Play Lodi!
Activity Guide • Winter/Spring 2020
Hutchins Street Square Lodi's Hub for Live Entertainment, Arts and Community
NEW! 2020 Concert Series Tickets on sale Jan. 26
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here’s no need to leave Lodi to see headline acts on stage next year. The hottest ticket in town will be for Hutchins Street Square (HSS), as Parks and Recreation puts a new focus on bringing quality entertainment to Lodi in 2020. The new season includes Billboard chart performers from rocker John Waite to unique acts such as Femmes of Rock. Other well-known headliners, from country to rock, will be announced this winter. Single-show and season tickets are available at Lodi.gov beginning Jan. 26.
Parks and Rec knows that the show is only part of the experience. That’s why we’re choosing dates and times to allow guests to enjoy downtown dining and nightlife, and the many wineries in the Lodi area, as part of a great evening or weekend.
keeps the Square as the focal point of community life in Lodi. Pouring partners on January 26 include LangeTwins Winery, Scotto Cellars, Dancing Fox Winery and Brewery, Five Window Beer Company, High Water Brewing, Idol Beer Works, Oak Farm Vineyards, and Lodi Beer Company. Being a part of this new season doesn’t necessarily require buying a ticket. Volunteers are needed to help with hospitality, such as being a cheerful and helpful usher, and assisting the Lodi Arts Foundation in providing refreshment service at the shows. For more information about Experience the Square on January 26, visit Lodi.gov/PRCS or call (209) 333-6782. If you’re interested in volunteering to help make the Charlene P. Lange Theatre THE place to be in 2020, contact (209) 333-6782.
Come Tour the Square! In partnership with the Lodi Historical Society and the Hutchins Street Square Foundation, Hutchins Street Square staff and volunteers will be offering guided and self-guided tours beginning Sunday, January 26.
Did you, your parents, or grandparents attend Lodi Union High School or Tokay You’ll get a sample of what we’re all about High School between 1913 and the early 70’s? Do you remember where you at Hutchins Street Square on January were when the building burned due 26, with our kick-off event, “Experience to an arson fire in 1974? Remember the Square.� This event is designed to when a visionary group of civic-minded introduce -- and reintroduce -- the area’s volunteers and business leaders saw a residents to Hutchins Street Square and need in our community for a community the Charlene P. Lange Theatre. National center and performing arts theater in recording artists Chris Pierce and the 80’s? Did you watch this historic Chris Lovejoy will provide an hour-long property rise from the ashes and performance following tastings of locally transform into the iconic Lodi landmark produced wines and beers. Proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Hutchins it is today? Did you attend the Grand Opening celebration in 1998? We invite Street Square Foundation, which in turn
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you to come tour the Square to honor and commemorate its past and take a heartwarming trip down memory lane. If you’re new to the community, we welcome you to come learn about its colorful history. HSS is owned by the City of Lodi and operated by the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services department. The Hutchins Street Square Foundation partners with the City to ensure the 10-acre property’s capital needs are met. The Foundation assists in maintaining not only the fine arts complex and auditorium, but the park and playground, pool, corporate and special event meeting spaces, outdoor patio and courtyards and landscaping. You’re invited to join us in kicking off the 2020 HSS Concert Series at the “Experience the Square� event where the Square will be celebrated with tours, pictorial story boards and storytelling, live music, local libations, a kid zone, and lots of storytelling. After the event, guided and self-guided tours of the Square will be offered daily. For more information, visit Lodi.gov/PRCS or call (209) 333-6782.
Cathi DeGroot, Interim PRCS Director
City of Lodi Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
