Presented by Upper Dublin Parks and Recreation and hosted by Temple University Ambler. All events are free and open to the public.
 For 13 years, the music played on.
In 1968, the Temple University Music Festival and Institute was born at the Ambler Campus with two important goals — to serve as a school for young professional musicians and to provide several summers of world-class music.
In its heyday, the Music Festival stage was graced by the likes of Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington. The amphitheater placed the spotlight on rising stars such as Dionne Warwick, Johnny Mathis, and Temple’s own Bill Cosby.
Area residents, and many well beyond, fondly remember the “42 Evenings of Musical Excellence” that summers at Ambler would bring.
Though the location of the well-remembered Music Festival now plays host to Temple’s Owls baseball and softball teams, on Sunday, July 10, music will fill the summer air once more at Temple University Ambler.
The campus has teamed up with Upper Dublin Parks and Recreation to bring the township's Sunday Evening Summer Concert Series to Temple University Ambler.
Our goal is to connect Temple Ambler more directly to the community by sharing our cultural and educational resources. In this way we hope to contribute to the intellectual and cultural dialogue, to foster a larger sense of mutual interest, and to enliven and enrich our daily lives.
The concert series is held on the Learning Center Front Lawn and features a wide variety of musical styles through the second Sunday evening in August. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and enjoy a relaxed evening of entertainment! Free parking! All concerts are smoke free and pet free.
For questions or directions to the campus, please contact 267-468-8011 or sarada.jailal@temple.edu.
For more information on the concert series, visit www.upperdublin.net or call 215-643-1600, ext. 3443.
Sunday, July 8
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium) |
The Barbone Street Jazz Band consists of World-Class jazz musicians. Over the years, jazz have taken many forms as individual styles developed.
Barbone Street musicians working with each other in many different bands were united by a common goal - a desire to explore the roots of jazz, traditional jazz modernized by their own inventiveness.
Type of music: Jazz, Dixieland Jazz, Swing
Learn more about the band: www.barbonestreet.com |
Sunday, July 15
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium) |
The Boogie Dogs are an energetic classic rock cover band from Montgomery County. They feature many of the most popular songs of the 60s and 70s as well as a few favorites from the 50s and 90s, delighting all ages from 13 to 60. The band has been playing private functions, local venues and outdoor concerts for years throughout the Greater Philadelphia area.
The song arrangements are unique and reflect the varied musical influences of the band’s members, from folk to jazz and blues to hard-driving rock. When you hear them live, you can feel the passion and energy that can only come from living the music, and they always give 110% in their shows.
Type of Music: Energetic Class Rock from the 60s, 70s and today
Learn more about the band: www.myspace.com/boogiedogs |
Sunday, July 22
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium) |
The perfect lively, laidback cover band, Bosslady provides a fun performance filled with audience participation and laughter.
Although playful, Bosslady is a tight group of superb professionally trained musicians and performers. Let them entertain you!
Type of Music: 1980's Tribute Music and other Hits from Yesterday and Today
Learn more about the band: www.bossladyband.com/KJ_Productions/Bosslady.html
Sponsored by SJO Consulting, LLC |
Sunday, July 29
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium) |
Progressive bluegrass music places the high-energy rhythms of traditional bluegrass within the sounds of contemporary music. Blackjack specializes in complicated vocal harmonies woven with creative acoustical accompaniments.
Blackjack has established their identity in southeastern Pennsylvania with an expansive repertoire that blends traditional bluegrass with the power of rock and roll, the inspiration of country, folk, and a cappella gospel, with a touch of reggae and jazz and the dedication to be together for twenty-five years.
Type of Music: High Energy Progressive Bluegrass
Learn more about the band: www.umbehauergoldenfieldsmusic.com/blackjack.html
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Sunday, August 5
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium) |
The Others Brothers is a band dedicated to replicating the eclectic music of the Allman Brothers. From the ripping harmonized guitar lines to the soaring slide work, the Other Brothers strive to pay homage to the innovative sound of the Allman Brothers while adding their own unique twist.
Gathering from a wide variety of musical influences, the Other Brothers are able to mix the gritty southern swamp music sound of Lynyrd Skynyrd, the funk of James Brown, the eerie melodic space of Pink Floyd, and the improvisational ability of the Grateful Dead into one inspiring show where no two are the same.
Type of Music: Southern and Classic Rock, Bluegrass, Funk
Learn more about the band: www.myspace.com/theotherbrothersband |
Sunday, August 12
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium)
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Zydeco-A-Go-Go, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier practitioners of Louisiana dance music, is bringing the zydeco party to the people! Their motto is: “Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!” or “Let The Good Times Roll!”
Founded in 1992, group boasts colorful personnel with decades of experience. Together they make it look easy, bringing to partygoers, dancers, and revelers Zydeco, a blend of Cajun two-steps, funky New Orleans rhythm & blues and swinging Louisiana rock & roll!
Type of Music: Creole Jazz and New Orleans Funk
Learn more about the band: www.zydecoagogo.com |
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