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It's Music and It's Free

Come down to the Riverfront Overlook Stage under the Gateway Arch for Live on the Levee when Lyle Lovett lights the stage on Friday, July 28 and Grand Funk Railroad retro rocks on Saturday, July 29. The festival grounds open at 5 p.m., local bands play at 6 p.m. and the headliners take the stage at 8 p.m. The evenings end with fireworks over the Mississippi at 9:30 p.m.

At the Saint Louis Art Museum in Forest Park, enjoy Art After Five, a free music concert by jazz man Dave Stone and his trio. The music moves you from 6 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. on Sculpture Terrace. Delectable food and drink are available at Puck’s, the museum’s elegant café. Bonus: the special exhibition gallery is open free on Fridays until 9 p.m.

Get Fired Up!

All boys and girls love shiny red fire trucks and they can climb aboard one at the Missouri History Museum on Saturday at 3 p.m. during the Benjamin Franklin: Fired Up! event. Celebrate Franklin's contributions and the heroism of our city's own municipal fire department (second oldest in the nation). Join St. Louis Fire Captain Derek Phillips as he presents a public safety demonstration and take in the Benjamin Franklin 300th birthday exhibit.

Here’s Mud in Your Eye…

…and your hair, and your toes and your elbows. It’s time for Mighty Mud Mania on Saturday, July 28 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Jefferson Barracks Historic Park. The ultimate in muddy madness ensues when kids aged 5-15 can slither, crawl and romp through a 200-foot-long obstacle course built in a gooey, slippery, wet and cool mud pit.

Gentlemen, start your engines!

Rev it up at Gateway International Raceway this weekend during the Shop 'n Save 150 ARCA RE-MAX Series on Friday night, July 28 and the NASCAR Busch Series 250 races on Saturday, July 29.

How do you like them tomatoes?

The Best Homegrown Tomato Challenge returns to the Missouri Botanical Garden on Saturday, July 29. Registration begins at 10:00 a.m.; judging at 11:30 a.m. Garden admission is Free on July 29 before noon to anyone who brings three tomatoes or 12 cherry tomatoes (of the same type) to enter in the contest. A 5,000 grand prize will be awarded to the gardener whose homegrown tomato is chosen as the best by a panel of judges. Contestant entry forms are available in early July at local Schnucks, Dierbergs and Shop 'n Save stores. The event is sponsored by NatureSweet.

There's more! Visit the interactive Calendar of Events on the Official Travel Portal of St. Louis for a comprehensive list of this weekend's events.