MLT announces "Summer of Music" concert and open mic series

Beginning Saturday, July 20, Marblehead Little Theatre will host its "Summer of Music" including concerts featuring rising stars and open mic nights produced by Craig VanRemoortel of Marblehead.

On July 20, the first concert in the series will feature Ethan Lally, a songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Gloucester. Lally began releasing music under his own name in 2016, and has released three albums since, on which he plays most of the instruments. His music draws from a wide range of styles, blended all together in a unique and experimental, yet still accessible way. For this concert, he will be joined by Mitch Dion on drums and Derek Dupuis on bass.

Tickets for the Ethan Lally July 20 concert are $10 for students and $20 for adults and can be purchased online at mltlive.org or at the door subject to availability.

Additional concerts are scheduled for Saturday evenings on July 27, August 24, August 31, September 7. All concerts will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets will range from $10 to $25 and can be purchased online at mltlive.org and at the door subject to availability.

Open mic nights will be on Thursday evenings on July 25, August 1, August 15, August 29, September 7, and September 12. Admission is $5 at the door for audience members and performers. Sign-in for performers begins at 7 p.m. The music will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will run approximately two hours. Open mic nights are open to performers of all ages.

All events will be held in MLT’s Firehouse Theatre at 12 School St. in Marblehead.

VanRemoortel, a graduate of Marblehead High School, is a rising-senior Music Industry major concentrating in Recording Arts and Music Production with a minor in Business Administration at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

A musician with a passion for bringing the joys of music into the lives of others, VanRemoortel will be familiar to local residents through his teaching and playing guitar and saxophone and for his previous MLT experiences including playing lead guitar for “American Idiot,” “Rock of Ages,” and most recently for “Mamma Mia.”

Started in 1955, the award-winning Marblehead Little Theatre is one of the oldest community theatre groups in New England, having consistently presented live-theater productions and performances for over six decades.

For more information about Marblehead Little Theatre and the "Music of Summer" open mic nights and featured performers for upcoming concerts, visit mltlive.org.