The 3rd Annual Tacony Creek Park Music and Arts Fest was another success! Hosted in partnership with Olney Culture Lab of CultureTrust Greater Philadelphia, 226 adults and children gathered at the Thomas K. Finletter School on Saturday, October 7 from 1-5pm to kick-off the Fall Season with music, craft activities, and community resources.
There was a wonderful lineup of musical performances from Children’s Entertainers City Love, Guitarist Will Ellsworth, Hip Hop Artists Sumchai and Zaire Best, and Soul Songstresses Precious and Zami Inez.
Friends and families enjoyed making crafts by painting pumpkins, coloring and making pin-back buttons, and playing games such as tic tac toe, cornhole boards, and giant connect four. And most of all, ice cream sandwiches and ice pops from the Popalong Truck.
This event was also an opportunity to acknowledge the winners of the 2023 Photo Contest.
We want to thank all the organizations listed below for joining and providing wonderful resources and giveaways such as books, shirts, trees, COVID tests, and even free internet! We also want to thank all the volunteers who joined and helped us with setup and tabling. We couldn’t have done it without all of you!
Circuit Trails, Department of Public Health, Greater Olney Library, Indochinese American Council, Legacy Land & Water Partners, North 5th Street Revitalization Project, Read By 4th, Read to Succeed, School District of Philadelphia, State Representative Anthony Bellmon, The Resource Pop Up Bus, TreePhilly, Resolve Philly, Independence Youth Cycling, Locust Solution Group, Concilio, Popalong Truck
The Festival was sponsored by the William Penn Foundation, Office of Councilmember Anthony Phillips, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Jefferson Einstein Medical Network, Thrive Outside, and The Alliance for Watershed Education.
