take care of our artists with the wonderful food of Mangia Tutto and accommodations at the Federal Hotel inside Max Casino just minutes away from the venue.

Levitt AMP Carson City offers an extremely diverse line up filling out the rest of the summer. On July 9 the Young Dubliners will take the stage, Whitney Myer will headline July 16, followed by Tropa Magica, The Vindys, Bad Mother Nature, Grammy Nominee Danielle Nicole, Eddie 9V, and High Step Society will finish the series on Aug. 27.

The public is invited to bring their own picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the concerts, which has an open setting. There will be food trucks, drink vendors and kids activities at every concert. The Levitt AMP concert series is located at 449 West King Street at the corner of King and Minnesota Streets. Admission is free.

Visit breweryarts.org for a full schedule of concerts, directions and information on parking and wheelchair accessibility.

Since 2016, Carson City was named one of 18 small to mid-sized towns and cities across America to win a Levitt AMP Your City Grant Award of $25K in matching funds to present a free concert series at what is now, The Change Companies stage in 2021.

The Brewery Arts Center submitted the Levitt AMP proposal and is presenting the concert series. In an effort to inspire and engage communities across the country around the power of creative placemaking, the Levitt Foundation invited the public to choose the Top 25 finalists through online voting. Learn more about the winners and the 180 free Levitt AMP concerts across America at http://levittamp.org

About the Brewery Arts Center
The mission of the Brewery Arts Center is to enrich the quality of life by cultivating arts and culture for all. Founded in 1975, by a group of artists yearning for a space of their own, who raised $300,000 to purchase the Historic Carson Brewing Building and turn it into a community gathering space for artists. They then proceeded to build an annex for a gallery, art classroom, a black box theater and the Brewery Arts Center (BAC) a Nevada non-profit organization was born.

In 2000, the organization purchased the St. Teresa Catholic Church building and converted it into a 250 seat Performance hall and in 2015 was able to close the road to traffic in between the two buildings to create a two city block arts campus complete with facilities for visual arts, theatrical arts, dance and music, a gallery for traveling exhibitions and outdoor art to include a Harmony Sculpture Park, murals, rotating sculptures and in the summer months, an outdoor amphitheater.

The Change Companies has come on board once again as this year’s title sponsor. The Brewery Arts Center is proud to be aligned with such an important company comprised of a team full of warm, hard-working and talented individuals, driven by their shared mission of promoting positive behavior change. It’s a perfect fit for this series.

About Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation
The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation is a national funder of creative placemaking that empowers towns and cities across America to transform underused public spaces into thriving destinations through the power of free, live music. In 2019, more than 550 free Levitt concerts will take place in 26 towns and cities, all featuring a rich array of music genres and high-caliber talent. Learn more at levitt.org.