Published: August 28, 2008 12:50 pm            

Out & About | Weekend of fun fests across region

BY RUTH RICE

RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM

Events

Music mania

The 15th annual Johnstown FolkFest will be held from 5 p.m. to midnight today, noon to 12:30 a.m. Saturday and noon to midnight Sunday.

Admission is free.

Performers are:

Today

Dodge stage

6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Born Again Floozies

9:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Stacie Collins

AmeriServ Financial stage

5 to 7 p.m.: Beagle Brothers

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Rusty Gun Revival

10 p.m. to midnight: The Marauders

Highmark stage

6 to 8 p.m.: Dubmissive

9 to 11 p.m.: Big Sam’s Funky Nation

Conemaugh Health System stage

8 to 9:30 p.m.: Deke Dickerson

10 to 11:30 p.m.: Barrence Whitfield

Saturday

Dodge stage

1:30 to 3:30 p.m.: Stacie Collins

4:30 to 6:30 p.m.: Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks

7:30 to 9:30 p.m.: Jason & The Scorchers

10:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.: Dwayne Dopsie

AmeriServ Financial stage

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.: Farmer Jason

2:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Dallas Wayne

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Tom Russell

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Amy LaVere

Highmark stage

Noon to 2 p.m.: Shannon Whitworth

3 to 5 p.m.: Big Sam’s Funky Nation

6 to 8 p.m.: Jason Ricci & New Blood

9 to 11 p.m.: Del Castillo

Conemaugh Health System stage

12:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Born Again Floozies

3:30 to 5 p.m.: Deke Dickerson

5:30 to 7 p.m.: Barrence Whitfield

8 to 10 p.m.: Jordan Valentine & The Sunday Saints

11 p.m. to midnight: Red Collar

Sunday

Dodge stage

1 to 3 p.m.: Jordan Valentine & The Sunday Saints

4 to 6 p.m.: Del Castillo

7 to 9 p.m.: Jason & The Scorchers

10 p.m. to midnight: Dwayne Dopsie

AmeriServ Financial stage

1 to 2 p.m.: Farmer Jason

3 to 5 p.m.: Amy LaVere

6 to 8 p.m.: Dallas Wayne

9 to 11 p.m.: Tom Russell

Highmark stage

Noon to 1:30 p.m.: Jazz in Your Face

2:30 to 4:30 p.m.: Tim Dabbs

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Webb Wilder & The Beatnecks

8:30 to 10:30 p.m.: Jason Ricci & New Blood

Conemaugh Health System stage

1 to 3 p.m.: Aran

4 to 6 p.m.: Arty Hill & The Long Gone Daddys

7 to 9 p.m.: Shannon Whitworth

10 to 11 p.m.: Red Collar

Ethnic delights

Cambria City Ethnic Festival will be held from 4 to 10 p.m. today, noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

Admission is free.

Performers are:

Today

Ace’s

7:30 p.m.: Johnstown Classic Rockers

Holy Cross Lutheran

7-10 p.m.: The Conniptions

St. Columba’s Irish Pub

7 p.m.: Michael O’Brien Band (inside)

7:30 p.m.: Tree (outside)

St. Mary’s

4 p.m.: Jerry Intihar

7 p.m.: YUM

St. Stephen’s

6-9 p.m.: Rosie and the Jammers

Saturday

Ace’s

2-6 p.m.: Polka Bands

8-11 p.m.: Ribbon Grass

Bottle Works

Noon-1 p.m.: Ernie Peterson, Song Works

1:30-2:30 p.m.: Jack Duvall, Song Works

3 p.m.: BW Theatre, Johnstown Concert Ballet

5-6 p.m.: Sam Coco, Song Works

7 p.m.: Johnstown Folk Dancers

Holy Cross Lutheran

1:30-3 p.m.: Unity Gospel Choir

3:30-6 p.m.: Dead Irish Blues

7-10 p.m.: Mango Men

St. Columba’s Irish Pub

(outside)

Noon-3 p.m.: Dead Irish Blues

3:30-6:30 p.m.: South Side Strays

6:30-7:30 p.m.: Laurel Highlands Bagpipers

7:30-10:30 p.m.: Tree

(inside)

Noon-2 p.m.: Denise Baldwin & Roy Milstead

3-6 p.m.: Full Kilt

7-10 p.m.: Michael O’Brien Band

St. Mary’s

1 p.m.: Lou Stein & All That Jazz

5 p.m.: Slavjanic Folk Dancers

7 p.m.: YUM

St. Stephen’s

4 p.m.: Polka Mass with Rosie and the Jammers

6-9 p.m.: Bill Hritz Polka Band

Sunday

Ace’s

2-6 p.m.: Polka Bands

8-11 p.m.: Rock ’n’ roll guest to be announced.

Bottle Works

1-2 p.m.: Rachel Allen, Song Works

4-5 p.m.: Walt Churchey, Song Works

5-6 p.m.: Denise Baldwin, Song Works

Holy Cross Lutheran

Noon-2 p.m.: Midnight Graffiti

3-5 p.m.: Polish Bill and Deb

6-9 p.m.: Red Alert

St. Columba’s Irish Pub

(outside)

2-5 p.m.: Rich Golden Band

5-6 p.m.: Laurel Highlands Bagpipers

6-8 p.m.: Tree

(inside)

2-5 p.m.: Michael O’Brien Band

St. Mary’s

Noon: Drustvo Serbian Musicians

4 p.m.: Harold Betters

6 p.m.: Jerry Intihar

St. Stephen’s

6-9 p.m.: Jimmy Lamb Trio

Crafty festival

The 38th Log House Arts Festival will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.

There will be 110 juried crafters, 20 of them first-time vendors.

There will be children’s activities and plenty of food and entertainment.

Admission is free.

A Little Yellow School Bus shuttle will run between the Hiram G. Andrews Center in Upper Yoder Township and the arts center every 20 minutes.

Performers are:

Saturday

11 a.m.: Rosie and the Jammers

2:30 p.m.: The Sharptones

Sunday

10:30 a.m.: Satrycon

12:30 p.m.: The Conniptions

3:30 p.m.: John Stiffler

Information: 255-6515.

Head for the hills

The 20th annual Forest Hills Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday at Berwind Wayside Festival Park, Route 869, St. Michael.

The family-friendly festival will feature new and returning entertainment and plenty of crafts, food and children’s activities.

Admission is free.

Performers are:

Saturday

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Master Mix DJ/Terry Hoffman

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Sharon Yoder’s Dance Company

3 to 5 p.m.: Phillip McCaulley (Elvis impersonator)

5:30 to 6 p.m.: Morales Brothers

6:30 to 7 p.m.: Out of His Mind Dancers

8 to 11 p.m.: The Cash Review

Sunday

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Master Mix DJ/Terry Hoffman

1:30 to 3 p.m.: Dan & Galla

3:30 to 5:30 p.m.: Ray Ryan’s New Orleans Riverside Band

6 to 7 p.m.: Le Dance Academie

8 to 11 p.m.: The Conniptions

Monday

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.: Rosie and the Jammers

1 to 2 p.m.: The Masters

3 to 5 p.m.: Broken Spoke

6 to 8 p.m.: Button Box

All’s fair

The 117th Cambria County Fair will be held Sunday through Sept. 6 at the fairgrounds along old Route 219 north, one-half mile from Ebensburg.

One-price admission is $8.

Tickets will be available at the gate.

There will be free admission until 2 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Country performers are James Otto at 4 and 8 p.m. Sunday, Matt Jenkins at 4 and 8 p.m. Monday and Chris Young at 4 and 8 p.m. Sept. 6.

Information: 472-7491.

Musclin’ in

Cruisin’ the Flood City, sponsored by Laurel Highlands Mopar Club, will begin at noon Saturday on downtown Johnstown streets near Central Park.

Muscle cars, antiques, classics, motorcycles and trucks will be on display.

There will be musical entertainment, children’s activities and an auction.

Gospel in music

The Fall Harvest Gospel Music Festival will be held today through Monday at Camp Harmony, 1414 Plank Road, Hooversville.

Gospel singers from Pennsylvania as well as Florida and Missouri will perform.

Singing will be held from 7 to 11 tonight, 1 to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 1 to 6 p.m. Monday.

Camp sites and children’s activities will be available.

Information: http://www.campharmony.org/gospel or (888) 745-2267.

Living art

“Life Through Art” will be on display today through Sunday at Art Works in Johnstown, 413 Third Ave. in the Cambria City section of Johnstown.

The exhibit features the works of three past masters, Ralph Clemenson, Evelyn Picking and Vera Little, and two present masters, Jean O’Malley and Sally Stewart.

An opening reception will be held from 6 to 9 tonight. Other viewing hours will be noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Art of the future will feature works by Norman Ed, T.K. Mundok, Holly Lees, Anna Coughenour, Lorraine Bezy and others.

Music will be provided by John Thorell and Matt Miller, and dance will be provided by Johnstown Concert Ballet.

Benefit bartending

Celebrity Bartender Nightfeaturing Bryan Barbin of Johnstown Fire Department Local 463 will be held from 9:30 p.m. to midnight tonight at the Haven Lounge, Southmont Boulevard, Johnstown.

All of Barbin’s tips will benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Fearful tryouts

Auditions for Star Productions at St. Francis University’s production of “Something Wicked: A ShakesFeare Grotesque” will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the studio basement of Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art on the university’s Loretto campus.

No memorized selection is required. Reading and preparation time will be provided.

For an alternative appointment, call 472-3216.

Sing for freedom

An American Freedom concert will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at Lakemont Park, Altoona.

The concert will feature Nashville recording artist Ricky Lee and the Mustangs and will benefit the Veterans of Foreign War’s national military assistance program, which serves American military personnel and their families.

Elvis impersonator J.J. Hancock will open the show. Gates open at 5:30.

Tickets are $10 and include admission to the park’s ride-and-slide feature.

Rollicking rocker

Rock legend Ted Nugent will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Grey Rocks Amphitheater, Seven Springs Resort, 777 Water Wheel Drive, Champion.

Tickets are $33 for reserved seating and $22 for lawn seating.

Doors open at 6:30.

Information: (866) 703-7625.

Gloriously off-key

“Glorious!” the true story of New York socialite Florence Foster Jenkins, will be staged at 2 and 8 p.m. today, 8 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Mountain Playhouse, Jennerstown.

Ticket prices are $8 to $31, depending on performance day, time, seat location and eligible discounts.

Reservations: www.MountainPlayhouse.org or 629-9201.

Musical history lesson

National recording artist Ray Owen will present “Hats Off to America,” the last concert of the summer band concert series, at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Ligonier bandstand.

        

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