Orlando Public Library gets in the fest game with locals-heavy Melrose Pop Festival

Celebrate summer with a free day of music downtown

By Matthew Moyer on Fri, May 12, 2023 at 12:25 pm

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Marc With a C

Are you going to the festival this summer? No, not that one. The Orlando Public Library's Melrose Center has got festival fever and they're throwing a local music-heavy one of their own.

The lineup for this daylong event includes Eugene Snowden, Hannah Stocks, Milk Carton Superstars, Marc With a C, Beth McKee and her Funky Time Band, and Oak Hill Drifters.

The fest is also a perfect excuse for the library to show off the new Melrose Stage, kitted out with pro lighting and production.

The title of festival is a nod to the seminal Monterey Pop Festival of 1967, which improbably took us more than two hours to puzzle out.

The Melrose Pop Festival happens on Saturday, June 10, from 2-7 p.m. The event is free to attend.