Who will perform at CelebrateErie 2024? Here's what we know

Dana Massing, Erie Times-News
Updated ·2 min read

Several anniversaries, a final performance, a new album, an American rock band and a former "American Idol" contestant will all be part of the mainstage musical entertainment during this year's CelebrateErie.

City officials announced the performers Thursday for the Aug. 16-18 festival in downtown Erie.

The mainstage will open with Erie's popular Breeze Band as well as Ivan Montero, who is returning home to Erie for the celebration. One World Tribe also will be there celebrating their 30th anniversary and drawing back members from throughout the decades.

Erie's Matty B & the Dirty Pickles will celebrate their 20th anniversary and the band's final performance. Wheatus, whose early 2000s hit "Teenage Dirtbag" has found new life on TikTok, will also take the Erie stage, followed by Jimmy Eat World. That rock band is celebrating three decades and 10 albums and has recently released two singles, "Something Loud" and "Place Your Debts."

Brooke Surgener will play a rare full-band show while Smilo & the Ghost will celebrate the release of their new album, "Twang & Fire." Country singer Gabby Barrett, a native of Munhall near Pittsburgh, competed on the 16th season of "American Idol" and her debut single, "I Hope," made the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for a record-breaking 27 weeks.

Fans turn out for a mainstage concert on State Street in downtown Erie at a past CelebrateErie. The 2024 lineup will include One World Tribe, Jimmy Eat World and Gabby Barrett.
Fans turn out for a mainstage concert on State Street in downtown Erie at a past CelebrateErie. The 2024 lineup will include One World Tribe, Jimmy Eat World and Gabby Barrett.

"These concerts close out each days’ events and bring tens of thousands of people downtown," said Adrienne Nannen, the city's events manager, via an email from the city. "We’re thrilled that we can provide them for free to our CelebrateErie visitors."

CelebrateErie mainstage lineup

Friday night: The Breeze Band and Ivan Montero followed by headliner One World Tribe.

Jim Adkins performs with Jimmy Eat World in March at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.
Jim Adkins performs with Jimmy Eat World in March at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.

Saturday night: Matty B & the Dirty Pickles, Wheatus and then headliner Jimmy Eat World.

Gabby Barrett, a former "American Idol" contestant and native of the Pittsburgh area, will be one of the headliners at the 2024 CelebrateErie.
Gabby Barrett, a former "American Idol" contestant and native of the Pittsburgh area, will be one of the headliners at the 2024 CelebrateErie.

Sunday night: Brooke Surgener, Smilo & the Ghost and headliner Gabby Barrett.

When/where are the shows

These performances will all take place on the mainstage at Fourth and State streets, north of Perry Square.

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The mainstage will open each of the three nights at 5:30 p.m., with the headlining acts going on at 8 p.m., Nannen told the Erie Times-News.

Dana Massing can be reached at [email protected].

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Gabby Barrett, Jimmy Eat World to perform at CelebrateErie 2024

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