On Sunday, July 31 (Week #4) at 7PM in Mayo Park, LUCIUS returns to #rochmn to help celebrate the 25th Anniversary season of Think Mutual Bank's Down by the Riverside Free Concert Series! Opening Act: Haley Bonar. Media Sponsor: The Current.

The series title sponsor Think Mutual Bank will provide a number of fun giveaways at each concert. Giveaways will commence each week starting at 6:00 PM. Attendees will also have the opportunity to register to win a free guitar autographed by that week's headline artist (prizes subject to change). Winners will be announced at intermission.

Lucius were scheduled to perform at last year’s series, but had their show cut short by the threat of severe weather. Doing their best to make it up to a handful of hearty audience members who stuck around even after the show had been called, the fan-friendly members of Lucius played an impromptu, “unplugged”, and off-stage set even as the raindrops began to multiply...in what became one of the most memorable moments of the 2015 season. And now…They’re back!!

With slots at Bonnaroo, Newport, and Lollapalooza; appearances on Conan, Ellen and Colbert; and a sold out date at First Avenue to kick off their latest tour; The Current's Chart Show Hall of Famers LUCIUS are on the frontline of indie music royalty.

Lucius is a triple-threat of vocal harmonies, infectious hooks, and dance-inducing percussion, citing Bjork, Bowie, Warhol and Prince as style icons in a package The Guardian calls “the missing link between Arcade Fire and Haim” with a dash of B52s for good measure. Tracks like "Born Again Teen", “Turn It Around”, “Don’t Just Sit There”, "Something About You", “Go Home”, “Tempest”, and “Hey Doreen” are paving the band’s way to the forefront of indie-pop.

Haley Bonar: Haley Bonar had already recorded an album as a teenager before leaving Rapid City, SD for Duluth, MN where she immediately recorded again. Alan Sparhawk heard her at a local Iron Range club one night and a week later, she was transformed from a college student to an ambitious dropout with her guitar and a drummer crammed into a Honda Civic opening for Low. She was nineteen years old. In the last decade, Haley has released eight more recordings to critical acclaim and mounting success.  She writes genuine, epochal and poetic tales that feel like our heartbreak, failure, frustration and joy. In a clear, insistent and often haunting voice, she tells real stories back to us, as if they were our own.

LUCIUS - Sunday, July 31 (Week #4) at 7PM in Mayo Park. With slots at Bonnaroo, Newport, and Lollapalooza; appearances on Conan, Ellen and Colbert; and a sold out date at First Avenue to kick off their latest tour; The Current's Chart Show Hall of Famers LUCIUS are on the frontline of indie music royalty. Tracks like "Born Again Teen", “Turn It Around”, “Don’t Just Sit There”, "Something About You", “Go Home”, “Tempest”, and “Hey Doreen” are paving the band’s way to the forefront of indie-pop.
Opener: Haley Bonar; Media Sponsor: The Current

THE WAILERS - Sunday, August 7 (Week #5) at 7PM in Mayo Park. Formed in 1969, and fronted by Bob Marley until his untimely death, The Wailers continues its worldwide campaign of promoting peace, love and equality. The world's most iconic reggae band will perform timeless classics like “Is This Love?”, “Get Up, Stand Up", "Stir It Up", "One Love", "I Shot the Sheriff", and "Jamming". Opener: Mark Cameron Band; Media Sponsor: The Current

ROCHESTER CONCERT BAND & CHOIR - Sunday, August 14 (Week #6) at 7PM in Mayo Park. Rochester's own 50-piece symphonic wind ensemble and 50-voice concert choir under the direction of Chuck Blattner performing audience favorites from the last 25 years of Down by the Riverside  including “The Sound of Music”, “Tribute to Our Armed Forces”,  and “On the Mall Concert March”.  Media Sponsor: KROC-AM

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVISITED - Sunday, August 21 (Week #7) at 7PM in Mayo Park. Featuring founding members and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, Stu Cook and Doug “Cosmo” Clifford performing the hits that became the touchstone of a generation including "Born on the Bayou", "Green River", "Proud Mary", "Fortunate Son", "Suzie Q", and many more. Opener: Crazy On You - A Tribute to Heart; Media Sponsor: LASER 101.7

Down by the Riverside is a free concert series that takes place on Sunday nights in Mayo Park (behind the Mayo Civic Center) in Rochester, MN during the months of July and August.

It has become a Rochester tradition, that on Sunday nights in the summer, many of the citizens of Rochester and surrounding communities put the finishing touches on their weekend by gathering together in the friendly confines of Mayo Park; to laugh, dance, sing, relax, play, eat, drink, socialize with friends and family, meet new friends, soak in those steamy Minnesota summer nights; all to a soundtrack of "live" music featuring local, national and international artists from a broad range of genres and eras.

This summer will mark the 25th year the City's Music Department (Riverside Concerts) has produced the popular outdoor concert series. Please join us as we reflect and celebrate the last quarter century of Down by the Riverside concerts. But only for a short while, as new horizons are just around the corner. This year's series will run July 10 through August 21; Sunday nights at 7:00 PM in Mayo Park. 

“While we want to celebrate where we’ve been, we really want the 2016 season to be a springboard for where we’re going in the future… it is important for us to continue to be fresh and to introduce new music to the public.” - Steven J. Schmidt, General Manager-City of Rochester Music Dept./Riverside Concerts

Call to Action: Do you have a special memory or story from a Down by the Riverside concert you'd like to share? What were some of your favorite shows? Most memorable moments? What does this concert series mean to you? Do you have any photos from previous shows? We could especially use photos from some of the early shows like Asleep at the Wheel in '92, The Dixie Chicks in '95, and Kid Jonny Lang in '96. Share your stories and photos on our Facebook page and/or on Twitter at #downbytheriverside25. We'd love to hear from you!

We would like to thank Think Mutual Bank, the title sponsor of the series for nine of these last twenty-five years, who just recently signed on for an additional three years as title sponsor, taking us through the 2019 season. Without community minded businesses like Think Mutual Bank, we would be unable to produce a concert series of this magnitude, and would certainly not be able to offer it to the public for free. Thank you, Think!

We would also like to thank the dozens of friends and partners who have supported the series over these many years, including the stations at Clear Channel-Rochester (Laser 101.7 and 102.5 The Fox), the stations at Townsquare Media-Rochester (KROC, Y105, and KWWK), The stations of Minnesota Public Radio (The Current, MPR News, and Classical MPR), and KRPR. And a special thank you to the City of Rochester, the Rochester City Council, and YOU...the citizens of Southeastern Minnesota.