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12 | June 20, 2019 | The lake forest leader news
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2019
Lake Forest kicks off annual
Concerts in the Square series
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Eli Fraerman, Editorial Intern
Lake Forest Parks and
Recreation kicked off its
annual Concerts in the
Square series on June 13,
with Wild Daisy starting
off a summer lineup
featuring a wide array of
country, rock, pop, jazz
and dance music.
The concerts will take
place every Thursday on
Market Square through
July 25, excluding July
4. In addition to having
six concerts on Market
Square, event organizer
John Eldridge said there
will also be two concerts
on the beach on Tuesdays,
an addition that was first
implemented last summer.
While the concerts are
often weather dependent,
Eldridge said that if the
weather is nice, the event
attracts 300-400 people at
every concert. This will
be his fourth summer in
charge of the event.
“I start receiving requests
usually about December
of the year prior,”
Eldridge said. “People
start sending me demos,
reaching out and things
like that. Then what I’ll do
is I’ll talk with the agency,
usually in January, and
just ask for recommendations
and check out their
website and look at all
the different options that
they have and just try to
research and pick a band
I think that will be fun. I
also bring back bands that
did well the summer prior.
We have a two-year rule
that if a band was good
2019 Concerts in the Square lineup
Concerts 6:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday June
through July (excluding July 4) in Market Square.
June 20: Rhythm Rockets - Jazz, Swing, Rhythm &
Blues
June 27: Petty Kings - Tom Petty Tribute Band
July 11: Class of '68 - Classic Rock & Soul
July 18: HiFi Superstar - Dance & Party Rock Songs
July 25: Classic Car Show & The Stingrays - 50's,
60s, & 70's Rock & Roll
we’ll bring them back the
following year, but then
we’ll filter them out and
bring a new band next
year just to provide some
variety.”
Eldridge added when
researching bands, he
aims to achieve a wide variety
of music and hopes
to appeal to the entire
community, regardless of
age.
“It’s always familyfriendly
so we just want
to try to allow the masses
to attend,” Eldridge said.
“Typically, we get all varieties
of ages from young
families with young children
to adults that now are
seniors, so it’s all across
the board and everyone
seems to enjoy the music.”
While it is a common
theme to try to attract a
wide variety of audience
members with the selection
of music each year,
Eldridge said he also
makes a point of getting
a couple of local bands to
play each year.
“The Petty Kings are a
local band, some of the
gentlemen live in Lake
Forest,” Eldridge said.
“With Tom Petty’s recent
passing, I thought it
would be cool to kind of
have a tribute band for
him. Class of ’68 is also
comprised of a lot of Lake
Forest residents, they
graduated high school
in ’68 so that’s how they
came up with their name.
Steve Wild is the band
manager there. The rest of
the bands are just bands
that I had researched and
booked through a booking
agency.”
Although there haven’t
been any significant
changes to the event in
recent years, it remains a
summer classic in Lake
Forest and continues to
attract both young and old
community members.
“It’s kind of a staple of
summer here in Lake Forest,”
Eldridge said.
Concerts in the Square
is every Thursday from
6:30-8:30 p.m. The event
is free and open to the
public. The entire lineup
as well as contact information
can be found online
at cityoflakeforest.
com.
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