from the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO
Free concert for Pennsylvanians will be huge opportunity for Obama supporters to register voters and sign up volunteers.
Bruce Springsteen is coming to Philadelphia this weekend to perform an acoustic set at a rally on the Ben Franklin Parkway in order to assist the Obama campaign’s voter registration and volunteer recruitment efforts.
The concert will take place on the Saturday before Pennsylvania’s voter registration deadline on Monday.
“Senator Obama is a great fan of Bruce Springsteen and is honored to have his support. This will be a great opportunity to gather tens of thousands of our supporters together in one place as we register new voters and bring new volunteers into this campaign for change,” said Craig Schirmer, the Pennsylvania State Director of the Obama-Biden campaign.
The campaign has already registered and mobilized an unprecedented number of voters in the state, and the makeup of the electorate will be fundamentally different than it was in 2004. In that election, John Kerry beat George Bush by 144,000 votes at a time when Democrats outnumbered Republicans by 580,000 voters. This year, that advantage will be about 1.2 million.
The New Jersey native endorsed Senator Obama in April, writing that the Democratic nominee “speaks to the America I’ve envisioned in my music?a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit.”
The concert will take place on Saturday at Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 20th and 22nd Streets.
Gates open at 2:00 and the program will begin at 3:30.
For access to the best viewing area, preferred tickets will be distributed to those who sign up to volunteer. This can be done beginning at 10:00 AM on Wednesday at the Obama-Biden campaign for change offices listed below.
General admission tickets can be secured at the following website: pa.barackobama.com/springsteen
Ticket locations:
Center City
1500 Sansom, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19102
267-886-8591
South Philly
1501 Christian St
Philadelphia, PA 19146
267-298-8615
West Philly
246 S 52nd St
Philadelphia, PA 19139
267-975-3529
Fishtown
260 East Girard Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125
267-298-8673
North Philly
2221 N. Broad, 4th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19132
267-298-8680
Frankford
7727 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19136
215-904-6004
Ward 23
4915 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19124
267-343-8912
Germantown
7102 Germantown Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19119
267-298-8768
Oaklanes
6521 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19126
215-224-9410
University City
4001 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267-972-7315
Norristown
1790 Markley St
Norristown, PA 19401
484-684-6072
Pottstown
235 East High St
Pottstown, PA 19464
484-624-5882
Jenkintown
1657 The Fairway
Jenkintown, PA 19046
215-884-2884
Ardmore
6 Greenfield Ave
Ardmore, PA 19143
610-649-7218
Ambler
1123 Bethlehem Pike
Ambler , PA 19002
267-470-4782
Media
362 West Baltimore Ave
Media, PA 19063
484-442-8611
Upper Darby
1404 Bywood Ave
Upper Darby, PA 19082
484-461-1435
Bristol
234 Mill St
Bristol, PA 19007
267-812-5719
Doylestown
72 North Main St
Doylestown, PA 18901
267-880-6673
Bethlehem
531 Main St
Bethlehem, PA 18108
610-807-3690
Allentown
4140 West Tilghman St
Allentown, PA 18104
610-564-4361
Easton
355 Ferry St
Easton, PA 18042
610-564-4777
West Chester
543 East Gay St
West Chester, PA 19380
484-947-5573
Phoenixville
22 South Main Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
610-241-0247
Reading
147 N 5th St
Reading, PA 19601
610-370-7031
York
200 West Market St
York, PA 17401
717-668-8536
Lancaster
252 Harrisburg Pike
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-435-8197
Harrisburg
401 North 2nd St.
Harrisburg, PA 17101
717-695-6912
Scranton
222 Wyoming Ave 1A
Scranton, PA 18503
570-909-9386
Wilkes-Barre
238 Kidder St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
570-951-9259
Pittsburgh
213 Smithfield St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
412-867-6673
