The Rochester summer concert series Party in the Park returns July 14 with jam band Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, following last year’s hiatus.
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2019 Party in the Park concerts offer plenty of variety
With the 2019 Party in the Park concert series, there truly is something for everyone: hippies, pop fans, reggae fans, classic rockers, and folks that get the blues.
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Party in the Park 2017 lineup announced
For nine Thursdays, starting June 15, a joyful noise will come from downtown once again. The City of Rochester today announced the lineup for its 2017 Party in the Park series in Martin Luther King Jr. Park (353 Court Street). There are a few to get excited about, and there’s a few to yawn at. […]
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Party in the Park announces 2016 series
The 20th season of Party in the Park starts Thursday, June 26. Highlights include Robert Randolph, Lou Gramm, and Keller Williams.
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Party in the Park announces 2015 lineup
Fun in the summer sun, baby … and it’s downtown, too. Mayor Lovely Warren and assorted sponsors and friends got together Tuesday to announce the entertainment lineup for the 19th Windstream Party in the Park. And it’s a good un.’ All shows are at Dr. Martin Luther King Park and start at 5 p.m. with […]
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Party in the park lineup announced
Lucinda Williams, Drive-by Truckers, Trampled by Turtles, and Lucero are among the headliners of this year’s Party in the Park weekly concert series at Martin Luther King Jr. Park at Manhattan Square beginning June 19. The Wailers, Yonder Mountain String Band, Railroad Earth, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Baseball Project, Dickey Betts and Great Southern, […]
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Concert Review: Party in the Park w/Lucius, The Head and the Heart
I have often rejoiced as technology has brought music back to the musicians and out of the grabby paws of the too-long-established charlatans and racketeers. Bands are embracing and forging a new honesty, even a new sound. You’ve got, for instance, Brooklyn’s Lucius, a band so full of unpretentious joy that I smiled until my […]
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Concert Review: Leon Russell, Officer Friendly, Greg Townson
Thursday night I agitated the backstage gravel in the Gray Ghost with the Tin Man riding shotgun to catch Leon Russell at Party in the Park. Upon our arrival, Ithaca-based Driftwood was serving up its whirling stomp-and-shout spin on bluegrass. The group brought excellent vocals and intensity, especially when the fiddle player wound up and […]
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Concert Review: Party in the Park w/Southside Johnny
It’s not like they’re pickling their bodies in alcohol or making arrangements to join Walt Disney and Ted Williams in frozen limbo, but at this rate let me Jimmy the Greek it for ya: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes are gonna be here forever. If the fork in the road gives you a choice […]
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Changes for Party in the Park?
The City of Rochester is shopping around for an outfit to produce and manage its Party in the Park summer concert series, even though the current contractor, The Springut Group, is “doing an excellent job,” says city spokesperson Gary Walker. The city wants to create more excitement around Party in the Park and to boost […]
