Join the State College Area High School Thespians for a royal New Year’s Eve Ball featuring some princesses and princes and a few surprise guests. Each will have a musical...
Since ancient times storytelling has enchanted people of all ages. Middle-earth Studios’ kind of story-telling is an interactive celebration that brings out the kid in everyone. Anyone can be a...
The State College Area High School Jazz Band is among the finest in the United States and has an international reputation for excellence. The band has received over 40 years...
Join the State College Area High School Thespians for a royal New Year’s Eve featuring some princesses and princes and a few surprise guests. Each will have a musical story...
The Extra Miles is an acoustic trio from State College. They are three friends who find immense joy in making music as a group, and they love that they can...
From a high school start in 1984 with juggling and unicycling, through a University Of Delaware Finance degree, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College, street performing...
Since ancient times storytelling has enchanted people of all ages. Middle-earth Studios’ kind of story-telling is an interactive celebration that brings out the kid in everyone. Anyone can be a...
Longtime First Night favorite Rick Hirsch returns with his dynamic jazz quartet. Hear them play classic tunes by Horace Silver, Yusef Lateef, Eddie Harris, Bobby Timmons, alongside their evocative originals....
When Code Blue debuted in the early 1990s it was a trailblazing State College band that offered a mix of soul and blues, covers and originals. With the 1993 release...
Robert Mac is a comedian and “motivational humorist” from Washington DC, a city that has a desperate need for humor. He’s best known as the Grand Prize Winner of Comedy...
The Quasi Quintet is a local young jazz band featuring some of State High’s best and brightest up and coming musicians. Their repertoire features jazz standards and their own original...
The flute choir Toot-in-Common was founded by State College flutist Judy Moore, who is also the ensemble’s director, in 2006. The group’s repertoire includes popular and classical favorites that were...
Reared in the Catskill Mountain resorts of New York, Alan Sands began traveling with his father, magician George Sands when he was three years old. By age six years old,...
The Brass Rats are students from State College Area High School who play fun and recognizable tunes everyone knows from the movies or the radio! Their special band of jazz,...
Robert Mac is a comedian and “motivational humorist” from Washington DC, a city that has a desperate need for humor. He’s best known as the Grand Prize Winner of Comedy...
Reared in the Catskill Mountain resorts of New York, Alan Sands began traveling with his father, magician George Sands when he was three years old. By age six years old,...
Light Up Downtown started on November 17 and continues through January 1. Look for the seasonal decorations in several downtown business district locations as you do your holiday shopping. A...
From a high school start in 1984 with juggling and unicycling, through a University Of Delaware Finance degree, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College, street performing...
The Keystone Big Band is an 18-member big band comprised of jazz musicians from central Pennsylvania. It plays music from the 1930s to 1950s—music so good that you’ll want to...
The Guitar Brothers--Jon Rounds, Bruce Truitt, Jerry Bresee--are a trio of seasoned musicians and songwriters who found each other in State College in 2021 after many years playing music in...
"RamaLama vocal doo wop band performs a cappella oldies music at public and private concerts, fairs, and events in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, featuring radio's Jeff Brown, Tom Wilson, John...
Robert Mac is a comedian and “motivational humorist” from Washington DC, a city that has a desperate need for humor. He’s best known as the Grand Prize Winner of Comedy...
Reared in the Catskill Mountain resorts of New York, Alan Sands began traveling with his father, magician George Sands when he was three years old. By age six years old,...
From a high school start in 1984 with juggling and unicycling, through a University Of Delaware Finance degree, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Clown College, street performing...
Cellist Kim Cook has performed as a soloist in 30 countries in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin American. She has toured as Artistic Ambassador for the U.S. State...
Founded by composer/bassist and Penn State Director of Jazz Joshua Davis, Love Salad is groovy multi-layered vocals, electro-acoustic bass in loops, marimba, and fierce pot and pan percussion. Bottom-wiggling beats,...
