Porchfest 5/30 // Lost Elephant 6/4 and more June performances
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Hello, Of all of the 1,000 or gazillion bands playing at the 10th annual West Philly Porchfest tomorrow, 5/30, West Philadelphia Orchestra will be one of them! In fact, we will be performing 3 times throughout the day. Come here a quintet of WPOers play New Orleans brass and more outside Clarksville Pizzeria from 12:30 - 2:30 (43rd and Baltimore). Catch the full band rock the block party at 331 S 43rd St (between Pine and Spruce) at 6pm. And then there's the after party at Pentridge Station, always one of our favorite gigs of the year. On 6/4, we're over in Elmer, NJ at the Lost Elephant Brewery. Here are songs and our stories at this unique concert:https://events.humanitix.com/soundcheck-summer-series-west-philly-orchestra On Thursday, 6/11, WPO returns to Black Squirrel Club for our monthly dance party, now on second Tuesdays. 7-10pm For all of our fans in central PA, come see us at the Gettysburg Brass Fest on Saturday, June 13th. And we'll be at Abington Arts as part of their very fine summer series on Thursday, 6/25. It's a sweet venue, with trails to explore, art to lean into, a lawn to lounge on, and a stage where we'll be rocking. Set one will be traditional music, the stuff that inspires us and guides us, and Set Two will feature our original material. See you out there and say hello! WPO www.westphiladelphiaorchestra.net westphillyorchestra@bandcamp.com WPO is (currently) Gregg Mervine, Chad Brown, Elliot Beck, Hayley Varhol, Larry Toft, Koofreh Umoren, Ello Shertzer, Frank Rein, Adam Hershberger, Dawn Webster, Daniel Stern, Elliott Levin, David Fishkin and Larry Goldfinger. |
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