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You can't buy tickets to these concerts yet, but Mission Hill Winery has announced the headliners for its Summer Concert Series.
Barenaked Ladies will take to the outdoor amphitheatre stage at the West Kelowna winery on Thursday, July 4; a double bill of Melissa Etheridge and Jewel is Monday, July 15 and on Monday, July 29 it's Sarah McLachlan.
Mission Hill likes to tease its Summer Concert Series annually by announcing dates without revealing who the artist is, then naming the performers, selling tickets to wine club members first and then making tickets available to the general public.
Sarah McLaughlan, left, will be in concert at the winery on Monday, July 29, and Barenaked Ladies on Thursday, July 4.
So, what that means now is tickets will first be offered to members of the highest Legacy tier on Tuesday, April 2, to Terroir members on Thursday, April 4 and Reserve members on Friday, April 5.
Members of those wine clubs have already received a newsletter by email outlining the concerts and ticket sales dates.
Prices have not been released, yet.
Last year, tickets to the concerts were pricey at $320 each for Diana Krall, Colin James, Dean Brody and Lyle Lovett.
There's expected to be a cheaper ticket option this year.
Mission Hill is also using the process to sell wine club memberships, including three shipments of wine annually, so that new members can get in on the early-April presale of tickets.
Sarah McLachlan is actually a rescheduled concert because the winery decided to close for a while last year while the West Kelowna wildfire raged nearby.
McLachlan is the Grammy-winning Canadian pop-adult contemporary singer best known for No. 1 songs such as I Will Remember You and Sweet Surrender.
The alternative-rock Barenaked Ladies are another well-known Canadian act with the instantly identifiable hits If I Had a Million Dollars and One Week.
The double bill of Melissa Etheridge, left, and Jewel will be Monday, July 15.
Melissa Etheridge and Jewel are doing a whole summer and fall tour together across North America with the concert at Mission Hill being one of the first dates.
Both are American 1990s icons -- Grammy-winning folk-rocker Etheridge for hits such as Come to My Window and I'm the Only One and Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jewel for You Were Meant for Me and Foolish Games.
Mission Hills outdoor amphitheatre seats about 1,000 people and overlooks vineyards and Okanagan Lake.
The winery bills it as an iconic setting for big-name concerts.
The winery also packages concert tickets with glasses of wine, snacks and pre-concert dinners.
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