 Hello everyone, I'm Alicia Woodruff and welcome to the Fort Worth. So this week I met Fort Worth's beautiful botanic gardens to talk to Lindsay Branch, the Vice President of Artistic Administration for the Fort Worth Symphony, about concerts in the garden. So can you tell us a little bit more about the event? Absolutely. Concerts in the garden has been presented by the Fort Worth Symphony for over 20 years and we are so excited about this festival this summer. As you can see behind us, we've got the stage going up, it's still in its early stages, we're not quite done, but as soon as we get this stage up, we've got tables and chairs coming out here, tents and things, it's really a ground up production out here. Who are some of the artists that you can expect to see? Well, about half of our programming is with the Fort Worth Symphony and the other half is without. So the shows that we have with the Fort Worth Symphony would be the 1812 Overture Performance which features some Russian masterworks, including of course the 1812 Overture with live fireworks and what could be better than the live canons and fireworks to 1812. And then we've got some other concerts without orchestra, they're standalone bands, so we're welcoming back artists like Trombone Shorty in Orleans Avenue, Old 97s, and we've got some new ones too, Mark Broussard, Vertical Horizon, Tito Puente Jr., there's just really something out here for everybody from country to rock, classical, jazz, salsa to pop, there's just something that everybody out here can enjoy. Really awesome. Yeah. How can someone find tickets for such a commitment? Tickets can be purchased either online at the Fort Worth Symphony website which is fwsymphony.org or by calling our box office. The festival runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening beginning Friday, June 1st through July 4th. You can come out here at 6.30 p.m. every single night, get yourself set up with your blanket on the lawn, kids ten and under are free on the lawn out here every single night. You can also purchase tables as well, so come out here at 6.30, enjoy the lovely surroundings of the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, and at 8.15 enjoy live music. And then every concert closes with fireworks and a little known fact is that you can bring your own picnic and bring your own drinks out here as well. And I must say, I'm a bit biased, but our fireworks show for the 4th of July is quite spectacular. It's something to be seeing, so. Cool. So I really hope I get to be involved this year. It sounds like there's many opportunities to come see it. Absolutely. Absolutely. We hope to see you too. Oh, I can't wait. Thank you so much for your time, Lindsay. I think it's going to be really awesome this year. Well, you're very welcome, and we're looking forward to concerts in the garden this year. Awesome. So for more information about concerts in the garden, all you have to do is visit the Fort Worth Symphony's website.