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POTSDAM -- For the fourth year of the Ives Park Concert Series, What a Raquette Music and Dance is teaming up with the St. Lawrence County Arts Council to present musical performances on five …
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POTSDAM -- For the fourth year of the Ives Park Concert Series, What a Raquette Music and Dance is teaming up with the St. Lawrence County Arts Council to present musical performances on five consecutive Saturday evenings starting Aug. 24 and ending Sept. 21.
The performances, including a children’s concert Sept. 14 at 3 p.m., will be held in the Ives Park Gazebo on the banks of the Raquette River in downtown Potsdam.
A rain location will be at the United Methodist Church at 26 Main St.; concert-goers should check Facebook for rain location updates.
The performances all begin at 6 p.m. unless otherwise noted.
The opening concert starts at 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 with Brillhart and Smith, followed by Honey Cave at 6 p.m.
The remaining concerts are SIRSY on Aug. 31, Annie in the Water Sept. 7, Animal Crackers on Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. followed by The Fretless at 6 p.m., and the Atkinson Family Band on Sept. 21.
The performance of The Fretless, a Juno-award winning folk string quartet, on Sept. 14 is co-sponsored by Community Performance Series (CPS) and the rain location for that concert will be the Black Box Theater at SUNY Potsdam’s Performing Arts Center.
All concerts are free, family-friendly and open to the public.
Bring a lawn chair or blanket. A bucket will be passed for donations.
A significant portion of the series’ budget is based on expected donations, so please consider giving, said a press release from the series.
All donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed.
The Ives Park Concert Series is supported by the graphic design work of Catherine LaPointe-Vollmer of LaPointe Illustrations and sound engineering by Marcus Alvarez of M.A. Entertainment.
The series is also supported in part by the Grasseroots Fund, and local individual and business contributors including Jernabi Coffeehouse, Sea-Comm Federal Credit Union, Jefford’s Steel & Engineering, North Country Savings Bank, Frazer Computing, and St. Lawrence Federal Credit Union, Northern Power and Light and Commercial Press Inc. who provided all printed materials for the series.
Info: slcartscouncil.org/ivesparkmusic.
