City of Morris debuts Rock the Park summer concert series in Goold Park on Saturday

The city of Morris is making a bit of a change to Rock the Block, which used to take place on Liberty Street: It will now be called Rock the Park, and will see live music and food trucks take over Goold Park, 308 Northern Ave., over the summer.

It starts from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 28, with High Anxiety playing classic rock hits.

Morris Community Affairs Director Stan Knudson said the move to Goold Park came after getting a lot of feedback from the community. He said they’d spent a lot of time changing stage locations and sometimes the sun would be in the performer’s eyes, and moving Rock the Block to Goold Park was a solution.

“We’ve got a beautiful stage at Goold Park at the bandshell, so we might as well use it, right?” Knudson said. “So that’s what we did.”

Rock the Park will look a bit different: Not only will there be live music, but there will also be food trucks and a beer tent. Knudson said they reached out to local liquor license holders to open a beer tent, and the first event will have Clayton’s Tap handling beer sales.

He said food trucks are coming, such as Comfort Cooking out of Dwight and Paddy Wagon.