It's Time for Buskerfest in Downtown Fort Wayne!

The Downtown Improvement District (DID) is presenting Lunch on the Square again this summer! The annual concert series takes place every Thursday in June and July from 11:30 am- 1:00pm.

Each summer this event takes over the courtyard at One Summit Square (on the corner of Wayne and Calhoun Streets) with free live music so that people can enjoy the lunch hour outside in the summer weather. This year the event has been expanded to a 9 week concert series throughout the months of June and July. Attendees can either pack their own lunches or visit a downtown restaurant to purchase a boxed lunch to bring to the event.

Performance Schedule:
June 3rd: Good Night Gracie
June 10th: Mojo Dub
June 17th: TRIAAC Jenbe Ensemble
June 24th: Ty Causey
July 1st: Pop'N'Fresh
July 8th: Keith Flye
July 15th: SKY THING
July 22nd: The Bergamot
July 29th: Dan Smyth Trio

Resturants Within 1 Block of Event:
Toscani's
JK O'Donnell's
816 Pint & Slice
Higher Grounds
Dash-In
Loaf & Ladle
Double Dragon
Window Garden

Click Here for a List of ALL Downtown Resturants

Get Tagged with Downtown Larry !

The Downtown Improvement District (DID) invites Fort Wayne pedestrians to "get tagged with Downtown Larry" by tagging themselves in photos with Downtown Larry for a chance to win TinCaps tickets.

Downtown Larry is the DID Clean & Green manager who can be seen driving his Kawasaki Mule through the streets of downtown Fort Wayne 9:00am - 5:00pm on weekdays. Those who take a picture with him and post it on Facebook will be entered into a drawing to win four TinCaps tickets.

The winner of the contest will be announced on Thursday, June 24 by WMEE during the last DID Lunch on the Square concert series event in June.

Contestants must upload their photos with Downtown Larry to the Downtown Improvement District Facebook page (Downtown Fort Wayne).

The Downtown Improvement District's Clean & Green program began in the summer of 2007 with the primary goal of creating a clean and safe downtown by removing weeds, litter, graffiti and other items from downtown sidewalks. Larry is the manager of this program and works hard to keep downtown streets and sidewalks clean and free of any hazards to pedestrians.

2010 Bright Night Winners

1st Place - Jeffrey Crane

 

2nd Place - Kelly Schultz

 

3rd Place - Lawrence Kilgore

People's Choice - Bob Voors