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Music on the Frisco Square

Published: Monday, May 21, 2012 1:16 PM CDT
Michele Reaves

Frisco, TEXAS (May 17, 2012) – Frisco Square announces Music in the Square a summer event held on Simpson Plaza. Music in the Square will feature a unique line-up of talented musicians every Friday night, from 7:30-9:30pm,  in June and July starting June 8, 2012. Bring friends and family, grab a picnic, some blankets or chairs and enjoy listening to a variety of musicians as the sun sets. Each Friday will feature a different genre of music, from country, rock, bluegrass, pop and some of the area's best singer/songwriters. Music in the Square is a free event and "the perfect way to spend your Friday evenings listening to many of the area's best musicians," said Cathy Sweeney, Partner with Frisco Square Development.

On June 8, 2012 the Texas Instruments Jazz Band a full 18-piece big band organized through the Texans Association of Texas Instruments.  The group formed in the summer of 1986, sparked by an ad placed in a TI company newspaper.  The band rehearses at the Collin College in Plano and is under the direction of Kris Berg, the Director of Jazz Studies at the college.

The summer schedule is:

June 8                    Texas Instruments Jazz Band

June 15                 Quinten Hope

June 22                 Motion

June 29                                 Kimberly Winters Gautier

July 6                      Dave Walser and Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Bluegrass Band

July 13                   Mark Wayne Glasmire


July 20                   Mike June and the Wilson Street Refugees

July 27                   Jon Dee Graham

For more information please visit www.friscosquare.com/MITS

Frisco Square is a pedestrian-friendly, urban experience that blends shopping, dining, office space, apartment living, lofts, park space and Frisco's City Hall and library.  Additional information about Frisco Square and to sign up for our weekly, e-newsletter visit friscosquare.com ; if you have questions please contact the Frisco Square information center at 972-668-3065. Frisco Square is on Facebook or download the Frisco Square iPhone app to access up to date information around the square. Receive Tweets about Frisco Square at Twitter.com/FriscoSquare.



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