Free Concerts Return to Civic Center Park
Palm Desert’s Civic Center Park Amphitheater is once again the hot spot for live music this summer with the return of the City’s Concerts in the Park series. Enjoy free music under the stars every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. beginning June 7 with a concert featuring country music by the Nitro Express Band.
Concertgoers are encouraged to bring picnic baskets, blankets, and lawn chairs. Beverages and snacks will also be available for purchase. Alcoholic beverages and smoking are prohibited. This year’s concert series offers a variety of talented musical acts including:
June 7 Nitro Express Band
Country Music
June 14 Southband
Classic Rock
June 21 Vanity Fair
Dance Music
July 4 Swing Cats Big Band
Jazz and Patriotic
Civic Center Park is located on the northeast corner of San Pablo Avenue and Fred Waring Drive. For more information, please call 760-346-0611, ext. 416.
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Watch City Council Meetings Online and On Television
Residents and others who would like to watch Palm Desert City Council meetings in the comfort of their home or at other remote locations now have two new convenient ways to do so.
Interested online viewers can watch live, streaming Internet broadcasts of City Council meetings on the Council Meeting Information Center page here on the City’s website beginning at 4 p.m. on City Council meeting days, typically the second and fourth Thursday of each month.
Television viewers can see tape-delayed broadcasts of Council meetings one week later, on the following Thursday, at 6 p.m. and again on the following Tuesday at 6 p.m. on Time Warner on Channel 17 (analog) and Channel 120 (digital). Viewers are encouraged to check with Time Warner Cable for additional airdates and times.
An added feature of watching the meetings online is new software that gives viewers access to an archived library of public meeting videos. Staff reports and other supporting documents for each agenda item are available during live streaming and for archived meetings on the Council Meeting Information Center page. For more information, call 760-346-0611, ext. 338.