Christylez Bacon and Australia's Strange Fruit - Free Outdoor Summer Concert Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at 7:00 PM Outdoor

Due to the possibility of severe weather, the Strange Fruit performance will take place at 8 PM

Rising local hip hop artist and guitarist Christylez Bacon and his band break it down with pop-and-lock dancers at 7 p.m., followed by “Swoon” by performance artists Australia's Strange Fruit at 9 p.m. Australia's Strange Fruit fuses theater, dance and circus as performers sway and move in tightly synchronized motion atop 12 foot tall flexible poles.

Audio File: Indecisive, Christylez Bacon feat. D'Mite (C. Bacon, M. Pollard, B. Armah), Production/Arrangement/Composition: Christylez Bacon & Myke P - Listen Now!

Please, no dogs allowed, bring a blanket or low beach chair.

Gudelsky Outdoor Concert Gazebo

Concerts are free, please, no dogs allowed, bring a blanket or low beach chair.

Parking
Parking for the Strathmore Free Outdoor Concert Series is in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage and requires payment. Enter the garage on Tuckerman Lane. Parking is $4.75, and a Metro SmarTrip card will be required to pay the $4.75 parking fare in order to exit the garage. Metro does not accept cash or any other form of payment. SmarTrip card dispensers are available at all stations with Metro-operated parking lots. The dispensers sell SmarTrip cards for $10 — $5 for the card itself and $5 in fare value. The dispenser accepts only $1, $5 and $10 bills. Detailed directions are available at www.strathmore.org under “Plan Your Visit.” Click on Directions & Parking.

Summer Food and Refreshments
Back by popular demand! BBQ ribs, pulled pork, veggie burgers, hot dogs, side dishes, desserts, soda, water, beer and wine are available for purchase at Bruce’s BBQ Shack during Strathmore’s Free Outdoor Concert Series. Join us a little early and enjoy dinner on the lawn before the show. Private, catered picnics are available for groups. Call Michelle Perry at (301) 581-5251.

Donate Your Old Instruments!
All summer long bring your used instruments to our instrument drive and we will donate them to Hungry for Music, a local non-profit that refurbishes used instruments and donates them to children in need. Additionally, 15% of the proceeds from CD sales on site all summer long will be donated to Hungry for Music to assist in their instrument donation and refurbishment program.