Town of Niagara Supervisor Lee Wallace along with Deputy Supervisor Chuck Teixeira, Councilmen Marc Carpenter and Sam Gatto cut the ribbon tonight on the new Stageline mobile stage at Veterans Memorial Park, 7000 Lockport Road. The state of the art mobile stage was purchased with the annual funds received from the New York Power Authority and will be used at the upcoming Music Mania Monday free summer concert series.

“The stage will be used to enhance the Monday concerts which have been growing in popularity and we expect our best summer ever,” said Supervisor Wallace. “This is the finest collection of bands yet to play at our annual Music Mania Monday free concert series and while we had been renting an all-purpose stage from the city of Niagara Falls, this new Stageline stage is designed specifically for concerts with superior acoustics,” added Wallace. “The purpose of the weekly concerts is not to make a profit, but to enhance the quality of life for our Town residents.”

The official Kick-off of the Music Mania Mondays free concert series is Monday June 13^th with the Eagles tribute band Hotel California taking the stage at 6:30 PM. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase and visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets. A weekly 50/50 drawing will take place with proceeds going to a different local charity.

The full schedule is as follows:

June 13^th– Hotel California

June 20^th– Beatlemania Now

June 27^th– The Orient Express

July 3^rd– Pride in the Park/ Independence Day Celebration

Noon-Brothers of Invention

1:30PM-Then & Now

3:30PM-Strictly Hip

5:30PM-90 West

7:30PM-J.J Swing

July 11^th– NY Rockin Review

July 18^th-The BBC Band

July 25^th-Party of Nine

August 1^st– Cock Robin

August 8^th– Paulie & The Goodfellas

August 15^th– Chicago Authority

The unveiling took place at a special media preview which included sponsors of the annual concert series, dignitaries and invited guests. The well-known Niagara Falls band Penelope also entertained the crowd with their collection of classic rock and popular tunes from the past fifty years.

The sponsors of the 2016 Music Mania Monday summer concert series are Republic Services, Niagara Lawn & Garden, Tam Ceramics, Niagara Industrial Mechanical Services, Joe Cecconi’s, Mark Cerrone Inc., Custom Bench, Clark Patterson Lee, Macerich, Hodgson Russ LLP, Viola, Cummings & Lindsay, Tim Hortons of Niagara Falls, Certo Brothers and 97 Rock.

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