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Your 2026 Levitt Concert Season Guide
This summer and into fall, parks, plazas, and green spaces across America will come alive with laughter, good vibes, and tunes as family, friends, and neighbors gather for another unforgettable season of free outdoor concerts! The 2026 Levitt concert season is bringing together over 1 million people of all ages and backgrounds for dynamic…
PRESS RELEASE: Levitt Family Foundation Launches “National Free Outdoor Concerts Month”
Media Contact: Chris Dzialo, chris@levitt.org Free Outdoor Concerts Month, debuting this June, to build nationwide momentum for bringing communities together through music. Celebration coincides with public release of Levitt’s Free Outdoor Concerts Toolkit LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2026)—The Levitt Family Foundation, a national social impact funder supporting the largest free outdoor concert series across America,…
Celebrate Free Outdoor Concerts Month at a Levitt Concert this June!
This June is the inaugural National Free Outdoor Concerts Month! Launched by the Levitt Family Foundation, this nationwide celebration invites people to enjoy the summer air and experience the power of free, live music with family, friends, and neighbors. For more than two decades, the Foundation has championed free outdoor concerts as essential to healthy,…
IN THE NEWS: AMP Berea Awarded $15K for Music & Wellness Partnership
AMP Berea (formerly First Friday Berea)—a Levitt Music Series grantee since 2017—has been awarded a $15,000 Cross-Sector Impact Grant from South Arts to launch a new music and wellness project that tackles the issue of social isolation in aging communities. The proposed “Music & Meaning: Intergenerational Connection Through Live Music” initiative builds upon the success…
IN THE NEWS: Levitt Pavilion Denver Featured on the Westword 2026 Best of Denver List
Levitt Pavilion Denver was honored with the award for “Best Concert Programming” in Westword‘s 2026 Best of Denver issue, an annual roundup of the city’s standout restaurants, bars, shops, parks, and hidden gems, mixing editorial awards with reader’s choice picks that capture what makes the Mile High City uniquely vibrant. Levitt Pavilion Denver’s yearly lineups…
IN THE NEWS: Levitt Grantee Scandia Heritage Alliance Awarded T-Mobile Hometown Grant
Scandia Heritage Alliance—awarded a three-year grant from the Levitt Family Foundation to present the Levitt AMP Scandia Music Series, starting this summer—has been selected as one of 25 communities nationwide to receive a 2026 T-Mobile Hometown Grant. This highly competitive grant program provides nonprofits up to $50,000 in funds to build, rebuild, or refresh community…
Congratulations to the 2026 Festival Grantees!
The Levitt Family Foundation is thrilled to announce 55 nonprofits have been awarded festival grants in 2026—representing a range of organizations from regions throughout the United States! This year’s festival grantees were selected from a pool of more than 600 applicants to receive grants of up to $5,000 and hail from over 30 states across…
Building Community Through Music: Highlights from the 2026 Levitt Network Gatherings
Posted OnFebruary 27, 2026 byThe Levitt Family Foundation recently kicked off the new year with not one, but two dynamic gatherings of Levitt venue nonprofits and music series grantees, during which we welcomed over 200 members of the Levitt network to Los Angeles for the 2026 Friends of Levitt Convening and the 2026 Levitt Music Series Learning Conference! Over…
Best of 2025: Levitt Staff Favorites
As 2025 comes to a close, it’s once again time to share the songs that soundtracked our days and brought joy to the Levitt Foundtion team throughout another year of building community through music. If there was any doubt, this year’s staff top tracks prove that we are truly in a golden era of women…
