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Lineup Announced For 2015 Twilight Concert Series

Twilight Concert Series
The 2015 Twilight Concert Series lineup was announced on Tues.

The 2015 Twilight Concert Series lineup was announced on Tuesday. The Salt Lake City summer series kicks off on Thursday, July 16 with alternative rock heavyweight Death Cab for Cutie, who released their eighth studio album “Kintsugi” earlier this year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ccoMjPNG4

Other bands to play this year are Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, hip hop duo Run the Jewels and Tune-Yards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ1LI-NTa2s

Started in 2005, the Twilight Concert Series takes place each Thursday during the summer months at downtown Salt Lake’s Pioneer Park. Local venders sell food and drinks at the events, which draw thousands of people each week.

Other bands to play this year include The Kills...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwudqTCkBis

…and soul band The Word.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruuY0RuLCPg

The series runs from July 16-Aug. 27. Tickets cost $5 in advance and $10 at the gate.

After graduating with a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah, Elaine developed a love of radio while working long hours in remote parts of Utah as an archaeological field technician. She eventually started interning for the radio show Science Questions and fell completely in love with the medium. Elaine is currently taking classes at Utah State University in preparation for medical school applications. She is a host of UPR’s 5:30 Newscast and a science writer for the Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Elaine hopes to bring her experiences living abroad in Turkey and Austria into her work.