See free movies, concerts and more nearly every night this summer at CA's Lakefront Summer Festival

Another great summer of movies, concerts and much more is beginning with the return of Columbia Association’s (CA) annual Lakefront Summer Festival. The schedule of movies and concerts at this year’s Lakefront Summer Festival includes completely free, family-friendly offerings nearly every evening of the week.

A full schedule can be found at ColumbiaAssociation.org/LakefrontFestival or at bit.ly/2014lakefrontfestival.

Movies will be screened at Lake Kittamaqundi under the stars on Mondays and Fridays, starting on June 16 until Aug. 22. Films shown on Mondays are appropriate for even young audience members, with G- and PG-rated selections such as “Brave,” “The Incredibles,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Despicable Me 2.” The Friday movies are rated PG and PG-13, with selections such as “Frozen,” “Saving Mr. Banks,” “Gravity” and “Hunger Games: Catching Fire.”

And then, from Aug. 23 through Sept. 13, CA will show movies every Friday and Saturday — and on the Sunday during Labor Day Weekend. These titles include two of “The Hobbit” films (“An Unexpected Journey” and “The Desolation of Smaug”), “The Lego Movie,” “The Princess Bride” “Mr. Peabody and Sherman,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” and more.

All showings will begin at dusk.

Also, nearly 40 nights of music are scheduled for Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays on almost every evening from June 17 through Aug. 17, with artists spanning a variety of genres. And on Tuesdays in July, come out to see talented youth musicians perform at CA’s Teen Open Mic nights. Concerts will begin at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and at 6:30 p.m. on Sundays.

Columbia’s 47th birthday party will be part of the festivities on Friday, June 20, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Cupcakes will be available while supplies last.

And, finally, CA’s annual “Dancing Under the People Tree” free dance lessons will be hosted every Friday. More information on that program can be found online at bit.ly/dancingpeople.

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