(EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of a series celebrating the people, places and history of Charlottesville’s Downtown Mall as it turns 50 this year.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW)- For 38 years in Charlottesville, the six city blocks that comprise the Downtown Mall have been filled with music each Friday.
Fridays After Five, the free concert series that stretches from the end of every spring to the beginning of every fall annually at Ting Pavillion, has served as a community hub for area residents and visitors, even before it moved into its current home on 9th street. Fridays also functions as showcase for the many local acts that call the area home. These musicians get to entertain on the same stage that the Pavillion’s marquis guests, hailing from the nationwide music scene, have played, treating eager, fun-loving crowds to their unique sound…