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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 5, 2017 8A
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Johnny Limbo and the Lugnuts will bring the Sounds of Summer series to a close in Dallas.
Free music and movies return
By Stephanie Blair
The Itemizer-Observer
POLK COUNTY — Carry-
ing on tradition, Dallas, In-
dependence and Mon-
mouth will each hold free
entertainment in their parks
each week this summer. Not
only will the usual concerts
and movies be put on, but
additional shows for the
eclipse will be held to cele-
brate the natural phenome-
non taking over the skies on
Aug. 21. All shows are free of
charge and family friendly.
DALLAS
In a drastic change from
past years, the Sounds of
Summer concerts will be
condensed to four events in-
stead of the traditional for-
mat of eight stand-alone
concerts each Thursday.
“Due to the emphasis on
the eclipse, the city, Dallas
Area Visitors Center and all
partners involved in plan-
ning the Eclipse Celebration
on the Square, it was decid-
ed, in November of 2016, to
de-emphasize the Sounds of
Summer,” said JD Shinn, ex-
ecutive director of the Dallas
Area Chamber of Com-
merce.
The Sounds of Summer
concerts will be integrated
with three events this sum-
mer — Freedomfest, Sum-
merfest and the eclipse cele-
bration — with one stand-
alone concert at the end of
the summer, performed by
Johnny Limbo and the
Lugnuts.
The eclipse celebration is
2017 Monmouth Music in the Park
Main Street Park Amphitheater
Wednesdays, 6:30 p.m.
Music, food, beer and wine garden
July 5 — Shinkle Family Band (folk, country).
July 12 — Wildwood Allstar Revue (rock).
July 19 — Hillstomp (blues).
July 26 — Jenny Don’t and the Spurs (country).
Aug. 2 — Sol Seed (reggae).
Aug. 9 — Cascade Crescendo (jamgrass).
Aug. 16 — Root Jack (rock).
Aug. 23 — Dina y Los Rumberos (Cuban salsa).
Aug. 30 — Coming Up Threes (Celtic).
slated to be the biggest con-
cert lineup, with more than
10 bands booked thus far,
though performances are
still being finalized.
INDEPENDENCE
The River’s Edge Series of
concerts and movies at
Riverview Park is adding ad-
KIM LAWRENCE/ for the Itemizer-Observer
Pyromania is one of the bands that will perform during the River’s Edge Summer Music
Series at Riverview Park in Independence.
ditional music performanc-
es for the eclipse, but that’s
not the only change this
year.
“This year we have some
surprises,” said event coor-
dinator Alex Trevino. “We
have Left Coast Winery on
board and, on July 14, one of
the major sponsors is going
to buy everyone over (the
age of) 21 a glass of wine at
the concert.”
The series will also in-
clude two fireworks shows
beginning at 9:30 p.m. on
Aug. 19 and 20.
MONMOUTH
For the Monmouth’s
Music in the Park series, it’s
business as usual this sum-
mer. Concerts will be held at
the Main Street Park Am-
phitheater each Wednesday
at 6:30 p.m. until Aug. 30.
The performers this year
range in style from folk to
blues, rock to country, and
River’s Edge Summer Series
Riverview Park Amphitheater, Independence
Music
July 14 — Ty Curtis (blues) 7:30 p.m.
July 21 — Generation Idol (Billy Idol tribute band) 8 p.m.
July 28 — 5 Guys Named Moe (show band) 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 4 — Shoot to Thrill (AC/DC tribute band) 8 p.m.
Aug. 11 — Schwing Band (‘90s-era rock) 7:30 p.m.
Aug. 18 — Aerosmith Pump (tribute band) 8 p.m.
Aug. 19 — Pyromania: The Def Leppard Experience (tribute
band) 8:30 p.m.
Aug. 25 — Chance McKinney (industrialized country) 7:30 p.m.
Films (Showings begin at 9:45 p.m. in July and 8:30 p.m.
in August)
July 13 — Finding Dory, PG.
July 20 — Lego Batman, PG.
July 27 — Moana, PG.
Aug. 3 — Ghostbusters: Answer the Call, PG-13.
Aug. 10 — Kong: Skull Island, PG-13.
Aug. 17 — Star Trek Into Darkness, PG-13.
Aug. 24 — Beauty and the Beast, PG.
Sounds of Summer
2017 SCHEDULE:
Most of the music scheduled for Sounds of Summer is in
conjunction with celebrations. The bands were not updated
on the chamber’s website at press time. For event sched-
ules, pick up the Itemizer-Observer as the events get closer.
Celtic to Cuban salsa.
On July 19, Hillstomp, the
blues duo from Portland
made up of John “Lord
Buckets” Johnson and
Henry Hill Kammerer, will
return to Music in the Park.
“It’s (the band) very pop-
ular,” event coordinator
Mark Fancey told the Item-
izer in 2014. “Two guys
make a loud sound. They get
the crowd moving.”
Monmouth will host Pigs
on the Wing, a Pink Floyd
tribute band, on Aug. 20 in
honor of the Great American
Eclipse.
COURTESY PHOTO/ Itemizer-Observer
Coming Up Threes, a Celtic band, will perform during the 2017 Music in the Park series
at the Main Street Park Amphitheater in Monmouth on Aug. 30.