A free outdoor concert series featuring primarily local bands on Thursdays starting July 11th and going through August. The concerts take place at the Pope Marine Plaza from 5:00-7:00 pm and include a beer/wine/cider garden and local vendors. Attendance ranges from 350-500 each week. Goal: To create a connection with downtown, showcase great regional music and local businesses. Local businesses help sponsor these shows through venue sponsorships, beer/wine garden sponsorships, and stage sponsorships.
Interested in sponsoring Concerts on the Dock for the 2024 season? Send us an email!
What to Expect…
- The venue opens at 4:30pm, music starts at 5pm. Feel free to bring a chair or blanket to sit on.
- The Port Townsend Main Street Program has adopted a new ticket system for the Beer Garden to help streamline the lines and crowds. We will have a ticket booth at the entrance of the Beer Garden where you can purchase your drink tickets, a souvenir reusable cup and Concerts on the Dock T-Shirt! The ticket booth is able to accept Cash and Credit Cards.
- We are happy to announce that we are allowed to use reusable cups! You can purchase a new reusable cup at the ticket booth for $10 or bring your own CLEAN cup from home. We will not be doing the rental cup program, customers will be responsible for taking their cup home and cleaning. Reusable Cup Guidelines:
- Re-usable cups must be clean to the touch and look.
- The Port Townsend Main Street Program has a right to refuse to fill unclean / dirty looking reusable containers due to risk of food borne illness.
- Concerts on the Dock staff or volunteers will ensure re-usable cups are visibly clean prior to refilling.
- For public safety, Dogs are not allowed in the Beer Garden.
- Events are subject to change and rain cancels.
- Have fun!! We have a great line up this year!
Interested in Sponsoring Concerts on the Dock?!
Spots are filling up quickly and they are on a first come, first served basis. Email us to reserve your slot for summer FUN!
2024 Line Up
July 11th – Marmalade –
Marmalade is a collective of integrated stylings of funk, soul, hiphop, afrobeat…. bringing groove!
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
Tipsy Gypsy Mobile Bar
July 18th – Sweater Weather String Band –
With members drawn together from all across the Salish Sea by a mutual love of traditional music and knitwear, Sweater Weather String Band blends old-time, honky-tonk, Celtic, and indie rock influences into a style that has been likened to “the frolicking of sheep before a thunderstorm.” Formed from a series of jams and impromptu gigs, the band quickly developed a wildly danceable sound that’s been heard at festivals, folk dances, and bars throughout the Northwest.
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
OPEN Fort Worden Hospitality
July 25th – Jay Si Proof –
In 2016 Jeff Chilton packed his trombone and guitar onto an Amtrak train out of Ithaca, NY to move west in search of a home and a band. Three years later Jay Si Proof was born in 2019 from the soggy jazz soaked dirt of Portland, OR. Described as “earth jazz alchemists” by Vortex Magazine, the band has evolved through adventurous jazz fusion to low-fi jams to a full fledged funk party, all while prioritizing genuine messages of spirituality, human betterment and playfulness.
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
OPEN Lynda Myrick of CMG Home Loans
August 1st – Cold Comfort with Small Paul –
Alternative indie rock band Cold Comfort emerged organically from a collaboration of 5 longtime friends during their first year of living in Seattle after moving from the small town of Port Townsend in 2011. While in their youth, impromptu jams around a fire or rainy late nights in the living room were the foundation and seed of forming a band.
Small Paul
Sunshine and storm clouds converge at the core of Seattle’s harmony-heavy, Folky Rock and Roll band Small Paul.
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
Tipsy Gypsy Mobile Bar Service
August 8th – Duende Libre –
Duende Libre is an award-winning jazz trio whose original music combines jazz virtuosity with roots rhythms from Cuba, Brazil, and West Africa into a “strikingly authentic blend.” Each having apprenticed with direct descendants and master musicians of these traditions, they consider themselves disciples of their teachers. The result: A euphoric new jazz that honors its historical roots, pushing open the boundaries of genre to invoke a powerful sonic freedom.
Beer Garden Sponsor:
Schodowski Law
August 15th – Uncle Funk & the Dope 6 –
Hailing from all reaches of the country, the members of Uncle Funk were hand-selected in 2013 to form the ultimate party/dance band. Uncle Funk has formed into a tightly knit, finely tuned musical experience. Members of Uncle Funk and the Dope 6 have shared stages with everyone from Little Feat and Prince to Los Lobos and Willie Nelson.
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
Sound Hardwood Flooring
August 22nd – Sweet N’ Juicy with Marco Marco –
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
OPEN Rainshadow Recording
August 29th – Kevin Mason & the PT All Stars –
Bringing hot dance music to the Concerts on the Dock! Rock, Soul, Motown, Rhythm & Blues performed with originality and style. Kevin Mason (Singer),Christa Holbrook (Singer), Dawn Martin (Piano), Mark Paris (Bass Guitar), Scott Bradley (Guitar), and Russ Lowry (Drums)
Spotlight Sponsor: Beer Garden Sponsor:
Windermere Real Estate
Thank you 2024 Overall Sponsors!
