Summer Barn Concert & Potluck
Heartsongs & Harvest
August 29 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Join us at Crow’s Nest Preserve’s beautifully rustic barn for a special evening of music, food, and community. This cozy winter gathering will feature an intimate performance by Anna Spackman.
We invite you to bring a dish to share and enjoy a potluck dinner with fellow guests before the concert.

About the artist: Anna Spackman delivers a soulful acoustic performance with songs that will linger in audience’s heads and hearts. After performing her early songs at the Steel City Open Mic as a teenager, she moved to Oregon for several years, soaking up indie, folk, and R&B influences of the local music scene. Having returned to Phoenixville, Anna has shared the stage with Amy Correia, Lucy Kaplansky, and Chris Pureka. Anna’s soaring vocals and complex musical landscapes pay tribute to songwriters such as Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, and Ani DiFranco. Anna has four albums and one EP available on all streaming services, and bonus tracks up on her Bandcamp. Her newer songs explore hope and resilience in the face of oppressive systems, and seek to connect us back to ourselves and one another.
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about the property
Crow’s Nest’s forests are filled with oak, hickory, tuliptree, black gum, beech, and maple trees. The preserve’s meadows feature native grasses and wildflowers, while the tradition of Chester County farming continues in areas dedicated to agriculture.
Crow’s Nest is part of Hopewell Big Woods, a vast, unbroken forest about 114 square miles—almost the size of the City of Philadelphia. Just next door, you’ll find French Creek State Park and Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, making Crow’s Nest part of one of the largest areas of protected land in the region.
parking
Crow’s Nest Preserve has one gravel parking lot with 20 spaces.
visitor hours
Daily, dawn to dusk.
more preserve informationbefore you go
- If you are participating in the potluck, please indicate so in your registration, or email tgodsey at natlands dot org. If you bring a dish, please plan to arrive early (by 5:30 PM), for the potluck to begin at 6:00 PM. Also plan to include an ingredients list, for any potential food allergies.
- The potluck is open to all attendees. Please arrive by 6:00 PM to participate.
- Live music begins at 7:00 PM.
- Park in the parking lot on Piersol Rd.; follow signs to enter the barn.
Registration is required to reserve your spot. Your online registration signifies acceptance of our terms and conditions (read in full below). Questions? Please contact us.
- $25 – Natural Lands member ticket
- $30 – non-members ticket
- $50 – event ticket and a year-long membership to Natural Lands
- $2 – ACCESS Cardholder ticket – limited number available.
Thanks to our sponsors:
Shreiner Tree Care
Event Terms and Conditions
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