Chess Park concert series returns
The Mon Valley Academy for the Arts (MVAA) will hold the second Chess Park Summer Concert Series on Sunday. Bands will start at 1 p.m. at the park gazebo and continue until 4. Funded and sponsored by the EQT Foundation and the MVAA, the Monongahela concert series will continue through September.
Sunday will feature a Big Band Jazz theme with The Wally Gingers Orchestra at 1; the newly-formed Twin Coaches Jr. Jazz Trio will be featured at 2, followed by the 17-piece big band The Pittsburgh Big Band Legends. Sam Thong, caricature artist, food vendors and two food trucks will be available, starting at noon.