HUNTSVILLE, Ala — Arts Huntsville and the City of Huntsville’s Department of Parks and Recreation’s 2020 Concerts in the Park season returns on Monday, June 1st with the first three concerts to be streamed virtually. A Huntsville summer tradition, the concerts are held over ten weeks every Monday evening from June 1st through August 3rd. The series showcases local music talent in a mix of genres from rock, folk and country to Latin, dance, R&B, top 40 hits and music from the 60s, 70s and 80s. Arts Huntsville and the Parks and Recreation Department are staging the initial concerts via live stream on Arts Huntsville’s Facebook page @artshuntsville beginning at 6:30 pm on June 1, June 8 and June 15, 2020.
Concerts in the Park is a co-production of the City of Huntsville Department of Parks and Recreation and Arts Huntsville. The 2020 Concert series is presented with the support of AT&T, Progress Bank and Cumulus Broadcasting. The series’ initial live stream concerts are staged in partnership with the Von Braun Center’s Mars Music Hall, providing local bands with a premier venue for the virtual kick off to Concerts in the Park. Currently, the virtual Concerts in the Park lineup features the following local bands:
June 1, 2020 Lamont Landers Band
June 8, 2020 Cotton and Clover
June 15, 2020 Them Damn Dogs
“This will be a very special summer for music in Huntsville, with creative, unique concert performances that we have not seen before,” said Allison Dillon-Jauken, Arts Huntsville Executive Director. “We are proud and grateful to work with the City of Huntsville’s Department of Parks and Recreation to provide an avenue to showcase our local music talent virtually as we begin Concerts in the Park. This free, family-friendly entertainment encourages creative engagement with the arts as our community continues physical distancing efforts.”
For more information on the 2020 Concerts in the Park series visit www.artshuntsville.org, the Concerts in the Park Facebook event page, or http://www.huntsvilleal.gov.
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