Kellogg Park is Readers' Choice for Best Live Music Spot

Plymouth Patch and Canton Patch readers have voted the best spot to go in the area for live music.

Winners of Patch Readers' Choice for best live music spot in Plymouth or Canton, Kellogg Park, a public park situated in downtown Plymouth, is host to more than 130 free events each year, including the , , and weekly summer concerts on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, including the popular series.

Tony Bruscato, director of the Plymouth Downtown Development Authority, said live music has been a big part of the downtown area for about 30 years, starting with smaller-scale performances on street corners. He said the park has evolved over the past two decades into a huge local draw, where Friday night Music in the Air performances draw as many as 5,000 people.

"The park is not only a great venue, but it attracts a lot of people," Bruscato said.

The big crowds, he said, help keep the downtown area vibrant.

"When you bring in thousands of people to downtown, the people not only have an opportunity to be in the park for the music, but they filter out and many times spend more time than the event is scheduled to get something to eat or shop downtown," he said. "Certainly, the business owners benefit, also."

The BelAirs are scheduled to perform 7 p.m. today in Kellogg Park for the second week of Music in the Air. All concerts are free and appropriate for all ages.

Throughout the summer, children's concerts are held each Wednesday afternoon, Plymouth Community Band concerts take place each Thursday evening and Music in the Air draws big crowds on Fridays at the park.

You can view photos of last week's for Music in the Air here on Patch.