 Brainerd Summer Bandstand series is up for running in the summer again in Gregory Park. The concerts bring out people of all ages and take place every Thursday night at 7 o'clock. With this week's in focus, our reporter Rachel Johnson has more. People of all ages came out to Gregory Park in downtown Brainerd Thursday night for the weekly Bandstand concert put on by the center. The concerts got started when our board of directors started to look at how can we give back to the community because as a non-profit your funds are limited but the community is very supportive of us so we started to look at what we could do. Our facility is two blocks east of the Bandstand. The Bandstand concert got started six years ago as a way to bring people from the community out to hear a variety of music and enjoy the summer evenings. Well, sitting out in the fresh air and they always have good groups singing. It's just nice to get out on the summer evening and have some entertainment. People enjoy it so much. Tendencies anywhere from 80 to sometimes we've had 250. So we continue to do it ever since then and it's been phenomenal as long as we are able to have to find the funding we will continue to do it. This week's band was Diane Summer and Friends who play a little bit of everything from easy listening jazz to country and of course lots of swing. Well we have the blessing to be able to play here on a beautiful evening in Gregory Park in Brainerd Minnesota and we represent the center. You will see lots of people who are members here tonight and we enjoy playing for them and I'm glad to say they like to hear us. They're absolutely wonderful. They're so easy to please and thankful and we're always thankful too. The weekly concerts feature music of all kinds from country, rock, folk to even gospel. And I think people enjoy the variety. It isn't the same from week to week. The concerts have been a huge hit with families and friends who come out together to enjoy the beautiful summer evenings. I think the benefit for the community, you know, what a great way to have a free outdoor event for all ages. Sometimes there's kids that are dancing in the grass. People bring blankets and lay them in the grass. There's lawn chairs or they're just walking through riding their bike. They live in this side of the city and they don't realize there's an outdoor concert going on. With this week's In Focus reporting from Brainerd, Rachel Johnson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.