2015 Summer Concerts

YOU CAN ALMOST feel it – the sun beating down onto your summer hat, the fluorescent band strapped across your wrist, perhaps even the grass beneath your feet as you wait to start grooving to your favorite tunes. Philadelphia's peak music season has arrived.

Every month this summer brings an opportunity to catch an outdoor festival, and there are plenty of solid indoor options, too. Some highlights:

Fall Out Boy and Wiz Khalifa, June 10. While blatantly different in terms of their musical styles, these two do share the experience of having produced multiplatinum albums. Expect a radio-hit-heavy performance to which you can shout out the lyrics you know.

Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, 7 p.m., $39.75-$69.75, $26.75 (lawn tickets), 800-745-3000, livenation.com.

Taylor Swift, June 12-13. After testing out her 14-piece band in Japan and later in Australia, Swift squeezes our City of Brotherly Love into her world tour - twice. Listen for those familiar achy-breaky lyrics set to her new, synth-pop style.

Lincoln Financial Field, 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way, 7 p.m., $75-$200, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

Firefly Music Festival, June 18-21. Paul McCartney, Morrissey, Kings of Leon and Snoop Dogg are just a few of the long-standing greats who will light up the Firefly this year. A lengthy list of notable indie newcomers - Sylvan Esso, Hozier, How to Dress Well, Clean Bandit - also will rock the mic.

Woodlands of Dover International Speedway, Dover, Del., $299-$349; four-day VIP passes $699; fireflyfestival.com.

Foo Fighters, July 6 & 13. The Foos bring "Sonic Highways" live to the masses. Big masses. They play two nights at the Susquehanna Bank Center. The first date is already sold out.

Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, both shows at 7 p.m., $42.50 (lawn tickets), sectioned seating available through resellers only, 800-745-3000, livenation.com.

Patti LaBelle, July 9. Philly's own "Dancing" diva opens a strong season of old-school soul at the Dell Music Center. Another highlight on the park stage lineup: Toni Braxton and Babyface, on July 23.

Ridge Avenue and Huntingdon Drive, $20-$75, 215-685-9560, mydelleast.com.

Kenny Chesney, July 11. After a two-year hiatus, Kenny Chesney takes his cowboy hat and cut bod on the road again, this time teaming up with Eric Church, who's more of a baseball cap guy. Guessing there might also be some Eagles visors in the audience as the two stars' many local fans do their two-stepping at the Linc.

Lincoln Financial Field, 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way, 5 p.m., $65-$225, general admission seats available through resellers only, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

Neil Young & Promise of the Real, July 16. Longtime renegade teams up with Willie Nelson's sons, Lukas and Micah, touring behind "The Monsanto Years" LP (to be released June 16). Concertgoers should expect a rousing denunciation of genetically modified seeds.

Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, 7:30 p.m., $34.0-$154.50, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

XPoNential Music Festival, July 24-26. Friday, catch JD McPherson and break-out band Dawes. My Morning Jacket and St. Vincent headline Saturday. George Ezra, Grace Potter and Courtney Barnett are highlights Sunday.

Wiggins Park / Susquehanna Bank Center, Riverside Drive and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Camden, three-day pass $65 (WXPN members), $130 (general public), one-day pass $30 (WXPN members), $60 (general public), xpnfest.org.

Laura Marling, Aug. 1. UK singer-songwriter brings her folksy tunes to Union Transfer. Expect to swoon at the poetic lyricism from this 25-year-old, who expresses herself at a depth beyond her age.

Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St., 8 p.m., $25, 877.987.6487, ticketfly.com.

Meghan Trainor, Aug. 5. Road warrior Trainor hits 11 state fairs this summer, fitting in a Philadelphia show for a respite from the 4-H'ers and their doomed livestock. Festival Pier, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street, 7 p.m., $29.50, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

Nicki Minaj, Aug. 6. Rapper brings along an esteemed posse of friends for the North American ride of her Pinkprint tour. Special guests include Meek Mill, Rae Sremmurd, Tinashe and Dej Loaf.

Susquehanna Bank Center, 1 Harbour Blvd., Camden, 7p.m. $39.50-$125, $25 (lawn), 800-745-3000, livenation.com.

54th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival, Aug. 13-16. This year, catch longtime icons (Arlo Guthrie), budding locals (Andrea Nardello), lively one-man bands (Shakey Graves), 12-person acts (PhillyBloco) and even a mother-son duo (Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear. Old Pool Farm, 1323 Salford Station Road, Upper Salford Township, advanced tickets through June 2, $49.50-$207 (with camping and Thursday concert). 800-556-FOLK, folkfest.org.

One Direction, Sept. 1. Boy band rocks out minus Zayn Malik.

Lincoln Financial Field, 1 Lincoln Financial Field Way, 7 p.m., $29.50-$105, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.

Budweiser Made in America, Sept. 5-6. At press time, the dates were firm for Jay Z's massive party on the Parkway and early-bird tickets were available to savvy pass-code holders (see below for the code), but still no lineup. Put a ring on it, Hova.

Benjamin Franklin Parkway, early-bird two-day tickets $99.50 available now using access code BMIAPHILLY ($150 later), 800-745-3000, madeinamericafest.com, ticketmaster.com.

Alt-J, Sept. 25. After selling out the Tower Theatre last year, English indie rock band returns to a venue double the size. Cited by some as the "new Radiohead," they could sell out the larger location, too. Our advice: Lock in a ticket soon.

Festival Pier, Columbus Boulevard and Spring Garden Street, 8 p.m., $37.50, 800-745-3000, ticketmaster.com.