Honey Brook Borough will begin its 2026 Concerts in the Park series on Sunday, June 14, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. with a performance by Poor Man's Gambit (PMG), an Allentown-based Irish-American group that is "steeped in the arts of Irish cultural music and dance," according to the borough.

All concerts in the series will take place in Honey Brook Borough Park, 71 Pequea Ave. (Route 10), Honey Brook. In lieu of an admission fee, nonperishable food donations will be accepted for the Honey Brook Food Pantry.

"Most places are pretty cool," said Corey Purcell, a founding member of the group. "We do anything from house concerts, just in somebody's living room, performing arts centers, festivals and everything in between."

A three-person outfit, Poor Man's Gambit is led by Purcell and his wife, Deirdre Lockman, both of whom perform vocals. Purcell also plays the button accordion, cittern and bodhran while Lockman adds in the fiddle. The group rotates their guitarist by gig; Boston-based guitarist Eamon Setfon will join PMG for the Honey Brook show.

The group has released three albums, "Higher Notes & Anecdotes" in 2015, "Kind Providence" in 2016 and "Land of Sunshine" in 2019. A fourth album, "Rise Again," is on the way.

PMG has performed on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, completing an international tour in the United Kingdom and Ireland early in the band's history. The group has seven shows planned in June, spanning Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. They will also perform in Kennett Square and Moosic on the weekend of the Honey Brook show.

The group also did a residency at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., last summer.

Purcell said that an added layer of the band's performances is its ability to switch instruments on the fly.

"It's kind of dynamic performance," he said. "It's just kind of more interesting for people, I think, to see instruments that they're not used to seeing ... we have kind of a wider variety of traditional instruments that we can show."

"He plays three instruments and sings, so he's always rotating," said Lockman, who joked that Purcell would be "bored" if he was forced to play a show with only one instrument.

To learn more about the band and its music, visit http://www.poormansgambit.com.

Following the June 14 concert, three more concerts will be featured as part of the series. On Sunday, July 19, Westtown Road Band will perform a blend of modern country, rock and blues from 5:30 to 8 p.m.; Ironwood Drive Band will come to Honey Brook at the same time on Sunday, Aug. 16, performing traditional bluegrass music; and the series will conclude with The Tommy Froelich Band on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. The band will play classic rock and blues tunes from the '60s and '70s.

For more information, visit http://www.honeybrookborough.net and click on "Events." Those with questions may email jjenzano@hbboro.net.

In the event of inclement weather, a decision to cancel the concert will be made by 1 p.m. on the day of the show. A cancellation message will be posted on the borough website.