Gulf Shores Music Day Celebration Details

The City of Gulf Shores is taking part in the global Make Music Day Celebration with a variety of free events on June 21. The event coincides every year with the summer solstice and brings together people of all ages and skill levels to make music on the longest day of the year. Mullet Wrapper reports that the celebration is an open invitation for anyone, regardless of skill level, to create, enjoy, perform, teach, learn and experience the making of music. A live music performance featuring Lynn Coffman and Lisa Christian will be held in the Bodenhamer Recreation Center lobby at 10-11:30 a.m. The Gulf Shores Library will give out maracas and tambourines to children to encourage them to create their own music. These instruments will be distributed after the Summer Reading Program featuring Magician Bruce Walstad at the Adult Activity Center at 10:30 a.m. Make Music at Meyer Park will be held at 5:30-7:30 p.m. Gulf Coast favorite and Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Rhonda Hart’s band and other local musicians will perform, Arepa’s food truck will be set up, and the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber will be onsite selling beverages for all ages.