Local 845, in cooperation with the City of Beacon and BACA, presents Beacon Riverfest 2011, a free concert in Riverfront Park.

Free and open to the public, Beacon Riverfest will be held on Saturday, June 25, from 2pm to dusk—rain or shine. Rain location is University Settlement.

Five bands will headline on one center stage: 11-piece steampunk mambo band, GATO LOCO; one-name moniker and roots collective, MILTON; JACK GRACE BAND, featuring the Broken Mariachi Horns; Hip Hop-Spoken Word project, READNEX POETRY SQUAD; and THE TAO SEEGER BAND.

ART GUITARS
In May, lookout for “Beacon Riverfest Art Guitars,” a citywide public display of more than 40 wood guitars each painted by a different local artist. On June 18, beginning at 6PM, a week before Beacon Riverfest (June 25), the guitars will be on auction at the Marion Royael Gallery, 460 Main Street in Beacon. Proceeds from the auction will be split evenly between the artists and Beacon Riverfest.

For more information visit Beacon Riverfest.
 
The Art Guitar featured above is the creation of Jon Reichert on display in the window of Clay, Wood, and Cotton at 149 Main Street.