Georgeson Botanical Garden to host summer music series

May 21, 2018

UAF photo by JR Ancheta. People gather at the Georgeson Botanical Garden for a musical performance in June 2017. UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning arranges the Music in the Garden series of concerts on Thursday evenings in summer.

A dozen Fairbanks-area bands and musical ensembles will perform Thursday evenings throughout the summer at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Georgeson Botanical Garden.

The 2018 Music in the Garden concerts will be at 7 p.m. each Thursday from May 24 to Aug. 9.

Concert-goers are encouraged to bring a blanket and picnic but are asked to leave pets at home. Parking will be available on West Ridge. A short walking path to the garden, which is located at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, begins at the overlook. Concerts are free, but the garden will accept donations.

The summer concert schedule includes:

May 24 — Headbolt Heaters
May 31 — Fairbanks Red Hackle Pipe Band
June 7 — Cold Steel Drums
June 14 — O Tallulah
June 21 — Rock Bottom Stompers
June 28 — Emily Anderson
July 5 — Marc Brown
July 12 — Dry Cabin String Band
July 19 — Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival American roots ensemble
July 26 — Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival vocal jazz ensemble
Aug. 2 — Fairbanks Community Jazz Band
Aug. 9 — ET Barnette String Band

Music in the Garden is sponsored by UAF Summer Sessions and Lifelong Learning, with support from Alaska Coffee Roasting Co., Sound Reinforcement Specialists and Georgeson Botanical Garden. For more information, visit www.uaf.edu/summer/events or call 907-474-7021.