 The Lakes Area Music Festival begins their season this weekend with a symphony under the Stars Gala at Grand Vue Lodge in Niswa. The music festival goes until August 26th with concerts taking place throughout the month. The festival is in its 10th year and brings over 150 artists from across the country to the Lakes Area to put on the free concerts for the community. All the performances take place at the Washington Educational Services Building in Tornstrom Auditorium in Brainerd. Throughout the season we will have performances of chamber music, full symphony orchestra and also productions of opera and ballet all taking place here at Tornstrom Auditorium featuring those wonderful musicians that are coming. For more information about upcoming concerts or to purchase tickets for the symphony taking place this weekend you can visit the story on our website at lptv.org. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.