SIDNEY — Guest vocalist Audrey J. Wright will join Sidney’s own Swing Era Band for a free concert on the courtsquare, Friday, June 23, at 7 p.m.

The Sidney Civic Band will host the performance.

Wright started singing and playing trombone with the Sauerkraut German Band at Wright Patterson Air Force Base and was the vocalist for Hauer Music. She was also the vocalist and trombonist with the Sentimentalists in Springfield, vocalist with Joshua’s Jazz and vocalist and trombonist with the Dayton Letter Carriers. She plays piano at various venues and was the pianist for Fairborn Rotary for 11 years.

The Swing Era Band will also feature local vocalist Tod Huston, who also plays saxophone.

The band has been entertaining swing music fans and dancers throughout western and central Ohio for most of the past four decades.

Created in 1975 by Andrew “Bud” Ledwith of Sidney, Swing Era has specialized in keeping the sounds of the golden age of swing music alive. In recent years, the band has added more than 30 songs to its music library, ranging from big band classics to modern pop songs arranged for big band instrumentation. This 16-piece band features talented musicians from across western Ohio.

Swing Era will perform a variety of big band music including selections from the bands of Artie Shaw, Woody Herman and Glenn Miller.

In case of rain, the concert will be in the Connection Point Church of God, 1510 Campbell Road, Sidney.