IRVINGTON — Imagine the family sitting under big shade trees listening to home-grown music, munching on a hot dog while neighbor kids ride their bikes around a park. Sounds like something out of one of those sweet old-timey musicals, but it will be happening on Saturday, June 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. featuring Audio Diner. These monthly summer shows are a chance to catch up with neighbors, The July 25th concert features the fabulous Roundups and the August 29th concert features the amazing Blue Alchemy with Donn Smith. Friends of Irving Circle will be hosting the 34the Annual Summer Concert Series that highlights some of the area’s top musicians and opens up opportunity to build community. Hundreds of attendees from the neighborhood and surrounding areas enjoy these summer evenings filled with music, friends and neighbors. The shows are held at Irving Circle Park, located at the intersection of Audubon Road and University Avenue, 236 S. Audubon.
Irving Circle is closed before the concerts, but parking is available close by. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket to sit on. It’s a delightful experience that the whole family will enjoy.
While serving as an opportunity for neighbors to gather and enjoy the summer evening, the concerts also serve as a fundraiser through concession sales and sponsorships. Concessions for sale during each concert including hot dogs, brauts, water, soda, popcorn, and candy with all proceeds going to maintain Irving Circle Park. The money raised from the concerts helps fund annual spring plantings, mulching, fountain and bust restoration, general maintenance and park events like future concerts, Halloween festivities and winter holiday activities.
Local businesses are sponsors: Arbuckle and Sons Landscaping, George Thomas Florist, Glenroy Construction, Hampton Design, Irvington Garden Club, Irvington Insurance, Irvington Wellness, Market Vintage, Martine Locke, Realtor@properties, Mundell and Associates, Oakley Hammond Funeral Home, The Snug, and Andy Whitehurst.
Friends of Irving Circle was established as a not-for-profit in 1996, a few years after an informal group began working to clean and maintain the park. The park is dedicated to Washington Irving, for whom the town of Irvington was named in 1870.
