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Country singer Brittney Spencer, 1990s band Fastball and funk group The Main Squeeze are scheduled to perform as part of a free concert series accompanying the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Indianapolis.
Swim trials organizers announced Tuesday the OneAmerica Financial Concert Series, one of the attractions within “USA Swimming Live”—a fan destination planned downtown on Georgia Street and part of South Meridian Street.
Ten days of concerts are scheduled June 14-23. The U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, a competition to determine which athletes represent the United States at this summer’s Olympics in Paris, are scheduled June 15-23 at Lucas Oil Stadium.
The June 14 concert, billed as the “starting block party,” will feature The Main Squeeze, a band founded in Bloomington and presently based in Los Angeles. The opening-night event is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., with The Main Squeeze appearing at 8 p.m.
Spencer, who appears on Beyonce’s recently released cover of Beatles song “Blackbird,” will perform on June 19. Fastball, a Texas band known for hit songs “The Way,” “Out of My Head” and “Fire Escape” will perform on June 21.
During the swim trials, music is planned at USA Swimming Live from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. daily. DJs will perform before headliners take the stage at 5:30 p.m.
Forty5, the company that presents concerts at Broad Ripple’s Vogue venue and oversees the Rock the Ruins series at Holliday Park, is organizing the concerts. Purdue University is the presenting sponsor of USA Swimming Live.
A 66-foot-tall replica of the Eiffel Tower will serve as a USA Swimming Live landmark. The replica tower—made by the Indianapolis-based Latinas Welding Guild, a not-for-profit organization that supports underserved workers in skilled trades—will be installed at Georgia Street and Capitol Avenue before the trials.
A temporary food and beverage destination, billed as the “Swim Up Bar,” will occupy part of Georgia Street east of the Indiana Convention Center. Downtown also will host installations of five new artworks selected through the Indy Arts Council’s All Lanes Lead to Indy project.
The Toyota Aqua Zone, a free fan experience, is planned inside the convention center.
The concert schedule, minus a June 22 performer yet to be announced:
- June 14: The Main Squeeze
- June 15: Lovelytheband, known for 2017 hit “Broken”
- June 16: John Driskell Hopkins, a founding member of the Zac Brown Band
- June 17: The Motet, a Denver-based funk band
- June 18: Saved by the 90s, a party band founded in New York City
- June 19: Brittney Spencer
- June 20: “Taylor Swift Night: The Taylor Party”
- June 21: Fastball
- June 23: Six Foot Blonde, a Bloomington-based rock band
For swim trials ticket information, visit usaswimming.org.
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