A star-studded list of entertainers headline this year’s Pacific Beach Concerts on the Green series to be held Sunday afternoons from July 23 through Aug. 13 in Kate Sessions Park at 5115 Soledad Road.
Pack up the family, bring your own blankets and chairs and come on out and enjoy the fun for these free Sunday afternoon musical events at Kate Sessions Park above PB on the south slope of Mount Soledad. Kate Sessions with its expansive lawns offers one of San Diego’s most panoramic views overlooking Fiesta Island, Mission Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The public park is named after the pioneer horticulturist known for planting Balboa Park’s trees.
The month-long concert series is being co-hosted by Pacific Beach Town Council and the Pacific Beach Community Foundation, the nonprofit fundraising arm of the Pacific Beach community.
Concert entertainers and dates include:
• July 23: Siers Brothers, classic rock, reggae, calypso, top 40, country and blues;
• July 30: Three Chord Justice, one of San Diego’s premiere country-western bands;
• Aug. 6: Bayou Brothers, Zydeco, blue, R&B and Mardi Gras sound-bites;
• Aug. 13: The Reflectors, classic rock, ’80s dance and current Top 40.
Concerts on the Green has a long history in Pacific Beach. Early in 2003, Georgina Smith, a PBTC board member at the time, asking her if she had any intention of bringing back the concerts that had been held there in the past. The PBTC had produced single concerts during the summer at times in the past, but there had been no concerts for many years.
Smith took the idea to the board who asked her to form a committee and develop a plan and budget for such an endeavor. This original Concerts Committee, chaired by Smith, met to develop plans for the events and how to pay for them. With help from former Councilmember Byron Wear and his wife Brigid, who was the Point Loma Concerts chair, the town council gathered information on the logistics of putting on a “modern” concert series. 
The first formal action taken by the Concerts Committee was to define a charter. The charter defined the program as an effort to bring free, family-friendly musical events to the Pacific Beach community as a collaborative project of various civic groups. The charter said that efforts would be made to enlist at least five civic groups to participate in the program through contributions and volunteerism to promote community pride and cooperation. 
The Concerts Committee decided to produce four concerts on Sunday afternoons starting after the Celebrate the Family event in the park, usually held on the second weekend in July, so there could be a continuous program. Concerts on the Green
Where: Kate Sessions Park at 5115 Soledad Road.
When: 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sundays, from July 23 through Aug. 13. Info: www.pbtowncouncil.org, email general@pbtowncouncil.org or call 858-483-6666.