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Courtyard Concert Series Has New Venues

The "every May through October Friday and Saturday evening, weather permitting Courtyard Concert series" that takes place in the courtyard of the Mary G. Hardin Center for Cultural Arts courtyard from dusk to 9 PM has changed.

"These free Concerts are not cancelled, we have simply moved to some different venues," said Bobby Welch, Director of the Hardin Center.  "Offering live music to citizens and offering musicians a venue to perform in is still the goal of the series.  Everyone really enjoyed the steel drum band that we had at the May First Friday, so we thought that we would put live music acts in front of the Center every First Friday.
 
"Every Friday night in June, we are partnering with the library and showing a film on the lawn of City Hall.  We thought that having live music an hour before the film would also be a good venue.  Then someone mentioned the Courtyard with the water wall at the Senior Activities building next to the Pitman.  We teamed up with Downtown Gadsden and Parks and Recreation and have decided to put a live musical act every third Thursday from June through October.  We are calling it Thirsty Third Thursdays at the Water Wall Courtyard.  You can bring your picnic baskets and coolers. 

"Plus, we are helping sponsor MoonSong Music/ Songwriters Cafe live music each Friday and Saturday evening as well as a song writers workshop".

Our sponsors, the Gadsden Times, Gadsden Regional Medical Center, Compass Bank, Z93.1 and the Alabama State Council on the Arts, are pleased that more people will be exposed to this live music.  It's not just for folks who happen to come by the Center on weekends.

We are almost done scheduling the bands, and should have a complete listing available on our website soon.  For more information, contact Tom Banks 543-2787 x 38 or tombanks@culturalarts.org.

 

COURTYARD CONCERTS 2008

 

 

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT - Music of Rick Wills from
5 - 8 p.m. in fron of the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6
FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS - Music of Chris Weninegar
at 7:00 p.m. on the lawn of City Hall followed by a
film showing of Ella Enchanted (PG) at 8:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 13
RIVERFEST - See gadsdenriverfest.com for more info.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19
THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY - Music of
Popular Favorite in the Sr. Activity Courtyard.
Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Music from 7 - 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 20
FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS - Music of Jonathan & Phillip
at 7:00 p.m. on the lawn of City Hall followed a film
showing of The Last Unicorn (PG) at 8:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, JUNE 27
FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS - Music of Randy Sitz at 7:00 p.m. on
the lawn of City Hall followed by a film showing of
National Treasure II at 8:00 p.m.

FRIDAY, JULY 4
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT - Patrotic music to be played from
the roof of the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts.

THURSDAY, JULY 17
THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY - Music of (TBA) in the
Sr. Activity Courtyard. Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Music from 7 - 9 p.m.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT - Music of Foggy Hollow
in front of the Hardin Center from 5 - 9 pm

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21
THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY - Music of Kings of Swing in the
Sr. Activity Courtyard. Doors open at 6 pm with music from 7 - 8 pm.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT - Music of Rick & Tad in front of the Hardin
Center from 5 - 8 pm.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18
THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY - Music of Blue Eyed Grass
in the Hardin Center courtyard. Admission $5
Doors open at 6 pm. Music from 7 - 9 pm.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
FIRST FRIDAY EVENT - Music of New Liberty Tabernacle Choir in
front of the Hardin Center from 5 - 8 pm.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
THIRSTY THIRD THURSDAY - Music of Ain't Dead Yet in the
Sr. Activity Courtyard. Doors open at 6pm. Music from 7 -9 pm.