Market Mills Stage

This past weekend’s inaugural Creaticity Festival on Market Street got me thinking about civic events in Lowell in the past. That got me digging into the archives where I found a schedule of performances in Lowell during the summer of 1990. Here they are:

Mondays – Classic Car-Nite with the 60’s Reunion Band at Sampas Pavilion on Pawtucket Boulevard. Sponsored by Lowell Heritage State Park.

Tuesdays – Midday at Market Mills at Market Mills Courtyard, sponsored by Lowell Historic Preservation Commission and Lowell National Historical Park:
June 26 – Woods Tea Company (Celtic Music from Ireland)
July 3 – High Jinks (clowns)
July 10 – Xylophonia (from Classic to Jazz to Ragtime)
July 17 – Bob Martin (Folk and Acoustic Music)
July 24 – Jim Vetter (magic and mime)
July 31 – Quintessential Brass (Souza-style brass band)
August 7 – Xylophonia
August 14 – Martha Leader & Landon Rose (songs of women and work)
August 21 – Lee & Hammond (Folk and Acoustic Music)
August 28 – Gloucester Hornpipe & Clog Society

Lowell Heritage State Park Summer Concert Series
Sampas Pavilion, Pawtucket Boulevard

July 10 – Jah Spirit
July 17 – Boston City Limits
July 24 – Yes Brazil
July 31 – Silas Hubbard and the Hot Ribs
August 7 – Blue Suede Boppers
August 14 – Wildest Dreams
August 21 – Metro Steel

Thursdays – Market Mills Concert Series on Market Mills State at 7:30 pm. Sponsored by Chambers of Commerce & Industry, Northern Middlesex and the Lowell Arts Council:

July 12 – Herb Reed & the Platters
July 19 – Jack D’Johns
July 26 – Alison Krauss & Union Station
August 2 – Dave Davis & End of the Line
August 9 – The Polka Family Band
August 16 – The Chris Powers Orchestra
August 23 – The Continentals
August 30 – The Hollanders

Fridays – Children’s Programming at Boarding House Park, sponsored by Lowell Heritage Preservation Commission and the Regatta Festival Committee:

July 13 – Pandy: An Environmental Puppet Show
July 20 – Casey at the Bat
August 3 – Jack and the Beanstalk
August 10 – Pandy: An Environmental Puppet Show
August 17 – Puss and Boots
August 24 – Come  On, Sing Along

Saturdays – Boarding House Park Showcase, sponsored by Lowell Heritage Preservation Commission and the Regatta Festival Committee.

June 30 – Mandala Dance Ensemble (Int Folk Dance Troupe)
July 7 – New Black Eagle Jazz Band (New Orleans style Jazz)
July 14 – Lucie Blue Tremblay (Folk & Acoustic)
July 21 – La Tuna de Lowell (traditional Puerto Rican)
August 4 – Sleepy LaBeef (Rockabilly)
August 11 – Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters (Blues)
August 18 – Musical Review – Emerson College
August 25 – Musical Review – Emerson College
September 1 – Tommy Makem (Irish Folk)
September 8 – Eleventh Annual Banjo & Fiddle Contest

Sundays – Boarding House Park Showcase, sponsored by Lowell Historic Preservation Commission and the Regatta Festival Committee.

July 1 – Volo Volo (Haitian band)
July 8 – Golden Horse (Contemporary Cambodian music)
July 15 – Bridgewater Antiphonal Brass Band (Souza-style)
July 22 – Vernon Jones and the Vernon Jones Singers (Gospel)
August 5 – The Adventures of Tyl (Maudsley State Park’s Theatre in Residence)
August 12 – Les Franco Americains (Traditional French Canadian)
August 19 – Musical Review – Emerson College
August 26 – Musical Review – Emerson College
September 2 – Patty Larkin, Bill Staines & Alex Demas (Folk & Acoustic)

Other Free Performances & Events:

Lowell Celebrates Kerouac – Friday, June 15 through Sunday, June 17

1990 Baystate Women’s Folk Music Festival – Saturday, June 30 (Sampas Pavilion)

Franco-American Week – Sunday, June 24 through Sunday, June 30

Puerto Rican Festival – Saturday July 7 and Sunday July 8 (JFK Plaza)

Lowell Folk Festival – Friday, July 27 through Sunday, July 29

Latin American Festival – Saturday, August 18 & Sunday, August 19 (JFK Plaza)