Coleman Hawkins Park will be the site of the Sounds of Summer Concert series/Photo by Brent Martin By MATT PIKE and BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSounds of Summer returns to St. Joseph tonight with a slight change. The concert series will be held every third Friday of the month May through October, rather than every Friday night. Organizer David Peppard says the previous format put a lot of stress on the volunteers who put the concerts together. "In the old format we pretty much did, oh probably, three shows before the Fourth of July weekend we'd take the Fourth of July off and then we'd do maybe four shows or even five shows after," Peppard tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. Peppard says organizers found the unrelenting schedule made it difficult for the volunteers during the hottest months of summer. "It was week after week after week after week after week and the same volunteers doing the same hard work week after week after week and sometimes in 90- and 95-de
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(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) The Allied Arts Council annual Beer Walk for the Arts returned to St. Joe on Saturday, bringing out residents to try craft beer and food, listen to
Downtown St. Joseph/file photo By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostDowntown St. Joseph kicks off the Christmas shopping season in a big way this weekend.Christy George with the Downtown St. Joseph Association says the Lighting Ceremony tonight at Coleman Hawkins Park will feature live music, even fireworks."We did fireworks last year and we had so much positive feedback from it that we definitely are bringing it back again this year," George tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline.Film maker Jason Hudson will be involved, saying downtown St. Joseph is an under-appreciated jewel."Fall in love with St. Joe," Hudson says. "We live in such beautiful, cute town. It's like Hallmark crafted a perfect city and we happen to live in it. It's called St. Joe."Hudson directed "Christmas at the Chateau," shot on location in St. Joseph. He says it now is seen all over the world.Hudson says everyone is invited to the lighting ceremony and all the Saturdays