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HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ARTS COMMISSION
AGENDA STATEMENT
MEETING DATE: Marcia 11, 2004
SUBJECT: Summer Concert Series
ATTACHMENTS: None
RECOMMENDATION: Receive report
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION: The City is sponsoring Dublin's 8th Annual Summer Concerts series
this summer. Five free concerts w ill be held on Friday evenings, beginning July 9th and ending August
6th, 2004. The concerts are held from 7:00- 9:00 p.m. outdoors at the Dublin Civic Center in the plaza
area and feature a variety of musical styles including country-western, rhythm & blues, Motown, classic
rock and popular music from the past four decades.
In the past this event has fallen under the jurisdiction of the Recreation Division of the Parks and
Community Services Department. Currently, with the addition of full time Staff, it is better suited to
move the musical series under the purview of the Heritage and Cultural Arts Division of the Department
as it falls under the classification of Cultural Arts.
Staff is finalizing the selection of artists for this summers series and will have a follow up report in May
on the artists selected for each date and their individual background information.
Staff will continue with the marketing plan as in previous years. The Tri-Valley Herald will sponsor the
concert series. Advertisements will also run on KKIQ, CTV 30, the Valley Times and the City's website.
To create awareness of the series, banners will be hung on the light poles throughout the downtown area.
Additionally, posters will be hung throughout the community and postcards will be mailed to our
customer mailing list and well as advertised in our activity guide. Announcements for the series will be
displayed at the marquees at Shannon Park and the Dublin Auto Center along Interstate 580. On concert
nights, colorful pennants atop 20-foot poles will be placed around the concert area to draw attention to the
concerts.
Letters and applications to sell food and beverages at the concerts will be sent to groups on the City's non-
profit mailing list. For a nominal vendor fee groups are able to sell a variety of food and beverages at
their choice of concerts. The vendor fee provides the,group with tables, chairs and electricity if necessary.
Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and duplication of food/beverage items will
not be allowed.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Commission receive the report from Staff
COPIES TO:
ITEM NO. 8.1
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