2nd Street Stage will bring The Hooten Hallers Aug. 2

The Park Rapids Downtown Business Association invites you to celebrate summer at 2nd Street Stage events Thursday evenings through Aug. 23. The Hooten Hallers from Columbia, MO will entertain Aug. 2.

The free concerts will run from 6 to 8 p.m. (7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 9) with bands, a beer garden, cornhole tournaments and family activities on the second block of South Main. Bring your own lawn chair.

The beer garden will open at 5 p.m. for a social hour while you find your spot, listen to the sound check and greet neighbors and friends. Support this great event by buying an official 2018 button and receive $2 off all beverages purchased and a free stadium cup or koozie at the beer garden.

Northview Bank is the band sponsor for The Hooten Hallers, a trio who continues a decade-long search for their roots, drawing from the surrounding agricultural lifestyles, river communities and college kids in the Ozark Mountains foothills. The Hooten Hallers' music isn't quite Americana and it's not quite punk, but a bit of both. The Hooten Hallers' 2017 self-titled album is the culmination of their experiences from 10 years of performing and traveling together. Band members are John Randall, guitar, electric lap steel, vocals; Andy Rehm, standing drums, falsetto vocals; and Kellie Everett, baritone, bass saxophones, harmony vocals. Arrive at 5 for the social hour, sponsored by Bernick's.

To see the complete summer line up, go to http://www.parkrapidsdowntown.com.

Weekly stage sponsor is R.D. Offutt Farms. Thielen Motors is weekly sound sponsor. This activity is also made possible, in part, by a 3M grant and the voters of Minnesota, through a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.