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Discover Free Live Music In Rosslyn Starting Memorial Day Weekend

Rosslyn, VA - The Rosslyn Business Improvement District (BID) will be filled with music this summer. Beginning May 30, the weekly line-up will include three outdoor lunchtime concerts, three restaurant performances and a happy hour live-music dance party through the end of July. Tuesday and Wednesday Lunchtime concerts will continue through the last week in August, and Thursday concerts will last through October 21. The live music performances are part of the Rosslyn BID’s summer program offering more than 100 FREE events.

“The music programming, in connection with the Rosslyn Farmers Market; ‘Gateway to Fitness,’ the Saturday morning exercise program; and the ‘I Love the 90s’ Rosslyn Outdoor Film Festival, continue to make Rosslyn a destination for fun. It sets the stage for the 10.10.10 opening of Artisphere, Arlington’s cultural center, which will provide a wide variety of activities seven days a week – 12 hours a day,” says Cecilia Cassidy, the Executive Director of the Rosslyn BID.

The live music events include:

PARTY AT THE PLAZA, Wednesdays in June & July
Party at the Plaza returns to Rosslyn for the second year featuring live music and dancing on Wednesdays from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., June 2 – July 28 on the outdoor plaza at Rosslyn Plaza, 1611 North Kent Street. In June the area’s hottest salsa bands will heat up the plaza and in July, swing takes over the outdoor dance floor. The evening starts with a half hour dance lesson. The Latin music nights will feature the region’s leading Salseras, Jeri Dembrak and Eileen Torres. Australian dance champion Michael Rye will teach swing in July.

The event is held on a covered plaza located at the corner of Wilson Blvd. and N. Kent Street, just two blocks from Rosslyn Metro. It is accessible by taking the stairs at Wilson Blvd. or by taking the building elevator to the lobby level. Vornado/Charles E. Smith is an event sponsor. This event will be canceled in extreme weather.

LUNCHTIME CONCERTS, Tuesdays through Thursdays
Beginning June 1, the Rosslyn BID adds two new outdoor lunchtime concerts on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. along N. Lynn Street in the heart of Rosslyn.

On Tuesdays in June, July and August, concerts will be held at Crandal Mackey Park at the corner of 19th Street North and Lynn Street. Area workers and residents can enjoy nice weather and music ranging from blues and pop to rock and jazz.

On Wednesdays from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. through September 1, an eclectic array of bands will perform in the colorful new ‘CentralSpace to CentralPlace’ urban plaza at the corner of Wilson Boulevard and North Lynn Street.

On Thursdays, the Farmers Market Lunchtime concerts will continue at Wilson Blvd and North Oak Street from 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. through October 21. In the event of rain, outdoor lunchtime concerts will be cancelled.

RESTAURANTS AND RHYTHMS, Sundays, Tuesdays, & Fridays through July
Restaurants and Rhythms begins another season on Sunday, May 30 offering three weekly performances inside three Rosslyn restaurants through the end of July. On Sundays at PIOLA, Origem puts jazz on the menu; the Hyatt Arlington serves up the Blues on Tuesdays with the Mary Ann Redmond Duo; and the Key Bridge Marriott’s Connexion Lounge offers Brazilian Jazz on Fridays with Project Natale.

The Rosslyn BID is partnering with Arlington County’s Cultural Affairs to present Party at the Plaza, the Tuesday and Thursday Lunchtime Concerts, and Restaurants and Rhythms.

The music events schedules are below:

PARTY AT THE PLAZA PERFORMERS:

CRANDAL MACKEY TUESDAY CONCERTS:

CENTRAL SPACE TO CENTRAL PLACE WEDNESDAY CONCERTS:

RESTAURANTS AND RHYTHMS (June and July): 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Monique O'Grady
Communications Director
mogrady@rosslynva.org
(703) 522-6628 ext.14