Even as summer seems to be sliding away, there is still opportunity to get out and see some live music. The Grand Marais Summer Concert Series has five shows remaining.

The series resumes at 7 p.m. tonight at the Woodland Park Campground pavilion with singer- songwriter Chris Buhalis.

Buhalis just performed at the Woody Guthrie Music Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma, the town where Guthrie was born. Make no mistake, though. Buhalis is a Michigan guy through and through.

“I love Michigan,” the Ann Arbor resident said, “and I love Grand Marais.”

Buhalis has been coming to the area since the ’90s and last year played the Grand Marais concert series for the first time.

“It’s wonderful,” Buhalis said. “Lake Superior in the background makes for a great stage.”

Robin Scully is the organizer of the concert series. She said the inspiration for it came when she moved from downstate and didn’t have the opportunity to see live music as often as she had.

“When I moved here, I started hosting parties at my house with live music,” she said. “They just got too big for a house party. I decided that maybe we could start doing something at a larger venue.”

She went to Burt Township officials and got the permissions needed. Now each concert draws between 75 and 100 people.

Scully said Buhalis brings a special talent to the stage.

“Chris is a wonderful musician and has played with a lot of big names,” Scully said.

Townes Van Zandt played on Buhalis’ first album, and his most recent features a well-known U.P. musician.

“I put together my last album with Joshua Davis and the guys from Steppin’ in It,” Buhalis said.

Another U.P. connection comes from a musical first produced in 1982 called the “North Country Opera,” in which a man comes to the U.P. from downstate and falls in love with a girl from Grand Marais.

“Chris has been a part of the play since the beginning, and he plays a lot of the musical numbers from the show, which pokes fun at our culture in a way that locals appreciate,” Scully said.

If you’re looking for a beautiful venue and a great night of music, the Grand Marais concert series is ready to supply that.

“The sun sets, there are kids playing, people tossing a frisbee and live music playing,” Scully said. “It’s the most surreal setting on a summer night.”

Buhalis will begin playing at 7 p.m. All concerts are free.

“The main thing for me is that the setting is amazing,” Buhalis said, “to be able to play that close to Lake Superior.”

For a full schedule of the remaining concerts and information about the series, go to the Grand Marais Summer Concert Series page on Facebook.