Free Concert this Thursday!
June 30, 2009 by Mike Ritz
Filed under Art & Culture, Events, Family
- West Side Thursdays
Presented as part of Mayor Cicilline’s Celebrate Providence! series and hosted by the West Broadway Neighborhood Association the 14-piece ensemble, NIGHTLIFE ORCHESTRA, will perform in Dexter Training Ground (Next to the Armory on the corner of Parade & Cranston, Providence) Thursday, July 2nd from 6-8pm. This week is the first of seven free Thursday park events called West Side Thursdays.
Night Life Orchestra is a 14-piece ensemble that performs big band/swing hits. Attendees are encouraged to sit and listen, or bring a partner and dance to Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, Count Basie and many other classics. Sandwiches, pastries, produce and more will be available for purchase from Palmieri’s Bakery and the Parade Street Farm Fresh Farmer’s Market in the park every Thursday from 3-7 p.m.
Future Westside Thursdays
7/9 RPM Voices (gospel).
7/16 Symmetry (Hip Hop) w/live band
7/23 Below The Roots, New England’s Bob Marley & The Wailers tribute.
7/30 – 8/3
Free family-friendly movies every Thursday at dusk, sponsored by the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the West Broadway Neighborhood Association
About West Side Thursdays
West Side Thursdays is a part of “Celebrate Providence!” Neighborhood Performing Arts Series presented and sponsored by the City of Providence, David N. Cicilline, Mayor, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, and the Parks Department, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA), and Farm Fresh RI.