MGM Springfield kicks off Free Music Fridays with Aqua-Nett set to perform
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – MGM Springfield is ending the month of January with their first 'Free Music Friday' event of the year!
Aqua-Nett will be performing at the Aria Ballroom on Friday, January 31st to kick off MGM Springfield's annual 'Free Music Fridays.'
The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. in the Aria Ballroom, located at One MGM Way in Springfield.
WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.
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