The Friends of Smith Gardens and the City of Oakwood are pleased to present the “2024 Blanket Concert Series”. The Series is a community favorite and this year’s schedule offers something for everyone. Bring your blanket and join us at Smith Gardens located in the 800 block of Oakwood Avenue at the corner of Walnut Lane. Parking is available on Oakwood Avenue, side streets and around the City Building. In case of rain, the concerts will be held at the Oakwood Community Center, 105 Patterson Road.
Madcap Puppets: Annie Oakley's Wild West Show - Sunday, June 9, 2024 – 7:00 P.M.
Madcap Puppets is based in Cincinnati, Ohio and is nationally recognized for engaging audiences through their original children’s theatre productions that include life size puppets. They work to entertain and educate children and adults.
Come have a rootin’ tootin’ shootin’ good time telling stories with Ohio’s favorite gal, Annie Oakley! Hear Madcap's famous puppets tell some Midwest classic tall tales like Johnny Appleseed, Big Eared Bo, Davy Crockett, and Paul Bunyan! This life size play is sure to delight audiences of all ages. Bring the whole family to enjoy!
Honey & Houston - Sunday, July 14, 2024 – 7:00 P.M.
Honey & Houston is an eclectic folk-rock quartet from northern Kentucky. Defined by the sweet, gypsy harmonies of songwriters Heather Turner and Lauren Houston anchored by drummer Daniel Peterson and multi-instrumentalist Mark Cretcher, the group manages to blend all of their diverse influences into an unpretentious blend that's all their own. Turner and Houston are like sisters from different mothers, who write and sing songs that jump from sweet country ballad to roadhouse rock.
Puzzle of Light - Sunday, August 18, 2024 – 7:00 P.M. - 50th Anniversary Celebration! Please come join us for a special evening!
"Puzzle of Light ". . . is a world-flavored quintet with roots reaching deep into jazz, blues, folk, African rhythms, Middle Eastern harmonies, Brazilian chords, Old world sounds. . . The band leaps nimbly from one inspiration to the next, wrapping them all in the signature Puzzle sound; in the course of one set, listeners might hear sources as varied as Van Morrison, Leonard Cohen, Duke Ellington, Sting, Stanley Turrentine, John Hyatt and Dave Brubeck, among numerous original tunes." Duante Beddingfield, Dayton City Paper, May 2012.
PUZZLE OF LIGHT PERFORMANCES
Currently playing every third Thursday at Gather, a coffee/wine shop in the Arcade complex, downtown Dayton.
Past appearances include:
Dayton Art Institute's Jazz & Beyond series, 15+ years.
Dayton Literary Peace Prize awards event, (Bashaws play it every year.)
Puzzle of Light has played at the Fraze Pavilion in Kettering, and more recently at The Levitt Pavilion in downtown Dayton. Art openings for numerous local galleries such as Dayton's Contemporary Gallery, Front Street. The Bashaws produced and Puzzle of Light appeared in the two Dayton music videos, Where There is Love and Where the Rivers Meet, which have garnered thousands of views on YouTube.
For almost 20 years, Puzzle of Light has given performances in concert and at festivals all over the eastern U.S.
YouTube videos:
Where There is Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cABVKIPk_u0
Where the Rivers Meet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHtZS0DuKCo
Puzzle of Light website:
https://thepuzzleoflight.wixsite.com/mysite
These Events are Free!!
Location: Smith Gardens
Rain Location: Oakwood Community Center