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Fayetteville After Five returns, brings free concerts to Festival Park
by STEPHANIE CRIDER
EVENT
e season kicks off May 10 with '90s tribute band 120 Minutes. Based
in the Triangle area, the band brings the best alternative and radio
rock and pop hits from the '90s.
A longstanding local tradition, Fayetteville
After 5 brings free concerts to Festival Park all
summer long. It happens every second Friday,
May through August. Show up ready to enjoy a
night of music — and dancing, if you feel like
it — under the stars. Come hungry and get din-
ner from the food trucks on hand, too.
e season kicks off May 10 with '90s tribute
band 120 Minutes. Based in the Triangle area,
the band brings the best alternative and radio
rock and pop hits from the '90s. If artists like
Nirvana, Gin Blossoms, ird Eye Blind, Wee-
zer, Backstreet Boys, Green Day, e Cranber-
ries, Shania Twain, Cracker, Tom Petty, Smash
Mouth and Hootie and the Blowfish get your
toes tapping, this is a concert you won't want
to miss.
June 14, Eagles tribute band On the Border
takes the stage. is group goes all-out to
provide an authentic Eagles experience. Each
band member plays their respective band
member of the Eagles during the perfor-
mance. eir delivery of spot-on music has
not only garnered them a loyal following,
they have been declared the greatest Eagles
tribute band in the world by AXSTV and host
Katie Daryl.
Fayetteville's own Rivermist headlines the
July 12 concert. Rivermist formally came
together in 2014, but the band members have
been playing in and around Fayetteville for
more than 20 years. A classic rock and variety
party band, Rivermist is energetic on the stage
and knows how to play to its audience. e
band has won several awards locally, including
Up & Coming Weekly's Best of Fayetteville.
Aug. 9, Kasey Tyndall closes the season.
Tynda's debut single, "Everything is Texas,"
dropped in 2017. e video was in the top 10
on CMT's 12 Pack Countdown.
"For as long as people have been breaking
hearts or getting their hearts broken, there's
a bar, that bar's regulars, and its staff to help,"
says Tyndall on her website. "We all have that
bar in our life — no matter what we're going
through, we're somehow family when we
come together there."
e gates open at 5 p.m. for all the concerts.
Music starts around 6:30 p.m. and ends around
10:30 p.m. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair. No
canopies, please. No coolers or outside food
is permitted. Service dogs are welcome. e
concerts are free.
Visit www.thedogwoodfestival.com/fayette
ville-after-five to learn more.
STEPHANIE CRIDER, Associate
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