The Triple Play Concert Series was started by Mayor Baldermann in the summer of 2009. Renamed the Summer Concert Series in 2024, this annual concert series is held in the New Lenox Village Commons and brings world-class touring artists to the Performing Arts Pavilion.

Details about the upcoming Summer Concert Series lineup are typically available in late winter or early spring. 

In the past we have had such great acts as:

2025: Chris Young, The Revivalists, Rick Springfield, Get The Led Out, Killer Queen, Andy Grammer

2024: Smokey Robinson, Ringo Starr and His All Starr Band

2023: The Fray, Nine Days, Jewel, Taylor Hicks, and Live

2022: Big Head Todd and The Monsters, Freddy Jones Band, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, Mark Farner's American Band, and Counting Crows

2021: BoDeans, Soul Asylum, ZZ Top, and Billy Idol

2019: Cheap Trick, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts, Blue Öyster Cult, and Kenny Loggins

2018: Melissa Etheridge, Dennis Quaid and The Sharks, Chris Isaak, The Ides of March, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers, and Joan Osborne

2017: Richard Marx, The Tubes, BoDeans, The Smithereens, Collective Soul, Gin Blossoms, Barenaked Ladies, and Living Colour

2016: Daughtry, Huey Lewis and The News, The Wallflowers, Buddy Guy, Michael McDonald, and Chicago

2015: Kenny Loggins, Steve Miller Band, and Lynyrd Skynyrd

2014: Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo, John Waite, Peter Frampton, 10,000 Maniacs, 38 Special, and The Fabulous Thunderbirds featuring Kim Wilson

2013: Rick Springfield, Foreigner, and Bad Company

2012: Styx, Heart, and Night Ranger

2011: REO Speedwagon, Cheap Trick, and Jefferson Starship

2010: Kansas, Blue Oyster Cult, Soul Asylum, Smithereens, Fast Ball and Survivor

2009: Peter Frampton, Gin Blossoms, and Blues Traveler

In 2012, the Village of New Lenox hosted its first "Country in the Commons":

2015: Joe Nichols and The Band Perry

2013: The Eli Young Band

2012: Sara Evans