Go on a self-guided quest for the perfect New Year’s Resolution! The adventure begins at the ClearWater Conservancy - Centred Outdoors hiking boot ice sculpture in Sidney Friedman Park. From...
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...
The Fraser Street Saxes is an all-saxophone band directed by local saxophonist Rick Hirsch. The musicians in Fraser Street Saxes are in 8th through 12th grade and from throughout Centre...
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...
Happy Valley Improv is State College's premier longform improv company, bringing the art of improv comedy to Centre County through performances, classes, workshops, and community outreach. Started by four improvisers...
The Altoona Brass Collective was formed in 2017 by musicians in the central Pennsylvania area sharing a love of brass instruments, quality music, and live performance. All of ABC’s repertoire...
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...
Comedy, drama, suspense, and music abound in this recreation of a vintage 1950s radio broadcast. Come join Buck Rogers, The Lone Ranger, Mystery Theatre, The Chase & Sanborn Comedy Hour,...
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...
Shannon Bishop is the owner and director of Black Cat Belly Dance, State College’s only dance school devoted to the dances of Egypt. She has been teaching Egyptian raqs sharqi...
Guitar in one hand and his audience in the other, Lenny Tepsich greets children and they light up with anticipation. When he leaves, they never forget having met Mr. Music. ...
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....
Central Pennsylvania has a vibrant singer-songwriter scene. Numerous venues as small as a coffee shop and as large as a multi-day festival provide the opportunity for both novices and veterans...
Happy Valley Improv is State College's premier longform improv company, bringing the art of improv comedy to Centre County through performances, classes, workshops, and community outreach. Started by four improvisers...
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,...
Founded in 2010, the Allegheny Ukulele Kollective is a ukulele enthusiast-slash-evangelist club based in Altoona and State College. Over the years, people of all ages and abilities have jammed together...
Instruments that play the bass parts are the unsung heroes of the symphonic band. They support the trumpets, flutes, and others with the melody, but seldom get to shine on...
Tussey Mountain Moonshiners is a progressive bluegrass/Americana band from central Pennsylvania. A Moonshiners performance features dynamic songwriting, singing, and strong improvisational musicianship from all five members, as the band creates...
Natascha & The Spy Boys play an eclectic mix of blues, jazz & swing, their musical stylings evoking the smoky atmosphere of a 1920s Berlin nightclub. With John "JT" Thompson...
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...
Quiz shows first appeared on American televisions in the 1950s. These shows allowed bookworms and nerds to share in the excitement of spectator sports as viewers shouted answers at their...
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...
Callanish traditional Celtic band has performed during First Night in State College for over 2 decades! Their repertoire includes lively jigs and reels, haunting ballads and rollicking songs from Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere in...
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...
Happy Valley Improv is State College's premier longform improv company, bringing the art of improv comedy to Centre County through performances, classes, workshops, and community outreach. Started by four improvisers...
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...
Described as daring and innovative, this vivacious husband and wife violin duo fuses pop, jazz, classical, rock, folk, and even hip hop styles in a way entirely their own. They...
"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...
The Gill Street Band is a 9-piece classic funk/soul/r&b band with perhaps the hardest working 4-piece horn section east of the Mississippi, or, at least in the Borough of State...
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,...
Happy Valley Improv is State College's premier longform improv company, bringing the art of improv comedy to Centre County through performances, classes, workshops, and community outreach. Started by four improvisers...
Andy Tolins is a guitarist, bassist and vocalist, who also plays dobro, mandolin and table steel. He is an accomplished songwriter, bandleader, and producer; winner of Billboard Magazine’s 1999 Best...
