The Manteca Recreation & Community Services’ Music on Maple returns this Thursday, May 21, to Maple Avenue in downtown Manteca.

It takes place the third Thursday of every month, from May to October from 6 to 9 p.m. in the 100 block of North Maple Avenue in downtown Manteca.

It features a band, vendor booths, food trucks, a beer garden, and more.

Different music genres are featured each month.

*May: Classic Rock. Attendees are encouraged to put on band tees and come ready to shred during an air guitar contest.

*June: Jammin’ Manteca reggae. The evening will include an open skate.

*July: Classic country. It includes a corn hole contest.

*August: Pop music. Glam up for Pop-arazzi photo ops.

*September: Oldies & funk. It will feature a low-rider car show.

*October: R&B. Show up looking super fly and join the Soul train line.

Memorial Weekend event

The United States Army Band is part of concert taking place when the Memorial Day Weekend Not Forgotten event returns to Woodward Park.

The event — that will include everything from a 5-K run, concerts, military displays, flyovers and patriotic flyovers to a drone glow show — is set for May 23, 24, and 25.

The City of Manteca has joined forces with American Legion Post 249 to bring back the event led for more than a dozen years by Pastor Mike Dillman before he retired from overseeing the task.
The event, in the past, drew as many as 30,000 people to Woodward Park over the three days.

The goal of the city partnering with local groups is to help assure the event continues in the future.

The event will also include a large car show, helicopter landings, vendors, a kids’ zone, and more.

There will also be a beer garden with the goal of featuring local concerns such as Loma Brewery and Brethren Brewery among others.

For more details go to the website, thememorialweekend.org.