HomeMy WebLinkAboutLighthouse Night Torchlight ConcertContact: Lauren Siebenaler, Senior Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-833-9537 • LSiebenaler@EdinaMN.gov • EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Lighthouse Night and Torchlight Concert Set for Aug. 11
Edina, Minn., Aug. 1, 2024 – The annual Lighthouse Night featuring throwback entertainment from the early 1900s begins at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at Centennial Lakes Park.
Visitors to the park, 7499 France Ave. S., will be entertained by a sleight-of-hand magician, Italian organ grinder, mechanical man and a Wurlitzer band organ. They’ll be able to see
Model T Fords and penny-farthings – late 19th-century bicycles with giant front wheels. The event includes some throwback prices as well: 25-cent ice cream cones.
Throughout the evening, members of the Edina Model Yacht Club will run their remote-controlled boats on the park’s waters. The park will feature torches and special lighting, weather
permitting.
Fife & Drums perform at 7:45 p.m., leading up to the Torchlight Concert with a performance by the First John Philip Sousa Memorial Band at 8:30 p.m. The night concludes with a fireworks
finale accompanying “Stars and Stripes Forever.”
Admission to Lighthouse Night and the Torchlight Concert are free, and all ages are welcome. Plenty of free parking is available.
For more information, contact Centennial Lakes Park at 952-833-9580.
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