Sail On to bring sounds of Beach Boys to Moses Lake

MOSES LAKE — The sounds of endless summer come to the stage at the Wallenstien Theater on April 9. Sail On, a quintet paying tribute to the Beach Boys, performs at 7 p.m. The concert is sponsored by the Central Basin Community Concert Association. 

Members of the Moses Lake Classic Car Club will be displaying some of their jalopies, mid-50s sedans, hot rods — maybe even a little deuce coupe — at 6 p.m. in the theater parking lot. 

Concert association board member Carla McKean said the Beach Boys are one of the bands that make up the sound of a generation. 

“Personally, I’m thrilled, because I grew up listening to their music,” McKean said. 

The Beach Boys made surfin’ — and California beaches, and old Woody station wagons, and crusin’ the Strip — famous, and Sail On plays all the hits, according to the band’s website. Its repertoire includes everything from “Surfin’ USA” to “I Get Around” to “Help Me Rhonda.” 

Tickets will be on sale on the CBCCA website, www.communityconcertsml.com. Along with tickets for individual concerts, McKean said, season tickets will be on sale for 2025. People who buy a 2025 season ticket will get the last two concerts of the 2024 season included, she said.

The last concert for 2023-24 season is Irish tenor David Shannon, who will appear at 7 p.m. April 28. Shannon mixes modern Broadway classics — he’s played the lead role in ‘Sweeny Todd” — jazz and pop music. He also performs folk songs that reflect his Irish roots. 

Performers for the 2024-25 concert season have been announced. Kate Voss and the Hot Sauce will be on stage Sept. 26, followed by Molly in the Mineshaft on Oct. 17. The 2025 concerts are the Hall Sisters on March 24 and the Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra on April 13.

Voss performs classic rock, jazz and country with her own sound. The seven members of Molly in the Mineshaft describe themselves as mixing folk, blues, jazz, Celtic and rock to make their music.

The Hall Sisters mix violin, guitar, cello and four-part harmony for a repertoire that includes country and pop music, both contemporary and classic. The Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra includes university music students and players from throughout the region, under the direction of Kevin Hekmatpanah.

The CBCCA also plans to bring back “Dancing with the Moses Lake Stars,” scheduled for January 2025. Proceeds from the inaugural dance show exceeded the original goal, McKean said. 

The Central Basin Community Concert Association was formed in 1954 to bring live music to Moses Lake and the Columbia Basin. It has sponsored everything from opera and art songs to folk and country music, to classical music to soul to pop music to  gospel.

Season tickets also come with reciprocal agreements for concerts sponsored by other community groups that use the same booking company, Live on Stage. Concert association season ticket holders can attend concerts free of charge in Wenatchee, Richland, Shelton, Longview, Bremerton, Centralia and Everett. 

Cheryl Schweizer can be reached via email at cschweizer@columbiabasinherald.com.

    Tenor David Shannon will bring a mix of Broadway, pop and Irish folk to Moses Lake April 28.
  

    Kate Voss and the Hot Sauce will kick off the 2024-25 Central Basin Community Concert Association season Sept. 26.