Community Day, July 1

The Festival will host its inaugural Community Day event on Saturday, July 1, 2023. The event will take place on the Center Valley campus of DeSales University in front of the Labuda Center for the Performing Arts. PSF’s Community Day will celebrate the arts as well as the many local organizations that provide invaluable services to this community. “We are excited to collaborate and partner with local businesses to present a day full of fun, food, live performances, and more for the entire family,” says Jason King Jones Artistic Director.

Fun, food, live performances—and more for the entire family!

10am: Children’s programming includes story times, arts and crafts, face painting and a meet and greet with the cast of PSF’s James and the Giant Peach.

12 Noon: Event Kickoff Celebration: Food trucks, Seven Sirens Brewing, Triple Sun Spirits, information tables from our community partner spanning health, creative arts, and accessibility services. La Mega Radio Station’s Street Team will help kickoff the event with live entertainment from noon to 2pm.

Live Music

2pm: Latin Guitarist, On the Green

2pm: Renaissance Music, Outdoor Trexler Library Stage

4pm: Combo Melaza, On the Green

5pm: Salsa Lessons, On the Green

5:30pm: Combo Melaza, On the Green

5:30pm: Renaissance Music, Outdoor Trexler Library Stage

6:30pm: Latin Guitarist, On the Green

Performance Schedule:

3pm: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Outdoor Trexler Library Stage  (FREE)

5pm: 7/4/1852: a solo piece by Gabe Moses, Schubert Theatre (FREE)

6:30pm: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again], Outdoor Trexler Library Stage  (ticketed performance)

2pm and 7:30pm: In The Heights, the hit musical on the Main Stage (ticketed performance)

 

Community Drives

Supply Drive:
O.A.T.H. (Operation Address The Homeless)
Click Here to view a full list of accepted donation items

Squishmallows Drive:
Emily’s Hug Mee Drive
Gathering Squishmallows for Children with Cancer

Blood Drive:
Miller-Keystone Blood Center
Click Here to schedule an appointment

Food Drive:
Second Harvest Food Bank
Click Here to view a full list of accepted donations

 

The food & beverage community day partners include: Dunkin’, Take A Taco, Greek Street, The Perk Up Truck, Nick’s BBQ, Sweet Treats Funnel Cake Bar, Mon & Mel’s Sweet Scoops, Seven Sirens Brewing Company, and Triple Sun Spirits Co.

Small businesses community partners: Sunday Soap Body Care LLC, Wildes Adventures, Valor Insurance, Humble Imprints, and Masking Faces. Other community partner organizations include: Miller-Keystone Blood Center (Blood Drive), Civic Theatre of Allentown, Lehigh Valley Reilly Children’s Hospital, Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, Therapeutic Arts Group, Lehigh Valley Arts & Cultural Alliance, American Cancer Society, La Mega Radio Station, Lehigh Valley Therapy Dogs, Puerto Rican Cultural Preservation, Swan Stars, DeSales University, OATH (Operation Address The Homeless), Community Music School, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Women Veterans Empowered & Thriving.

If you would like to get involved, please contact Anelise Rodriguez at Anelise.Rodriguez@pashakespeare.org.