Friend Fridays Quincy Ruth Gordon Amphitheater 2024
The City of Quincy and the Friends of Ruth Gordon Amphitheater will be hosting Friend Fridays a series of live concerts on Friday evenings from June 28th to August 23rd at 6pm Break Rock Brewery and food trucks will be there as well
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Some love the first-come, first-serve seating in the amphitheater while others prefer to bring a blanket or lawn chairs. The amphitheater‘s concrete slabs are surprisingly very comfortable. But many enjoy using lawn chairs or cushions on the benches as well!
There‘s lots of free parking available: if the lot is full, there are spaces along Merrymount Parkway. To get a good spot close by, plan to arrive 30 min before showtime.
Breakrock Brewing covers most events including our Friends‘ Fridays and Friends Rock Music Festival serving beer, wine, and hard seltzer. Black‘s Creek BBQ is a favorite pop up food option, and we typically provide one additional food truck as well as Smiles by the Mile Ice Cream.
Wollaston native, Ruth Gordon (1896 -1985), the first person in Quincy to be awarded an Oscar. From 1914-1985, Ruth was a famous Broadway and Hollywood actress and writer who appeared in many films, such as “Harold and Maude” (1971). Ruth was awarded an Emmy and two Golden Globes for her acting and even won an Academy Award for her supporting role in “Rosemary’s Baby.” Her screenplays also received Academy Award nominations, including Pat and Mike (1952) starring Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. The City of Quincy honored Ruth on her 80th Birthday and built the Ruth Gordon Amphitheater in her honor in Merrymount Park in 1984.