A YUM Publication
No. 6 Vol. 8
AUGUST 2024
Summer Concert Series 2024 Kicks-Off in Little Falls By Tina Pappas he Summer Concert Series 2024 & Marketplace is back and in full swing! The annual string of live concerts are held at Memorial Park at the corner of Main Street and Wilmore Road at the gazebo. The Little Falls Alliance for a Better Community (LF ABC) is celebrating its 23rd year and the 17th marketplace season with a host of musical acts and that will run on Thursdays from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., weather permitting, throughout the summer months. Also spotlighted this year is the new, inclusive playground at Wilmore Park serving as the backdrop to the concerts. The project to renovate the playground was spearheaded by Councilwoman Christine Hablitz, and was officially reopened last month. The concert series
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kicked off with The Kootz "Rock N' Roll with Fiber" on June 27. Your Mom's Hot "Bringing energy to the Top hits of the Cassette generation" performed on July 11. The following acts are scheduled to perform for the remainder of the summer: August 1 - The Strangers - "The most versatile band in NJ" August 8 - Nash East "An all-star cast of professional country musicians" August 15 - Jersey Sound - "Music that made us stay glued to our radios" August 22 - The Counterfeiters - "Wowing audiences... the best of 70s, 80s and 90s" August 29 - Total Soul "They keep us dancing all night long" The Marketplace opens at 6 p.m. prior to the concert and features an array of businesses and assorted
food vendors. In the event of rain, the concerts will be relocated to the Little Falls Civic Center at 19 Warren Street. Mayor James Damiano was on-hand for the opening night of the concert series. He commended the schedule of music and also praised the opening of the new playground. "Awesome night at the first ABC Summer Concert Series getting kicked off with The Kootz. It was a packed house both at the concert and the new playground," he said. "Thank you to Little Falls ABC for all of your hard work scheduling these concerts and to Councilwoman Christine Kalodes Hablitz for all of your work making the playground come to fruition." For further information contact LF ABC at info@littlefallsabc.org.
The newly revamped, inclusive playground at Wilmore Park was the backdrop to the summer concert series this year.
Photos courtesy: The Township of Little Falls Pictured is The Kootz performing during the Concert in the Park evening at Memorial Park on Wilmore Road.
Attendees of the Concert in the Park summer series enjoy an evening outdoors watching The Kootz perform.