Sequim to wrap up Music in the Park series tonight

A show is also planned in Port Angeles on Wednesday, as well as in Port Townsend on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock.

Free outdoors concerts are coming up across the North Olympic Peninsula this week.

The Sequim 2016 Music in the Park series will conclude for the summer when it hosts Farmstrong, a bluegrass and country band, at 6 tonight at Carrie Blake Park, 563 N. Rhodefer Road.

In Port Angeles, Joy in Mudville will perform Americana funk rock at 6 p.m. Wednesday at City Pier, with parking at Lincoln Street and Railroad Avenue.

In Port Townsend, Lucky Brown &The Funk Revolution will perform at the season’s final Concert on the Dock at 5 p.m. Thursday at Pope Marine Plaza downtown.

Music in the Park

The Sequim 2016 Music in the Park series is held Tuesdays at 6 p.m.

Sequim city organizers encourage attendees to bring chairs or blankets and picnic baskets to the concerts.

Today is the final Music in the Park event for the season.

Concerts on the Pier

The Concerts on the Pier series, organized by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, runs every Wednesday evening during the summer through Sept. 7.

Vendors provide food. Audience members are encouraged to bring blankets or chairs to the informal, family-friendly performances.

No smoking is allowed on City Pier during the concerts.

If heavy wind or bad weather is expected, the performances might be moved to The Gateway pavilion at the corner of Lincoln and Front streets.

The future lineup for the series, according to www.portangeles.org, is:

Sept. 7 — The Buck Ellard Band; country.

Concerts on the Dock

Port Townsend Main Street’s Concerts on the Dock summer music series is every Thursday through this week.

The free concerts offer local vendors and a beer, wine and cider garden.

Seating opens at 4:30 p.m., a half-hour before shows begin. Performances wrap up by 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s concert is the final of the series for this season.

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Reporter Jesse Major can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com.

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