Band2gether, a free, outdoor summer youth concert series will present its inaugural show on Friday, July 11 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the municipal parking lot next to Sinagra Park in the heart of downtown Lakewood. Youth rock bands, Little Known Fact and Back for More, will be featured at the Band2gether concert series debut.

The series will continue on Friday evenings, through August 29, 2008. The line-up includes:

7/18: A Fabulous Waste of Time & Trancmitter

7/25: Venus & Meridian

8/1: Hardened & J to the 4th

8/8: Peter Quiggley & The Blackbirds

8/15: jusko/neuhaus/lang & Nuclear Gunrack

8/22: Newsflash & Little Known Fact

The goal of the Band2gether 2008 concert series is to showcase the abilities of young musicians of middle school and high school age, while celebrating the diversity of talent in the Lakewood community.

“Enjoying Band2gether will be a great way to start the weekend,” said Mary Anne Crampton, Executive Director of Main Street Lakewood and co-presenter along with Lakewood Is Art and Vance Music Studios. “It gives employees in the area an unique entertainment option after the work week, and provides families with yet another reason to come downtown Lakewood.”

“The talent of these kids is just amazing,” reports Chris Vance, owner of Vance Music Studios. “The audience will be truly impressed with the energy and passion these musicians bring to their craft.”

Band2Gether is made possible with the additional support of Lakewood Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic Hospital, the City of Lakewood, Cox Cable , Lakewood Observer, Dave’s Cosmic Subs in Lakewood and The Lakewood Foundation.

Main Street Lakewood is a program of Lakewood Community Progress Inc., a 501-c (3) tax-exempt organization dedicated to the revitalization of Lakewood’s historic downtown district.

Lakewood Is Art us a nonprofit, 501-(c)(3) organization dedicated to facilitating a dynamic local arts environment through partnerships, funding, advocacy and support services to the Lakewood arts community