5th Of July Music Festival Coming To Brunswick Farm

From Mapleside Farms: Mapleside Farms opens its popular summer “Concerts Over the Valley” season with The Diamond Project, a Neil Diamond Tribute band—including a special tribute to local military veterans.The three-hour live performance by the 10-piece Diamond Project, at 7 p.m. on July 5 (doors open at 6 p.m.), will extend the Fourth of July celebration by opening with a Color Guard Salute by the Brunswick VFW Post 9520. Mapleside is at 294 Pearl Road.

The Concerts Over the Valley series boasts nine Friday night concerts throughout the summer, highlighting regional tribute bands of various genres and musical styles performing on Mapleside’s “Sunset Stage,” silhouetted by a gorgeous sunset.Concert-goers bring blankets and lawn chairs, relaxing on a natural amphitheater-style hillside overlooking apple orchards and a 50-mile view of the Northeast Ohio landscape in one of the most picturesque outdoor concert venues in Ohio.The Diamond Project Band, fronted by Brunswick resident Gary Gomez, is comprised of musicians and vocalists from across Northeast Ohio. DPB performs a 35-song setlist featuring such Neil Diamond favorites as “I am, I Said,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” “September Morn,” “Solitary Man” and, of course, “Sweet Caroline.”