The East Broad Top Railroad is proud to partner with the Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival for a weekend of vintage American entertainment!

For the past 14 years, the twin boroughs of Rockhill Furnace and Orbisonia have been filled with the strains of America’s musical past as Grammy-Award winning musicians visit the East Broad Top Railroad and the community! Sit back and relax as you hear the syncopated strains of Ragtime, Jazz, Blues, and more in various settings at the East Broad Top and in the community.

Each concert features different music and different themes, so you’ll get different experiences at each event! Formal concerts last between 90 minutes to two hours, with a variety of free and ticketed events. Please note some events do NOT take place at the East Broad Top, but at local venues throughout Huntingdon County.

Featured musicians include...

• Adam Swanson
• Martin Spitznagel
• Danny Coots
• Bryan Wright
• Andrew Greene

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Event Schedule:

Festival Kickoff Concert

• Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024 @ 7:00 PM
• Location:( Huntingdon County Arts Council, 313 12th Street, Huntingdon, PA
• Ticket Price: $30/adult ages 13+, Children 12 and under are free.

Start off our four-day festival with a kick-off concert with the Huntingdon County Arts Council in the county seat of Huntingdon! Our festival musicians will dazzle you on two pianos and drums as they transport you back in time to the turn of the century circa 1900!

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Friday Follies Concert

• Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 @ 2:00 PM
• Location: Orbisonia Presbyterian Church, 324 Ridgely Street, Orbisonia, PA
• Ticket Price: $30/adult ages 13+, Children 12 and under are free.

Enjoy a variety program concert of ragtime, jazz, blues, tunes from the Great American Songbook and more as our musicians tantalize you with fantastic musical performances!

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Classic Ragtime Concert

• Date: Friday September 13, 2024 @ 5:00 PM
• Location: Orbisonia Presbyterian Church, 324 Ridgely Street, Orbisonia, PA
• Ticket Price: $30/adult ages 13+, children 12 and under are free

Meet “The King of Ragtime” Scott Joplin, and his cohorts as our performers celebrate the music of the classic ragtime composers. Expect to hear favorites like “The Maple Leaf Rag”, “The Entertainer”, and music from the 1974 film, THE STING.

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Saturday Symposium

• Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 @ 9:30 AM
• Location: Orbisonia Presbyterian Church, 324 Ridgely Street, Orbisonia, PA
• Ticket Price: $20/adult ages 13+, children 12 and under are free

Join Scott E. Brown, the leading scholar of pianist/composer James P. Johnson, as he lectures about the “Father of Stride Piano” in this engaging seminar. Known to serious students of jazz as the "Father of Stride Piano," James P. Johnson has only recently begun to receive the acclaim he merits. Born in New Brunswick, NJ and reared in the cultural hotbed of Harlem, Johnson spanned the ragtime era, through the roaring twenties (to which he contributed its theme song the Charleston) and into the swing era. You’ll learn about his musical revues, extended compositions, film work, and of course, his song and instrumental pieces.

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Syncopated Saturday Sampler

• Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 @ 2:00 PM
• Location: Orbisonia Presbyterian Church, 324 Ridgely Street, Orbisonia, PA
• Ticket Price: $30/adult ages 13+, Children 12 and under are free.

Enjoy a variety program concert of ragtime, jazz, blues, tunes from the Great American Songbook and more as our musicians tantalize you with fantastic musical performances!

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Festival Finale Concert

• Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024 @ 2:00 PM
• Location: Orbisonia Presbyterian Church, 324 Ridgely Street, Orbisonia, PA
• Ticket Price: $30/adult ages 13+, Children 12 and under are free.

Close out our festival weekend with our Festival Finale concert! All our performers will bring back to life the syncopated sensations of a century ago as they play ragtime, jazz, blues, and tunes from the Great American Songbook! This is your last opportunity to hear these fantastic artists in person.