Party in the Park announces 2016 series

The City of Rochester today announced the lineup to its 2016 Party in the Park series, the 20th season. The series opens Thursday, June 16, with John Brown's Body and Thunderbody, and continues each Thursday through August 11 in Martin Luther King Jr. Park at 353 Court Street.

Each concert begins at 5 p.m. and runs until 10 p.m. General admission tickets are $5 to each show; children 12 and under get in free. A party pack with tickets to all nine shows are available for $35. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased at the Blue Cross Arena box office (1 War Memorial Square), online at Ticketmaster.com, and at the gate the day of the show.

For more information, including a map to nearby parking, check cityofrochester.gov.

The full 2016 lineup follows:

June 16 -- John Brown's Body and Thunderbody

June 23 -- Outlaws, Zac Brown Tribute Band, and The Steppin Stone

June 30 -- Keller Williams & More Than a Little and The Blind Owl Band

July 7 -- Hotel California: The Original Eagles Tribute and Big Eyed Phish

July 14 -- Gin Blossoms and Something Else

July 21 -- Lou Gramm and 10,000 Maniacs

July 28 -- Robert Randolph & The Family Band and Ryan Montbleau

August 4 -- The Chris Robinson Brotherhood and Samantha Fish

August 11 -- The Wailers and Pigeons Playing Ping-Pong