Future Music on Main acts set

Motown, disco, classic rock, blues or top 40 hits, no matter your music preference, Lakewood Ranch Main Street aims to please its audience with its free monthly concert series performers.

Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty announced the shopping strip's Music on Main acts through June 2015.

Bands range in genre and each month a different band will take the stage during the First Friday festivities in the Ranch.

The organizations benefiting from food, beer and wine sales at the free event were also announced (see below).

All performances run from 6 to 9 p.m., with occasional breaks for performers.

Leashed pets and chairs are welcome. No coolers are permitted.

The January through June lineup is as follows:

Date/Band/Genre/Benefiting organization

Jan. 2: The Soul Sensations — Motown and blues — Foundation for Dreams

Feb. 6: Parsley Craze — Pop rock and '60s — Take Stock in Children of Manatee

March 6: Melanie Massell & Hot Item — Disco, blues, country, pop and rock — Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance

April 3: Shaman — Pop, rock, top 40 and disco — Alzheimer's Association, Gulf Coast

May 1: Big Night Out — Latin, top 40 and rock — Family Network on Disabilities

June 5: Billy Rice Band — Country and classic rock — Children's Dream Fund

For more information, visit lakewoodranch.com/mainstreet/.

Contact Amanda Sebastiano at [email protected].