Knox County’s Concord Park, cool place for hot music
Down in west Knox County and just before you get to the Town of Farragut is 500 acre Concord Park; a huge, public use facility full of fun things to do for kids of all ages.
One especially cool section of Concord Park is “The Cove“, host venue to the Knox County Parks & Recreation Department’s annual free summer concert series.
On the second Saturday of each month you can bring your lawn chairs, some food if you wish, sit out under the trees and listen to some great music free of charge.
Of course since The Cove is waterfront there is usually a small fleet of boats anchored just offshore enjoying the music along with the crowd on the bank.
You’ve already missed the first concert this past Saturday night; the “MacDaddies”, a Rhythm & Blues group, entertained the crowd with a multi-generational selection of great tunes.
My wife Charlotte and I were on hand with lawn chairs and a picnic basket full of goodies to snack on as we enjoyed old favorites like “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, “Who’ll Stop The Rain”, and other oldies.
It was also “free fishing day” at the park; no fishing license required. Judging from the number of fishermen on the banks and piers there were a lot of folks taking advantage of it.
Here’s the remaining schedule for 2007
July 14th - Flashback - Variety 60’s, 70’s, 80’s & 90’s
August 11th - Dishwater Blonde - Rock
September 8th, 6:00pm - 8:30pm - Brass Quintet - Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Concord Park also offers lots of other fun things such as; picnic shelters, volleyball, swimming, junior golf, 8 mile biking trail, skatepark, soccer fields, baseball & softball fields, fishing piers, a marina, and a yacht club.
We’ve been frequent visitors and users of Concord Park for close to 40 years now. We used to bring our daughters over to the playground when they were little to let them play on the super playground.
It was a good way to get them tired so they would go to sleep more easily at bedtime. 
Another of the many reasons Knoxville, Tennessee is ““A great place to live, work, play, and raise a family”.
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