A Beautiful Day: Unforgettable Fire at Downtown Sounds

An unforgettable Downtown Sounds performance left people with a desire for more! Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band, had what we were looking for in a great concert. People danced and sang along to familiar favorites by the band.

The sweetest thing about our concerts is always our Teen Showcase openers. This week there was one great performance by the Broadway on the Beach performers who sang classic Broadway hits to warm up the crowd.

Unforgettable Fire was born on New Year’s Day in 1995 as one of the very first U2 Tribute Bands to ever perform in America. After 30 years of performing at the most prestigious venues throughout the East Coast and beyond, the band has the reputation of being the preeminent U2 Tribute Show in North America.

The band strives to present a truly authentic U2 experience, both sonically and visually. In addition to performing a very impressive array of U2 material, the band does everything in their power (from wardrobe to lighting) to create the live U2 concert setting for their audience.

In 2015, U2 members The Edge and Adam Clayton crashed Unforgettable Fire’s show at The Cutting Room in New York City. They joined UF onstage for a very special surprise performance together, to the joy and surprise of the audience. Press from around the world, including Rolling Stone Magazine, reported on that very special U2 and UF performance together.

2021 brought new worldwide exposure for the band, including an episode of JEOPARDY!, in which Unforgettable Fire was featured as a question in a tribute band category. The band last performed on the Downtown Sounds stage in 2022, and is excited to return.

Downtown Sounds is about more than just the music. During the event the community comes together in downtown. Vendors lineup down School Street and restaurants serve up their best bites, kids and teens run around enjoying the freedom the closed streets and safe environment allows.

This Friday Downtown Sounds will have a great performance of new wave ‘80s by Lovesong. Our Teen Showcase opener at 7pm will be soloists Elena and Milania Quinones. The show will go on with or without you, although we hope to see you there!

The Downtown Sounds concert series takes place every Friday night in July and August at 7:30 p.m. in Village Square. Thank you to La Bussola for being July 25’s restaurant sponsor.

Thank you to the Downtown Sounds Sponsors: Kimco Realty, Northwell Glen Cove Hospital, Dr. Max Chiropractor, Emerge Nursing and Rehab, Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce, Glen Cove Fitness, Glen Cove Oral Surgery, Glen Cove Center for Nursing, Glengariff Healthcare Center, Mad Chicken, Mary Stanco Realtor, Minuteman Press, Phillips Lytle LLP, Portledge School, Soca Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Glen Cove, Tocolo Cantina, and Village Square Pharmacy.

For more information on the Glen Cove Downtown Business Improvement District, its programs and events, call the Downtown BID office at 516-759-6970, visit www.glencovedowntown.org, or email info@glencovedowntown.org.

Downtown Sounds Video: https://youtu.be/m65WvJ9iLAs

Teen Showcase Video: https://youtu.be/SxmCvCW9NEY

All photos: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Ebgfpuks6/