(Carbondale, IL) — City leaders in Carbondale are tossing 50-thousand-dollars of taxpayer money at a concert centered around next year’s eclipse. The Carbondale council voted earlier this week to spend the 50-grand on a two-day solar eclipse concert series in the city’s downtown. A concert in the same spot last summer drew about three-thousand people. Promoters hope to bring 15-thousand people to town next summer.
