GLC and Friends performs in downtown Ishpeming at a previous Thursday night Summer Concert Series event. (Journal photo by Justin Marietti)

ISHPEMING — The 23rd annual Thursday night Summer Concert Series in downtown Ishpeming will kick off on June 18 with Big Lake Acoustic.

The event, which is free to the public, takes place around 7 p.m. to around 8 p.m. at Old Ish Park on Main Street. In the event of inclement weather, the event will be held at the Lake Bancroft Pavilion. Guests are asked to bring a chair from home to the event.

The summer schedule is listed as follows:

June 18: Big Lake Acoustic

June 25: Waawiyeyaa Indigenous Rock

July 2: Luke Samms

July 9: Vinyl Tap

July 16: Diversion

July 23: Stetson

July 30: Boots & Sandals

Aug. 6: Groove Candy

Aug. 13: Hudson Granite

Aug. 20: Flat Broke Blues Band

Aug. 27: Union Pacific

Sept. 3: Conga se Menne