Summer Fete

When and Where

July 3, 2024 8:30 pm

Normandale Lake Bandshell

The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manny Laureano will be the featured performers at the Bloomington Summer Fete. The BSO plays beginning at 8:30 p.m., right before the highly anticipated Summer Fete fireworks, one of the largest displays in the State of Minnesota. Bring your lawn chair or blanket to the Normandale Lake Bandshell and celebrate America’s Independence Day with the BSO. 

Full details about the Summer Fete event are on the City of Bloomington’s website.

Program

Richard Wagner – Introduction to Act III of Lohengrin

Morton Gould – American Salute

Antonin Dvorak – Allegretto grazioso — Molto vivace from Symphony No. 8, Op. 88

George Gershwin, arr. Richard Russell Bennett – Selections from Porgy and Bess

Charles Gounod – Funeral March for a Marionette

Richard Rodgers, arr. Richard Russell Bennett – Selections from The Sound of Music

Piotr Ilych Tchaikovsky – Overture to 1812

Ticket information

Free admission.

Seating is first-come, first-served. Bring your own chair or blanket.