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Coulon Family Concert Series sponsored by Kidd Valley

The music starts at 7:00 p.m. in Gene Coulon Memorial Beach Park on select Wednesdays during the summer in the plaza near Kidd Valley Restaurant.  From Big Band to Regae to R and B and Classic Rock, the Kidd Valley Summer Concert Series offers family-friendly entertainment for all. 

  • July 7 - Renton City Concert Band – Enjoy this 70-piece band under the direction of Mike Simpson. They will amaze you with their talents as they perform music from Big Band to Broadway to classics.
  • July 14 - Boys of Greenwood Glen - Exploring the roots of American music, they perform Irish, Bluegrass, Country and Folk in a raucous celebration of acoustic traditional music.
  • July 21 - JC and the Crew – JC Hedberg is a jazz saxophonist inspired by Sonny Rollins, Stanley Turrentine, Joshua Redman and John Coltrane to name a few. The Crew consists of: Ali Webb (piano), Frankie Santana (drums) and Tyler Kimmel (bass). Enjoy an evening of great jazz standards as they pay tribute to some of the great jazz masters.
  • July 28 - Craicmore - They’ve played Celtic Music to enthusiastic audiences at folk festivals, street fairs and Highland Games throughout the Western United States. Craicmore’s approach to each and every song is framed by abiding respect for the material, but maybe more important is the musicians’ sheer joy in the music and willingness to take chances, enriching the tradition with their own time and place.
  • August 4 - Jon Casey - Jon has played with such musical talents as Marilee Rush, and Hoyt Axton. In 1996, he partnered with Budweiser through a sponsorship in Budweiser’s "Rock’n Country" promotion, and recorded his CD entitled "Fast Cars." The single "Bayou Country" went to number one on the European country charts.
  • August 11 - Crème Tangerine – Recreating Beatles classics , along with Beatles albums in their entirety, Crème Tangerine creates a dynamic live music experience filled with energy, tone, humor and the spontaneity known only from the Beatles.