39th Annual Concerts Under the Stars
Strand of Oaks: Summer Classic with Stella Ruze
Saturday, June 28, 2025
5:45 PM VIP Doors | 6:00 PM GA Doors | 7:00 PM Show
Outdoors at Upper Merion Township Park in King of Prussia
Produced by Rising Sun Presents in partnership with Upper Merion Township
PLEASE NOTE:
> This show is All Ages! Kids 12 & younger may attend for free (No ticket required)
> This Show is Rain or Shine (No Refunds)
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Concerts Under The Stars - Know Before You Go!
🅿️ Paid, Guaranteed, On-Site Parking & Limited ADA Parking is available in the Township Building Lot (Look for the prompt after adding show tickets to your cart)
🚗 Free Parking is available a short walk from the venue at the corner of Ross Rd & Henderson Rd (See below for more details)
🍻 The RSP Beer Garden features panoramic views of the stage and surrounding park and offers food and craft vendors
🧊 Local Craft Brews & Cocktails (*No outside alcoholic beverages will be permitted)
🍟 Food Trucks with delicious eats
🪑 Blankets and chairs are allowed in designated “seated” areas
🎟️ All shows in this series are all-ages (21+ to drink)
🎫 Attendees 13 and older must purchase a ticket for entry for all ticketed shows
🆓 Kids 12 and younger may attend for free and do not require a ticket!
♿️ The Upper Merion Township Park is accessible with ramps from the upper parking lot down to the lower concert grounds, as well as ADA bathrooms
❌ Prohibited Items: Colers, outside food & beverages, glass of any kind, illegal drugs, weapons of any kind, drones, tents, etc. Please CLICK HERE for the full list
👍 Allowed Items: Lawnchairs & blankets (in designatd areas), One 20 oz. factory sealed water bottle (per person), small umbrellas, strollers, registered service animals, breast pumps & milk coolers. Please CLICK HERE for the full list
🙏 We thank our generous sponsors, old and new, small and large! View all of our sponsors HERE
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For more information:
Visit our Website or reach us by calling or emailing the Ardmore Music Hall Box Office - 610-649-8389 | info@risingsunpresents.com
Tickets can be purchased without service fees at the AMH box office, M-W-F from 12PM - 5PM, and during shows
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About Strand of Oaks
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Hello! Tim here. My band is called Strand of Oaks. This is my eighth record and it’s called Miracle Focus.
I spent over three years building Miracle Focus. In the midst of writing, I became a painter and spent two seasons acting on a television show (Mayans MC). The dichotomy of painting for days in my garage and then flying out to LA to play a villainous biker on TV was one of the most thrilling experiences of my life.
Adding new elements to my creative life began a journey of liberation and provided me a window into a whole new approach to songwriting. For most of my past records, I tried to come to terms with trauma, the ups and downs of life, and transfer those experiences into songs. I’m very proud of all the work that I did, but frankly, I was just exhausted being “me.” I needed to fully dismantle the person I'd become in my 40 odd years on this planet.
The idea of Miracle Focus was born out of one simple concept: to make people feel good. Throw in a healthy mix of Ram Dass, yoga, Freddie Mercury, Alice Coltrane, and Beastie Boys plus over a year of writing and building the extremely dense architecture of the songs, and Miracle Focus was born. The result is FUN, wild, rhythmic music filled with synth layering and mantra-like lyrics intended to uplift and hopefully bring some light to whoever listens.
One of my greatest blessings has been my ongoing collaboration with my best friend, Kevin Ratterman (Invisible Island), who entered my life at a time when I needed a positive force. After two records together (Eraserland, In Heaven), I felt like it was time to create music with the sole purpose of joyful expression. I went into the studio in Spring of 2023 and Kevin and I immediately had a creative synchronicity unlike anything I’ve experienced. I was going back and forth between the studio and acting on Mayans and felt completely alive. I was also thrilled to be able to sing again with my dear friend Lacey Guthrie, whose voice perfectly matches mine. The only rule we had in the studio was to keep the channel open in communication with the universe!
In many ways, this record is a love letter to bliss. Through meditation, I found a way to connect with something greater, a positive force that allowed me to write music as a manual towards a more love-focused life. And the miracles I refer to aren’t asking the universe for anything, it’s just acknowledging and celebrating this complex beautiful moment that we all get to share. It will be gone, it will reemerge as something new, that will be gone, repeat....repeat...repeat…this eternal cycle. My most sincere hope is that whoever listens might through sonic osmosis experience a similar joy.
Sending peace and love. Thank you for your time.
-Tim
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About Stella Ruze
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Stella Ruze is an award-winning folk rock band from Philadelphia, PA. They blend four-part vocal harmonies with infectious rhythms and horn arrangements to create a new, genre-bending sound.
The band has performed at WXPN’s XPoNential Festival, Philly Music Fest, and the Philadelphia Folk Festival. They have been featured on WXPN and Radio 104.5, and won the Folk category of the 2019 PHL LIVE Center Stage Awards. They closed out their 2021 season opening for Yonder Mountain String Band and released “Pinch of Salt” as a single in 2022. Now, with an EP, LP, and full-length album to their name, Stella Ruze is producing new material for 2024.
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Rising Sun Presents is an independent, full-service live event production company based in Ardmore, PA, that is proud to be working with Upper Merion Township to produce this concert series again in 2025.
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