Western Carolina University’s 2012 Summer Concert Series will start June 7.

The shows will take place at 7 p.m. each Thursday through June and July on the lawn of the A.K. Hinds University Center. The concerts are free and the audience is invited to bring blankets, chairs and snacks. The rain location is inside the university center.  

This year’s acts include:

• June 7, Brandon Kirkley and the Firecrackers, a Charlotte-based rock group.

• June 14, StereoFidelics, a high-energy, indie-funk-shred-rock duo out of Asheville.

• June 21, The Back Pages, a little-bit-of-everything Asheville band that plays folk and southern rock, psychedelic and hard rock classics.

• June 28, Duende Mountain Duo, the Asheville group mixes live instrumentation, computer-based production and DJ-inspired transitions.

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