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The 2025 Levitt Season is Underway!
Grab your picnic blankets and lawn chairs and mark your calendars—free Levitt concerts have returned to towns and cities across America, gathering friends, family and neighbors for outdoor fun for everyone all season long! Now through October, the 2025 Levitt concert season is bringing nearly one million people together of all ages and backgrounds in public spaces…

Celebrating 10 Years of #MusicMoves!
Over the past decade, free Levitt concerts have inspired audiences across the country to share their #MusicMoves on Instagram, showcasing photos and videos that capture the energy and excitement of their Levitt concert experience. More than just a way for concertgoers to share how much fun they’re having, #MusicMoves is a national campaign that connects…

2025 Levitt Community Spotlights: Baton Rouge, Batesville, Berea, Fort Pierce, Hāna, Indianapolis, and Oakland
Posted OnJune 2, 2025 byChris DzialoWhether breathing new life into an Appalachian artisan village or bringing communal healing to a Hawaiian town impacted by the Maui fires, Levitt concerts harness the power of free, live music to bring people together across the country. This spring and summer, outdoor spaces like parks and plazas will fill with the sounds of kids…

PRESS RELEASE: Levitt Foundation Launches Multi-Year, $120K Matching Grants to Strengthen Communities through Free Outdoor Concerts
Posted OnMay 1, 2025 byChris DzialoMedia Contact: Chris Dzialo, chris@levitt.org | Photos available (other photos available upon request) Applications now open for grants, which will support organizations nationwide to present free outdoor concert series—activating underused public spaces and building community through the power of free, live music LOS ANGELES (May 1, 2025)—The Levitt Foundation, a national social impact funder…

2025 Levitt Community Spotlights: Fort Smith, Ocala, Valdosta, and Waco
Posted OnApril 4, 2025 byCarly SwansonWhat better way to welcome spring than by experiencing the power of free outdoor music at one of the many Levitt music series locations across the country? As the weather warms and the days get longer, the 2025 season gets started with four communities that are finding joy and connection through free concerts featuring spectacular…

Introducing the Levitt VIBE and Levitt BLOC Music Series!
Posted OnJuly 25, 2024 bySydney SweeneyLast fall, the Levitt Foundation announced plans to spend down $150 million in assets by 2041—a commitment that has allowed us to expand our grantmaking by launching new programs, partnerships, field-building initiatives, and more. Levitt VIBE and Levitt BLOC are two of those programs, and we’re excited to see (and hear) them launch! Levitt VIBE…

Congrats to These Eight Levitt Artists who Won 2024 GRAMMYs!
Posted OnFebruary 8, 2024 byCarly SwansonA bright note in an otherwise exceptionally rainy evening in Los Angeles this past Sunday, The 66th GRAMMY Awards featured many memorable moments: Female artists won each of the “big four” categories (Album, Record, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist); Joni Mitchell performed on the GRAMMY stage for the first time ever; and…

Levitt Artists Shine with 38 Nominations for the 2024 GRAMMY Awards
Posted OnNovember 20, 2023 byCarly SwansonThe 2024 GRAMMY Award nominations are in—recognizing 30 artists who have rocked Levitt stages across the country across 38 different categories! We are thrilled to congratulate these nominees and celebrate their exceptional artistry ranging from reggae to regional roots, to pop, to children’s music—reflecting the broad range of musical styles presented on Levitt stages. …

Celebrating 15 years of music, access, and community at Levitt LA
Posted OnNovember 2, 2022 byNicoleThis past fall, Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles (Levitt LA) wrapped up its 15th season of free outdoor concerts in MacArthur Park. Every year since the venue’s 2007 launch—with the exception of 2020, due to the pandemic—Levitt LA has filled the historic park with the sounds of summer, bringing together friends, families, and neighbors of all ages…

Applications Now Open for the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards
Posted OnApril 18, 2022 bySabrina SkacanBring free music concerts to your community! Applications for the Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards are now open through June 30, 2022! The Levitt AMP [Your City] Grant Awards is an exciting, multi-year matching grant opportunity bringing the joy of free, live music to small to mid-sized towns and cities across the country. Catalytic…