Tunes at Twilight returns this month

Tunes at Twilight started a few years ago with meager beginnings -- a free show in the middle of Cape, sometimes attended by as few as 10 people. How things have changed.

In the past two years Tunes has established itself as a major destination in Cape on Friday evenings during the summer, drawing hundreds each week to hear mostly acoustic, independent touring acts play on the Common Pleas Courthouse lawn for free.

Last year nearly 600 people attended the season opener, breaking the record, and attendance was up an estimated 25 percent from the previous year.

This month Tunes resumes featuring last year's record breaking opener, Brother Henry, to start the season again May 18. Other returning artists include Dana Cooper, Peter Karp and Rod Picott, while Doug Rees returns as the local act on the series Aug. 31.