You’re invited to help celebrate three decades of foot-tapping, finger-snapping good times during the 30th anniversary of Six Sundays in Spring.
Sponsored by the Town of Wake Forest and ARTS Wake Forest, the free outdoor concert series will be offered from 5:307 to 7:30 p.m. on consecutive Sundays from April 28 through June 2 at the Joyner Park Amphitheater, 701 Harris Road.
From big band and R&B to beach and jazz, there’s something for all music lovers at this year’s Six Sundays in Spring. Beatles tribute band, Beatlesque, will kick off this year’s performances on Sunday, April 28, followed by Eduardo and the Paco Band on May 5, Soul Pyschedelique Orchestra on May 12, Marcus Anderson on May 19, The Magnificents on May 26, and Sensory Expressions Band on June 2.
A variety of food and dessert trucks will be on site for each concert. Concert goers are also invited to bring a picnic from home but are reminded that alcoholic beverages, unleashed pets, and grills of any kind are prohibited. Two large charcoal grills are provided on site.
Older Wake Forest residents remember fondly when the music series was held on the lawn in front of the Wake Forest Historic Museum. People spread blankets or brought lawn chairs like today, played with dogs and some could sit on the North Main Street big porches with a glass or two. Now it is a far bigger audience but the same ambience.
For more information about this year’s Six Sundays in Spring, visit https://bit.ly/WFSixSundays or contact PRCR Events Coordinator Suja Jacob at 919-435-9558 or sjacob@wakeforestnc.gov.
Six Sundays in Spring is a Wake Forest Outdoors event. To view a complete listing of the Town’s warm weather events and activities scheduled from March through September, visit http://bit.ly/WakeForestOutdoors. To receive email notifications concerning special events in Wake Forest, sign up for E-Notifier at https://bit.ly/WFEnotifier.
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I couldn’t say it better than Joe did in his response. In spirit I could not say the ambience today matches our memories of those days of gathering on that lawn in the shadow of the house where it all began. It is a new day and for what it is now there is still a charm under the trees.
I remember the very first one. Great times! It was never crowded. My youngest was 5 or so! Saying it now has the same ambience as then is a bit of a stretch though. I knew half of the people attending back then. Lucky to see somebody I even know now. Your article makes me nostalgic for the old Wake Forest.