Enjoying its 25th anniversary in 2015, the Drake Park Munch & Music free concert series continues to be a summertime favorite. Founded by Cameron Clark, owner of C3 Events, the weekly series provides the community of Central Oregon with a great chance to strengthen their bond while enjoying the arts, outstanding food and free music.

Thursdays, July 9th – August 13th at 5:30pm in Drake Park. The evening will include an opening band and a headlining band, time in between acts to get some delicious grub from one of the many vendors, a Deschutes Brewery Libation station to quench your summer time thirst, and great kids activities like bouncy houses!

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Jonatha Brooke began issuing albums that merged folk and pop during the early 1990s, first as a member of a female duo named the Story and later as a solo artist. Brooke formed the Story (originally called “Jonatha & Jennifer” during the duo’s early years) along with another vocalist, Jennifer Kimball, who attended Massachusetts’ Amherst College with Brooke in the early ’80s. Despite playing regular local gigs during their college career, the girls never issued any recordings and took a break after graduation, during which time Brooke joined a dance troupe. But by the end of the ’80s, the group had re-formed under a new moniker, the Story, and issued a demo called Over Oceans in 1989. the Story was promptly signed to the independent Green Linnet label, which issued the duo’s debut album, Grace in Gravity, in 1991. It wasn’t long before Elektra Records expressed interest in the band, in turn reissuing their debut the same year, as well as a sophomore effort, The Angel in the House, two years later.