Set In Stone to play free Co-op Park show in downtown Los Alamos

Set In Stone brought a free early-evening set to Co-op Park in downtown Los Alamos, with the local cover band scheduled to start at 5:45 p.m. Friday, June 26, at 1010 Central Ave. Vendors were welcome, giving the show a street-fair feel as the Co-op Summer Showcase Series continued to turn the park into a recurring stop for live music.

The band’s set fit a format built around local acts and short Friday performances. The Co-op Summer Showcase Series launched May 15 with Baggage Claim and has been billed as a free concert series featuring only local musicians, with shows typically running from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m. on Fridays. Set In Stone was described as a local cover band playing rock, alternative and pop from the 1970s through the 2000s, with influences that range from Foo Fighters and Radiohead to 1980s synth-rock.

That small window matters in a downtown that has long depended on scheduled events to keep people lingering after work. The Co-op series was created to build community spirit and raise awareness for a new nonprofit tied to local music events and the Winter Rock Festival, making the concerts about more than entertainment alone. By concentrating performances at Co-op Park, the series gives residents a consistent place to gather in the business district instead of treating Central Avenue as a place to pass through.

The park itself is part of that shift. Los Alamos Schools Credit Union and community volunteers marked the Phase 2 grand opening of Los Alamos Co-op Park with a ribbon cutting at the same 1010 Central Ave. address, signaling that the site is being built out as a public gathering space. The June 26 show reinforced that use, with an open invitation to vendors and a lineup meant to keep the area active in the early evening.

The Co-op concerts also sit within a larger summer music season that has already proven how strongly live performances can draw people together in Los Alamos. The 2025 Los Alamos Summer Concert Series was promoted as running every Friday from May 23 through Sept. 5, and a Sancre Productions promotion said the previous two years drew almost 100,000 attendees at Ashley Pond Park. Against that backdrop, Set In Stone’s Co-op Park appearance was another test of whether downtown can build its own regular rhythm around local music, a walkable venue and a crowd that keeps coming back.