East Sac's Pops in the Park 2014 Starts this Weekend!

For nearly 20 years, through the efforts of Councilmember Steve Cohn, countless volunteers and many talented artists, Pops in the Park has raised money for East Sac parks while also providing a month's worth of great live music, food and fun. And this year is no exception. 

Starting this Saturday, Pops in the Park kicks off at East Portal Park at 6pm. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets and be sure to get there early to get a good spot. The Chris Gardner Band, specializing in their own unique brand of country-rock music, will be performing. The evening's emcees are B Street Theatre's Buck Busfield and Bill Blake. You can either bring your own refreshments (they are requesting no outside alcohol) or purchase them from Burr's Fountain, Clark's Corner and the East Sac-Midtown Kiwanis Club. 

And here's the schedule for the rest of the Pops in the Park series:

June 14- Glenn Hall Park, The Count

June 21- Bertha Henschel Park, John Skinner Band

June 28- McKinley Park, Garratt Wilken & The Parrotheads: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett

Sounds great, doesn't it? For more information on Pops in the Park, visit eastsacpopsinthepark.com.

Pops in the Park

June 1, kicks off this year’s Popsin the Park series. So don’t forget to stop by EastPortal Park at 6pm to enjoy the toe-tapping Cajun and zydeco tunes of Tom Rigney and Flambeau. Actually, you’ll probably want to get there a little early to find a good spot to set up your lawn chairs and grab a bite to eat from one of the local food vendors.

Here are some pictures that I took at the event. Quite the turnout and this was on a 100 degree day!

Pops in the Park

If you didn’t get your fill of live music with the Sacramento Music Festival, never fear. All this June, we have Pops in the Park. Starting out in 1991 as an afternoon concert, the East Sac Pops in the Park has since evolved into a series of evening concerts to help fund the upkeep of neighborhood parks.

This year, it kicks off June 1 in East Portal Park with perennial Sacramento Music Festival favorites Tom Rigney and Flambeau. Rigney and his gang of talented musicians always gets the audience up on their feet with their energetic Cajun and zydeco tunes, traditional New Orleans jazz, waltzes, blues and ballads. The emcees for the evening are B Street Theatre’s Buck Busfield and Bill Blake.

The series continues through June in various East Sacramento parks. Here’s the schedule:

June 1- Tom Rigney and Flambeau, East Portal Park

June 8- Mercy Me, Glenn Hall Park

June 15- The John Skinner Band, Bertha Henschel Park

June 22- Mick Martin & The Blues Rockers, McKinley Park

All shows start at 6pm. Get there early with your blankets or lawn chairs to get the best spots. The shows are free, with proceeds from food and drink vendors benefitting neighborhood projects.

To find out more about Pops in the Park, visit the website at http://eastsacpopsinthepark.com.

Pops in the Park Lineup!

The bands for East Sac’s 2012 Pops in the Park summer concerts have been announced!

Mercy Me! will kick it off on June 2^nd with their rhythm and blues in McKinely Park

The Chris Gardner Band will be playing Country music at Glenn Hall Park on June 9^th.

My favorite, the Q-Balls will perform rock-n-roll classics from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s in East Portal Park on June 16^th.

Ivan Najera and Friends will finish it off with Latin Jazz in Bertha Henschel Park on June 23^rd.

All of the concerts start at 6:00 pm. You can find out more about them at eastsacpopsinthepark.com