Montour County Recreation Commission
Montour County Recreation Commission

MARC has continued the tradition of the Free Concert series in Montour County. These free concerts are usually held on Tuesday nights at 7:00 p.m. but please check each concert specifically below as times and venue may vary. For up to the minute updates in regard to concerts please PRESS HERE to go to our blog-updates page and look for music related posts.
Bring a chair, blanket, picnic supper and friends and Enjoy the music!
FreeConcertSeries

2008 Schedule of events
๏2/2/08 - Stardust - BYOB Cabaret night
7:00 p.m. - Danville Borough Hall
This evening is the official kick-off of the 2008 series. Come dance and sing along with some of your favorite smokey torch-light tunes as we transform the Danville Borough Hall into the “La Maison d'Ville”. This is a BYOB event that promises to be a new favorite!
MARC will have hand-outs available outlining the full year of concerts.
๏6/7/08 - HessFest music / mtn. bike festival Hess Field
The Hess field is a beautiful outdoor venue for this event that caps a day of exciting mountain bike races with an evening of locally grown music and starry nights. CLICK HERE for more details about the festival
Featured Artists and start times
6:00 p.m. Willie Jack and the Northern lights
8:00 p.m. Blind Chitl’in Kahunas
๏6/10/08 - Van Wagner - Good Samaritan Concert
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
Van Wagner. Born in Pennsylvania. Lives in Pennsylvania. Makes music. Mined coal. Logged trees. Teaches kids..
๏6/17/08 - Danville Community Band
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
From Sousa to Goodman!
๏6/24/08 - Jar Smar
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
In the last 5 years, Jay Smar has toured Scotland twice, performed at the Philadelphia Folk Festival twice, recorded music for the Welsh BBC movie, "The Welsh in America" and has been selected by the Pennsylvania Performing Arts on Tour to be on their professional touring roster.
Armed with 2 guitars, baritone vocals, claw-hammer banjo, and fiddling, singing, and flat-footin ' (a form of clog-dancing), he serves his audience an "acoustic buffet" of traditional American and original folk, ol time mountain music, bluegrass and gospel tunes, as well as coal mining songs of Northeast Pennsylvania preceded by their origin.
Original and "covered" guitar instrumentals garnish this plate of cultural cuisine.
๏ 7/1/08- Tom and Nate
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
The best in roots music. Folk and blues you can stomp
your foot to. Susquehanna Valley natives.
๏7/8/08 - Fieldstone
7:00 p.m. - Southside fire company, Riverside
Located in the mountains of northcentral Pennsylvania, the trio mixes Appalachian and Celtic styles and gives them a contemporary twist. Fieldstone features the fiddle playing of Tara Sansom, Bekki Titchner on vocals, whistle and flute, and Mark Titchner on 6- and 12-string guitars and bouzouki.
๏7/15/08 - IRON HERITAGE WEEKEND
SAT & SUN. - Mill Street, Danville.
A full weekend of music, history, heritage, art, crafts, food and fun!
๏7/22 /08- Seasoned Sound
7:00 p.m - Memorial park, Danville
Always a crowd favorite. Dance and sing along to these swing favorites.
7/22/08- Fred Iobst
10:00 a.m. - Memorial park, Danville
Magician! Street magic for kids (and parents, let’s be honest here, who doesn’t like magic?)
๏7/29/08- Rusty Foulke
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
Of Hybrid Ice fame.
Best at Acoustic rock!
๏8/5/08 - KJ
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
KJ’s been labeled the “Niche Performer” by many who have invited
her to perform at their functions. For conferences, coffeehouses,
civic club banquets, house concerts or festivals, she does seem to
have a song for everyone!
KJ’s written and co-written farming songs to represent the hard
workers of the land, she’s written political action tunes to get certain
groups inspired to go to bat for their causes. She seems to know
her audiences even before she’s met them and provides an
enjoyable – and seemingly personal – concert to each one who
attends..
๏8/12/08 - Catawissa Military band
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
8/12/08 - Woody Wolfe
10:00 a.m. - Playground, Riverside
Great kids friendly, songs, stories and fun!
๏8/14/08 - Danville Marching band preview
7:30 p.m. - Danville High school stadium, Danville
Come watch this first concert of the season for the new band. Jack Bower, band Director, puts this whole show together in 5 weeks! It is quite the spectacle!
๏8/19/08 - Lykens Valley Bluegrass Boys
7:00 p.m. - Delong park, Washingtonville,
The Lykens Valley Bluegrass Boys have been around for over 20 years, entertaining audiences in & around PA. In that time, we have released 5 albums. Our newest project is a 2 CD set, which includes our first 3 albums, on CD for the first time. We try to keep a nice mix of traditional standards along with some of the more hard driving sounds of today. We also have some original tunes which we are very proud of. "TURN IT UP"!
TBA - Box of light - theater group
7:00 p.m. - Memorial park, Danville
Dates, times and Description to follow.
Our Sponsors

Without our Sponsors, this series would be neither possible or free. Please use their businesses and products when possible.
Lykens Valley Bluegrass Boys
Jay Smar
Stardust
Woody Wolfe
Van Wagner
KJ
Be a Sponsor! make your own donation to the concert series either individually, corporately or anonymously. Help keep “Free” Concerts free.

Fieldstone
HessFest music/mountain bike festival
Click on Photos for more information.
- Indicates a Special Children’s event.
Tom and Nate
Box of Light
Catawissa Military Band
Bad Weather Plan- If the weather looks bad, the Memorial Park concerts will be held Inside the Grove Presbyterian Church
Patron Level Sponsor
PPL
Sponsors
Dr. & Mrs. Lillmars
Martin Rogers Associates
Danville Business Alliance
Danville German Society
Columbia Montour Visitors Bureau
St. Joseph Church
Friends level Sponsor
Paula & Greg Benkovic
Danville CATV
Earthscapes Landscaping
Grove Presbyterian Church
Kessey & Gary Kieselhorst
Fan level sponsor
Brit & Adrienne Roth
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