The Pella Opera House will be hosting their Opera House Outdoors event on Franklin Street in May. 

As part of the event, three musical acts will take the stage in front of the Opera House, including the Dutch Front Band, Becky Denton, and Back to Vinyl. There will also be country line dancing lessons and a DJ playing music in between the performances during the event. Food trucks will be on site for the event and wristbands will be sold to those 21 and older for access to the main band area and the beer garden area. Wristbands are available to be purchased for $10 at the Opera House and IDs will be checked at that time. Executive Director Cyndi Atkins says that the goal of the event is to have a community celebration following Tulip Time.

“We really wanted this to be a celebration for Pella, we’re welcoming anyone who wants to come to it from outside of our community, but our community works so hard at Tulip Time and there’s so many things also in the summer. But this is kind of a way for us to say come on in, after a big Tulip Time event, after weeks of our visitors coming to visit our town, and let’s just have a time to come together and celebrate as a community.”

The Opera House Outdoors will be held on Friday, May 17th from 4:30-10:30 pm. Learn more about the event on the Pella Opera House’s Facebook page here.