PineCone and the Town of Wake Forest continue to present free concerts in the summer and the fall in Wake Forest’s new E Carroll Joyner Park. These concerts are free and open to the public.

Located at 701 Harris Road, this 117 acre facility is the newest in the Wake Forest Parks system. The park includes a 1000 lawn seat amphitheatre, a performance area, the Walker garden, restored farm buildings and pecan grove, restrooms, pond, and approximately three miles of walking trails. Approximately half of the park will be open meadows.

PineCone and the Town of Wake Forest present
Swang Brothers
Sunday, October 4, 3-5 p.m.
E Carroll Joyner Park, 701 Harris Rd
Rain Site: Wake Forest Community House, 133 W Owen Ave
Wake Forest, N.C.

Free and open to the public

The Swang Brothers play American music from the 50s and 60s, combining a heady mix of traditional country, rockabilly pop and blues. The three-piece outfit of thumping upright bass, driving acoustic guitar and twanging electric guitar covers a diverse array of artists including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Johnny Horton, Englebert Humperdinck, Gene Vincent, Neil Diamond , Merle Haggard, Chet Atkins and many others while mixing in some choice original tunes to round it all out. The band can turn on a dime, playing an all-out rockabilly rave-up one moment, then downshifting into a country ballad the next, followed by a burning instrumental number. The band features FJ Ventre on bass and vocals (ex-Edsel 500, Jon Shain Trio, Rebecca and the Hi-Tones), Dave Quick on guitar and vocals (ex-Edsel 500, Jack Black) and guitarist Eric Peterson (ex-DBs, Let's Active and Matthew Sweet, to name a few).

Bring your family and friends, lawn chairs, a picnic, floppy hats and sunscreen to Wake Forest's new Joyner Park for an afternoon of music for the whole family!

A ceremony honoring the individuals and organizations that helped create this park will be held at 2 p.m. at the performance garden near the amphitheater. Wake County, the Trust for Public Land, and Mr. Joyner will be recognized, along with others who contributed like the architect and the stone mason.