{"id":106788,"date":"2021-05-25T21:02:22","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106788"},"modified":"2021-05-25T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T01:02:22","slug":"allentown-concert-series-returns-to-west-park-may-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106788","title":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN CONCERT SERIES RETURNS TO WEST PARK MAY 30"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The City of Allentown Department of Parks &amp; Recreation opens its 2021 spring and summer band concert season on Sunday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by the Allentown Pioneer Band at West Park.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-two concerts are scheduled between May 30 and September 19. Most of the concerts are held at historic West Park, as well as one satellite concert at Midway Manor.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 lineup includes the Allentown Band, LV Italian Band, Allentown Marine Band, Allentown Municipal Band, Macungie Band, Allentown Pioneer Band, and the Royalaires.<\/p>\n<p>There are several themed concerts including a children\u2019s concert, patriotic, flag day, Sousa, Pop music, songs of inspiration, music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, salute to Ray Becker, and a salute to Bert Meyers.<\/p>\n<p>All concerts are free and open to the public. Spectators are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket to come relax and enjoy the open-air concerts in the city\u2019s marvelous parks.<\/p>\n<p>Any concerts that are cancelled due to inclement weather will be rescheduled to a later date in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information please contact the City of Allentown Department of Parks &amp; Recreation at 610-437-7750 or visit us at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allentownparkandrec\/\">www.facebook.com\/AllentownParkandRec<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allentownsummerconcertseries\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/allentownsummerconcertseries\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMike Moore<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\nMayor&#8217;s Office<br \/>\n435 Hamilton Street<br \/>\nAllentown, PA 18101<br \/>\nMike.Moore@allentownpa.gov<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov\">http:\/\/www.AllentownPA.gov<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The City of Allentown Department of Parks &amp; Recreation opens its 2021 spring and summer band concert season on Sunday, May 30 at 7:30 p.m. with a performance by &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106788\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ALLENTOWN CONCERT SERIES RETURNS TO WEST PARK MAY 30<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/allentown-concerts.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}