Alive @ Five 2011

Alive @ Five is an outdoor summer concert series with live music from national and regional headliners, which attracts after work crowds and families. Columbus Park is the place to be during the summer as Stamford Downtown produces great music, great dancing and great times. The event takes place on Thursday nights throughout the summer and there is 1 slot reserved for Sonicbids artists. Weekly attendance peaked last summer at 14,000 attendees on the closing night of the series./n/nAlive @ Five is an outdoor summer concert series with live music from national and regional headliners, which attracts after work crowds and families. Columbus Park is the place to be during the summer as Stamford Downtown produces great music, great dancing and great times. The event takes place on Thursday nights, starting June 23rd through August 4th, 2011, and there is 1 slot reserved for Sonicbids artists.

Weekly attendance peaked last summer at 14,000 attendees on the closing night of the series. The series has grown significantly in the past several years to feature more and more prominent national headliners and has become a staple of the regional music scene in Fairfield and Westchester Counties.



Past headliners have included Gin Blossoms, Soul Asylum, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Sugar Ray, Boyz II Men, Smash Mouth, Sister Hazel, Don McLean, Better Than Ezra, Blues Traveler, Rusted Root and The Beach Boys. The event also features a "sponsor village" and a food court with signature offerings from various local restaurants.



Artists are given the opportunity to sell merchandise during their set. Artists will supply their own personnel to staff the merchandise tent and all proceeds from merchandise are retained by the artist. There are two opening acts on each Thursday night. Depending on the slot, sets range from 30 minutes to 45 minutes and shows start at 5:00pm in Columbus Park. Artists should perform original music only.



Alive @ Five on the Heineken Stage in partnership with Stamford Town Center and BevMax is produced by Stamford Downtown Special Services District and the City of Stamford.