Live music returns! Here are the big names coming to central Pa. this year

It’s been more than a year since fans could attend live concerts of the music industry’s biggest stars.

That’s about to change.

Beginning with Luke Bryan’s show on July 9, Hersheypark Stadium will host eight shows through the recently announced Jonas Brothers concert on Sept. 24.

American Music Theatre in Lancaster County is quickly making up for lost time, with dozens of shows scheduled from the middle of June through the rest of the year.

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The York State Fair, which will finally make its move to July after canceling last year’s event, is bringing some big acts to its stage, including the Grammy-winning hard rockers Halestorm from Red Lion.

Here is a look at the musicians who will be gracing central Pa. stages in the coming months:

Hersheypark Stadium, Derry Township

• Luke Bryan: 7 p.m. July 9
• Rod Stewart with Cheap Trick: 7:30 p.m. July 17
• Phish: 7 p.m. Aug. 10 and 11
• The Hella Mega Tour featuring Green Day, Fall Out Boy and Weezer: 5:30 p.m. Aug. 13
• Zac Brown Band with special guests Teddy Swims and Ashland Craft: 7 p.m. Aug. 21
• Dead & Co.: 7 p.m. Aug. 28 (tickets go on sale at noon May 21)
• Maroon 5 with Meghan Trainor: 7 p.m. Sept. 5
• Jonas Brothers with Kelsea Ballerini: 7 p.m. Sept. 24 (tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. May 27).

Giant Center, Derry Township

• James Taylor with Jackson Browne: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19
• For King & Country: 7 p.m. Oct. 29
• Lauren Daigle: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12
• Dan+Shay: 7 p.m. Dec. 4

American Music Theatre, Lancaster

• Marty Stuart: 7 p.m. June 19
• Michael W. Smith: 7:30 p.m. July 1
• Little River Band with guest Pure Prairie League: 8 p.m. July 17
• Oak Ridge Boys: 2 and 7 p.m. July 24
• Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 5
• Air Supply: 7 p.m. Aug. 29
• Amy Grant: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8
• Johnny Mathis: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9
• Three Dog Night: 8 p.m. Sept. 11
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers: 7 p.m. Sept. 14
• Blue Oyster Cult: 8 p.m. Sept. 17
• Gladys Knight: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 18
• Marshall Tucker Band with the Outlaws and Molly Hatchet: 7 p.m. Sept. 30
• 38 Special: 8 p.m. Oct. 2
• Martina McBride: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 8
• Engelbert Humperdinck: 7 p.m. Oct. 10

Bryce Jordan Center, State College

• Kane Brown with Jordan Davis and Restless Road: 7 p.m. Nov. 6

York State Fair

• Jake Owen with special guest Chase Rice: 7:30 p.m. July 23 (tickets go on sale 9 a.m. May 22)
• REO Speedwagon and Styx: 8 p.m. July 24
• Pitbull: 8 p.m. July 25
• Kane Brown with Adam Doleac and Restless Road: 8 p.m. July 26
• Skid Row and Warrant with KIX: 8 p.m. July 27
• Casting Crowns with Cain: 8 p.m. July 29
• Halestorm with Small Town Titans: 8 p.m. July 30

Shelly Stallsmith is a trends reporter for the York Daily Record. She can be reached at mstallsmith@ydr.com or followed on Twitter at @ShelStallsmith.