{"id":21726,"date":"2014-07-03T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T22:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/kents-free-summer-concert-series-kicks-off-july-9-10\/"},"modified":"2014-07-03T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T22:36:54","slug":"kents-free-summer-concert-series-kicks-off-july-9-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/life\/kents-free-summer-concert-series-kicks-off-july-9-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Kent&#8217;s free summer concert series kicks off July 9-10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Soulful reggae, rock rhythms, authentic Americana, extraordinary juggling, amazing magic, \u201ckid hop\u201d and more are part of the city of Kent&#8217;s Summer Concert Series.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Starting Wednesday, July 9, the free summer concerts provide 12 opportunities to enjoy live performances in outdoor settings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Concerts and performances for kids are at noon on Wednesdays. Adults and families can enjoy their favorite types of music on Thursday evenings.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>For more information, go to <a title=\"arts\" href=\"http:\/\/kentwa.gov\/arts\/\" target=\"_self\">kentarts.com<\/a>. To request a brochure, call 253-856-5050 or email artscommission@kentwa.gov.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>Wednesday Picnic Performances \u2013 Especially for Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Sponsored by Republic Services<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Noon to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Town Square Plaza, 2nd Avenue and Harrison Street, Downtown Kent<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 9\u00a0 Tickle Tune Typhoon (award-winning music with positive messages and educational topics)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 16 The Magic of Trevor and Lorena Watters (comedy and magic)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 23 Recess Monkey (various musical influences with clever and comical lyrics)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 30 Show Brazil! (spicy Brazilian rhythms)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 Aug. 6 Secret Agent 23 Skidoo (family hip hop with a solid gold soul)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>8 Aug. 13 Roberto the Magnificent (physical comedy and juggling)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>Thursdays at the Lake<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>7 to 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Lake Meridian Park, 14800 SE 272nd St., Kent<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 10 The Highlife Band (power-packed Jamaican reggae)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 17 New Transit (Americana\/rock)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 24 Tiller\u2019s Folly (intelligent country\/folk\/Americana)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 July 31 The Good Lovelies (funny and upbeat folk music with three-part harmonies)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 Aug. 7 The Senate (trio creates a musical hybrid that pushes the boundaries of acoustic rock)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>\u2022 Aug. 14 Tayla Lynn (singer-songwriter and granddaughter of Loretta Lynn, backed by Grammy Award-winning guitarist Eric Tingstad)<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soulful reggae, rock rhythms, authentic Americana, extraordinary juggling, amazing magic, \u201ckid hop\u201d and more are part of the city of Kent&#8217;s Summer Concert Series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":21727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-21726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21726"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21726"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=21726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}