ARCADIA – Perennial favorites and a few new bands are on the schedule for the 2023 season of the Round Barn Elm Tree Concerts. The series gets underway on Sunday, May 21, at the Arcadia Round Barn, which is six miles east of Interstate 35 on historical Route 66.

“And Then There Were Two,” a crowd-pleasing band from Tulsa that for years has supported the Arcadia Round Barn with its music, will kick off the season with a performance from 1 to 3 p.m. beneath the giant elm tree on the north side of the barn.

The Round Barn Rendezvous jam session will continue to be held on the second Sunday of each month, with Elm Tree concerts on the remaining Sundays through Sept. 24.

A Saturday concert by the Lightfoot Family Band is scheduled for May 27, and singer-songwriter Buffalo Rogers will round out the Memorial Day weekend with a Sunday show. All concerts begin at 1 p.m. and are free to the public. Donations are accepted for the maintenance of the barn, which is owned and operated by the nonprofit Arcadia Historical and Preservation Society and has been a museum since it was restored by volunteers in 1992.

Guests can bring a lawn chair or sit at the picnic tables. Cold bottled water is available inside the barn. Handicap parking spots are located just steps from the concert venue.

“The Elm Tree Concert Series, now in its sixth year, is our gift to the community and also a fundraiser for the maintenance and repair of this beautiful barn, which was built in 1898 and has become an iconic feature of the Route 66 landscape,” said Joe Baxter, who coordinates the live music at the barn.

For more information about music at the barn, call Baxter at 405-833-1350.

To volunteer at the barn, call Kimberly Burk at 405-651-0240. Most volunteers work one three- or four-hour shift per week, greeting visitors and ringing up gift shop sales.