Based on the success of the first set of outdoor concerts, Goodspeed Musicals has scheduled three new weekends of shows, these featuring David Lutken and The Seat Of The Pants Band.

The newly added Goodspeed by the River concerts will be held Thursdays through Sundays, Sept. 10-27, on the lawn of The Goodspeed in East Haddam. The shows will begin at 5:30 p.m., earlier than the previous series.

David Lutken and The Seat of the Pants Band play everything from traditional American and Irish tunes to 1950s and 1960s folk, mixed with the flavors of New Orleans jazz, bluegrass, rock & roll, gospel, and show tunes.

Lutken has been a musician and actor at Goodspeed Musicals and on Broadway. He is known to Goodspeed audiences for his performances in "The Will Rogers Follies," "Big River" and "Finian’s Rainbow."

All tickets are $25, and concerts are weather permitting. Tickets are on sale now to all Goodspeed Members and will go on sale to the public beginning Friday. Tickets are only available by calling the Box Office at (860) 873-8668. The Box Office is open Tuesday and Wednesday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday and Friday 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 4-6 p.m.

An outdoor dinner and concert package is available; it includes a two-course meal and reserved table seating on the Gelston House lawn for $49 per person. Call the Goodspeed Box Office for details and to purchase. 

Concerts on the Goodspeed lawn will have designated seating areas. Each seating area has space for up to six people (from the same party) and will be a minimum of 15 feet from other designated seating areas as required by Connecticut Reopen guidelines.