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Summer Concerts: Grand Center throws a mix of music into the Friday night free options

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Grand Center is where you’ll find a variety of bands, beer tents, street art, food and drink specials and more Friday night.

This is one night in July, one in August and one in September. And it does not fit the pattern of the events in the Big List below. It has several bands each night in several venues.

will be playing at Strauss Park from 5-7 p.m. Mo E 3 is at the   615 N. Grand Blvd., from 6:30-9 p.m. and picks up there from 9:30-midnight.

Dave Black Duo with will play two shifts at ’s restaurant, 3515 Lindell Blvd., from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and 8-9 p.m. While back on Grand at , 522 N. Grand Blvd., the Trio takes the stage from 7-8:30 p.m. and is on from 9 p.m.-midnight.

& The Blues City Allstars play 601 N. Grand Blvd., from 7-8 p.m. and 8:30-9:30 p.m. with Soul Selector providing the music from 9:30-11 p.m.

3536 Washington Ave., will have the Phillip Dunlap Quintet from 7:30-8:30 p.m. and 9-10 p.m. The , 501 N. Grand Blvd., is where you’ll find for two gigs: 8-9 p.m. and 9:30-10:30 p.m. Two performances are also offered at , 3524 Washington Ave., where are scheduled to go on from 8:30-9:30 p.m. and 10-11 p.m.

As with the Big List series, there is no admission.

Just a bit west of Grand, the duo (7:15-7:45 p.m.) and the musical group Sun Bros (8:15-8:45 p.m.) will perform at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation. also allows visitors to browse through a selection of vinyl records curated by KDHX DJs play them between performances
This, too, is free.

We are looking for other free, outdoor concert series to add. We have contacted some and will get the information onto the chart as soon as possible. Check back weekly for information about upcoming concerts.

Send information to dkorando@stlpublicradio.org.

Donna Korando started work in journalism at SIU’s Daily Egyptian in 1968. In between Carbondale and © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌÃ, she taught high school in Manitowoc, Wis., and worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the copy editor and letters editor for the editorial page from 1973-77. As an editorial writer from 1977-87, she covered Illinois and city politics, education, agriculture, family issues and sub-Saharan Africa. When she was editor of the Commentary Page from 1987-2003, the page won several awards from the Association of Opinion Page Editors. From 2003-07, she headed the features copy desk.