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Hyannis Harbor Summer Sounds Concert Series
FREE summer concerts run through July & August at Aselton Park, Hyannis.
All shows are 6-7:30pm
The Town of Barnstable's Hyannis Harbor Summer Sounds Concert Series kicks off Friday, July 12th, 2013.
All events are free and family friendly. Each Friday concert contains a short entertainment spotlight featuring dancers, jugglers or ukuleles!
Free art projects for kids will also take place during the Friday concerts, sponsored by Cotuit Center for the Arts. In July, additional concerts are scheduled on Sundays (music only).
Free parking is available in the Town Hall parking lot, 230 South Street, and public restrooms are available at Bismore Park on the Harbor.
Attendees are encouraged to bring beach chairs or blankets…dancing shoes are optional! No rain dates. Performances are subject to be cancellation or change without notice.
FRIDAYS: includes entertainer spotlight and free kids
arts projects
July 12: Trevor the Juggler.
Two Cool-pop, jazz, soul and funk
July 19: Trevor the Juggler.
Groovy Afternoon - classic rock of the
Woodstock era.
July 26: Michelle Colley Dancers.
Cross Current-reggae, pop, classic
rock.
August 2: Dolphin Ukulele Ensemble.
Jo & Co-originals and easy rock.
August 99: Michele Colley Dancers.
Sarah Swain Band-rockin' country.
August 16: Dolphin Ukulele Ensemble.
Stage Door Canteen-jump swing to
Motown.
August 23: Michelle Colley Dancers.
Grace and the RSO-indie folk.
SUNDAYS
July 7: Flirting with Disaster
July 14: Hot Soup: rock, blues, jazz
July 21: Huxter: rock
The HyArts Cultural District visual and performing arts programs are sponsored by the Town of Barnstable and their community partners, including Cotuit Center for the Arts, the Main Street Business Improvement District, Cape Cod Art Association and the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce made possible with the generous support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council- Adams Grant.
Labor of Love Benefit Concert at Aselton Park for the Homeless Prevention Council
Saturday, August 31, 5:30-7pm
JO&CO will bring their original sound and power house vocals to Aselton Park in Hyannis in a concert to support the Homeless Prevention Council in Orleans. The free concert will be hosted by DJ Suzanne Tonaire from Dunes 102.
The Homeless Prevention Council, provides long term, professional counseling and guidance to those at risk of becoming homeless. This includes advocacy/access to housing programs and funding, budgeting, and negotiation of rent and mortgage back-payments.
Lead singer of JO&CO Joanna Meager knows firsthand the support the Council provides: "The Homeless Prevention Council personally helped my family out of a difficult situation we found ourselves in a few years ago. It really feels good to organize this concert to help give back and raise funds to help other community members."
The band website is www.joandcomusic.com
September Sounds at Hyannis Harbor
Free Jazz Concerts at the HyArts Artist Shanties
September 7-28, 2-3pm
Spend a swinging September Saturday afternoon with four sensational bands:
September 7: Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz band
September 14: Robochez
September 21: MJ and the In Crowd
September 28: Bob Hayes and Society by the Sea
Bring your beach chairs or blankets down to the HyArts Artist Shanties located at 180 Ocean Street, in Hyannis, on Saturday afternoons in September for free jazz concerts.
Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz; MJ and the In Crowd; Robochez; and the Bob Hayes and Society by the Sea will each play once during the series.
The FREE hour long concerts are scheduled to begin at 2pm on the boardwalk of the artist shanties, next to the Bismore Park Visitor Center. There are no rain dates.
Visitors to the seven harbor side shanties will meet artists and artisans, many who work on their craft right at their 'seaside studios'. Artists and work varies each week.
The shanties feature a variety of artwork including photography, painting, handmade jewelry, ceramics, sculpture, glass work, mariner knot work and much more.
September shanty hours are 11-5pm, September 2-29, 2013.
Information about the artists and program is available on line at www.hyartsdistrict.com.
The HyArts Artist Shanty Program is sponsored by Town of Barnstable and made possible with generous grant support of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Town's project partners, Main Street Business Improvement District (BID), Cape Cod Art Association (CCAA) and the Hyannis Area Chamber of Commerce.
Photographs published courtesy of the Town of Barnstable
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An audience enjoys the FREE HyArts Summer Concert Series at Aselton Park, in Hyannis