John Bartram Jawn 2016, a free concert featuring Southwest Philly artists, will take place Sunday, Oct. 16 at Bartram’s Garden.

On Sunday, Oct. 16, Bartram’s Garden will be hosting Harvest Fest, an annual free community event packed with fun activities for the whole family, such as hayrides, cider pressing, face-painting, cooking and canning workshops, games of chance and skill, yoga, boating, and much more. The Fest will take place from 12 – 3 p.m., and more details can be found on the Bartram’s Garden website.

Following the Fest, John Bartram Jawn 2016 will kick off at 3 p.m. This is a FREE family-friendly outdoor concert featuring artists with roots in Southwest Philadelphia: Lee Mazin, E–Ness, Scorp Da Boy, Reed, Beat Peace, Solis, Zai & Rico, MTM, Shyster, DJ POOH GEEZ, Cheris Wimes, Music is Soul Good, FU, Dez, Vito, Jasmine Carter, Host JR Morris, and more. 

This event will also feature food trucks, a popup hay playground, #SWRoots Art Gallery, boating, drumming lessons, storytelling, voter registration, HIV screenings, and smartphone photo station.

This concert is part of Southwest Roots, an ArtPlace America–funded creative placemaking collaboration between the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Bartram’s Garden to engage neighbors in shaping the future of the Garden and its surrounding river neighborhood.

(Photo courtesy of Bartram’s Garden)