The Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress is partnering with local restaurants to offer picnic-style dining options during its FREE Arts in the Park summer concert series, which will take place in the new CAN DO Community Park on the corner of Broad and Laurel streets in conjunction with First Friday.

The next concert will be held this Friday, August 6, from 6-8 p.m. featuring music by Nate Myers and the Aces.

Each month, the Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress will partner with Hazleton restaurants to offer their very own take on their perfect picnic-style meal.This month, meal options will be provided by the Pines Eatery & Spirits and El Patron Mexican Grill.

Picnic boxes will be available for pickup between 5:30pm–6:00pm on the day of the event in the Hayden Family Center for the Arts, adjacent to the park. Beer, wine and non-alcoholic drinks will be available on-site for purchase throughout the evening.

Make sure to bring your own blankets, pillows, or chairs, and anything else to make yourself comfortable while you listen to the music. Be sure to check out the featured gallery exhibit in the Hayden Family Center for the Arts during the event!

This month's Event Premier sponsor is BB&T (now Truist). Other sponsors include: Sociedad Empresarial Hispana De Hazleton, Maria Rosario Insurance Agency, Kiki's Bakery, UP General Services, and Barry Isett & Associates (BIA), Inc.. 

For more information or to purchase a meal box, visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/arts-in-the-park-august-6th-picnic-tickets-tickets-163900668311?aff=erelexpmlt.

CAPTION: Gregg Pavlick, Vice President of Barry Isett & Associates (BIA), Inc. and sponsor of the Arts in the Park concert, stands with Krista Schneider, Executive Director of the Downtown Hazleton Alliance for Progress in the new CAN DO Community Park where the concert will take place this Friday. BIA served as the project engineer for both the park construction and the adjacent art center renovations.