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The Edgewater LIVE concert series returns June 11.

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Click here for the 2016 schedule. (2015 schedule below)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Cleveland is going back to the beach. One of last summer's most popular events, the weekly Edgewater LIVE Thursday night happy hour concert series on the water, is returning.

This year's Edgewater Live season will begin June 11. The concerts run through Aug. 13. The concerts at the Cleveland Metroparks beach will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. In addition to the weekly bands, the evening series will include food trucks, yoga, stand-up paddleboarding, cornhole, adult beverages at a cash bar and family activities - and of course, great beach and skyline views.

"We knew that location had a lot of potential to support an event like that, but it got even bigger than we thought it would last year," says Cleveland Metroparks spokesperson Joe Yachanin.

"We were averaging several thousand people per week by the end of summer once word got around. It was so great to see so many Clevelanders enjoying the beach."

And not just Edgewater Beach. The Metroparks' Euclid Beach weekly Friday concert series is also returning - and expanding.

"We're expanding the Euclid Beach series to make it as long as Edgewater," says Yachanin. "We're also adding food trucks there this year, too. " The Euclid Beach concerts will run Fridays from June 12 through Aug. 21, except Aug. 7.

Edgewater LIVE Music Schedule

June 11: The Whiskey Kings

June 18: Billy Likes Soda

June 25: Easy Glistening

July 2: Sunset Drive featuring Billy Morris

July 9: Almost Famous

July 16: The Spazmatics

July 23: Thunder Gun Express

July 30: Rock the House

Aug. 6: Brigid's Cross

Aug. 13: Revolution Pie

Euclid Beach Music Schedule

June 12: The Ray Bans

June 19: Second Time Around

June 26: Mary Glover & The Mighty Golden Echoes, The Prayer Warriors

July 3: Kinsman Dazz Band featuring Remixx R & B

July 10: Forecast

July 17: The Sloppy Joe Band

July 24: Hubbs Groove

July 31: Eddie & the Edsels

Aug. 14 : Shout

Aug. 21: The Benjaminz

See clevelandmetroparks.com for more information.