The Levitt AMP Galva Music Series will welcome Good Morning Bedlam and Surf Zombies to the new stage at Wiley Park in Galva, Ill., to kick off this annual series on Sunday, May 30.

The high-energy folk trio Good Morning Bedlam will play a free concert Sunday night in Galva, Ill.

Based in Minneapolis, Good Morning Bedlam has become an innovative force in the Midwest folk scene, with tight soaring three-part harmonies and a thumping kick-drum, they captivate their audience night after night with no intention of slowing down.

Also appearing on stage are Surf Zombies, who raise surf rock from the dead with fast, crazy, original instrumentals that straddle retro surf, bubblegum punk and garage rock, conjuring images of beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, and hot rod car shows.

Attendees of all ages are encouraged to join and to bring their lawn chairs and/or blankets for an entertaining evening filled with music. Food vendors will be on site or guests can bring a picnic dinner. Concerts are held at Wiley Park in Galva and are provided free of charge. The event is a wonderful way to spend a summer evening.

Each concert begins at 6 p.m., ends around 8 p.m. and features two acts per night. The summer lineup is very diverse and includes a variety

The Galva Music Series has free music in Wiley Park Sundays, starting at 6 p.m., this summer.

of performers from all over the globe.

The rest of the lineup for the summer series is:

June 6 – Avey Grouws Band, Stone & Snow
June 13 – Shamarr Allen, The Deep Hollow
June 20 – Rags and Riches, Ley Line
June 27 – Radio Free Honduras, The Arcadian Wild
July 11 – Front Country, Bonne Finken
July 18 – Lewis Knudsen, Mississippi Heat

July 25 – Elizabeth Moen, Heather Newman
August 1 – India Ramey, Trevor Sensor
August 8 – Wayne Hancock, Craig Gerdes

The 2021 Levitt AMP Galva Music Series is supported by many community sponsors, donors, and volunteers, Quad City Arts, Hubbell-Waterman Foundation, John Deere, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a private foundation that empowers towns and cities across America to transform underused public spaces into thriving destinations through the power of free, live music.

Learn more at www.GalvaMusic.com.

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Jonathan Turner

Jonathan Turner -- who has called the Quad Cities home since 1995 -- has decades of experience as a professional journalist and pianist. His experience writing for daily newspapers, public radio and local TV encompasses a wide range of subjects, including the arts, politics, education, economic development, historic preservation, business, and tourism.

Jonathan most loves writing about music and the arts (which he now does as a freelancer for the River Cities Reader and Visit Quad Cities). He has a passion for accompanying musicals, singers, choirs and instrumentalists, including playing for QC Music Guild's 2023 productions of RENT and SWEENEY TODD. He is assistant music director and accompanist for the spring 2025 Music Guild show, ESCAPE TO MARGARITAVILLE. He wrote an original musical based on The Book of Job, which premiered at Playcrafters in 2010. Jonathan penned a 175-page history book about downtown Davenport, that was published by The History Press in 2016, and a travel guide about the QC published by Reedy Press in 2022.