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Thursday Night Live
Join us in Downtown Lexington every Thursday in June, July & August for the 2008 Thursday Night Live concert series! Come to Cheapside Park from 4:30pm - 8pm for beverages, food from local restaurants and, of course, great music by live bands! There is no admission charge to come and listen to the bands play - food and beverages will be available for purchase on a cash basis.
Menu
GENERAL INFORMATION
EVENT TIMES: Food and beverage booths will be set up and open for business at 4:30pm. The weekly band plays from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and food and beverages will continue to be available until 8pm.
Schedule:
4:30pm The drink ticket, food and beverage booths opens
5:30pm The band begins playing
7:30pm The show ends
8:00pm All drink ticket, food and beverage sales
close.
EVENT LOCATION: The event takes place every week in Cheapside Park, which is located on Cheapside Street, between West Main Street and West Short Street., just west of Upper Street. The park is directly adjacent to the Old Courthouse, now the Lexington History Museum, and the band plays in front of the Museum's side entrance, facing Cheapside Street. Follow this link for a map showing Cheapside Park.
IN THE CASE OF RAIN: This year we have arranged for the Lexington History Museum to be the designated rain site, with the public entrance to the building being the doors facing Cheapside Street. If an overwhelming chance of rain or thundershowers is predicted, the event will move into the Museum, and the band will play in the old courtroom on the 3rd floor. Food and beverages will still be available on the 1st and 3rd floors of the Museum.
DIRECTIONS: Follow this link for a map showing Cheapside Park.
From Richmond & Man O'War: Drive West on Richmond Road toward downtown Lexington. It will turn into East Main Street near downtown. Keep driving West on Main Street. Cheapside Park will be on the right, just past Upper St. Turn right onto Broadway Ave. and then right onto Short Street (the very next street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Short Street is a one-way street.
From Winchester/Hamburg: Drive West on Winchester Road, toward downtown Lexington. Winchester Rd. will eventually split into Midland Ave. (to the left) and East 3rd St. (to the right). Bear left onto Midland Ave, then turn right onto Main Street. Driving West on Main Street, Cheapside Park will be on the right, just past Upper St. Turn right onto Broadway and then right onto Short Street (the very next street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Short Street is a one-way street.
From Broadway & New Circle: Drive South on Broadway toward downtown. Just past Transylvania University, turn left onto Short Street (a one-way street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Cheapside Park will be on the right, after Mill St., on the corner of Short St. and Cheapside Street.
From Newtown Pike or Georgetown Road: Drive East, toward downtown Lexington on either road. The two will eventually merge into Newtown Pike. Shortly after the merge, turn left onto Short Street (a one-way street). Drive East on Short Street and cross Broadway Ave. to head down toward the various parking areas. Cheapside Park will be on the right, after Mill St., on the corner of Short St. and Cheapside Street.
From Leestown Road: Drive East on Leestown toward downtown Lexington. It will eventually become West Main St. Just before Broadway Ave. the road will split and Eastbound lanes will be directed to the right, between Triangle Park and the Lexington Center. Turn left onto Broadway Ave. Drive two blocks, then turn right onto Short Street (a one-way street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Cheapside Park will be on the right, after Mill St., on the corner of Short St. and Cheapside Street.
From Versailles: Drive South on Versailles Road; it will eventually turn into Maxwell Street. Turn left on Broadway Ave. Drive four blocks, then make a right onto Short Street (a one-way street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Cheapside Park will be on the right, after Mill St., on the corner of Short St. and Cheapside Street.
From Harrodsburg: Drive North on Harrodsburg Road toward downtown Lexington. Harrodsburg will eventually turn into South Broadway Ave. Drive past Rupp Arena, and one block past Main Street, make a right onto Short Street (a one-way street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Cheapside Park will be on the right, after Mill St., on the corner of Short St. and Cheapside Street.
From Nicholasville: Drive North on Nicholasville Rd. toward downtown Lexington. Nicholasville will eventually turn into South Limestone St. Make a Left on Main Street (a one-way street). Driving West on Main Street, Cheapside Park will be on the right, just past Upper St. Turn right onto Broadway Ave. and then right onto Short Street (the very next street) to head down toward the various parking areas. Short Street is a one-way street.
PARKING is available either in the form of metered parking along the streets or in the surrounding parking lots or garages at the posted rates. Central Parking hosts a Thursday Night Live special only for the parking lot located on the corner Short Street and Market Street: $1 for parking after 5pm on Thursdays generally and free parking 5pm - 7pm on Thursday Night Live concert nights. Guests remaining past 7pm will need to pay $1 for parking in that lot. A directory of all the Central Parking lots can be found at www.parking.com. The following link will take you to a detailed list of the city-operated parking garages located in downtown Lexington: LFCPA Downtown Parking Garages. There are also other, privately run garages located around the downtown area - rates are posted.
The DLC is not affiliated with any of the parking lots or garages in downtown Lexington. Follow this link for a map showing Cheapside Park.
FAMILY FUN: Thursday Night Live concerts are picnic-style, family-friendly events free to the public. Bring your own beach chair or blanket and enjoy the summer sounds of the best bands in Lexington! Bring the kids: We will be having free sidewalk chalk and bubbles for kids to play with.
FRIENDLY PETS are welcome at the event - just please be sure to pick up after them. Look for the dog-watering station near Main Street run by the friendly folks at Dogtown Doggie Daycare Center.
FOOD will be available for purchase each night. Each Thursday there will be up to four food vendors present at the event. Food can be purchase directly from each of these vendors. The following a few of the local food vendors have signed up to be at Thursday Night Live.
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Cosi
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Giacamo's Deli
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Goodfellas Pizzeria - Pizza
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Kettle Masters Kettle Corn - Bags of kettle corn $2, $4 & $6
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Ruby Bailey Family Service Center - Barbeque
BEER: Drink tickets for beer only can be purchased at the DLC booth. A drink ticket is required to obtain beer from the beer booth. Please be prepared to show I.D. at both the ticket booth and the beer booth. Optional wristbands are available to persons don't wish to be carded repeatedly. The tickets cost $3 each and can be redeemed for one glass of beer.
Draft Beer - $3 per glass
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KY Ale
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KY Lite (Kolsch Style)
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KY Bourbon Barrel Ale
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Bud Lite
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Bud Select
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AmberBock
WINE: Wine will be provided by Wines on Vine at a separate booth located next to the beer booth. Drink tickets are NOT required to purchase wine. Wines on Vine will be providing a weekly standard selection of wine along with a different specialty red and white wine.
Wine By the Glass: $4 per glass
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Fox Brook Chardonnay
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Fox Brook Cabernet
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Each week a new selection of one red and one white wine to try - prices will vary depending on the wine offered.
NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS: Each week there will be a selection of sodas and water available, located next to the beer booth.
Soda & Bottled Water - $1 each
FEATURED NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
Each week, one of the DLC's member non-profit organizations will be
the recipient of all tips collected during the evening. Tip
boxes will be stationed at the ticket table and each drink booth.
Be sure to visit their table or booth located right next to the DLC
information & drink ticket booth.
The schedule for 2008:
JOHNSON BROTHERS (Classic Rock Standards)
www.johnsonbrothersband.com
This widely popular band is famous for their classic Rock 'n Roll covers.
Kentucky's original "Rock 'n Roll Repertory Orchestra," the Johnson
Brothers Band specializes in performing meticulously reproduced renditions of
challenging large-band material rarely heard in clubs or concerts, from The
Allman Brothers to Steely Dan. Get your spot early - the park is
sure to be packed!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Lexington Humane Society
View photos from this event here!
ZYDECO BON
(Cajun)
www.zydeco.com
We're a 4 -piece "Rockin' Big Fun
Louisiana Style Music" band mixing up a danceable recipe of
blues with a rock feel, Zydeco, Cajun and R&B. We "love
what we do & it shows" in our shows! Our music makes you wanna
"shake your pants & do the alligator dance"! We pass out scrub boards, tambourines,
& maracas, turning the crowd into "part of the band" instead
of just spectators & dancers! We throw out the beads, get
the crowd dancin' & chantin' & even "hula hoopin" to our
"Zydeco Hoopin' song!" It truly is a Partay when we
play! Laissez
le bon temps rouler mon ami!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Ruby E. Bailey Family Service
Center
View Photos from this event here!
THE BIG MARACAS (Salsa, Latin)
Join us for an evening of movin' and groovin' as Enrique Gonzales and Chris
Sullivan lead the Big Maracas through their sweet latin rhythms. This
popular group plays regularly at Natasha's and other local venues.
Bring your dancing shoes and be prepare to move to the music!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Bluegrass Trust for Historic
Preservation
View Photos from this event here!
CONCH REPUBLIC (Beach
Party)
www.conchpartyband.com
Be sure to dress for a luau - Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts! The
DLC ticket table will be giving out free leis to the first 500 people!
Countless tales abound surrounding the formation of the musical pirates known as the Conch Republic; tales of treachery, debauchery, mayhem and controlled insanity. Hailing from the Port of Indecision, just South of Insanity, the Conch Republic turns every event into a little bit o' Margaritaville! But ye be warned, the Conch Republic is not for the timid and faint-of-heart. The Conch Republic is for the young and young-at-heart, wanting to let their inner-Parrothead/Pirate/Landshark, etc... come out to play. So keep a weather eye open mates, and hold on tight. Thar be squalls ahead and guilty pleasures for all!
Featured non-profit organization of the week:
Visually Impaired Preschool
Services
View Photos from this event here ... And here!
July 3, 2008THE SWELLS (New Orleans, Jump &
Jive)
This popular local group plays frequently at local venues
such as Cheapside Bar & Grill. They delight audiences with their
upbeat mixture of New Orleans Swing, Jump n' Jive and classic tunes, and
you'll be sure to want to get up and dance! Don't miss it!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Paris Animal Welfare Society
(PAWS)
View Photos from this event here!
KENNY OWENS (Contemporary)
Kenny has been playing music in the Central Kentucky area a long time… a long time. From playing in bands such as; ArtGeko, Long Duk Dong and Fun With Jello (just to mention a few) he has come into his own as an entertainer as a solo artist. Playing a wide… really wide range of music… from classic rock, to current rock. Kenny covers such artists as; John Mayer, Dave Matthews, O.A.R., Corey Smith, Old Crow Medicine Show, Barenaked Ladies, Alabama, Neil Diamond and many others. Truth is, there is not much he wont try. Songs traditionally played with a full band, he covers them in his own style, with just an acoustic guitar, but don’t let that fool you. Yes it’s acoustic music, but acoustic music with an edge!
For the Thursday Night Live event Kenny will be joined by; Joel Parker on drums; and Jimi Owens on bass. So put on your dancing shoes and warm up your voice, be ready to sing and dance along with Kenny Owens & Friends!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
United Way of the Bluegrass
CHRIS CAMPBELL BAND (Modern
Country Rock)
www.myspace.com/chriscampbellband/
Based out of Lexington,
Kentucky, Chris Campbell Band has steadily gained fans through the online
community for the last few years, and garnered acclaim for the independently
recorded/produced 2003 debut album 'Out of Nowhere'. Also, 2005 brought the
release of a 4 song demo featuring new material and previously unreleased
live staples. Throughout most of 2006, the Chris
Campbell Band has
played to enthusiastic local and regional crowds. Currently, the band is
preparing more raucous live shows for 2007, and will begin writing/recording
new material.
Featured non-profit organization
of the week:
The Mary Todd
Lincoln House
BETTER OFF DEAD
(80's)
www.Betteroffdead80s.com
Like, omygod - It's Totally 80's night! Fer
sure, this gives Generation X a chance to strut their stuff! If you
dare, pull out your big hair, leggings, swatches, bangle bracelets,
fingerless gloves and cut-off sweatshirts. If you're not old enough to
remember the birth of the Cabbage Patch Doll, here's a couple of reference
links to get you started:
www.tripletsandus.com/80s/fashion.htm and
www.liketotally80s.com/80s-fashion.html
Hailing from Lexington, KY, Better Off Dead formed from the artifacts of two prior successful Lexington cover bands, Durango 95 and Caught Red Handed. With the return of 80’s music on both Radio and TV alike (thank you VH-1 “I Love The 80’s), the decision of what direction to go was an easy one to make. It was a great time to get back to the Rock and Roll sounds that we danced and stumbled to when we were kids. With energy and tight leather pants that were as much a part of the 80’s rock scene as BIG hair was, B.O.D. performs hits from such 80’s rock icons as, Poison, Rick Springfield, The Clash, Bryan Adams and many others. For a blast of a time and a blast to the past, the rock doesn’t get much better than Better Off Dead.
Featured non-profit organization
of the week:
Lexington Humane Society
2nd Annual Thursday Night Live Doggie Costume Contest
Calling all doggies! Last year's Costume Contest was such a success that we've decided to have another! Proceeds from this year's contest will benefit the Lexington Humane Society, the DLC's newest member caring for our animal friends. The Lexington Humane Society will also be volunteering to serve drinks this night and will be receiving all of the tips collected, so come down and show your support!
This year's contest will be themed "Totally 80's" in honor of the music of the night. Cute, funny or outrageous, put together your favorite 80's costume and strut for the crowd & the judges. Winners will receive a goodie bag of prizes. Have your human fill out an application to register - the deadline is 6pm on July 24. Applications may be faxed in or the application and fee may be mailed or submitted in person to the DLC office or ticket booth at Thursday Night Live. For more information, call DLC Event Coordinator, Laura Farnsworth, at 859-425-2593.
Doggie Costume Contest Entry Application
ALMA GITANA
(Flamenco Fusion)
www.almagitanamusic.com
Based in Lexington, Kentucky, Alma Gitana (Gypsy Soul) performs the music of
some of Spain's most progressive Flamenco fusion groups and has been
delighting audiences with their musical performances, including regular
appearances at local venues such as Natasha’s Cafe. Alma Gitana has also
performed twice (2004 and 2005) at Cincinnati’s Cinco de Mayo festival,
Cincy-Cinco. After experiencing Alma Gitana, an audience member from
Cadiz wrote, “Gitanos Americanos, Gracias por traer un poquito de Andalusia,
me siento en casa. Olé, olé y olé!” (American Gypsies, thanks for bringing a
little of Andalusia, I feel at home! Ole, ole y ole!) The passionate and
soulful performances of Alma Gitana will make you want to shout “Ole” too!
Featured non-profit organization
of the week:
ITN
Bluegrass
SOME OTHER MEANNESS & THE OLD VINE STREET SOCIAL AND PLEASURE CLUB
This evening, the stage will be shared by two bands that were born out of the LexJam sessions!
Some
Other Meanness
Some Other Meanness takes its name from southern fiction writer Flannery
O'Connor. A blend of alternative country and indie rock, they've been
compared to such acts as Son Volt, My Morning Jacket, and Centro-matic.
Guaranteed to break your wicked little heart... Take a listen at
www.myspace.com/someothermeanness
Old
Vine Street Social & Pleasure Club
"Old Vine" takes its name from its New Orleans influences and Lexington
rehearsal space. The band covers blues/funk nuggets from The Meters, The
Neville Brothers, B.B. King and John Meyer, among others, but also features
its own original material. Gene Woods, lead/rhythm guitar and vocals; Scott
Whiddon, lead/rhythm guitar and vocals; Brian Powers, bass; Arthur Rouse,
drums and percussion; Jay Zwischenberger, harp; Jane Harrod, fiddle and
vocals; Tom Martin, keyboards.
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Triple Play
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Paris Animal Welfare Society
(PAWS)
BLIND CORN LIQUOR PICKERS
(Bluegrass)
www.blindcorn.com
Like a shot of bonafide white-lightnin'
corn liquor to your Grandpa's dusty old jug, The Blind Corn Liquor
Pickers breathe new life into traditional forms.
Over a dynamic
four-year span they have grown from a local college-town party band
into a musically complex, genre-mixing, storytelling phenomenon.
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
TBA
JOHNSON BROTHERS
(Classic Rock
Standards)
www.johnsonbrothersband.com
This widely popular band is famous for their classic Rock 'n Roll covers.
Kentucky's original "Rock 'n Roll Repertory Orchestra," the Johnson
Brothers Band specializes in performing meticulously reproduced renditions of
challenging large-band material rarely heard in clubs or concerts, from The
Allman Brothers to Steely Dan. Get your spot early - the park is
sure to be packed!
Featured non-profit organization of
the week:
Paris Animal Welfare Society
(PAWS)
Special Thanks to Our Thursday Night Live Sponsors:
Thursday Night Live is Part of
Kentucky Blood Center's Summer In the City
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