As summer struggles to arrive, many of us are starting to think of summer music concerts in Fountain Park.\u00a0 The first one is just 2\u00bd weeks away on June 3, although\u00a0Mother Nature has some work to do between now and June 3!\u00a0 I\u2019m confident she\u2019ll come around.<\/p>\n
That first Friday in June also marks the beginning of the Peony and Art-Rageous festivals.\u00a0To help celebrate, we have a concert featuring some of the best music from the \u201860s through the \u201880s.\u00a0The Together Band will get you in the mood for a festive weekend.<\/p>\n
To see and even hear some of the Fountain Park concerts, visit NPACVW.ORG<\/a>.\u00a0Go to tickets and events and then click on Summer Music Series.\u00a0You will see pictures, descriptions, and even video clips of most of the bands you will enjoy in Fountain Park this summer.\u00a0You can also read about the concerts on The Van Wert County Foundation website: vanwertcountyfoundation.org<\/a>, as well as the Van Wert City Parks & Recreation website: vanwertparksrecreation.weebly.com<\/a>.\u00a0If that doesn\u2019t work for you, just stop by The Van Wert County Foundation office or the Niswonger box office and pick up a flyer.<\/p>\n The Van Wert County Foundation is proud to work in concert with the Van Wert Parks & Recreation Department and also to utilize the Niswonger Performing Arts Center\u2019s website to bring you as much information as possible about the upcoming summer concerts.\u00a0We are fortunate at the Niswonger to have one of the most interactive websites around.\u00a0We can provide exciting information to help you become an informed concert attender.<\/p>\n While you are looking on the website, you will also notice the recently released Community Concert Series for 2016-17.\u00a0Many of these concerts are drawing lots of interest from all over.\u00a0People are reserving hotels and eateries already in anticipation of an upcoming concert at the Niswonger.\u00a0Right now, you can buy the entire Community Concert Series for as little as $75.\u00a0That\u2019s just $15 per concert.\u00a0What a deal!<\/p>\n Just as you can check out the Fountain Park performers, you can see a video of all five Community Concert performers.\u00a0Check them out.\u00a0If you do, I\u2019m convinced you will want to get this series now, before single ticket buyers start snatching up all the good seats.<\/p>\n As of right now, here is what we have coming your way:<\/p>\n June 3 — The Together Band<\/p>\n June 17 — Madrigal (Carlos Santana Tribute)<\/p>\n June 24 — Beginnings (Tribute to the music of Chicago)<\/p>\n July 1 — Lima Pops Orchestra (Salute to America!)\u2026 followed by family movie night in the park<\/p>\n July 15 — Natural Wonder (Stevie Wonder Experience)<\/p>\n July 22 — Chris Higbee (Country Fiddling phenom)<\/p>\n July 29 — Feller & Hill and the Bluegrass Buckaroos<\/p>\n August 12 — The McCartney Years<\/p>\n September 18 — Guy & Ralna (formerly of the Lawrence Welk Show) at the Niswonger<\/p>\n October 23 — Doc Severinsen\u00a0(at the Niswonger)<\/p>\n March 18 — Broadway and Beyond\u00a0\u00a0(at the Niswonger)<\/p>\n April 30 — Mutts Gone Nuts with the Robert Post Comedy Theater\u00a0(at the Niswonger)<\/p>\n May 6 — The Hitmen\u00a0(at the Niswonger)<\/p>\n There is much more to come!\u00a0Stay tuned.\u00a0But for now, I\u2019d say this is a pretty good start.<\/p>\n FIN\u00c9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As summer struggles to arrive, many of us are starting to think of summer music concerts in Fountain Park.\u00a0 The first one is just 2\u00bd weeks away on June 3, although\u00a0Mother Nature has some work to do between now and June 3!\u00a0 I\u2019m confident she\u2019ll come around. That first Friday in June also marks the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 11:57:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}