WEST BRANCH, IOWA– This year's "Music on the Village Green" kicks off with the award-winning West Branch High School Jazz Band on Wednesday, May 13. The concerts are free and begin at 7:00 p.m. at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa.
Following the May 13 performance, Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in cooperation with the City of West Branch and Main Street West Branch invites visitors to a series of special musical events each Thursday night in June. The weekly performances feature 1970s hits group Brass Transit Authority (June 4), bluegrass band Highway Home (June 11), mariachi musicians Las Guitarras de Mexico (June 18), and bluesman Kevin "B.F." Burt (June 25).
The outdoor concerts take place on the village green at the intersection of Parkside Drive and Main Street in historic downtown West Branch. The village green provides a classic small town setting in which to enjoy an evening of free entertainment. Ample parking is nearby, and people are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or ground blankets. In inclement weather the performances will be moved across Main Street to the West Branch Town Hall.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site joins parks across the country to encourage everyone to find their park and share their stories online at FindYourPark.com. Launched by the National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, Find Your Park is a public awareness and education campaign celebrating the milestone centennial anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 and setting the stage for its second century of service.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum are in West Branch, Iowa at exit 254 off I-80. Both are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Central Time. For more information go online at www.nps.gov/heho or call (319) 643-2541.
Herbert Hoover National Historic Site
110 Parkside Drive
PO Box 607
West Branch, Iowa 52358
319 643-2541 phone
319 643-7864 fax
Twitter: @HooverNPS
Facebook: HerbertHooverNHS
