MONTICELLO —As summer winds down, the final show of the Allerton Park Concert series is expected to wow attendees.
The two bands booked for the grand finale of the concert series at Allerton Park on September 13 are Miles over Mountains and Hudost. Miles Over Mountains is a group from McHenry whose style is referred to as “progressive bluegrass,” according to a news release from the Allerton Park and Retreat Center.
“We do some bluegrass standards. We also take some rock and roll songs (from Aerosmith, Stevie Wonder and others) and turn them into bluegrass as well, extend the jams a little bit and break the mold some from traditional songs,” the band’s guitar player Caleb Peters explained.
“Expect a high energy experience. We try to put on an exciting show, something that people can relate to.”
Headliner Hudost is a Nashville-based band that calls itself “electric folk world rock.”
“We were joking around at one of those recording sessions about describing our genre because we are all over the map,” said the band’s lead singer and keyboardist Moksha Sommer, who tours nationally with husband/guitar player Jemal Wade Hines.
“I said, ‘is it wrong to call our music polyjamorus’?”
Summer’s End, which runs 6- 9 p.m. on the Gatehouse Lawn and will include food trucks, a vendor fair, cash bar, the Chambanamoms Kid Zone and glass blowing sessions from Jason Mack Glass (registration required). The cost is $5/person and $10/family.
“I’m looking forward to closing out the summer with a couple of great bands, great people and hopefully great weather,” said the park’s Senior Program Director Olivia Bunting.
Concert goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets.