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Edgewater Live filled the beach in 2015.

(Cleveland Metroparks)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It's time for another Cleveland beach party. For the third summer, the weekly Edgewater Live Thursday night happy hour concert series is returning to the Cleveland Metroparks beach.

On Friday nights, the Metroparks' Euclid Beach Live weekly Friday concert series is also returning.

This year's Edgewater Live season will begin June 9. The concerts run through Aug. 11, with one week off for the RNC in July. The beachfront concerts will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. In addition to weekly bands, there will be food trucks, yoga, stand-up paddle boarding, adult beverages and family activities - and of course, great beach and skyline views. There will also be movie nights, with details to be determined.

"Edgewater Live is a great way of reaching people and bringing them back to the beach," says Cleveland Metroparks director of communications Rick Haase.

Edgewater parking will be available in the park, or in the nearby Gordon Square area, where the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization will provide shuttles to the beach down West 73rd Street.

Euclid Beach Live concerts will also run 5:30-8:30 p.m. and will include food trucks. They begin June 10.

2016 Edgewater Live schedule

June 9: Breakfast Club

June 16: Disco Inferno

June 23: The Spazmatics

June 30: Victory Highway

July 7: The Diamond Project

July 14: Sunset Strip featuring Billy Morris

July 21: No Edgewater Live due to RNC

July 28: Revolution Pie

Aug. 4: oldboy

Aug. 11: Collage

2016 Euclid Beach schedule

June 10: The Blues Posse featuring Earl the Pearl & Guitar Slim

June 17: The Mighty Golden Echoes & The Prayer Warriors

June 24: Charisma

July 1: Forecast

July 8: The Benjaminz

July 15: Hubb's Groove

July 22: Dazz Band

July 29: Cecil Rucker's Good Vibes

Aug. 5: The Williams Project

Aug. 12: The 147 Band

To kick off to the summer of Cleveland Metroparks' 2017 centennial year, the Metroparks has also announced that Disco Inferno will open the 2017 Euclid Beach Live concert series on Friday, June 9, 2017.