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Family folk music concert in Volunteer Park tonight

BEVERLEA WALZ FILE PHOTO | Bennett Konesni with guitar and wife Edith Gawler at the ‘Blue Highway’ bluegrass concert in January.

The first of a series of three free family concerts will be held on at 6 p.m. tonight in the gazebo at the Bridge Street Volunteer Park.

Edith Gawler and Bennett Konesni are the guests and will perform old-time Appalachian music, English farm ballads and Scandinavian fiddle tunes.

Bring a lawn chair and a picnic to enjoy the music and the view over Dering Harbor.

For more information, call Garth Griffin at 749-0978 after 4 p.m.