Make Music Upper Perk

Make Music Upper Perk – ALWAYS ON JUNE 21st!

Make Music Upper Perk will be held on Friday, June 21, 2024.

2024 will be the 12th year of the all day, free celebration of music, at over twenty locations throughout the Upper Perkiomen Valley!

Musician Registration for 2024 has closed!

Volunteer Signup is ongoing, if you want to be part of making Make Music Upper Perk happen! Our first MMUP Volunteer Meeting is scheduled for Saturday afternoon, May 11th – 1 p.m. at New Goshenhoppen Park (by the bandstand), 618 Third Street, East Greenville, PA. Anyone interested in volunteering and learning more about behind the scenes at Make Music Upper Perk is welcome!

Volunteers are needed before and after June 21st, as well as on the day of the event; read all about the volunteer options.

Make Music Upper Perk is always free and open to the public, relying on volunteers, local nonprofits and businesses sharing their spaces, and donations large and small to cover costs. You can now make a donation via PayPal, using your credit card or PayPal account. Make Music Upper Perk is a nonprofit that became a 501(c)3 in 2019. (Donations may also be made by sending a check with MMUP donation form.)

Donor levels are as follows;

- - $10 Friend
  - $25 Supporter
  - $50 Patron
  - $100 Producer
  - $150 (or more) Maestro

See photos of the musicians, volunteers, venues, and even some of the audience members, taken on June 21st, 2023.

Photos are now online, spread out over three different sites.

Some musicians and volunteers were photographed by multiple photographers, who donated their time and talent to make sure that every musician who played on June 21st was photographed – so be sure and take your time looking at the photo galleries, as you look at the day as recorded by our volunteer squad! All photos may be downloaded and used for promotional or personal purposes – just be sure to credit the photographer!

Art Olsen photos – As in the past, if anyone want to download them, they can request them via the contact page on the site. The password is only required to prevent those who may have nefarious intentions from getting access. https://www.artolsenphoto.com/p714847951

Kristi Morris (Littlewing Studio) https://tinyurl.com/KMPhotos23 (you can download individual photos without entering your email address

Photos by Lee Schultz, Brian McNeill, Dave Lewis, and Jake Wink – (make sure you look at the dropdown menu to see all the photo albums!). https://tinyurl.com/PixiePhotos23

In 2021 and 2022, we were live and in-person, and also had a virtual presence – check out our Facebook page to see videos and hear some of the music from the events! (you don’t have to join Facebook to check it out)

Make Music Upper Perk went virtual on Sunday, June 21, 2020. And many of the performance in 2021 were livestreamed on Facebook, where many of the videos can still be seen. Don’t worry if you missed it, because all the recorded music and the livestreams are still available to view, free of charge, on the Facebook – Make Music Upper Perk page and YouTube – Virtual Make Music Upper Perk 2020 channel.

Make Music Upper Perk is ” a one day celebration of the role of music in our lives”

Upper Perkiomen Valley, Pennsylvania (northeastern PA, 40 miles north of Philadelphia, 17 miles from Allentown, 10 miles from Quakertown)

mmup-466 — photographer – Kristi Morris of Littlewing Studio

mmup-078 — photographer – Kristi Morris of Littlewing Studio

Make Music Upper Perk (MMUP) is part of a world-wide celebration of music held every year in 108 countries on the summer solstice, June 21st; always free and open to the public. MMUP is an all-volunteer event. No one, not even the musicians, is paid.

Musicians come from the Upper Perk Valley and surrounding areas, and include amateurs and professionals; ranging in ages from 5 years old to 80+?, playing and singing all types of music from folk to Celtic to punk rock; jazz to pops orchestra to Sousa. Many of our musicians have been playing professionally for many years, and choose to share their time and talent with the community for no charge on this one day celebration of music.

Mark your calendar to today for Make Music Upper Perk 2024 – Friday, June 21st.

Volunteers are welcome (and encouraged) to sign up as well.

We are always looking for folks to help with publicity, social media, a “maestro of spontaneous fun” (set up mass performance opportunities; sing-alongs, drum-alongs, guitar-alongs, etc,) blog writers, musician outreach, student outreach, bakers, roadies, videographers, photographers, and more. Check out our detailed volunteer information and sign up today!

Make Music – where everything is free and it’s all open to the public! We are part of the international event; “Launched in 1982 by the French Ministry for culture, the Fête de la Musique is held in more than hundred countries in Europe and over the world. It takes place every 21st June, the day of the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere.”

Make Music Upper Perk is officially part of Fete de la Musique – look for us on their world map!

“National Music Day is music in the streets, music in your church, music in the cafes, the parks, and wherever you feel like playing. National Music Day is the one day a year we celebrate the central role of music in our lives and our country through free, open, and accessible events throughout the U.S. and the world.” http://nationalmusicday.org/

Every June 21st is National Music Day.

If you would like to add your venue and find your own musicians (whether it be a church choir, a brass quartet, or one person with a guitar) and merely list that event on the website program, that too would be fine. Tell us, and it will be included in the publicity and in the online program.

More FAQs about Make Music Upper Perk

And keep checking back here, and on Facebook, and on Twitter @MakeMusicUP, for more information on #MakeMusicUpperPerk

Make Music Upper Perk is a free event organized by volunteers, co-sponsored by ValleyArtScene and Grace Notes Piano Studio.

We’ve also made the local papers and local television news over the years;

Channel 69 – WLVT News – A Chance to Get Out and Listen to the Music: Make Music Day in Upper Perkiomen Valley (2023 news report)

Channel 69 – WLVT News – Upper Perkiomen community celebrating World Music Day (2022 news report)

Annual Music Festival Hits All the Right Notes Across the Valley (2015 article)

Annual Music Festival Celebrates Abundance of Local Talent (2014 article)