Oldies group the Rhythm Kings will perform this weekend as part of Santa Monica’s Sunday Concert Series, a free event for the community in its 17th year.
The series started Monday with Westside Crew playing R&B, funk, rock and Latin. The line-up for the rest of the spring, through May 20, features local favorites in jazz, rock and blues.
“They’re just little local bands, but they attract about 300 people each week, sometimes more,” said Rachel Waugh, marketing manager for the Santa Monica Pier Restoration Corporation. “They have a pretty dedicated audience that comes out each week. Of course on Sundays, when the weather’s nice, they attract a lot of visitors too.”
All concerts start at 2 p.m. and are held weather permitting on the pier parking deck in the Central Plaza with plenty of chairs and dancing room.
The Santa Monica Pier Lessee’s Association produces and Pepsi-Cola sponsors the shows. “What’s really neat about this event is that it’s something the tenants started after the storms of the 1980s,” Waugh said. “They started this in 1990 to celebrate when they had rehabilitated the pier.”
Limited parking is available on the pier and in beach lots. For more information on the concerts, please call 310-458-8901 or visit www.santamonicapier.org.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 22, 2007. Read the original PDF.