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FORWARD: Local Music. Local Parks.

Est. 2019

The free, Wednesday evening FORWARD Park Concerts highlight local bands and regional headliners. 

Concerts are held in six different walkable, pet friendly, and bike trail connected parks - one in each City ward.

Come for local food trucks, plus family-friendly fun with Rochester Public Library's Bookmobile, and interactive games with Rochester Parks & Rec’s Go! Play! Explore! Mobile Rec Trailer!

Save the dates - we'll see you next year! 2025 dates:

  • June 4, 2025
  • June 11, 2025
  • June 18, 2025
  • August 13, 2025
  • August 20, 2025
  • August 27, 2025

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The free, Wednesday evening forWARD Neighborhood Park Concerts are live music events showcasing local bands and regional emerging headliners. Concerts are held in six different walkable, pet friendly, and bike trail connected parks, one in each city ward.
 
Local food trucks, craft beer, and family-friendly fun with the Rochester Public Library's Bookmobile and Rochester Park & Rec’s Go! Play! Explore! Mobile Rec Trailer, round out these must-attend community events.

Vendor List: Little Thistle Brewing, Espadin Food Truck, The Wandering Scoop, Café Steam
 
More about forWARD here.

CLICK HERE to access CART captioning services. CART (Communication Access Realtime Translation) services sponsored by Mayo Clinic. 

About the Artists

5:30 PM Opener - Maria and the Coins

Maria and the Coins bundle big-picture pop ambition into earnest, indie sensibility. The five-some distinguished themselves in the Minneapolis alt-rock scene by fusing singer-songwriter driven pop hooks with the vulnerability and honesty of an indie band. 
 
Frontwoman Maria Coyne's powerhouse vocals are matched with emotive storytelling often focused on finding the light amidst the chaos. While the writing features nods to Coyne’s pop, country and musical theatre roots, the music finds its sweet spot behind alternative rock-influenced arrangements.

 

6:30 PM Headliner - PAVIELLE

PaviElle French is an Emmy Award winning, interdisciplinary artist/educator, hailing from Rondo - a historically Black neighborhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is known for her powerhouse vocals and performing with an equally powerful 6-piece band.

She has performed locally and nationally and has graced such stages as First Avenue; Ordway Center; and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Arts Across America Series). PaviElle has self-produced an album called, SOVEREIGN, in response to the racial upheaval and the pandemic

 

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic & The Current 

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FORWARD has been sponsored by Mayo Clinic since 2020.

Presented in partnership with Rochester Parks & Recreation and the Rochester Public Library.

 

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This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.