For Immediate Release         

Town of Niagara Supervisor Lee Wallace has announced the 2017 concert schedule for the Music Mania Mondays events. “This will be the most ambitious lineup of both national and regional entertainment to play at our summer concerts series,” said Wallace. “Each Monday night beginning June 12^th we will have a local band start the night at 6PM, followed by a national act at 7:30PM.” Music Mania Mondays concerts are held at the Town’s Veteran’s Community Memorial Park at 7000 Lockport Road.

The Town is also bringing back the very successful “Pride in the Park” Independence Day celebration on Sunday July 2^nd which will run from noon to 10PM with five bands, food, beer & wine and fireworks. “Our “Pride in the Park” event was a tremendous success last year and a great way for families from all over to celebrate our nation’s birthday,” said Wallace.

This summer the Town has added another weekend music event with the “Country Stampede” on Saturday August 26^th. “We wanted to create an event for all of the country music lovers in the region and our “Country Stampede” will feature five great bands, pig roast, mechanical bull, carnival games, beer & wine and another great fireworks display at 9:45PM,” added Wallace.

The Music Mania Mondays concerts all feature food trucks and beer & wine and soft drinks for sale. Visitors are encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets, but no alcoholic beverages. Absolutely no pets allowed except certified service dogs and no smoking permitted in Veteran’s Memorial Community Park. A weekly 50/50 drawing will take place with proceeds going to a different local charity.

The full schedule is as follows:

June 12^th– “Chicago Authority” (Chicago Tribute Band) & Eli (3 Dog Night Tribute Band)

June 19^th– “Absolute Journey” (Journey Tribute Band)

June 26^th– “The Wholigans” (Who Tribute Band)

July 2^nd–    “Pride in the Park” (Noon-10:00PM)

                  12 – 1 PM “BROTHER’S OF INVENTION”

                  1:30 – 3 PM “STRICTLY HIP”

                  3:30 – 5 PM “JJ SWING”

                  5:30 – 7 PM “THE THURMAN BROTHERS BAND”

                   7:30 – 9:45 PM “COCK ROBIN”

July 10th- “Hotel California” (Eagles Tribute Band)

July 17^th–  “Dancing Dream” (ABBA Tribute Band)

July 24^th–  “Keep The Faith” (Bon Jovi Tribute Band)

July 31^st–  “Head Games” (Foreigner Tribute Band)

Aug 7^th–   “BBC Band”

Aug 14^th– “That 60’s Show”

Aug 21^st– “Nerds Gone Wild”

Aug 26^th– “Country Stampede”

                      12-1PM- “The Struggle”

                      1:30PM- band to be named

                      3:30PM- “Dark Horse”

                      5:30PM- “Ninety West”

                      7:30PM- “J B Aaron”

Premier level sponsors of the 2017 Music Mania Monday summer concert series are Republic Services and Covanta. Platinum level sponsors are Tam Ceramics, Joe Cecconi’s, Mark Cerrone Inc., Custom Bench, Clark Patterson Lee, Macerich Niagara, Viola, Cummings & Lindsay, Anthony Restino Attorney, GHD, DJ the Dee Jay, Niagara Frontier Publications and 97 Rock.

For more information contact Bob Koshinski at All Services WNY at 462-7597 or bobkoshinski@allserviceswny.com.