It's rather difficult to remember Springfield summers before the Levitt AMP concert series broke into the downtown scene and gave us all something extraordinary to do on a Thursday night. Plenty of folks around town sure do appreciate the effort by local organizations and volunteers, in combination with the national Mortimer and Mimi Levitt Foundation, to bring in national touring acts to the Y-Block parcel just north of the Governor's Mansion from May until August. This year even more area groups got into the act as openers, and that really seemed to boost the interaction and the reaction of our readers in propelling this one among the several locally produced fests to No. 1 for 2024.
Created by the Levitt family to do exactly what has happened in Springfield – touching a community through live music – sponsoring organizations in various municipalities across the U.S. apply annually for the opportunity to be a Levitt AMP recipient. So much of our gratitude goes out to those doing the behind-the-scenes work to make it all happen. When we add in the vendors, bands, dance groups, attendees and others, the city truly comes together for this event like no other and that's why our intrepid IT readers spoke with votes to make this fest the best in town.
