Visit Hot Springs is adding more activities to its Bridge Street LIVE! series that returns next month, with additional performers, local celebrity guest DJs and more arts and crafts and food options.
The Second Annual Bridge Street LIVE! series of free public concerts begins June 2 in the Bridge Street Live Entertainment District in downtown Hot Springs.
The block-party-style events will be held each Thursday in June.
"We have a whole menu of additional entertainment planned to go with the free concerts that highlight the Bridge Street LIVE! series in June," Visit Hot Springs Marketing Director Bill Solleder said in a news release.
"It's all family-friendly, and all designed to deliver free family-friendly block-party entertainment to Hot Springs," he said.
The concert lineup includes The Party Jammers on June 2; Dikki Du & the Zydeco Crew on June 9; country band Texas Hill with special guest, Anna Brazeal on June 16; Top 40 band The Big Dam Horns on June 23; and DJ Kramer, DJ Abnormal, and DJ Terence on June 30.
Solleder said that in addition to the five concerts, this year's lineup will include the following:
• More arts, crafts, retail and food vendors.
• More performers, including Arkansas Circus Arts performances, a Big Poppa Bubble bubble show, and Hula Hooping demonstrations with Bethannie.
• Celebrity guest DJs, including DJ Mayor, Hot Springs Mayor Pat McCabe; DJ Whataburger, Gary Troutman, president and CEO of The Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce; DJ Ro-Z-Roze, Rose Schweikhart, owner of Superior Bathhouse Brewery; and DJ Jackie, Jackie Arrison, vice president for Development at Levi Hospital.
Hot Springs' own DJ Courier will spin and assist celebrity DJs.
Each evening's activities will begin at 5 p.m. and end at 10 p.m., Solleder said.
All ages are welcome to come enjoy the evening, but alcoholic beverages will be restricted to adults 21 or older, the release said.
The Bridge Street LIVE! Events will be confined to an area immediately surrounding Bridge Street that does not include the west side of Central Avenue. For the Bridge Street LIVE! concerts, the Hill Wheatley Plaza portion of the district and the area of Malvern Avenue from Convention Boulevard to Church Street will not be used.
Bridge Street LIVE! shirts and hats will be available for purchase in the vendor area. Other vendors include artists, crafters and other local businesses.
Fans are welcome to bring their own folding chairs, but no coolers will be permitted. Dogs must be on a leash, the release said.
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