An eclectic collection of 16 bands will rock the South Park Amphitheatre from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m. Aug. 8 to raise money for the construction of a memorial skate park in Dormont.

The skate park would honor Dormont brothers and Keystone Oaks graduates Vincent and Stephen Pitcher, who died last year.

Vincent Pitcher, 21, a BMX enthusiast, and Stephen Pitcher, 19, an avid skateboarder, drowned July 15, 2008, while on a camping trip with family in the Allegheny National Forest.

Investigators said Stephen Pitcher jumped from a park bridge into about 75 feet of water; when it became apparent he was in trouble, Vincent dived in after him. They struggled, and when police found them seven hours later, the brothers were still hugging each other.

Over the past year, their mother, Mary Pitcher, has dedicated herself to having a professional-quality skate park -- to be named Pitcher Park-- built in honor of her two youngest sons, who loved the so-called "extreme sports" -- biking, in-line skating and especially skateboarding.

Mrs. Pitcher figures it will require about $250,000 to build a West Coast-style skate park in Dormont. She and supporters -- who plan to raise the money -- have approached Dormont administration with tentative plans for constructing the facility on the Memorial Drive site of the long-abandoned tennis courts.

Council continues to study the plan.

Next week's music festival will be the most elaborate of the many Pitcher Park fundraisers held since the tragedy. Between 500 and 1,000 people are expected to attend.

New Sun Rising, a nonprofit organization that helps provide funds to grass-roots projects within the Pittsburgh community, is sponsoring the event. Musicians will play free.

The lineup includes 15 local acts, all of which have connections to one of Mrs. Pitcher's four sons, along with Philadelphia-based alternative rock band Adalie, handpicked by Mrs. Pitcher.

"For me to like a sound that isn't the Average White Band from the 1970s is pretty good," Mrs. Pitcher said.

She said she came across Adalie's music on MySpace and asked the Van's Warped Tour veterans to play at the festival.

Glenn Stockhausen, 25, a music promoter and close friend of the Pitcher family, was responsible for securing local bands. One such group, the Young Bucks, have written a song for the brothers, which they will perform at the concert.

The all-day affair will be alcohol-free and family friendly. There will be food vendors, and a poster autographed by skateboard legend Tony Hawk will be raffled. Additional entertainment will be provided by a team of pro skaters from the One Up Skateshop on the South Side and the cast of Uniontown-based comedy television show "Midnight Monster Hop."

Admission is $15; $5 for children under 10.

Mrs. Pitcher would love to make the Pitcher Park festival an annual event and has already begun taking names for next year's show.

She expects it will take approximately two more years for her group of friends and neighbors to reach the goal of $250,000. So far they have raised $20,000, enough to have professional plans drawn for the skate park.

The Pitcher Park blueprints were charted by local firm Pashek Associates, which has also designed skate parks in South Park, Findlay and Monroeville's Boyce Park.

Mrs. Pitcher had asked that the designer incorporate aspects of the Dormont light-rail station into the park.

"It was the only place that [my sons and their friends] could skate, kind of, and get away with it, before the Port Authority police came," Mrs. Pitcher said.

The project is in line for a grant from Markham Vineyards, a Napa Valley winery. The winery's Mark of Distinction program awards two $25,000 grants each year to "inspired and passionate people nationwide to assist them in executing powerful, tangible projects in their neighborhoods."

Pitcher Park was chosen as one of 10 national finalists, on the merit of a 300-word essay written by Mrs. Pitcher. Online voting, at www.markhammarkofdistinction.com, will continue until Aug. 24. The two leading vote-getters will each receive a $25,000 grant.

Mrs. Pitcher said the proposed skate park is "to honor my sons who passed away -- and for the community they loved and that loved them back."

"It's a way for everyone to come together to have fun," she said.

For more, visit www.pitcherpark.com.