Lineup Announced for Morgan Park Summer Music Festival

will kick off a series of 11 weekend concerts in the bandshell on Hempstead Harbor, on Saturday, July 2, with the return of the North Shore Pops Concert Band, one of the most popular ensembles to play the venue during more than a half century of summer music at the park. 

This year’s schedule, the 52nd consecutive year for the series, features a lineup of wide-ranging musical acts, including pop and military bands, jazz and tribute bands, as well as a trio of Broadway musical performances. 

“We got more calls this year than ever before,” said festival chairwoman Marguerite Suozzi, during a fund-raising session at the on Glen Street, on Saturday. “It allowed us to add even more variety to our mix, including a flamenco performance.” 

Suozzi noted that Glen Cove is extremely fortunate to have such a fine outdoor setting to showcase music and that she was particularly heartened by the crowds that come out each weekend in the summer. 

“My husband (former mayor Joseph Suozzi) loved the park,” she said, “and he loved hearing from people who had grown up in Glen Cove, traveled to Europe and beyond, then come home to tell us there was no finer setting for music than Morgan Park.” 

Suozzi emphasized that the festival is completely dependent on donations from individuals and businesses and said that fund-raising was particularly important toward assuring the quality of the acts that could be presented. 

She said she was very grateful for the help she receives from the volunteer committees, represented by the people at the Epiphany Saturday.

“No single person could do this job without the help of the people here today,” she said.

Saturday, July 9, will feature a lineup of young talent, including the winners of the Annual Young Performers Competition. Joel Sunshine, who emcees this event, emphasized that while these performers are young, “their level of musical ability is very high. It’s amazing how polished these young performers are,” he said. 

 The rest of the lineup includes:

• Sunday, July 10 – U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Band
• Sunday, July 17 – Plaza Productions’ “Bye Bye Birdie”
• Sunday, July 24 – Cuban Cigars, Latin Pop with Flamenco dancers
• Sunday, July 31 –
• Sunday, August 7 – Brian Lewis and his New Vintage Swing Orchestra
• Saturday, August 13 – Plaza Productions’ “The Wizard of Oz”
• Sunday, August 14 –
• Sunday, August 21 – A Salute to the Eagles
• Sunday, August 28 – New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players

Morgan Park overlooks Hempstead Harbor at Germaine Street., between Landing Road and McLoughlin Street. Attendees are encouraged to bring chairs, blankets and/or picnics. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted in the park. The rain location is on Pearsall Avenue. For more information and updates, call 516-671-0017, or visit the website. 

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