More Free Outdoor Music In Duluth! ‘City Sounds’ Concert Series Starts This Week

If you just can't get enough live music and want to make the most of summertime in the Twin Ports area, another free concert series starts today in Duluth.

The Duluth Public Library's annual 'City Sounds' free music series starts tonight (Thursday, July 30) with a different act scheduled to play each Thursday for the next few weeks.

This summer concert series will feature a variety of different styles of music, with each of the scheduled groups bringing something different to Downtown Duluth.

Each weekly show will start at 5:30 pm on Thursday evenings, being held outside the main Duluth Public Library branch on Superior Street in Downtown Duluth.

Shows will be held each Thursday, rain or shine, on the Library's covered outdoor plaza on the Michigan Street side of the library building.

Performances start at 5:30 pm, and will wrap up by 6:45 pm, giving you time to get something else in during your evening after enjoying some live outdoor music.

Seating is provided, but you can bring your own chair if you'd like. There is also open space to get up and dance if you're felling moved to groove to the music!

Here's a look at each of the scheduled acts for this summer's Duluth City Sounds concert series:

2026 Duluth Public Library City Sounds Concert Series Schedule

Thursday, July 30: The Windjammers bring big-band sounds to Downtown Duluth. This well-established group plays swing, ballroom dance, and other big band music revisiting the era of the 1920s through the 1940s.

Thursday, August 6: Blue Water Big Band is an era step forward from the first week, playing a variety of music from swing to early rock 'n roll music, latin music and more, harkening back to the 1930s through the 1960s.

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Thursday, August 13: Big Time Jazz Orchestra is a Duluth-based big band jazz group that brings together some of the finest musicians of the genre in the Northland.

Thursday, August 20: Duluth Symphonic Winds is a Duluth-based community band made up of an ensemble of musicians of many ages and skill levels.

This four-week music series put on by the Duluth Library joins other free music series going on this summer, including Duluth Parks & Rec's Music in the Park on Tuesdays, Glensheen's Concerts on the Pier on Wednesdays, and the DECC's Music on the Ship that's also on Thursdays.