Events
Summer Concert Series: WXPN WELCOMES Birdie Busch + The Holmesburg Jam
Abington Art
Center Annual
Summer Concert
Series
Free and open to the public
Thursday Evenings
Grounds Open at 5:30pm
Opening Band plays 6:30pm
Headlining Band plays 7:15pm
6/18 | WXPN WELCOMES: Birdie Busch with special guest The Holmesburg Jam
Sponsored by NJM Insurance Group
Food Trucks│Beer, Wine, & Cocktails│Dancing Under the Stars
Grab a blanket or lawn chair and get cozy on our beautiful back lawn. Bring a picnic basket or enjoy delicious food and drinks from our onsite food trucks and beverage vendors. Don’t forget your dancing shoes! This year’s bands will have us dancing under the stars all summer long.
About Tonight’s Sponsor: NJM Insurance Group
Insurance is our business. Service is our passion. That’s what sets us apart in an industry where the most important job is to be there for people when they need help the most. Leading, independent consumer publications repeatedly recognize our commitment to customer and claims satisfaction. At our core, we’re simply people devoted to helping people.
About the
Musician
Birdie Busch
Birdie Busch has been steadily crafting a sprawling, genre-defying modern American songbook. Critics from American Songwriter to Paste Magazine have likened Birdie’s spirit to Syd Barrett and Eudora Welty, while acknowledging what she does as her own thing, with appreciation for the strange and beautiful place it resides.
Her latest record, Night Blooming, is about big societal changes as much as immediate community needs. Perseverance by hook or crook. Breaks and reconnection. Paying attention. Growing internal and external land/sound/lifescapes and the relationships between them.
It’s about not always knowing-with awareness that even unknowing is transmuted through the process. If we are wading in a metaphorical and physical swamp Birdie Busch’s songs are an attempt at what should be left when the mesh gets pulled up from the murk. This record is full of golden nuggets and mystical gems from that sifting.
About Our Presenting Sponsors
Mayfield: We are a landscaping and hardscaping company that believes in going further—being bold and exploring the new. We create outdoor spaces that inspire and surprise, where people love to relax, gather, and enjoy. Let’s start building beyond. Learn more at mayfieldcorp.biz.
Edelmans: Celebrating 100 Years & 4 Generations as Jenkintown’s Trusted Business for Gold, Silver & Coins.
About Our Supporting Sponsors
Lindy: Proudly creating apartment homes since 1939, Lindy Communities has grown into a fourth-generation family housing provider dedicated to the Resident Experience. Learn more at lindyproperty.com.
Thompson Lexus: You can find a wide selection of new and pre-owned Lexus vehicles at Thompson Lexus Willow Grove, along with expert service to keep your car in top condition. We are committed to providing an honest, respectful, and stress-free experience for every customer.
Jefferson: Jefferson is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey. More than 65,000 people strong, Jefferson is dedicated to providing high-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow’s professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit healthcare systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 33 hospital campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans, through Health Partners Plans Inc., is a not-for-profit managed healthcare organization offering a broad range of health coverage options to more than 370,000 members for more than 40 years.
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Parking
Parking for this event is limited, but additional parking is conveniently located across the street at the Triangle Parking Lot, courtesy of Abington Friends School, on the corner of Meetinghouse and Jenkintown Rd.
Weather
Weather These events are rain or shine! Our concerts will go on in light rain and will only be cancelled in the event of hazardous weather. Weather related cancellations will be made 24 hours in advance. All other weather updates will be posted as needed, so check back often!