Images: Northbrook's Tuesdays in the Park Summer Concert Series

A pair of music acts, one a solo artist geared toward kids and their families, the other a swing-jazz group playing for everyone, performed for hundreds of audience members at Village Green Park on a recent Tuesday evening.

Rick Kelley of Wayne sang and played fun songs on an electric keyboard July 18 while children danced to the music on a patch of asphalt in front of the stage. He was followed by The Flat Cats, a six-person Chicago-based swing jazz group that also plays blues, contemporary classics and old standards.

Many of the audience members brought picnic baskets and enjoyed dinner together while seated on blankets in the shade of the park's many trees.

The performances were part of the free Tuesdays in the Park Summer Concert Series, which runs through Aug. 8. Upcoming shows include Nanny Nikki at 6:30 p.m. and Howard and the White Boys at 7:15 p.m. Aug. 1. On Aug. 8, the fun will start with the Northbrook Theatre cast of "Matilda the Musical" at 6:30 p.m., followed by the all-women tribute cover band The Beatelles at 7:15 p.m.