NORWOOD — The Norwood Village Green Concert Series will be presenting its 52nd Annual season in 2025. Its mission as “a non-for –profit founded to impact our home communities via inspiring and spirit uplifting public outdoor performances” is demonstrated in its programming.

 It is presenting workshops and concerts for youth and families, music from around the world, its 32nd Grammy award recipient, its 19th Grammy nominee, classic country music, performing opportunities for school musicians, the 2025 SUNY Potsdam Rising Star recipient, a world class trumpet player, a community fund-raising event for the benefit of the Norwood-Norfolk-Raymondville Outreach program, and performances by more than 125 local musicians.

Here are seven highlights for the 52nd Annual Season.

123 Andrés: 123 Andrés are a husband-and-wife duo that creates children's music in both English and Spanish. They have been winners of the Best Latin Children's Album category at the Latin Grammy Awards for Arriba Abajo. In 2024, they won the Grammy Award for Best Children's Music Album for their album We Grow Together Children's Songs.  They are the Series 32nd Grammy Award recipients. 123 Andrés will be offering workshop for Head Start and K-2 students at Norwood-Norfolk, a concert for the elementary school and an evening concert for families and the general public.

Sue Foley: Sue Foley has been nominated in 2025 in the Traditional Blues category for her One Guitar Woman” recording. Her pink Fender guitar hangs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland next to the guitars of the greats. She has received Juno, Blues Foundation, and Maple Blues Awards (including its Lifetime Achievement Award).

Shavon Lloyd: Shavon received his Bachelor’s degree from the Crane School of Music and was granted a full scholarship to Julliard where he received a Masters Degree in Vocal Performance. He is a triple threat – a performer, a conductor, and a composer. He has won awards in all three areas and has performed at Carnegie Hall, at Saratoga PAC, with the St. Louis Opera Company, and at the Opera House in Geneva, Switzerland. He performed in a Memorial concert dedicated to his mentor Dr. Lonel Woods for the Norwood Village Green Concert Series in 2019. He will receive SUNY Potsdam’s Rising Star Award for 2025 on July 12th prior to his performance on July 13.

Kody Norris: The Kody Norris Show: This talented group, made up of frontman Kody Norris, Josiah Tyree, Mary Rachel Nalley-Norris, and Charley Lowman, find themselves with a growing legion of fans craving the comfort that comes from their retro look, but equally craving dynamic instrumentation and thought-provoking lyrics – all of which can be heard throughout their epic new album Rhinestone Revival.

 “There is a whole chapter of country music that’s just kind of faded away,” Norris once said. “I believe The Kody Norris Show has been instrumental in bringing back some of that nostalgia and some of that classic look that country music and bluegrass used to have.”

The Brindlestiff Family Cirkus: Founded by Keith Nelson and Stephanie Monseu in 1995, prides itself on being an integral part of America’s outstanding folk traditions of circus, and sideshow. There will be a Juggling workshop at 6 pm. Their family-friendly show begins at 7 pm.    

Las Guaracheras: Las Guaracheras is an all-women salsa sextet born in the city of Cali, Colombia in 2017. The ensemble´s cultural and artistic objective is to uplift a female voice within Afro-Latin music and build a more inclusive, diverse and respectful cultural space for all. Las Guaracheras present an explosive show that provokes dancing, and singing as well as reflection.   

LauraB: The folk and contemporary music of  Spain and Andalusia in particular.

The All Star Big Band under the direction of Wally Siebel with guest artist Jim Hynes: Jim Hynes has performed on countless Broadway shows throughout his career. Among them are Cats, Jerome Robbins Broadway, Chess, Beautiful (the Carole King Musical), On Your Feet, Color Purple, etc. He has performed, toured, and recorded with some of the top artists in the industry including Paul Simon, Sting, James Taylor, Beyonce, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Cyndi Lauper, Elton John, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, and many others.

Here is the complete 2025 Season schedule. All Concerts are at 7 pm except as noted:

• Thursday, May 29 A Music Education Event in Collaboration with SLCMEA  5-9 pm

• Sunday, June 1 The Kody Norris Show    

• Thursday, June 5 123 Andrés  

• Sunday, June 8 Sister Cinnamon                         

• Thursday, June 12 Bluebird                        

• Sunday, June 15 Double Axel                                  

• Thursday, June 19 Northern Symphonic Winds                    

• Sunday, June 22 “We Cherish the Ladies” Part 1                                                                    The Goddard Sisters and Uprooted

• Monday, June 23 “We Cherish the Ladies”

•            Nicole White  6:45 pm Sue Foley                          

• Thursday, June 26 Northbound                         

• Sunday, June 29 Las Guaracheras                  

• Sunday, July 6    All Star Big Band with Guest Artist Jim Hynes         

• Sunday, July 13 Shavon Lloyd                                 

• Thursday, July 17 Whiskey Roots with David Wells, Tim Flack,                                                                 Laura Fitzsimmons Gilbert & Daniel Cassada            

• Sunday, July 20 Kate Prascher   

• Thursday, July 24 Norwoodstock  6 pm                     

• Sunday, July 27 The Old Time Fiddlers Show                                                                           with Gretchen Koehler,  Don Woodcock, Annie Davey & Jeremy Rusu    

• Thursday, July 31 The Bindlestiff Family Cirkus  Juggling workshop 6 pm Show at 7 pm

• Sunday, August 3 LauraB  

• Thursday, August 7 Brass Firemen            

• Thursday, August 17 New Horizons Swing Band

• The Norwood Village Green Concert Series enjoys major support from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the NYS Legislature and the Office of Governor Kathy Hochul, The National Endowment for the Arts, The Mid Atlantic Foundation for the Arts, Iber Musicas, the Sweetgrass Foundation, the Badenhausen Legacy Fund, the Town of Potsdam, the Village of Norwood, and many local donors and businesses. All concerts are free but a Pass the Bucket donation is requested. For further information peruse the Series website: nvgcs.org