The Police guitarist, Grammy Award-winning artist and 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee to perform at event benefiting nonprofits in Loudoun County
LEESBURG, Va. (June 10, 2025) – BENEFIT’s 2025 Crossroads Music Festival, an event to raise funds for nonprofits that provide services to children in Loudoun County, will feature legendary guitarist Andy Summers.
BENEFIT’s 2025 Crossroads Music Festival will take place at multiple venues in downtown Leesburg, Virginia, Friday, Sept. 19, and Saturday, Sept. 20.
Andy Summers will headline the Saturday, Sept. 20, portion of the festival with an intimate solo performance at the Tally Ho Theater, located at 19 W. Market Street in Leesburg. As the featured “Songs and Stories from the Crossroads” artist, Summers will share his musical journey through a unique blend of storytelling, live performance, and an on-stage interview.
Best known as the guitarist for The Police, Summers’ music spans decades and is a unique and personal spin on influences from jazz, classical, world music, rock ‘n’ roll, and pop. His status as a guitar legend is built upon a foundation of experimentation in both cerebral and visceral sounds. Every time Summers releases a new solo album or collaboration, he never disappoints fans with his improvisational skill, singular compositions, and ability to sidestep obvious musical conventions.
Summers’ discography starts with his first professional gig as guitar player for Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band, a popular British rhythm and blues band in the mid-1960s. He was featured on such albums as “It Should Have Been Me” and “Transition.” Two albums were re-released with the group in 1999 and 2000.
Preceding his time with The Police, Summers played with a number of British acid rock and rock and roll acts such as Eric Burdon and The Animals. Highlights from this era in his career include “Love Is” with the Animals and “Heartburn” and “Matching Head and Feet” with Kevin Coyne. The late nineties saw the release of the Dantalion’s Chariot album.
With the legendary rock group The Police, Summers contributed his guitar talents to such ground-breaking and multi-platinum albums as “Message In A Box,” “Synchronicity,” “Outlandos D’Amour,” “Regatta De Blanc,” “Zeyatta Mondatta,” “Ghost In The Machine,” “Live,” “The Singles,” “Strontium 90,” and 2008’s “Certifiable” DVD from The Police’s 2007-2009 world tour. The Police were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003, and Summers won five Grammys for his performances with this epic band.
As a solo artist, Summers has cultivated his fascination with jazz, world music and improvisation. His solo albums include “XYZ,” “Mysterious Barricades,” “The Golden Wire,” “Charming Snakes,” “World Gone Strange,” “Synaethesia,” “The Last Dance of Mr. X,” “Retrospective,” “Green Chimneys,” “Peggy’s Blue Skylight,” “Earth + Sky,” “The X Tracks,” “Metal Dog,” “Triboluminescence,” and “Harmonics of the Night.”
Summers has also taken the opportunity in recent years to collaborate with other artists of exceptional talent such as John Etheridge, Robert Fripp, Fernanda Takai, Ben Verdery, and Victor Biglione. Some of his popular collaboration albums include “I Advance Masked” and “Bewitched” with Robert Fripp, “Invisible Threads” with John Etheridge, “Strings of Desire” and “Splendid Brazil” with Victor Biglione, and “First You Build A Cloud” with Ben Verdery. In 2009, Summers recorded with Brazilian legend Roberto Menescal. In 2012, Summers wrote and produced the album “Fundamental” in collaboration with Fernanda Takai, the Brazilian singer of the band Pato Fu.
While living in Los Angeles, Summers has also written a number of beautiful film scores, writing or contributing to the scores of such films as “Down and Out in Beverly Hills,” “Weekend at Bernie’s,” “2010,” and “Wild Life.” To this day, he continues to create music, produce, and share his artistic side with the world through his writing and photography.
BENEFIT is a coalition of musicians and community leaders uniting people with music to raise funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations providing services to children in Loudoun County.
BENEFIT’s Crossroads Music Festival is a dynamic celebration of music, bringing
together local talent, national acts, and living legends at the intersection of diverse musical journeys. By showcasing global icons alongside emerging voices, the festival inspires meaningful connections and fosters cultural exchange.
The 2025 Crossroads Music Festival will kick off Friday, Sept. 19, with music performances at Tally Ho Theater. Information about the headliner for the Friday night portion of the festival to be announced soon.
On Saturday, Sept. 20, in addition to Summers’ headlining performance at Tally Ho Theater, a variety of musicians and bands will take part in the festival’s Saturday Music Showcases. The music showcases will take place at multiple venues in downtown Leesburg.
Tickets for Friday performances and Summers’ Saturday performance at Tally Ho Theater are limited. Please visit www.CrossroadsMusicFest.org for information on how to purchase event tickets.
No tickets are required for the Saturday Music Showcase performances taking place at other venues throughout downtown Leesburg.
Funds raised from proceeds of BENEFIT’s 2025 Crossroads Music Festival will be distributed to BENEFIT’s 2025 grant recipients which include: A Place to Be; The Arc of Loudoun; Dulles South Food Pantry; Dulles South Soup Kitchen; Food for Neighbors; A Hand Up - NOVA, Inc., which operates the Northern Virginia Diaper Bank; Loudoun Youth, Inc.; Ryan Bartel Foundation; and Salvation Army of Loudoun.
The nine nonprofit organizations were selected through a grant application process.
More information about BENEFIT’s 2025 Crossroads Music Festival can be found at www.CrossroadsMusicFest.org.