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 7, 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 267-468-8000.
For more information on the concert series, visit www.upperdublin.net or call 215-643-1600, ext. 3443.
Sunday, July 7
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.
Sponsored by Nolan Painting, Inc.
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Sunday, July 14
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
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Angelee is a singer/songwriter based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has been providing Live Entertainment since 1999.
Originally playing out of Blacksburg, Virginia, Angelee has played up and down the East Coast as well as Europe.
Type of Music: 60's, 70's, 80's 90's and today
Learn more about Angelee Gerovasiliou.
Sponsored by Nolan Painting, Inc.
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Sunday, July 21
6:30 to 8:00 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.
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Sunday, July 28
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
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For the best of the 50's doo wop sound and a capella harmonies, you've come to the right place!
Founded by Anthony "AC" Clementi, the NorrisTones have been entertaining audiences throughout the region for more than a decade. Their CD, Legacy, a collection of 20 A Cappella, doo wop songs, including two oiginal tunes, is available on their Web site.
Type of Music: Doo Wop, A Cappella
Learn more about the band.
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Sunday, August 4
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium)
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Always a good show, Melissa Martin is back again as part of the Upper Dublin Parks and Recreation Sunday Evening Concerts.
Its rhythm and blues at its finest. Melissa Martin & the Mighty Rhythm Kings deliver a wide variety of Jump Blues originals that will keep you moving during the entire show!
Type of Music: Boogie Woogie, Swing, Jump Blues
Learn more about the band.
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Sunday, August 11
6 to 7:30 p.m.
Learning Center Front Lawn
(Rain Location: Learning Center Auditorium)
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Entertaining audiences from New York to D.C. since the mid '90s, Soul Purpose is considered by many to be "Philly's Hottest Horn Band."
Performing at Weddings, Corporate Events, Club dates and Private Affairs, many of the musicians in this band have performed or recorded with everyone from R&B legends - Aretha Franklin and The Temptations - to Jazz/Big Band legends such as Woody Herman and Peter Nero with the Philly Pops Orchestra.
Type of Music: Motown
Learn more about the band.
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