This year marks the 16th annual Culver City Music Festival and will feature eight weeks of free concerts from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, July 8 to Aug. 26 at Culver City City Hall Courtyard, 9770 Culver Blvd. (the corner of Culver Boulevard and Duquesne Avenue) in Downtown Culver City.
Presented by the Culver City Redevelopment Agency, the music styles this year will include Gypsy Jazz, Salsa, Zydeco, Blues, Rock, Swing and more. Shows occur in the Culver City City Hall Courtyard.
Access to the courtyard begins at 4:30 p.m. for each show. Parking is free underneath City Hall. Additional parking is free for the first two hours in designated structures.
Bring the family and dine out in various fine eateries in Downtown Culver City either before or after the show.
The sponsors for the 16th Annual Culver City Music Festival include Culver City News and Blue Pacific News, Culver City Observer and Del Rey News, L.A. Weekly, Goldrich & Kest Industries, LLC, John Riordan Plumbing, Inc., Kaiser Permanente, Mark Salkin Real Estate, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Boulevard Music.
For additional program information call (310) 253-5716, e-mail Music. Festival@culvercity.org., or visit www.culvercity.org
Center Stage July 8
The Dean Mora Big Band with the Lindy Sisters: Classic big band with the Lindy Sisters’ superb vocals of ‘30s-‘40s gems.
Dean Mora and his 17-piece swing/big band perform the classic repertoire of the 1930s and 1940s.
Add to this the Lindy Sisters with their three-part harmony reminiscent of The Andrew Sisters and you get a complete entertainment package.
Pianist Mora leads probably the best band in town doing music from this era, featuring several superb instrumentalists.
The authenticity of the sound, based on period arrangements and transcriptions from the original recordings, along with the period appearance of the musicians, sets this band aside from many others. Receiving great acclaim by dancers and big band enthusiasts alike, this band promises to make you feel like you might run into Clark Gable coming from MGM across the street to see the show.
