A Little Beacon Blog is a Media Sponsor of the Spirit of Beacon Day 2023. We are pleased to announce the musical lineup for the day, to help you plan which end of Main Street you want to be at, to hear which music when. We have reprinted in full their 2023 Musical Lineup in full:

Two musical stages are returning for this year’s Spirit of Beacon Day: The Main Stage at Veterans Place (next to Post Office and Towne Crier), and the garden at Cross Street. This year will mark the final year (most likely) for the Cross Street garden, as the building that has been slated there for years is finally going into construction. The landowners have graciously allowed the Spirit of Beacon Day to have one more concert there before the shovels go in. So…come to move your body as a final send-off to that location!

Music will begin from 11am-1pm at both stages. At 1pm, the music will pause as the parade comes through Main Street. Music at both stages will pick up again from 2-4pm. Thank you to Goldee Green for being our Musical Spirit Coordinator for Veterans Place, and to Stephen Claire of Beacon Music Factory for curating the stage at Cross Street.

Musical Lineup at Veterans Place Stage

Beginning at 11am:

Beacon Players Drama Club
School of Rock Band
GG & The Shades

Musical Lineup at Cross Street Stage

Beginning at 11am:

Mystery Band
The Dummy Lights

Spirit of Beacon Volunteer Award Announcement at Pohill Park:

Beginning at 12:30pm:

The Spirit of Beacon Volunteer Awards will be announced at Pohill Park, with the help and amplification of K104, who is returning this year to announce parade participants (thank you, Woodman and the K104 team!). This year, the Spirit of Beacon Committee is awarding the following people for their unwavering support and commitment to the City of Beacon:

Susan Antalek: For her decades of support both financial and volunteer for community of Beacon.
Gwenno James: For her commitment in various volunteer roles, and chairing and keeping alive the Spirit of Beacon Day during the pandemic.
Karen James: For her dedication to volunteering to various events and causes around the City of Beacon over the years.
Carman Johnson: For her ever-present volunteering and supportive efforts to whatever is needed to help the community of Beacon succeed.

Musical Lineup at Veterans Place Stage

Beginning at 1pm:

Beacon Players Drama Club
School of Rock Band
GG & The Shades

Musical Lineup at Veterans Place

Beginning at 2pm:

Bosco and the Storm
Beacon Rising Choir
TonyE

Musical Lineup at Cross Street Stage

Beginning at 2pm:

Beacon Music Factory Students
Watson
Entropy Machine
Beacon Youth Jazz Orchestra (rumor has it this group is morphing into an Afrobeat direction…this is your chance to follow them)