LIMERICK PA – It’s time, the Limerick Township Parks and Recreation Department proclaims, to begin “dreaming of sunny skies, warm nights, and live music.” That’s because the township’s 2025 Summer Concert Series schedule is complete, with five performances on the calendar between May and August in Limerick Community Park, 180 Swamp Pk., Royersford.
Until then, the department suggests, “get ready for amazing bands and fun-filled evenings in the park” by “counting down to music, summer vibes, and good times.”
One of the shows, specifically intended for children, is set for an 11 a.m. start. The remaining four, with more adult-recognizable music but certainly appropriate for families, start at 7 p.m. Two will be held during May; three others in June, July, and August, respectively.
On the township concert list are:
- Bob Hamel, May 29 (Thursday) at 7 p.m., Elvis impersonator and oldies music performer;
- Two Of A Kind, a concert for kids, May 31 (Saturday) at 11 a.m., award-winning husband-and-wife duo David and Jenny Heitler-Klevans are interactive children’s music performers who also offer good humor and audience participation;
- Where’s Pete, June 26 (Thursday) at 7 p.m., “known for their extensive repertoire including rock, pop, jazz, funk, R&B, Latin, country, and dance;”
- Tucked In, July 24 (Thursday) at 7 p.m., a Phoenixville area band that last year released an extended play recording of “personal stories about life in suburban Pennsylvania;” and
- The Fabulous Grease Band, Aug. 14 (Thursday) at 7 p.m., “a seven-member “Best of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s rock ‘n’ roll party band.”
Park Expansion In Progress
Limerick Community Park, the venue for the township concert series, has been steadily growing and adding facilities. Initial work there, representing a cost of $1.3 million, is expected to be completed by June.
The park expansion, on about 25 acres of land donated in 2016, includes new tennis and pickleball courts that are already said to be in high public demand for one-hour-long playing slots. They are accompanied by a new parking lot off Ridge Pike that could accommodate between 60 and 70 vehicles.
In the expansion’s planned future reportedly also are construction of two additional ball fields. Redesign plans also propose multi-use fields for soccer, lacrosse, and football, as well as basketball and volleyball courts, trails, and community gardens. Under consideration as well are a large multi-use field, an amphitheater, and a complete rebuild of its Manderach Playground.
The aging playground, opened in 1998, is currently slated to close in November. It will then be unavailable until sometime in 2026, according to the township.
A meeting on what the township Parks and Recreation Committee calls “a new outdoor adventure destination for the children of our community” was most recently held March 12 (Wednesday). Others are likely in coming months.
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