Riverside Sounds Return June 4 With The Bonaventure Quartet

ROSWELL, GA -- The Bonaventure Quartet with Amy Pike will come to Roswell on Saturday to perform in the second installment of the city's 2016 Riverside Sounds Concert Series.

The free outdoor concert will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 4 at Riverside Park.

BVQ is a longtime Atlanta outfit that boasts a unique acoustic sound – a virtual melting pot of European influences, camp, and swing noire. Combining the gypsy-jazz stylings of Django Reinhardt and the torchy-twangy mezzo delivery of Patsy Cline with a rowdy troupe of Romani-esque instrumentalists, BVQ’s signature sound has made its way to every festival and stage in Atlanta.

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The group’s latest album, Lost and Found at the Clermont Lounge, may take its title from the Poncey-Highland dive-turned-tourist-attraction, but the disc’s 15 songs traverse decades, regions and even whole continents.

The ensemble’s first album, The Secret Seduction of the Grand Pompadour, made the Creative Loafing list of the Top 101 Albums of the Decade: Atlanta’s Greatest Hits from 2000 to 2009, and also garnered praise from national press.

With Amy Pike (formerly of the Lost Continentals), Charles Williams and Dan Coy on guitars, Joel Morris on drums, Mark Bynum on bass, Don Erdman on saxes and clarinets, Gabe Granitz on accordion, and Ken Gregory on brass, the Bonaventure Quartet is sure to delight audiences of all musical tastes.

Two food trucks will be on site starting at 6 p.m., and guests are also invited to bring their own picnic items, chairs and blankets.

Riverside Sounds concerts are produced by the Roswell Recreation, Parks, Historic and Cultural Affairs Department. For more information, visit www.roswellriversidesounds.com.

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