Payson City Events Coordinator Expects To See Large Crowd At Friday Night’s Pole Creek/Bald Mountain Fire Benefit Concert Despite Short Notice

Pictured standing at the podium in the Payson City Council Chambers, September 19, 2018, is Janeen Dean, who serves as Payson City Events Coordinator.  She and local musician Cody Robbins quickly organized the upcoming Pole Creek/Bald Mountain Fire Benefit Concert.

From the podium in the council chambers in Payson last night, City Events Coordinator Janeen Dean explained the impromptu origins and quick planning involved with tomorrow night’s benefit concert at the Peteetneet. Planning for the event was swift, much like the speed of the fast-growing wildfires spreading in the mountains nearby, but Ms Dean is optimistic that the event will receive great support from the public despite the short notice.

Musicians will perform on the Peteetneet Amphitheater stage. They will each lend their talents to raise funds for local firefighters and evacuees affected by the Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires. Leftover funding will be allocated for replanting in the mountains, according to Ms Dean, should enough money be raised from ticket sales.

Ms Dean told Payson City leaders gathered at last night’s council meeting that the idea for the upcoming concert arose out of a text conversation that she and musician and fellow church congregation member Cody Robbins had over the weekend.  Not long after the two had decided to move forward with concert plans, Mr Robbins was able to get other musicians on board. “Sometimes events like this are supposed to happen,” said Ms Dean.

Along with Cody Robbins, musical performances by Deep Red Dirt, Firefly, Matt Lewis, Pat Swenson, The Real Doug Lane, Chelsey Stallings, Tim Mills, Bronson & Maisy, Stacy Despain, Brother Chunky, and Chris Henderson are in store for all who attend the fund-raising event.

Gates will open at 5:30 PM tomorrow evening, September 21, at the Peteetneet Amphitheater.  The stage is located on the southwest corner of the Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center property, 10 North 600 East, Payson, Utah.

Tickets are $10 per person, $40 per family, and free for children eight and under.  First responders who arrive dressed in uniform get in free also, along with their families, said Ms Dean.

Ms Dean is optimistic that the benefit concert will draw at least a thousand people to the Peteetneet grounds tomorrow night in spite of the short notice.  Over a thousand, she quipped, with the mayor and city council among the crowd.