Boys Like Girls, Siobhan Magnus & More Set for OUTSIDE THE BOX Summer Music Festival

Outside The Box proudly announces today the official schedule for its free nine day summer performing arts festival on Boston Common and City Hall Plaza (July 13-21). The inaugural festival will kick off at noon on Saturday July 13th on Boston Common with a special performance by the Boston Children's Chorus followed by Los Lonely Boys and Los Lobos. Festival headliners Buffalo Tom, The Lemonheads and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones will perform live on Boston Common on Saturday July 20th beginning at 5pm.

Outside the Box also announces the addition of Celtic Fire, Grammy winner BRyan White, whose chart topping hits include From this Moment On (with Shania Twain), Boys Like Girls, Siobhan Magnus and Doubtful Guest, surfing superstars Jan and Dean, country star John Michael Montgomery, Disney Channel's Choo Choo Soul and Cuban sensation Issac Delgado.

Outside the Box chairman Ted Cutler has just added a special free Doo Wop Show for first responders to the Boston Marathon Bombing on Sunday July 14th at 2pm at the Cutler Majestic Theatre. Doo Wop performers will include "The Duke of Earl" Gene Chandler, The Persuasions, The Tuneweavers (Happy Birthday Baby), Tony Funches (former lead singer of Herb Reed's Platters), American Bandstand legend Kathy Young, and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Famer Billy Davis.

With the understanding that "Food is Art", Outside the Box will shine the spotlight on Boston's top chefs including Ming Tsai, Todd English, Lydia Shire, Jody Adams, and Gordon Hamersley who will be providing cooking demonstrations and sampling at the Boston Food Fest 2013 on City Hall Plaza's Culinary Stage July 18-21.

Outside the Box will feature more than 200 performing artists from the wide spectrum of music and theatre genres for all ages. A schedule of headline acts is listed below. For a complete listing of performers and times, please visit www.outsidetheboxboston.org

SATURDAY JULY 13TH
Boston Children's Chorus - 12pm (Boston Common)
Strange Fruit - 12:30pm (Boston Common)
Alejandro Escovedo - 1pm (Boston Common)
Los Lonely Boys - 2pm (Boston Common)
Los Lobos - 3:15 pm (Boston Common)
Rhythm of the Universe - 8pm (Boston Common)

SUNDAY JULY 14TH
Berklee Gospel Choir with Special Guest - 12pm (Boston Common)
Dave Koz and Friends - 3pm (Boston Common)
La Notte Della Taranta - 5pm (Boston Common)
Smithsonian Jazz (Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald) - 6:30pm (Boston Common)

MONDAY JULY 15TH
Joe Robinson - 12pm (Boston Common)
Air Traffic Controller - 2pm (Boston Common)
Barnstar - 4:30pm (Boston Common)
Dale Ann Bradley - 5:30pm (Boston Common)
Ricky Skaggs - 6:30pm (Boston Common)

TUESDAY JULY 16TH
Jan and Dean -12:30pm (Boston Common)
Caroline Kole - 4:30pm (Boston Common)
Lonestar - 6:30pm (Boston Common)

WEDNESDAY JULY 17TH
Imagination Movers - 12pm (Boston Common)
Evan Northrup - 12pm (Boston Common)
Augustana - 5pm (Boston Common)
Boys Like Girls - 6:30PM (Boston Common)

THURSDAY JULY 18TH
Isaac Delgado - 12pm (Boston Common)
Chef Jody Adams & Chef Gordon Hamersley - 2pm (City Hall Plaza)
McAlister Drive - 5:30pm (Boston Common)
BRyan White - 6:00pm (Boston Common)
The Frontmen of Country Music - 6:30pm (Boston Common)

FRIDAY JULY 19TH
Karen Diane - 1pm (Boston Common)
Shun Ng - 2pm (Boston Common)
The Alternate Routes - 3pm (City Hall Plaza)
Chef Roger Berkowitz Demonstration - 4pm (City Hall Plaza)
Boston Gay Men's Chorus - 4:30pm (Boston Common)
Sarah Blacker - 5:00 pm (City Hall Plaza)
Siobhan Magnus and Doubtful Guest - 5:30pm (Boston Common)
Celtic Fire - 7pm (Boston Common)
Adam Ezra Group - 7:30pm (City Hall Plaza)

SATURDAY JULY 20TH
Jenny Dee & the Deelinquents - 1pm (City Hall Plaza)
Guy Mendilow Ensemble - 2pm (Boston Common)
Chef Todd English Demonstration - 2pm (City Hall Plaza)
Chef Ming Tsai Demonstration - 4pm (City Hall Plaza)
Buffalo Tom - 5pm (Boston Common)
The Lemonheads - 6:30pm (Boston Common)
Blind Boys of Alabama - 6:30pm (City Hall Plaza)
Taj Mahal Trio - 8pm (City Hall Plaza)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - 8pm (Boston Common)

SUNDAY JULY 21ST
Alex Gable and Pasado De Moda - 1pm (City Hall Plaza)
Shye Ben Tzur & The Rajasthan Gypsies - 4pm (City Hall Plaza)

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