LOGAN – It’s already started.
The free daily Cache Community Connections’ Interfaith Summer Tabernacle Noon Concert Series is in full swing at the Logan Tabernacle. The Historic Tabernacle is located at 50 North Main Street in Logan.
The highlight of summers in Cache Valley started on Memorial Day, May 25, and runs until Friday, July 31.
On Monday, June 1, in front of an audience of over 300 people Richie Call gave the audience a preview of the Lyric Repertory Company summer season for 2026.
The LyricRep is a small professional theatre founded in 1967 by W. Vosco Call, Richie’s father. It has been a big part of the community for 60 years. The LyricRep has produced all types of blockbuster musicals, dramas, comedies, and classics to entertain audiences from Cache Valley and around the country.
For a full Lyric Repertory Company line up go to usu.edu/lyricrep.
The concert and lecture series is, for the most part, held in the Logan Tabernacle and is under the leadership of Carol Foht. While the Tabernacle belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Foht comes from a predominantly Catholic background. She makes the Noon Concert Series a truly Interfaith community event.
There will also be four evening concerts at the Carol and Jim Laub Plaza located at 55 North Main Street in Logan, directly across the street from the Logan Tabernacle.
July 1 the America Festival Chorus and Orchestra will perform a patriotic concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Tabernacle led by Craig Jessop.
Dan Truman not only plays music, but he also entertains the audience by talking about experiences he’s had as a part of Dimond Rio, a chart-topping country band. He is on the calendar for a June 10 performance.
“Dimond Rio still performs about 60 shows a year,” Foht said. ”He is a popular addition to the summer concert series.”
Craig Mecham, a local musician who plays his guitar and sings in Cache Valley, will be talking about his father who was a gunner on a Martin B-57 Canberra.
“The life expectancy of pilots who flew in that particular airplane was not very good,” Foht said. “Mecham found some papers after his father’s death and wrote a story and song about him.”
Mecham will perform on July 7.
Darren Parry will talk about his new book he wrote Tending Sacred on July 8. Parry is a former Chairman of the Northwestern Band of Shoshone Nation. He is a well-known speaker in the valley when it comes to Native American subjects.
The High Desert Surfers will be performing at 7 p.m. on the evening of June 26, at the Carol and Jim Laub Center.
“They are an instrumental group that play a lot of Rock ‘n Roll oldies,” she said. “I am going to encourage people to get up and dance. It will be a fun evening.”
Another group that has really been popular Is the 4-Hims. They will be performing on July 28.
“They perform barbershop like you’ve never heard before,” she said. “One of the brothers is the conductor of The Good Time Marching Band. They also do an outstanding job. They will perform for the final concert of the season on July 31.”
“It’s hard to pick favorites, there are so many talented musicians in the valley,” she added. “Some of the groups I know and some new ones send be a tape so I can see if they fit our series.”
Foht said it’s really hard to tell people no, its not because the talent is not there, but they already have so many musicians slated for the summer.
“I tell them to keep going with it and check back next year,” she said. “I want the cream of the crop, and we are fortunate there is only 52 spots a summer and we want the best performers we can get.”