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Lower Frederick Parks Busy with Events During 2024
"Barefoot Bobby and the Breakers, a band welcomed at last year's Lower Frederick Township summer
concert series, is scheduled to return in 2024

Seven More Events on Lower Frederick Fun Calendar

Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar

LOWER FREDERICK PA – Having enjoyed a successful opening Thursday (June 22, 2023) to its summer concert series (at top and above), the Parks and Recreation Board in Lower Frederick Township is already preparing for another seven events to keep residents smiling and happily occupied through October.

On its schedule are two “Stories in the Parks” events conducted by the Perkiomen Valley Library at Schwenksville. The first is due on July 6 (Thursday). Also scheduled are two additional concerts, the annual “Movie on the Mountain” jointly held with neighboring municipalities, the township’s annual Fall Fest, and its Halloween Trunk-Or-Treat event.

The full line-up with dates, times and locations includes:

  • July 6 (Thursday), 10 a.m., Stories in the Parks with the Perkiomen Valley Library, at Coble Park, 1226 N. Gravel Pike, Perkiomenville PA;
  • July 27 (Thursday), 7-9 p.m., Summer Concert (performers to be announced), Cuddy Park, Colonial Drive near Salford Station Rd., Lower Frederick PA;
  • Aug. 17 (Thursday), 10 a.m., Stories in the Parks with the Perkiomen Valley Library, at Coble Park, 1226 N. Gravel Pike, Perkiomenville PA;
  • Aug. 24 (Thursday), 7-9 p.m., Summer Concert (performers to be announced), Cuddy Park, Colonial Drive near Salford Station Rd., Lower Frederick PA;
  • September (date to be announced), 7 p.m., Movie on the Mountain, Spring Mountain Adventures, 757 Spring Mount Rd., Spring Mount PA;
  • Oct. 7 (Saturday), noon to 3 p.m., Lower Frederick Fall Fest, Foy Park, 2 Main St., Spring Mount PA; and
  • Oct. 29 (Sunday), noon to 3 p.m., Trunk-Or-Treat, Foy Park, 2 Main St., Spring Mount PA.

No rain worried concert-goers Thursday

Although the skies Thursday above Cuddy Park looked “iffy” early on, board member Greg Reich acknowledged, “the weather gods were with us,” he declared with relief. As the 7 p.m. concert time with “Barefoot Bobby and the Breakers” approached, “the probability of precipitation for the evening kept going down and, remarkably, the temperature actually went up a few degrees,” he added.

Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar

Turnout was admittedly lighter than usual for Lower Frederick concerts, the board noted. Up to 150 people attended, but the crowd was said to reflect a great mix of age groups (above and below), and several families with young children. All seemed ready for a party, observers added.

Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar

Barefoot Bobby and the band arrived in their colorful and highly noticeable Volkswagen microbus (below). It attracted plenty of audience inspection during the concert.

Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar
Seven More Events on Lower Frederick’s Fun Calendar

The Downtown Scoop food trailer (above), selling small-batch premium ice cream, may have been as big a hit as the band, according to those watching its line of buyers. Also on hand, just in case of need, were three emergency medical service units and three Lower Frederick Police Department officers and their patrol cars.

Photos for Travels With The Post by Greg Reich of Lower Frederick Parks and Recreation