AUBURN — The Auburn Community Concert Band, under the direction of Milt Simon, will kick off its annual summer series of weekly outdoor evening concerts at Festival Plaza on Main Street in  Auburn on at 7 p.m., Wednesday, June 17.

The  performance is the first of 10 programs scheduled for this Main Street location. The free concerts will continue weekly on Wednesday evenings through August 20, weather permitting. If inclement weather is forecast, the band will move its performance indoors to the Franco American Heritage Center, located on Cedar Street in Lewiston. The one exception pertains to the June 17 concert only, which will take place at the Community Little Theater Auditorium on Academy Street in Auburn, if an indoor location is needed that evening.

This year marks the 34th anniversary since band conductor Milt Simon first organized this musical group. The 41 volunteer musicians participating this summer range in age from 16 to 90, and together represent a total of 16 Maine communities.

The organization “gives many individuals a chance to utilize musical talents neglected since their high school days, and the entire community benefits,” Simon said. He added that the Auburn group “is one of the larger community bands in the state of Maine, and commonly attracts 300 to 400 people to its weekly concerts.”

Throughout the next two months, the band will present a different musical theme every Wednesday evening, featuring well-known songs from the ’40s tothe present, popular with both younger and older people. People planning to attend any of the performances should bring their own lawn chair, and are advised to arrive at Festival Plaza well before the 7 p.m. concert start time, as large audiences are again expected this summer. Ample free parking is available in the parking garage located across the street from the Plaza.

For more information, visit the band’s web site at www.auburncommunityband.com.

The programs for this summer’s concert series are:

June 17: “Forgotten But Unforgettable”, an evening of music nostalgia under the stars.

June 24: “Songs that Bridge Generations”, showcasing song from theatrical shows and movies

July 1: “An Evening of Patriotic Music”

July 8: “Let’s Dance,” featuring five decades of dancing music

July 15: “American Idols”, including songs from the Beatles, Sinatra, Stevie Wonder and Michael Buble

July 22: “It’s Showtime!”, showcasing themes from popular movies, Broadway and TV shows

July 29: “The Voice”, featuring hit songs by Elton John, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, and Elvis

August 5: “Legends of Rock”, featuring still-popular tunes by Kansas, the Doors, Journey, and Queen,

August 12: “Take Two”, a musical review of all the band’s newest songs first performed earlier this summer

August 19: “Greatest Hits Concert”, featuring some of Auburn Community Concert Band’s best-known and most requested songs from their past 33 seasons.

The members of this summer’s concert band are:

FLUTE: Barbara Jabaut, Stefanie Libby, Carrie Palmer, Kellie Pelletier, River Stickney

CLARINET: Dina Ford, Rebecca Lazure, Denise Leavitt, Dorothy LeClair, Louise Theberge, Patricia Varney

BASS CLARINET: Jeremy Doane

ALTO SAXOPHONES: Mary Briggs, Kerry Gould, David Griswold

TENOR SAX: Angela Greenwald

BARITONE SAX: Jason Toussaint

TRUMPETS: Ivan Boudreau, Joshua Caron, Elliot Epstein, Randy Evans, Steve Fleck, Jill Longstaff, Alison Morin, Maurice Morin, Nancy Morris

FRENCH HORNS: Stephanie Burke, Jennifer Gaylord

TROMBONES: Ben Barr, Sonny Begin, Margaret Berry, Fred Fahlsing, Bob Libby, Chip Morrison

BARITONES: Dennis Marenius, Jason McVille

TUBAS: Mike Gamache, Duncan Webster

PERCUSSION: Jeremy Hill, Dan Leclair, Laurie Swart