The fourth week of the City of Dunkirk's Music on the Pier Summer Concert Series is set for Thursday with Pop Night. The featured bands at the pier will include local favorite Ion Sky from 5:25-6:25 PM and headliner XOXO Pop Band from 6:45-8:45 PM.
Ion Sky is a local Dunkirk four-piece band that originated in 2010 and performs a variety of music, including rock, country, pop and alternative. The band was voted 2023 Chautauqua County Reader's Choice "Best Local Band" by the Post-Journal and the Observer. The band influenced by many popular artists of today, including Cee-Lo-Green, Jason Derulo, Sugarland, Bruno Mars and Walk the Moon, while also sticking to the classics of Journey, Melissa Etheridge, Pat Benatar and the Rolling Stones. Band members include Tara Graves (lead vocals/acoustic guitar/keys), Gregg Stranahan (lead guitar/vocals), Jack Pasquale (bass guitar/vocals) and Bradley Heath (drums/cajon/vocals).
XOXO Pop Band has been preforming throughout Western New York and other out-of-town events since 2017. XOXO specializes in pop and rock, including hits from Van Morrison and the Beatles to Beyonce, and all the tunes you want to hear. Jessika Schreiber is the lead singer with Garrett Shea (vocals/keys/guitar), Steve Mattucci (lead guitar), Nick Barnhard (bass) and Alex Chambers (drums).
The pier will close to traffic on Thursday at 2:00 PM and reopen on Friday at 8:00 AM.
Ion Sky
XOXO Pop Band
