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Playing with Fire returns to Turner Park this weekend

The 2016 Playing with Fire concerts will take place on Saturday July 2 and Saturday August 27 at Turner Park at Midtown Crossing in Omaha.

The popular concert series kicks off July 2 with Sugaray Rayford headlining the show. Other acts in the lineup are Andria Simone and Those Guys, Nick Schnelbelen Band and the BluesEd band Far & Wide opening the festivities. On Saturday August 27, Walter Trout Band will headline.

Turner Park will open at 3:30 PM each day. Music begins at 4:30. There is no cost to attend but freewill donations will be accepted. Turner Park is located at 31st Avenue & Farnam Street in Omaha.

Featuring the best in blues, soul, funk, R&B, and rock, Playing With Fire celebrates its third year at Midtown Crossing's Pavilion at Turner Park in 2016. The series was established in 2004 to bring people together to, as Jeff Davis, founder of Playing With Fire says, "celebrate , dance and build community" with the most accomplished international and local musical artists.

More information is available at PlayingWithFireOmaha.net.

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Mike Jacobs has been with KIOS since 1988 while attending the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Mike began his career at KIOS working weekends acting as local host for NPR’s Weekend Edition. He also hosted Morning Edition from 1990-1996. Mike began hosting the weekly blues program “Blues in the Afternoon” in October 1994 and took on the responsibilities of jazz programming and maintaining the music library in 1996. He has held the position of Music Director since 2002. In addition to hosting “Jazz in the Afternoon” on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Mike also helps with assembling music for “Jazz From Studio One” hosted by the advanced radio students at the Omaha Public Schools Career Center. Mike is an Omaha native and graduated from Technical High School in 1984.