2024 DAILY SCHEDULE
THURSDAY • JULY 18
CHALK THE BLOCK
9 am–6 pm
Location: Around Fountain Square
Cost: $6 - Small Squares
$12 - Large Squares (each comes with chalk!)
When: Register Beginning July 8 at 10:00am: chalk drawing July 17-19
The creative process is in action as artists of all ages fill the sidewalks around Fountain Square with colorful images. Registration is required to reserve a square and chalk is included with fee.
Click ‘Get Tickets’ below to register or visit the Lancaster Festival Office at 117 West Wheeling Street, Lancaster, OH.
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ArtWalk Artist Reception
4:00–6:00 pm - FREE Event
Location: Provisions Bakery and Deli
Meet and celebrate the artists displaying their creations all over the community! Refreshments provided, cash bar.
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Ice Cream Social
6:00 pm- FREE Event
Location: The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption
Greet fellow concert goers, enjoy the summer evening, and enjoy refreshing treats before the opening night concert. The social is provided by the parishioners.
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Opening Night: 40th Anniversary Celebration
8:00 pm
$35 patron seating, $30 reserved seating
Location: The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption
Highlights from 40 memorable opening nights take the stage. This evening features soloists from the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, including our concertmaster, Dmitri Pogorlov, The Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption Chorus, the historic church organ, and Maestro Gary Sheldon on harpsichord.
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FRIDAY • JULY 19
Chalk the Block
9 am–6 pm
Location: Around Fountain Square
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Café Concert:
Trio Joyeux
3:00 pm - $30
Location: Cheers Chalet (1211 Coonpath Rd NW, Lancaster, OH 43130)
Let the soulful sounds of flute, cello and harp transport you in the delightful program that also features the music of this summer’s Ann Chess Fellow and Lancaster native, Clark Hubbard.
GET TICKETS: The Joy of Music with Trio Joyeux
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ArtWalk
6:00–9:00 pm - FREE Event
Location: ALL OVER DOWNTOWN!
Art, music, and community on full display during Lancaster’s favorite night of the year! Identity Crisis - Local favorites rock the crowd during ArtWalk with classic rock tunes that will get everyone dancing in the streets. This Amazing night is FREE!!
SATURDAY • JULY 20
Festival Fair Day
9:30am-2:30pm
Cost: Kids FREE; Adults $5.00
Location: Fairfield County Fairgrounds, 157 E. Fair Ave.
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The Fairfield County Fairgrounds are filled with activities, entertainment, and experiences for children and families.——————————————————
Wilson Phillips
with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra
8:00pm, gates open at 6:00 pm
Location: Wendel Concert Stage, Ohio Lancaster
Cost: $45 lawn / $55 at gate / $10 child, student / $550-$600 table of 10
Opening performance:
Lancaster Festival Orchestra with Take3- with a flair for the wild and unexpected, the genre-defying trio, TAKE3, brings the refinement of a rigorous classical music background and infuses it with rock-star charisma.
Wilson Phillips
With five studio albums under their belt and their impressive pedigree as the daughters of two legendary groups: The Mamas and Papas, and The Beach Boys, respectfully, Wilson Phillips’s harmony-rich sound still sets them one notch above the rest.
Wilson Phillips has a lot to celebrate. Since the beginning of their union in 1990, Wilson Phillips have won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for the now iconic single “Hold On”, were nominated for four Grammy Awards, as well as two American Music Awards.
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SUNDAY • JULY 21
Experience AHA!
12:00-4:00 pm
Location: AHA! A Hands On Adventure Children’s Museum
Free admission to a world of discovery, curiosity, and imagination through hands-on play.
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Out and About with LFO
Various Locations
July 21
- 2:00 pm - Ensemble performance at AHA!
- 7:00 pm - Festival Brass Quintet - Alley Park Covered Bridge
- 7:00 pm - Festival String Quartet - Wagnalls Memorial Library
July 23
- 10:30 am - Festival String Quartet -Salvation Army
- 1:00 pm - Festival String Quartet - Olivedale Senior Center
July 25
- 4:00 pm - Festival Brass Quintet - Keller Market
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OUL Theatre presents
2:00 pm
Tickets, call: 740-681-3353
Location: Wagner Theatre, Ohio University Lancaster, 1570 Granville Pike
MONDAY • JULY 22
Major Arts for Minors:
Lancaster Playhouse Players
10:00 am - Free Event but reservations are required.
Location: Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St.
Improv with the Lancaster Playhouse Players - Lancaster's own local acting troupe brings the art of improvisation to the Wendel Art garage at DACO.
Major Arts for Minors are free workshops for ages 9-12. Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
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Children’s Corner
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Noon at the Square: Music Men and Jen
12:00pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
Barbershop harmony in Zane Square.
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Café Concert: Movie Magic
3:00 pm - $30
Location: Cheers Chalet, 1211 Coonpath Rd.
The music that made the movies. You will recognize classics from The Joy Luck Club, Amadeus, The Mission, 2001: A Space Odyssey and more. Hosted by Christopher Purdy
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Happy Hour Music Series
5:30–7:30 pm • Free Event
Location: Ale House 1890, 149 West Main St.
The beautiful patio at Ale House 1890 is the perfect setting for music, cocktails, and summer weather
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Monday Night Jazz:
Columbus Jazz Orchestra
8:00 pm, Gates open at 6:00pm
Adult $40; Child/Student (3-17) $10; Table of 10, $400
Jazz Night Wine Tasting- $15
Purchase your wine tasting admission for just $15!
Location: Wendel Concert Stage, OHIO Lancaster
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"The CJO is led by world-renowned band leader and trumpet virtuoso Byron Stripling, former lead trumpeter for the Count Basie Orchestra. Under Stripling’s leadership, the CJO presents over 20 subscription concerts each season in Columbus, Ohio at the historic Southern Theatre. By incorporating contemporary arrangements into its repertoire and commissioning new arrangements and masterworks for jazz orchestra, the CJO promotes the future of big band jazz and cultivates the dynamic, adventurous spirit that has kept audiences coming back again and again. The CJO has toured Europe and has collaborated with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, BalletMet Columbus, the Columbus Gay Men’s Chorus, the Harmony Project, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, Opera Columbus and the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company."
Monday Night Jazz Wine Tasting- Add to your evening of jazz with an excellent choice of wines curated by Provisions Bakery and Deli’s wine experts.
TUESDAY • JULY 23
Major Arts for Minors:
Shadow Puppets (Part 1)
10:00 am - Free Event but reservations are required.
Location: Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St.
Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
Shadow Puppets part 1 with Lisa Schorr - Create silhouette puppets that perform just for you! Return on Wednesday to build their stage. Major Arts for Minors are free workshops for ages 9-12. Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
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Children’s Corner: Rick Kelly
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
Entertainer Rick Kelly brings his music, dancing, and humor for all ages to the square.
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Noon at the Square:
Lancaster Festival Orchestra Ensemble
12:00 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Happy Hour Music Series
5:30–7:30 pm • Free Event
Location: Ale House 1890, 149 West Main St.
The beautiful patio at Ale House 1890 is the perfect setting for music, cocktails, and summer weather
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Rockin’ at the Eagles
Eagles Event Center
Special guest Siobhan Cronin
7:30 pm - $30
Location: Eagles Event Center
Special Guest Siobhan Cronin joins musicians from the Lancaster Festival orchestra and Gary Sheldon on the keys for an evening of rock at the Eagles.
Siobhan Cronin- A classical-crossover violinist with a virtuosic rock flair, Siobhan Cronin has performed with some of the most iconic artists in recent history including the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, Ricky Martin, Wyclef Jean, Sarah McLachlan, Plácido Domingo, Andrea Bocelli, Earth Wind and Fire, Rod Stewart, and others. She now tours as a member of the multi-platinum band STARSET, with whom she has performed numerous sold-out shows throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. She has been featured in publications such as Forbes magazine for surpassing 2 billion streams worldwide and her most recent radio single with STARSET and Breaking Benjamin quickly rose to #1 on the rock charts.
As a solo artist, Siobhan alternates between acoustic and electric violin where she makes extensive use of technology and effects, always pushing the boundaries to demonstrate how truly versatile and wide ranging the violin can be. Her performances have brought her to some of the finest halls in the country such as the Lincoln Center in New York and the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami. Her charisma and versatility have also led her to be a featured performer for international brands such as BMW, Ferrari and Emirates airlines, where she has been known to showcase anything from a classical concerto to modern rock and metal.
GET TICKETS: ROCKIN @ THE EAGLES
WEDNESDAY • JULY 24
Major Arts for Minors:
Shadow Puppets (Part 2)
10:00 am - Free Event but reservations encouraged.
Location: Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St.
Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
Shadow Puppets - Part 2 with Lisa Schorr. In part one, we learned about the history of Shadow Puppets and today we build them a theater!
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Children’s Corner:
The Magic of Nate Jurgen
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Knights of Columbus
A magic show for all ages that will amaze you! Nate is a master of close-up magic and illusion.
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Noon at the Square:
LHS Percussion Ensemble
12:00 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
Under the direction of Mr. Bruce Gerken since 1978. Performing pop, jazz, classical, rock, and everything in between. Decade after decade, the Award-winning LHS Percussion Ensemble pushes the envelope of what a high school band can sound like.
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Café Concert: The Classical Guitar
3:00 pm - $30
Location: Cheers Chalet, 1211 Coonpath Rd.
Music for guitar and mandolin highlight this unique program. The duo Gruviera Armonico is joined by members of the Lancaster Festival Orchestra.
Founded in 2004, Gruviera Armonico has performed throughout Ohio, including appearances for the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra, Otterbein College’s Annual String Showcase and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Programs embrace the vast scope of music written for classical mandolin and guitar
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Who’s Bad:
The Ultimate Michael Jackson Experience
Opening Act: Second Gear
7:30 pm, Gates open at 6:00pm
Adult lawn $30/$40 at Gate; Child/Student (3-17) $10; Table of 10, $300
Location: Wendel Concert Stage, OHIO Lancaster
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Who’s Bad has earned its name by paying studious attention to Michael Jackson’s every original groove and gravity-defying dance move. Boasting over 100 years of professional experience and a team of dancers with resumés that include Broadway productions such as Phantom of the Opera. Vamsi Tadepalli (Who’s Bad founder, composer, and saxophonist) assembled a cast of North Carolina’s premiere musicians and, from Who’s Bad’s inception, believed in the band’s boundless possibilities. The velvety vocals and pinpoint choreography of frontmen Joseph Bell and Taalib York’s combined with the six-piece band’s synchronized dance routines, blaring horns and down-deep rhythms, results in a performance delivered with soul and precision superseded by only the King himself. They’ve shared stages with the Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, The Backstreet Boys, The Four Tops, Boys II Men, and hip-hop superstar, Pitbull. Captivated fans include LIVENATION’s Anthony Nicolaidis who calls Who’s Bad, “the real deal,” and Michael Jackson’s longtime friend and manager Frank DiLeo who proclaimed after the Who's Bad show in Nashville, TN, “The show was great. Michael would have been proud!”
THURSDAY • JULY 25
Major Arts for Minors:
Printing House Tour & Try
10:00 am - Free Event but reservations are required.
Location: North End Press, 235 S. Columbus St.
Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
The printing press is one of the oldest artforms and the invention of replicating written word changed the world. Learn types of printing and the machines from different centuries that are still in use today from Lancaster's own North End Press. Major Arts for Minors are free workshops for ages 9-12. Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
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Children’s Corner:
MadCap Puppets - Down on the Funny Farm
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
Let the Madcap Puppets team take you down on the farm with funny farm fairy tales like Chicken Little and the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Fun for all ages!
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Noon at the Square:
Lancaster Handbell Choir
12:00 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Happy Hour Music Series
5:30–7:30 pm • Free Event
Location: Ale House 1890, 149 West Main St.
The beautiful patio at Ale House 1890 is the perfect setting for music, cocktails, and summer weather.
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Chamber Music Classics:
Cresendo: Maestro Sheldon’s Favorite Music
7:30 pm - Adult $25; Child/Student $10
Location: First United Methodist Church, 163 E Wheeling St, Lancaster, OH 43130 Lancaster, OH
GET TICKETS: Chamber Music Classics: CRESCENDO
A bounty of the Maestro's favorite chamber music classics including Schubert’s beloved “Trout” Quintet. Pianist Judith Lynn Stillman, violinist Dmitri Pogorelov and other members of the Lancaster Festival Orchestra perform the music of Brahms, Ibert and Schubert. With a special performance by the festival’s brilliant Young Artist Fellows.
FRIDAY • JULY 26
Major Arts for Minors: Viral Dance Crazes with ML Dance
10:00 am - Free Event but reservations are required.
Location: Decorative Arts Center of Ohio, 145 E. Main St.
Registration is required or call 740-687-4808.
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Children’s Corner:
Toadstool Shadow
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Noon at the Square: Kelly Vaughn
12:00 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Café Concert: Noteworthy Women
3:00 pm - $30
Location: Cheers Chalet, 1211 Coonpath Rd.
GET TICKETS: Cafe Concert: Noteworthy Women
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Bike Races
5:30 pm - Free Event (ages 10 & under)
Location: Job & Family Services, Wheeling & Memorial Dr.
Presented by Fairfield Medical Center and Job and Family Services
Decorate your wheels, grab your helmet and head for the races! Prizes for best bike decorations and prizes for race winners presented by Fairfield Medical Center.
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Downtown Friday Night: Community Orchestra
5:30 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Downtown Friday Night: Brickhorse
7:00–9:00 pm - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
The Community Orchestra, a rare mix of professional musicians from the Lancaster Festival Orchestra and local students and amateur musicians kick off the evening at 5:30. Local favs, Brickhorse, rock the square with some fav covers!
SATURDAY • JULY 27
SATURDAY MORNING MUSIC
Lancaster Community Youth Band
10:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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Lancaster Community Band
11:00 am - Free Event
Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main & Broad
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GRAND FINALE: Lee Brice
with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra
8:00pm, gates open at 6:00 pm
Adult lawn $45/$55 at gate; Child/Student (3-17) $10
Fireworks follow the performance, FREE parking, bring your own picnic or purchase on-site. Remember, no glass containers are allowed in the concert venue.
Location: Wendel Concert Stage, OHIO Lancaster
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Lee Brice takes the stage with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. When Curb Records recording artist, Lee Brice, isn't selling out arenas, writing and recording songs, or building new brands like American Born whiskey, you'll find the family man with his wife Sara, two young boys, and daughter. Meanwhile, with over 3.7 billion on-demand streams, and over 4 billion spins on Pandora, Brice continues to enjoy massive success at country radio, digital streaming services, and on the road.
He has reached the #1 spot at Country Radio with Platinum-selling “Memory I Don’t Mess With,” which consecutively follows three prior #1s: ASCAP’s 2021 Country Song of the Year and 3x Platinum track “One of Them Girls,” “I Hope You’re Happy Now” with Carly Pearce, and the 4x Platinum hit “Rumor,” which was nominated in the category Single of The Year at the 55th Annual ACM Awards. One of the most-played country artists of all time on Pandora, he was the second country artist behind Keith Urban to receive the Pandora Billionaire plaque.
Lee is also a GRAMMY nominee, a CMA and ACM award winner, and he's taken nine radio singles to Number One: "A Woman Like You," "Hard to Love," "I Drive Your Truck," "I Don’t Dance," "Drinking Class," “Rumor," “I Hope You’re Happy Now," “One of Them Girls,” and “Memory I Don’t Mess With.” Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean, Kenny Chesney and others have recorded his songs, and he's performed on numerous TV shows, including NBC's Today, ABC's The Bachelor, NBC's The Voice and FOX's Miss USA 2018. Lee performed as part of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song honoring Garth Brooks, aired on PBS March of 2020. At the 54th Annual CMA Awards, Lee took home the prize for Musical Event of the Year for his song with Carly Pearce, "I Hope You're Happy Now." At the 56th ACM Awards, “I Hope You’re Happy Now” won Single of the Year and Music Event of the Year, and Lee and Carly Pearce performed the song live. Lee’s album, Hey World, has been certified Platinum and features several multi-Platinum selling hits.
Lee kicked off 2024 with an intimate acoustic tour, the Me & My Guitar Tour, and is bringing fans brand new music this Spring with his upcoming single, "Drinking Buddies" with Nate Smith and Hailey Whitters.