Cupertino’s Summer Concert Series Celebrates July 4th

The Cupertino Symphonic Band opened the 2024 Summer Concert Series at Memorial Park on June 6. Concerts will be held Thursday evenings through August 8, with a special morning concert by Phil ‘n the Blanks on July 4. (Photo courtesy)

Summer concert series

The Cupertino Symphonic Band opened the 2024 Summer Concert Series at Memorial Park on June 6. Concerts will be held Thursdays through August 8, with shows from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the exception of July 4, when Phil ‘n the Blanks will play classic and modern rock, country and dance music from 10:30 a.m. to noon as part of Cupertino’s Independence Day celebrations.

The series continues at Memorial Park Amphitheater, 21163 Anton Way, with Mixed Nuts on July 11, Patron Latin Rhythms on July 18, Keep on Truckin’ on July 25, Joint Chiefs on August 1 and The Sound Project on August 8.

For more information, visit https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/parks-recreation/community-events.

Have the authority

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority has vacancies on its Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) and Expenditure Plan Oversight Committee (EPOC), respectively.

The EPOC, consisting of seven members, exercises direct public oversight over the use of

its annual $24 property tax, which voters made permanent in November 2020. This tax brings in about $8 million annually.

The 15-member CAC helps review and recommend applications for the authority’s annual urban grant program, which has disbursed nearly $15 million in grants and funded 950 community programs to promote nature in urban areas. Last year, the authority awarded nearly $2 million to 19 local organizations.

The members of both committees are volunteers who live in the agency’s work area. There are three vacancies in the EPOC. Members meet quarterly and serve a three-year term. The CAC members serve a two-year term. There are two vacancies.

For more information and to apply to join one of the committees, visit https://www.openspaceauthority.org/public-information/committees.