The Philharmonic Society of Arlington Pops and Strawberry Festival
Date and Time
Friday Jun 13, 2025
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Location
Arlington Town Hall
Fees/Admission
Strawberries and ice cream $5. Concert: Table seats on the floor $20, balcony seats $10 for adults and $5 for children. For tickets, please contact the Philharmonic box office at: 781-234-8377. Tickets may also be purchased at the door (reserved tickets for tables recommended).
Description
The Philharmonic Society of Arlington will present its Pops Concert and Strawberry Festival on Friday, June 13, 2025 at the Arlington Town Hall, 730 Mass. Ave, Arlington.
The evening will begin with our Strawberry and Ice Cream Festival held in the Gardens beside the Town Hall from 6:00 – 7:30 PM with entertainment by Davey the Clown and Liberty Bones Brass Ensemble. The concert will begin indoors at 7:30 PM.
This year’s Pops Concert theme is “Celebrating Arlington250”. The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Orlando Cela, will feature the suite from “Hamilton” by Lin-Manuel Miranda, selections from William Grant Still’s “Afro-American Symphony”, and a special performance of Aaron Copland’s “Our Town”, featuring readings about Arlington by local poets in the foreground. The Arlington-Belmont Chorale, conducted by Stephanie Beatrice, will perform a variety of works with themes of local history, liberty and universal freedoms. The orchestra and chorale will join together to perform Andre Thomas’s “I Dream a World” with lyrics by Langston Hughes. As is the tradition of Pops, the evening will end with “The Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Philip Sousa.
Tickets: Strawberries and ice cream $5. Concert: Table seats on the floor $20, balcony seats $10 for adults and $5 for children. For tickets, please contact the Philharmonic box office at: 781-234-8377. Tickets may also be purchased at the door (reserved tickets for tables recommended). Wheelchair accessible. Masking optional. Wrapped snacks and beverages will be available for sale during the concert; there is also a water filling station in the Town Hall lobby.
Live-streaming: This concert will also be live-streamed and recorded by Arlington Cable (ACMi) TV www.acmi.tv/publive or YouTube.com/@acmiTv/streams Live-stream viewing is free but donations are gratefully accepted on our website. For the live-stream link to ACMi on the day of the concert, and for more information about the PSA in general, please visit our website at www.psarlington.org
The Philharmonic Society of Arlington (PSA), is a 501(c)3 non-profit community organization. This concert is supported in part by a generous grant from the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture, a local agency under the umbrella of the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. We are also appreciative of financial support for this concert from the Arlington branch of Watertown Savings Bank, and the Arlington and Lexington Stop and Shop Supermarkets.
