After more than a year of waiting, we’re on the cusp of the biggest weekend for concerts and music events in the Valley since the pandemic began. No joke. The next three days and nights will feature a mix of big names and notable shows, including three music festivals, long-awaited gigs, and a slew of superstar DJs dropping beats.
Big Surf in Tempe will stage rock and punk concerts in its wave pool on back-to-back days featuing iconic bands like Fishbone, Ozomatli, Pennywise, and Face to Face. Elsewhere, Celebrity Theatre will host its first indoor show since March 2020 and local electronic dance music promoter Relentless Beats is planning a big outdoor DJ fest at Rawhide. It s also Memorial Day weekend, which means tons of pool parties in the mix.
THE team behind a West Dunbartonshire food bank - who helped feed people over 10,000 times during the coronavirus pandemic have been named the local Citizens of the Year. Old Kilpatrick Food Parcels (OKFP), which was set up at the height of Covid-19 to ensure vulnerable residents had essential supplies, received the gong at this year’s Provost’s Civic Awards. The annual awards ceremony is held every year to celebrate West Dunbartonshire’s top citizens who help others and more recently, who have inspired the community throughout the pandemic. Maureen and Gordon Cummings had the idea to create OKFP after volunteering their time to pick up shopping and prescriptions for neighbours when Covid hit.