The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) will again offer a concert series at St. Anthony Falls this summer. While the 21-concert lineup at Father Hennepin Bluffs Park doesn’t measure up to the 54 concerts at Minnehaha Falls or the 109 concerts at Lake Harriet, at least it’s more than zero — the number of concerts at the Nicollet Island amphitheater since the Park Board privatized the park pavilion building next door four years ago.

The 20-year tradition of concerts there drew 10,000 people a year by the Park Board’s count, so get this tradition started by bringing a thousand of your friends to each of the shows at the overlook structure just upstream from the Stone Arch Bridge on the east bank of the Mississippi. Shows are 7–8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and noon–1:30 p.m. on Fridays.

Check www.minneapolisparks.org for updates and parking information.

Here is a list of the summer’s concerts, with a brief description from an MPRB press release:

June 20: Brian Kinney Band (eclectic)
June 27: Medalist Concert Band
June 22 : Patchouli (folk)
June 29: Bear’s Acoustic Honey (jamband)
July 4: TBA 4th of July Celebration
July 6: Scrapegoat J. (eclectic)
July 11: Erik Brandt & The Urban Hillbilly Quartet
July 13: Kevin Steinman (folk rock)
July 18: The Twin Cities Playboys (country/Cajun)
July 20: Uncle Funky (eclectic)
July 25: Paul Christian (akin to Chris Isaak, Roy Orbison)
July 27: Karen Lyu & James Allen of Global Jazz
Aug. 1: Gabriel James (jazzy alternative band)
Aug. 3: Michael McElrath (acoustic folk, blues, pop)
Aug. 8: Jane Plank (acoustic pop folk)
Aug. 10: Shane Martin (one-man band)
Aug. 15: Minnesota Blue (bluegrass and more)
Aug. 17: Jim Pellinger (eclectic)
Aug. 22: Javier Trejo (Latin, rock, reggae)
Aug. 24: Lem Genovese (blending genres with living history)
Aug. 29: The Brothers Frantzich (sacred folk)

last revised: June 19, 2007

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