![]() Where: Y-block, space between Fourth Street, Fifth Street, Jackson Street and Capitol Avenue Johnsbury, Vermont Stevens Point, Wisconsin Trenton, New Jersey Utica, New York Whitesburg, Kentucky and Woonsocket, Rhode Island.Ĭontact Steven Spearie: 788-1524, /stevenspearie. Other cities hosting Levitt AMP series are Berea, Kentucky Carson City, Nevada Chattanooga Earlham, Iowa Galva, Illinois Green Bay Middlesboro, Kentucky Ocala, Florida Santa Fe Sheboygan, Wisconsin Soldotna, Alaska St. The Springfield Park District will offer children’s activities before the concerts and during intermissions. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. In case of lightning, performances will be held at Central Baptist Church, 501 S. The public is invited to bring their own picnics, blankets and lawn chairs to the concerts, which will have an open lawn setting. There is still one date - July 4 - to be filled. His backing band, The Flat Earth Ensemble, explores Haque’s love of Indian music.īrian Galecki, a member of the booking committee and one of the owners of Dumb Records, said another notable act on a national level is John Moreland, who the committee was able to catch while on a national tour. The Chicago-based guitarist Fareed Haque (June 27), who has toured with Sting, crosses different musical styles including jazz fusion and classical. The ensemble was founded in 1977 and has appeared on recordings with the Dave Matthews Band, Modest Mouse, Widespread Panic and Elvis Costello. The Dirty Dozen Brass Band (July 11) is a seven-member outfit based out of New Orleans. The band formed in 1963 before breaking up in 1965 and re-forming in 1983 when it played the Reggae Sunsplash in Montego Bay.Ĭurrent Skatalites drummer Trevor “Sparrow” Thompson backed Bob Marley while guitarist Natty French has played with acts like roots reggae giants The Congos. Vocalist Doreen Shaffer (Monica Johnson), known as “the Queen of Ska,” is the sole original member of the Skatalites (June 6) touring. The city of Springfield pledged to back the concert series and sent a letter of support. The application for the grant for Springfield was submitted by Downtown Springfield Inc., the Springfield Area Arts Council and the Downtown Springfield Heritage Foundation. Jacksonville hosted the series at its downtown Central Park in 20. ![]() The only other Illinois city hosting the summer concert series this year is Galva in Henry County. Springfield is one 18 cities nationally to win a $25,000 matching AMP (Amplified, Music & Places) grant offered by the Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation to put a public concert series. ![]() The series’ musical styles run the gamut, with artists offering up beebop jazz, soul, traditional Celtic, classical and roots-rock. The Skatalites, one of Jamaica’s original heavy-hitting ska and reggae bands, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Fareed Haque headline the Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series on the Y-block in downtown Springfield on Thursday evenings from May 30 to Aug. ![]()
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