Grand Design Band will perform Thursday at Music in the Park in Norway. (Submitted photo)

NORWAY — Music in the Park continues as the Escanaba-based Grand Design Band performs for the fourth concert of the season at 7 p.m. Thursday at the band shell in downtown Norway.

The Grand Design Band is a five-member group from the Escanaba/Gladstone area that performs a variety of classic rock, music of the ’50s and ’60s, a little country and many favorite cover tunes from early to modern.

“The band’s captivating, high energy performance will ‘transport’ music fans back in time to keep you dancing, tapping your toes and singing the night away,” band member Mike Swanson said.

They’re sure to bring a fun show to the band shell and are really looking forward to playing for a great Dickinson County audience.

“We hope folks that come into Iron Mountain for this week’s Out to Lunch concert with Mark Young & The Happy Enchiladas will enjoy the afternoon, have a nice dinner in the area and come on down to beautiful Band Shell Park in Norway for our fourth free performance of this summer’s fabulous series,” MIP Program Director Carol Sundstrom said.

Fantastic weather and a great local band drew literally hundreds of fans to the band shell Thursday to hear Next Myle perform 90-plus minutes of hit music.

Music in the Park is grateful for the financial support it has received from several organizations, businesses and individuals this year, without whom this concert series would not be possible. Major sponsors for 2026 include: Steve and Debbie Tinti and Carrie Toretta-Partello, Coldwell Banker Real Estate of Iron Mountain (this week’s SPOTLIGHT sponsors), The Vulcan/Norway/Loretto Lions Club, Holmberg General Insurance Agency of Norway, The Tourism Association of Dickinson County and Norway TDS Pharmacy, Loadmaster of Norway, Northern Interstate Bank of Norway, Jim’s Music of Iron Mountain, Preferred Powersports of Norway, Law Offices of Mouw & Celello – Iron Mountain, Darleen Asselin — in Memory of William Asselin, The Norway Senior Center, Jeri’s Quilt Shop of Norway, Larry and Kathy Bourdeau, Jon and Nancy Sundstrom, James Mortier, Norway Township, the Curtis J. Brackett Community Foundation and numerous individual and anonymous sponsors. Music in the Park is also grateful to our media partners: WJNR-WHTO-WOBE Radio of Iron Mountain, The Iron Mountain Daily News and The ADvertiser.

In case of inclement weather, concerts will shift to the Crossroads Church, Grace United Methodist/Bethany Lutheran, on Odill Drive behind the Norway Historical Museum on the east edge of Norway. Check the Norway Music in the Park Facebook page for updates if the weather is questionable.

Upcoming Music in the Park performances include:

— July 9: Kind of Blues Band*;

— July 16: Kaleidoscope Jos*;

— July 23: Finding Feathers;

— July 30: Music Jar;

— Aug. 6: The River Cities Big Band;

— Aug. 13: The DayDreamers*;

(*Double header concert with Iron Mountain Out to Lunch).