Downtown Racine Corporation kicked off its open-air concert series Music on the Monument and Saturday Sounds on the Square on Saturday at The Nash, 522 Sixth St. The free live music events hosting a variety of genres will be held at The Nash through July 31 and then will relocate to Monument Square in August.Â
Music on the Monument and Saturday Sounds on the Square are scheduled for every Friday and Saturday from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Fall Hazard
Singer Renee Schoening and guitarist Jim Tyyska from the band Fall Hazard perform Saturday.
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Feeling the groove
Michelle McCarthy of Racine dances during Saturday Sounds on the Square in the parking lot of The Nash, 522 Sixth St.
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Getting down
Mary Genich dances with her nephew Cody Cross.
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Social distancing
Tables and chairs were set up in The Nash parking lot so that small groups could keep a safe distance from one another.Â
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Shall we dance?
Craig and Patty Aude of Racine share a kiss on the dance floor during Saturday Sounds on the Square at The Nash.
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Fall Hazard
Singer Renee Schoening from the band Fall Hazard performs at The Nash on Saturday.
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COVID-19 precautions
Amelia Redlin from Downtown Racine Corp. disinfects the railing at The Nash as a precaution against COVID-19 during Saturday Sounds on The Square.
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Shall we dance?
Skip Deubal and Dawn Bacon of Kenosha dance during Saturday Sounds on the Square.
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Sounds of Summer
People gather Saturday at The Nash for live music.
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Saturday Sounds on the Square
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Saturday Sounds on the Square
People gather Saturday at The Nash to take in the first day of Saturday Sounds on the Square which coincided with the first day of summer.
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Say 'cheese'
The Lipp family poses for a photo.
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Saturday Sounds on the Square
People dance at The Nash during the first day of Saturday Sounds on the Square which also coincided with the first day of summer.
After Tasia White, owner of TaejaVu's on Main, suffered a robbery last week, community members gathered outside of her restaurant in Downtown Racine to show support. White was given $4,000 made up of donations from the Venmo Challenge.Â
"Violins, instruments are beautiful. They're art," said Spencer Hamann, a luthier who has been working at Classic Violins for about ten years. "But we teach you how to maintain them, how to make them function how they need to."Â