CARBONDALE - Get out your Birkenstocks, lawn chairs and sunscreen for the 2009 season of the Sunset Concerts.

The concerts, hosted on alternate Thursdays outside Shryock or at Turley Park on the west side of Carbondale, are all free. Everyone is welcome to the family-friendly outdoor showcase for music of all kinds. The line-up for the seven-week series features reggae, bluegrass, Americana/folk, Indie rock, Afro-Latin groove rock, Chicago blues and funk/soul/disco.

Concert sponsors remind those attending there will be strict enforcement of rules banning glass bottles, kegs, pets and solicitation, as will underage drinking laws. For more information about the 2009 Sunset Concert Series, contact Student Programming Council at 618-536-3393 or look online at www.spc4fun.com.

The complete Sunset Concert schedule, with each two-hour concert starting at 7 p.m., is as follows:

June 18: The Ark Band, Shryock, reggae, http://thearkband.com

June 25: Roman Candle, Turley Park, Indie rock, http://www.romancandlemusic.com

July 2: The NK Band, Shryock, Afro-Latin groove rock, http://www.nkband.com

July 9: Vince Herman and Friends, Turley Park, Americana/ folk, http://www.vinceherman.com

July 16: Mississippi Heat, Shryock, Chicago blues, http://www.mississippiheat.net

July 23: Greensky Bluegrass, Turley Park, bluegrass, http://www.greenskybluegrass.com

July 30: Space Capone, Shryock, funk/soul/disco, http://www.myspace.com/spacecapone