Concert kicks off Market in the Square on Thursdays in Albion

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The band Swooners from Rochester performed jazz and dance music on Thursday evening on Main Street in Albion, the first concert in a music series by the Albion Merchants Association.

The Merchants will have more concerts on Thursday evenings after the Village of Albion concert series ends on Aug. 30. The village series will be at Main Street next Wednesday, July 12, with the Dave Knaudt Band and then shifts to the amphitheater at Bullard Park for the rest of the summer until Aug. 30.

The Swooners get ready for their concert on Thursday evening in Albion. This photo shows the Gold Medal Flour mural on the Pratt building on Beaver Alley.

The concert was also the start of the Market in the Square on Thursday evenings. Splashes & Splinters, homemade décor and upcycled furniture by Evelyn Warren, was one of the vendors.

The band and some of the crowd are shown in the background.

The Market in the Square will be back next Thursday from 5 to 8 p.m. The vendors yesterday included the Lone Star BBQ, Pretty Sweet Bakery, Paeth Farms, Splashes & Splinters, Carol Ostrander and Red Check.

Helena Nitzsche hugs the bronze statue of Santa at Waterman Park, which is next to the area where the band plays on Main Street.

Helena, 6, is from Tacoma, Washington. She is in Albion visiting her grandparents, Gary and Claudia Deiboldt of Albion.