Welcome to your official source for Bird Park Summer Concert News and Updates!

The annual NPCA Bird Park Summer Concert Series is a neighborhood inspired idea that has been hosted, organized, and supported by the Greater North Park community.

In 2002, North Park resident, Nellie Harris, had the innovative idea of holding community concerts in the newly designed area of Morley Field called Bird Park. She met with members of the NPCA and residents living along 28^th Street to pull together two concerts that first summer. The concerts were well attended by the community and by the next summer, the number of concerts grew to five. Since 2003, there have been four or five concerts each summer, all organized and produced by the NPCA.

A true neighborhood atmosphere can be felt at every concert, encouraging families and friends to meet, socialize, and enhance community spirit. The criteria for music selection is based on many factors ... it has to be family friendly, good for dancing, a variety of music genres, while trying to feature local groups who play original music. We do not allow political lobbying or civic issues to interrupt the relaxed atmosphere. We have an NPCA booth set up at each concert to provide information on all of our activities and the offer the opportunity to become a member.

Join us for the Concert Series in the park, bring along a picnic, enjoy the beautiful setting and music, and mingle with your friends and neighbors. Folks arrive by car, bicycle, and on foot while pulling their kids in wagons. There is an area for dancing that is filled with toddlers, children, and adults of all ages. The view at Bird Park is pretty special ... and we're not just talking about the City skyline!

The 2010 Summer Concert Series Line Up

A 5th of Blues is a six-piece blues band consisting of two electric guitars, drums, bass, keyboards and saxophone. Three members provide lead vocals. The group performs songs associated with music greats like B.B King, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, and Otis Rush. Blues

Busking is a European term for performing on city streets, subways and at outdoor markets for tips. The 7th Day Buskers came together when Shawn P. Rohlf opened up his banjo case at a Farmers Market on Sunday mornings and started busking. One-by-one a collection of the best musicians in San Diego joined him, forming one hot band having a helluva good time! Nowadays the Buskers have developed into two versions of the band: The original bluegrass line up and the Americana version. Both kicking out original, roots music fueled by Shawn's songwriting and some traditional tunes as well. Bluegrass

Billy Lee & The Swamp Critters "stir up the roux" at California Festivals! Zydeco

The Cathryn Beeks Ordeal is groove laden folk rock that takes you on a musical road trip. Combining a little bit of every genre, the music's catchy hooks and heavy harmonies stay with you long after the party is over. The group consists of Cathryn Beeks and long time writing partner, Matt Silvia on guitar/vox, plus The Reverend Stickman, Marcia Claire and Rob Garbowski. Country/Folk/Rock

Scott Martin is exploding on the scene as a leader of his own band, The Latin Soul Band, after more than fourteen years of playing with the GRAMMY® Award Winning Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band. He was an influential part of the Poncho Sanchez Latin Jazz Band and has recorded with Ray Charles, Billy Preston, Sam Moore and many other soul greats. Jazz/Latin

Become a Volunteer

The North Park Community Association’s (NPCA) annual Summer Concert Series at Bird Park is a wonderful neighborhood event and could not happen without our dedicated Volunteers. Everyone involved in the Concert Committee is generously donating their time … from the overall coordinators and planners to the event day organizers. As soon as a Concert Series ends, planning for the next season’s Series begins. It is a big job and requires community help with fundraising, marketing, music selection, and other event phases. Committee Volunteers can be as involved as they want to be and we always welcome their efforts. If you are interesting in becoming a volunteer, please click here for more information.

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