Irish American Night, and movies including "Twilight" and "Cloudy with a Channel of Meatballs" will provide residents with a chance to enjoy the revitalization of the more than 90 parks throughout Philadelphia thanks to funding from the William Penn Foundation and local fundraising efforts.
A full schedule of events is on the PHS website at: http://www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org/phlgreen/SummerInTheNeighborhood2010.pdf
List of events:
Bardascino Park: 10th and Carpenter Street - www.bardascinopark.org
June 5th: 10:00am - PHS Garden Workshop: Window Boxes
Campbell Square: Allegheny and Belgrade
June 7: 6:30pm - HS Garden Workshop: Fragrance in the Garden
June 13: 8am - 2pm - Flea Market
June 21: Polish American String Band - Babushka Power!
July 7: Oldies Night, Street & Storm Acappella
July 19: 6:30pm - PHS Garden Workshop: Four Season Gardening
July 21: Hooligans/Irish American Night
August 11: Charlie Gracie Night
August 24: Movie Night: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs-"
September 1: Kids Night & Talent Contest
September 19:Flea Market
October 30: Halloween Costume Contest
December 15: Christmas Tree Lighting, candy canes & Santa
Carroll Park: 58th and Girard
June 22: July 29: 10am - 2pm: Free Summer Camp for children aged 6 to 13
August 2-6: 5pm - 8pm: Vine Memorial Baptist Church Revival
August 28: Carroll Park Community Council Pride Fest & Flea Market
Summer Concert Series: Thursdays 6pm - 8pm, July 1 to August 27
Chew Playground: 19th and Washington - www.chewplayground.com
June 26: 11am - 4pm: Chew Appreciation Day/Kiddie Olympics
July 31: 12pm - 5pm: Red Bull & Point Breeze Youth Development Basketball Competition
August 7: 1pm - 8pm: Peace in the Park Community Festival
August 13: 12pm - 4pm: Chew Summer Camp End of Summer BBQ
August 21: 11am - 5pm: Bryant Church Community Day Event
Cianfrani Park: 8th and Fitzwater - www.cianfranipark.org - cianfranipark@gmail.com
June 11: 7pm Dr. Ketchup
June 18: 7pm West Philadelphia Orchestra Brass Band
June 25: 7pm Dan Peterson Octet
Outdoor movies in August - see website for updates and information!
Clara Muhammad Square: 47th and Lancaster
June 12: 1pm - 6pm - Alpha CDC Gospelrama
June 25: dusk Movie Night
July 17: dusk - Movie Night
August 3: 6pm - 8pm - National Night Out
August 7: 11am - 4:30pm - Muslim Day of Sadaqah/ Charity
September 9 - 11: Philadelphia Mas Jid; End of Ramadan Eid Al- Fitir
September 18: 1pm - 5pm - Community Day & Flea Market
Clark Park: 43rd and Baltimore - http://www.clarkpark.info
Farmers Markets: Saturdays from 10am - 2pm, Thursdays 3pm - 7pm
June 19: 9am: Brown Bear Festival to Benefit Haiti
June 19: 1pm: Arts & Music Festival
June 21: 7am - 7pm: Uhuru Flea Market
July 24 - Saturday, August 1: Shakespeare in Clark Park (see website for details)
August 21: 7am - 7pm: Uhuru Flea Market
September 18: 7am - 7pm: Uhuru Flea Market
October 9: 10am: Bark in the Park
October 16: 7am - 7pm: Uhuru Flea Market
November 11: 11am - Veterans Day Commemoration
December 11: 2:30pm - Holiday carolling
Conshohocken-Windmere:
July 10: 12pm - 4pm: Wynnefield Heights Community Day
August 10: dusk - Movie Night - TBD
Dickinson Square: 4th and Tasker Streets - www.dickinsonsquare.org
June 12: 10am - PHS Garden Workshop: Designing and Planting Window Boxes
June 19: FDS Workshop Children-s Crafts for Father-s Day (10- 11am) RSVP
June 19: Summer Solstice Celebration - (7 pm)
July, August, September - Mummers concerts (check website for more information)
July 15: Movie Night
July 17: 10am - PHS Garden Workshop: Everything You Want to Know About Roses
August 14: 10am - PHS Garden Workshop - Vertical Gardening: climbers& vines
September 18: 10am - PHS Garden Workshop - Ideas for Harvesting Herbs
September 18: 7pm - Autumn Equinox Celebration
October 23: 10am - PHS Garden Workshop - Evergreens
October 31: 3pm - 5pm: Halloween Party!
November 20: FDS Workshop -Hands on Holiday Wreaths Workshop (10am)
December 18: Winter Solstice Celebration (7 pm)
Gold Star Park: Wharton, between 6th & 7th Streets - www.goldstarpark.org - goldstarpark@passyunk.org
June 24: 7pm - The Get Arounds (80s new wave)
July 8: 7pm - The Oscuro Quintet (tango)
July 22: 7pm - Knife and Fork Band
Gorgas Park: Ridge and Hermitage Streets - http://gorgaspark.com/
May 31: 10am - Memorial Day Services
June 12: 10am - St. John-s Flea Market
June 26: 5pm - Summer Fest
July 22: 7pm - Zydeco-A-Go-Go
July 27: 8:20pm - Movie Night - -UP-
August 12: 7pm - Ben Arnold
August 27: Movie Night - TBA
August 31: 7:20pm - Movie Night -Twilight-
September 11: 7pm - Hooligans
October 10: Fall Festival
Jefferson Square:
4th and Washington - www.jeffersonsquarepark.org
All summer: Thursdays are Kids Night at the Park! 6pm for outdoor play time!
September 25: Flea Market, 9am - 5pm
Konrad Square: Dauphin and Tulip Streets
All markets are 8am - 3pm
June 5: Flea Market
June 19: Flea Market
July 3: Flea Market
July 24: Flea Market
August 7: Flea Market
August 21: Flea Market
September 4: Flea Market
September 25: Flea Market
October 2: Flea Market
October 16: Flea Market
Liberty Lands: North 3rd and West Wildley - www.nlna.org
June 5: Music Festival (begins at 3:30pm) and Flea Market (begins at 9am)
June 22: dusk: Movie Night: -Blind Side-
June 29: dusk: Movie Night: -Student Shorts-
July 6: dusk: Movie Night: -The Romantic-
July 13: dusk: Movie Night: -Contact-
July 17: 11am - 7pm - POP Music Festival
July 20: dusk: Movie Night: TBA
July 27: dusk: Movie Night: -Betty Boop-
August 3: dusk: Movie Night: -Popeye- Cartoon
August 7: 8am - 3pm - Uhuru Flea Market
August 10: dusk: -Clueless-
August 17: dusk: -How To Train Your Dragon-
August 24: dusk: -Dirty Dancing-
September 11: 9am - 4pm: Flea market/craft fair
September 11: 3:30pm - 10pm: Fall music festival
October 24: 2pm - 5:30pm: Fall festival & Halloween party
Louis I. Kahn Park: 11th and Pine Streets - http://kahnpark.tripod.com/
May 26: 7:30pm - 9pm (rain date May 27): Oscuro Quintet:Tango and
Contemporary ensemble
June 30: 7:30pm - 9pm (rain date July 1): Knife and Fork Band: Eclectic and
original folk-pop
July 21, 7:30pm - 9pm (rain date July 22): Beats Walkin-: Western Swing
August 25: 7:30pm - 9pm (rain date Aug. 26): Zydeco-A-Go-Go: Zydeco and Creole
September 26, 3 PM (no rain date): Merion Concert Band: Pops and patriotic favorites.
October 9: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm: Kahn Park Antiques & Craft Fair
Malcolm X Park: 52nd and Pine Street - http://www.malcolmxpark.info/
June 10: 7pm - Shubaby
June 24: 7pm - Lawrence Jones Quartet
July 8: 7pm - Ms. Shirley Lites
July 22: 7pm - Community College Big Band
August 5: 7pm - Ms. Barbara Walker
August 19: 7pm - The Budesa Brothers
September 2: 7pm - Terrence Brown Quartet
September 16: 7pm - The Nate Murray Band
Morris Park: 66th and Sherwood - http://morrisparkphiladelphia.org/
June 26: 1pm - 4pm: Event fundraiser (meet at 66th and Woodcrest)
August 21: 9am: Plant Walk and Nature Hike (meet at 66th and Sherwood)
Palmer Park: Frankford and Palmer Streets
October 2: 10am - 4pm - Art in the Park: art, music and brunch
Penn Treaty Park: Beach Street and Delaware Avenue - www.penntreatypark.org
June 12th: 12pm - Kite Festival - Prizes for best kite, highest-flying, most original
June 19: 10am - Ride a Bike in the Park day!
June 16: 6:30pm - Happy Birthday America Concert - followed by Penn-s Landing Fireworks
July 8th: Family Game Night: 6pm - Bingo, scrabble, checkers - Food and fun for all families.
July 13th: Movie Night - -Where the Wild Things Are-
August 7: Chess Championship - 11 am -Test your skills in an outdoor chess tournament on our chess tables. Cash prizes. Youth and adult divisions.
August 10th: Family Game Night: 6pm - Bingo, scrabble, checkers - Food and fun for all
families. Prizes, too.
October 2nd - Fishtown Neighbors Association-s 3rd Annual River City Festival
Also at Penn Treaty: Waterfront Wednesdays Summer Concert Series - presented by NKCDC
July 14, 21, 28 and Aug. 4 and 11 - 7pm. An eclectic mix of music on the waterfront.
Pulaski Park: Allegheny Avenue and Delaware waterfront
August 28: 12pm - 7pm: Fishing Tournament - food, fishing, music and fun
Schuylkill Banks: Schuylkill River path by Walnut Street
June 10: Movie Night: -Dave-
June 24: Movie Night: -The Great Outdoors-
July 8: Movie Night: -Romancing the Stone-
July 22: Movie Night: -Best in Show-
August 5: Movie Night: -Groundhog Day-
September 2: Movie Night: -National Treasure-
For more information and for kayak tours, please visit: www.schuylkillbanks.org
Schuylkill River Park: 25th between Pine and Spruce Streets - www.fsrp.org
October 16: Fall Festival
Sedgley Woods: North 33rd and Oxford Streets - www.sedgleywoods.org
July 4: Lefty Luau!
Seger Park and Playground: 10th and Lombard - www.segerpark.net
June 19: Seger Park Advisory Cncl Fundraiser organized by Phila Flea Markets
October 16: Seger Park Advisory Cncl Fundraiser organized by Phila Flea Markets .
(Please see http://www.philafleamarkets.org for more information)
Shot Tower Playground: Front and Carpenter
July 20th: dusk: Movie Night: -Where The Wild Things Are-
Taras Shevchenko Park: Broad and Somerville - www.friendsoftspark.com
June 13, 20, 27: 8am - 12pm - Flea Market
September 12, 19, 26: 8am -12pm - Flea Market
Come exercise in the Park ($2 suggested donation)
June 13: 10am - 11am - Kickboxing
June 20: 10am - 11am - Yoga
June 27: 10am - 11am - Tai Chi
July 14: 8pm - Movie Night: Film TBA
October 10: 10am - 3pm: Music Festival and Flea Market/Craft Fair
Scarecrow making for kids- 11am
Vernon Park: Germantown and Chelten Avenues - www.peoplesfestival.org/
August 14: 12pm - 8pm: People-s Festival honoring Mother Earth