The Erie Downtown Partnership is pleased to hold the first in their series of Summer Thursday Concerts tomorrow, Thursday, July 6th, at 7:00 pm in Perry Square Park in Downtown Erie. The concerts will take place on the stage in West Perry Square and will run every Thursday in July and August except for the week of Celebrate Erie. The 8 weeks of shows will feature local bands performing both original music and covers. This week’s show features local favorites Mayflower Hill performing from 8:30 to 10:00 pm and Matthew Crays and Co. opening the night from 7:00 to 8:00 pm. The full schedule can be seen below:
| DATE | BAND A (openers) | BAND B (headliners) |
| 7/6/2023 | Matt Crays and Co. | Mayflower Hill |
| 7/13/2023 | Rodger Montgomery | Brewer & Friends |
| 7/20/2023 | Polka in the Park -> | Concertina All Stars (one band, 2 sets) |
| 7/27/2023 | SANIS | Phunkademic |
| 8/3/2023 | Odd Atrocity | Hellz Bellz |
| 8/10/2023 | Optimistic Apocalypse | Stephen Trohoske’s Saturn to Brazil |
| 8/24/2023 | Brooke Surgener | First to Eleven |
| 8/31/2023 | Lifethrumusic | Breeze Band |
Events Manager Dave Tamulonis says “We really wanted to expand the opportunity for local performing artists by adding another band each week this year.” The opening bands feature younger, up and coming, and mostly original artists and the headlining bands feature some of Erie’s favorite local acts, both seasoned and new.
