Sound Valley Summer Music Festival in Dayton

Last summer, Sound Valley Summer Music Festival made its debut with a goal of bolstering Dayton through music.

This year, it has more meaning than ever.

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Sound Valley returns this Labor Day weekend on Saturday, Aug. 31, as part of the Dayton United event series to promote community healing and raise funds in the aftermath of the Oregon Dayton mass shooting and the Memorial Day tornadoes.

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Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

ABOUT SOUND VALLEY

Zac Pitts, a graduate of Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School and a host of WDTN's Living Dayton, and his fiancée Ashley Karsten are passionate about supporting local music, and introduced Sound Valley Summer Music Festival in 2018.

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A winter edition was held in March.

“There are so many talented musicians and artists in this area,” Pitts told us last summer.

“We want to do whatever we can to grow the scene.”

He called Sound Valley an initiative that aims to bring national attention to Dayton’s music scene, a passion project and a launching point.

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ABOUT THIS WEEKEND’S EVENT

This weekend’s event will take place The Yellow Cab in Dayton

Performers include Nightbeast, Tino, The New Old Fashioned, The 1984 Draft, The Boxcar Suite, DC King, Grenades!?, McGuff and the Dumpster Fires, Salvador Ross, Better Anyway, Amber Hargett & The Who’s Who, and The Typical Johnsons.

Pre-sale tickets ($10) are available here. Tickets will be $15 at the door.

Proceeds will help support The Dayton Foundation and SICSA.

The event will begin at 4 p.m.

Food vendors will include Cupzilla, Smokin Bee-Bee-Q, Billie Gold Bubble Tea.