Musical Mondays – free mini-concerts for all ages

Nevada City, CA: Start your week with a song in your heart with InConcert Sierra and the Nevada County Library. “Musical Mondays” brings joy and music to the outdoor amphitheater at the Nevada County Madelyn Helling Library starting Monday, June 17, and running through Monday, July 29 from 11am until noon.

Free to the public, Musical Mondays is a popular, family-friendly summer series of one-hour morning concerts for listeners of all ages. The atmosphere is casual, with attendees bringing their own snacks, and lawn chairs or blankets. The library invites guests to stay for a free lunch, served at noon to children and youth ages 0-18. 

The summer series features local and regional musicians performing music geared toward youth but enjoyable for everyone. 

On June 17, the local favorite ensemble ,“Beaucoup Chapeaux,” will open the summer series. The four musicians, Maggie McKaig, Luke Wilson, Murray Campbell, and Randy McKean, perform World Fusion bringing all kinds of music into play – folk, county, bluegrass, classical, jazz and traditional dance music from many different cultures. They will get you up and keep you dancing into the start of summer.

Subsequent weeks will present the music from the cast of Sierra Stages’ summer musical “Honk,” the Emerald String Duo, WindJammers, KSK Jazz Trio, harpist Sage Po, and Papa Oom Pah Pah.

Permanent bench seating is limited and lawn chairs or blankets are strongly encouraged.  There are some shade coverings over the audience seating. Guests are kindly requested to park at the Rood Center’s county parking lot to leave spaces near the library open for patrons with mobility challenges and babes in arms. 

In case of inclement weather or extreme heat, the concerts will be presented inside the Madelyn Helling Library.

Musical Mondays is a collaboration between the library and InConcert Sierra to showcase live music experiences at the Marian E. Gallaher, M.D. Amphitheater, adjacent to the Madelyn Helling Library at the Rood Center. The series began in 2017 as part of the Nevada County Library Summer Reading Program and is sponsored by Friends of the Nevada County Libraries. 

Check calendar listings, InConcert Sierra’s Facebook page, or visit www.inconcertsierra.org, or Nevada County Library’s website for a complete list of performances.

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