Fans of Thursday Night Live, a popular downtown music series held every week during warmer months of the year at the Fifth Third Pavilion, will be excited to see the program's early start date this year.
This year TNL will run from April 4 - Oct. 31; in the past the music series began later in April.
Bands will play from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., and food and beverage booths will be set up and open for business 4:30 – 8 p.m.
This year's TNL lineup is as follows:
April 4: Payback
April 11: Swing Street
April 18: Those Crosstown Rivals
April 25: The Patrick McNeese Band
May 2: Domino
May 9: The Squirrels
May 16: Girls, Guns & Glory
May 23: The Johnson Brothers
May 30: Scott Said & The Backroads
June 6: Bluegrass Collective
June 13: Kenny Owens
June 20: The Twiggenburys
June 27: Ralph Curtis, Tribute Artists
July 4: Catch 22
July 11: Better Off Dead
July 18: Superfecta
July 25: The Tim Talbert Project
Aug. 1: Conch Republic
Aug. 8: Rebel Without a Cause
Aug. 15: Sixtyfourwest
Aug. 22: Kenny Owens & Group Therapy
Aug. 29: The Big Maracas
Sept. 5: Coralee & The Townies
Sept. 12: The Sensations
Sept. 19: Prefab Rehab
Sept. 26: Blind Corn Liquor Pickers
Oct. 3: Chris Campbell Band
Oct. 10: The Swells
Oct. 17: The City
Oct. 24: Born Cross Eyed
Oct. 31: Radio 80
Parking in Downtown can be found by visiting www.lexpark.org. Note: The DLC is not affiliated with any of the parking lots or garages in Downtown Lexington. The Colt Trolley operates downtown starting at 6 p.m. Thursdays and makes a stop on Main Street right in front of Cheapside Park, and on Upper Street at Main Street, among many other stops throughout Downtown. The Colt is free a free service.