photo by: Jake Jacobson/KPR

The St. Petersburg String Quartet performs in the Lawrence Public Library’s atrium during a past KPR Live Day event.

A half dozen classical performances and a hoedown are set to take place at the Lawrence Public Library on Thursday as part of Kansas Public Radio’s Live Day event.

Starting at 9 a.m. and continuing at the top of each hour until approximately 3 p.m., live classical concerts will be staged at the library for this free, in-person event, according to a University of Kansas press release.

Performers include the Washburn Winds, who will kick off the event, Trio Lawrence, Kansas City-based group the Volker Brass, NAVO Arts, KU’s Glee Club and the Paraguayan stylings of the Jopara Ensemble.

KPR’s “Classical Cowgirl” Destiny Ann Mermagen will conclude the event with a classical country hoedown at 7 p.m. Mermagen, who hosts KPR’s “Morning Classical,” will be accompanied by her Corral Quartet, composed of strings players Yixue Snow Zhang, Can Balcik-Moretti and Michael Mermagen. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m.

For those unable to attend in person, the event will be broadcast on KPR, online at the Kansas Public Radio website at www.kansaspublicradio.org and on the KPR app.