<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3U5ZTk_0vUGJ7Jx00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3U5ZTk_0vUGJ7Jx00" width="1000" height="750" ><figcaption>The site of the former OT Johnson store in downtown Galesburg. (WILL STEVENSON/WGIL)</figcaption></figure><p>A concert will be held at the site of the former OT Johnson store in downtown Galesburg — a sign of what the show’s organizer says is a hope of things to come.</p><p>After a test run last year, the Downtown Community Partnership will host what it’s calling another “pop-up concert” at the site <a href="https://secure.dcpofgalesburg.org/np/clients/dcpofgalesburg/event.jsp?event=16&amp;">Friday starting at 5:00 p.m., featuring two “eclectic bands.”</a> Admission is $5; and while alcohol will be for sale along with snacks, it’s described as an all-ages show.</p><p>The partnership’s Kate Bullis <a href="https://www.wgil.com/episode/pop-up-concert-friday-in-downtown-galesburg/">tells Galesburg’s Morning News on WGIL</a> she’d like to see that site — which she’s calling “The Railyard” — blossom into a permanent venue.</p><p>“Luckily, with the support of the Downtown Community Partnership, and then local organizations and businesses, we’ve really kind of been able to start developing that idea out a little bit more,” said Bullis. “If you come to the concert Friday night, you will get to see some sketches of some ideas we have going for the space.”</p><p>Ideas, which Bullis says includes simple things like people sitting and watching at the top of the sort-of hill that’s there, and bands performing at the bottom.</p><p>But in order for the space to become a more permanent venue, Bullis says it’s going to take some help.</p><p>“Ideally, we would see a split of the project between the City of Galesburg, the State of Illinois, and then fundraising,” said Bullis. “There’s a few steps that have to happen before we can really dive in to those fundraising endeavors.”</p><p>While Bullis says you may hear the concert throughout downtown Galesburg, the space in-between the two buildings deadens the sound from going much farther.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FDCPofGalesburg%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02rVFHvQSbQZFFX2UtR5U6o1Sr8SRKhdpGBcn1u1JTL8KXeSYtyXn7B9AvsSMtGCPCl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" style="width:100%; height:100%; position:relative; border:none; overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allow="encrypted-media"></iframe></div></div></body>

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Former OT Johnson site could become music venue; concert there Friday night

A concert will be held at the site of the former OT Johnson store in downtown Galesburg — a sign of what the show’s organizer says is a hope of things to come. After a test run last year, the Downtown Community Partnership will host what it’s calling another “pop-up concert” at the site Friday starting at 5:00 p.m., featuring two “eclectic bands.” Admission is $5; and while alcohol will be for sale along with snacks, it’s described as an all-ages show.