Levitt AMP Springfield’s Christi Walden and PNC Bank’s Regional President of Central Illinois, Brian Ray, sat down with Beni Harmony on the NewsChannel 20 Marketplace segment to share the exciting return of the 2025 Levitt AMP Springfield music series.

PNC Bank is a presenting sponsor of the series. Ray shared that supporting the program is essential to the Springfield community. “PNC and the PNC Foundation is really supportive of the arts because we know that arts bring vibrancy to communities. As we are trying to differentiate ourselves in Springfield, having free events with access for all is really important for us, and we want to be able to support that and bring people downtown on the lawn. And for people who don’t normally come downtown to see what’s there because there is a lot.”

Walden has seen this impact in action. “I’ve lived here my whole life and people say ‘I don’t really go downtown anymore,’ but you start seeing those people coming down to Levitt because you can bring your kids, you can bring your dogs, you can bring your picnic, and you can experience downtown again…It shows people that downtown can be a vibrant, safe place.”

Watch the full interview here: “Live Music, Local Flavor: Levitt AMP Springfield Music Series Returns This Summer”