Manhattan Beach seeks compromise over teen bands at Polliwog Park summer concerts
Teen band Good Vibes plays last year’s Concerts in the Park at Polliwog. Photo by Kat Monk Teen bands will be allowed to play at the City of Manhattan Beach’s Concerts in the Park, the music series that takes place Sunday evenings throughout the summer. But not too much. The city’s Parks and Recreation department has partly relented on what supporters of local teen music regarded as a “teen ban” that resulted from negative feedback received in a survey given to attendees of last summer’s concerts. Parks and Recreation Director Mark Leyman met with parents last week and arrived at a compromise: teen bands will be allowed serve as opening acts for two of the 10 events, which run from the last Sunday in June until the first Sunday in September. Kat Monk, whose son Slater Heidrich is in the band Good Vibe, expressed mixed feelings about the compromise. Last year, teen bands played at nine of the concerts. “We are very grateful that Parks and Rec compromised and gave the teen bands two days to play at Concerts in the Park,” Monk said. “That being said, part of the problem with Parks and Rec is they think the teen music only appeals to their peers. [This is] actually not accurate.”…
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