Join us on the 2nd Sunday of the month for an all-ages, all-skills ukulele jam! Perfect for beginners and veteran uke players alike 🙂 The first half hour (2:00-2:30) is especially geared towards new and beginning players. So if you are just learning or having difficulty with something, come right at the beginning – and […]
Join us on the 2nd Sunday of the month for an all-ages, all-skills ukulele jam! Perfect for beginners and veteran uke players alike 🙂 The first half hour (2:00-2:30) is especially geared towards new and beginning players. So if you are just learning or having difficulty with something, come right at the beginning – and […]
In 2001 the Philadelphia-based acoustic guitar duo Artese N Toad wrote a Railroad-themed song called “Daddy’s Old Train Box”, which sparked the writing of a whole CD’s worth of trains songs. Due to the global success of that CD, titled “They Don’t Write Songs About Trains Anymore”, more Railroad-songs were written, recorded and published in […]
The Allegheny Ukulele Soirée brings top talent from all over the country to Altoona for one special weekend each year! Players of all abilities welcome – including beginners!
The temperatures start to drop, the leaves begin to change, and autumn is in the air at DelGrosso's Park for our annual Harvestfest Season Finale! This annual festival is a showcase for fantastic food, creative crafts, and wonderful free entertainment. Harvestfest has a little something for everyone, with wood carvers, entertainers, park rides, great food, […]
Join us for opening night with Music Director, Maestro Nick Palmer. Antonin Dvořák's "New World" Symphony brings a time-honored depiction of exploration alongside a recent work by American composer Linda Robbins Coleman and the classic Violin Concerto in G minor by Max Bruch, featuring our concertmaster, Genaro Medina. Both Dvořák and Bruch were influential in […]
We are so excited to be hosting our Fall Art Market! This will be a free outdoor festival with local artist vendors, live local music, and food & drinks! Join us at the ArtsAltoona Center outside from 2pm-7pm. Celebrate fall and local art with us!
On this Halloween Weekend, enjoy spooky classics like Night on Bald Mountain, Symphonie Fantastique, Dance Macabre and Firebird Suite paired with music from Alfred Hitchcock favorites like Funeral March of a Marionette, and music from Psycho and Vertigo. Enter a dimension of imagination with music from The Witches of Eastwick, Nightmare Before Christmas, and, of course, the Twilight Zone. Come in costume if you dare, and look out for […]
ArtsAltoona's German Christkindl Market will be held at the Unter Uns, 1401 Van Buren Avenue in Altoona. There will be vendors, food and beverages, musical entertainment, and kids activities. There will be a $5/person/day admission charge with ages 12 and under free. Join us for a German cultural holiday celebration!
Ebensburg’s 17th annual Dickens of a Christmas is scheduled to take place December 2 – 4, 2022. It is a family-oriented Christmas celebration based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Many vendors and other participants are clad in period costume. Let us be your host as you enjoy this old-fashioned Christmas weekend.
Ring in the holiday season with the ASO Holiday Spectacular! This concert is sure to bring the entire community together and will feature local dancers in selections from The Nutcracker, combined choirs from Altoona and Hollidaysburg High Schools, and other holiday surprises! Music from It's A Wonderful Life and Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus will be presented with […]
Blair County Arts Foundation Presents: THE LETTERMEN The dictionary defines harmony as “a combination of musical sounds considered to be pleasing”. The music world could define harmony as “The Lettermen”. For more than 50 years, The Lettermen-- Donovan Tea, Bobby Poynton and Rob Gulack, each of whom are entertainers in their own right—have kept the […]
Experience the timeless drama of Shakespeare with guest conductor Benjamin Firer and discover why these works have moved us for centuries. Be transported around the world and across time with Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture, American composer David Diamond’s Romeo and Juliet, and Korngold’s thrilling Much Ado About Nothing. Then, enjoy featured ASO clarinetist Anthony Poehailos in Rossini's operatically […]
Altoona Community Theatre Presents: Oliver! “Consider yourself at home” with this classic musical based on the Charles Dickens novel, “Oliver Twist.” A Tony and Oscar-winning musical, it is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece. The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, an orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of […]
Piano virtuoso Thomas Pandolfi joins us to celebrate the silver screen with a performance of his James Bond Piano Concerto! Sip a martini, shaken not stirred, from the Mishler's Spiritz Lounge while you enjoy other Bond favorites including You Only Live Twice and From Russia With Love. You won't want to miss the end of a sensational season, also including […]
The Moore Brothers perform at Penn Eben Park, 227 West High Street in Ebensburg. Penn Eben Park provides the perfect venue and we encourage attendees to take a stroll through town and support our local restaurants, clubs, bars and shops.
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