From traditional foods to bagpipers and caber tosses, rugby tournaments, and other heavy athletics, to free music workshops and live performances, the festival – Friday, Sept. 5 through Sunday, Sept. 7, and now in its 21st year — offers a spirited nod to all things Scottish.
Dig Earth's largest string instrument at Mercyhurst
by Ryan Smith9/3/2014, 5:30 AM
Artist/innovator/experimentalist William Close's Earth Harp is what might happen if string music (lofty, larger-than-life instrumentations) courted, then married architecture – the fine, large, lofty places such music is played.
Get on down to the Crawford County Fair
by Ryan Smith8/22/2014, 8:14 AM
From princesses and pageants to pigs and poultry: The Crawford County Fair is where it's at!
'One Love': Pay tribute (for free) to Bob Marley at Schickalay's
by Ryan Smith8/20/2014, 10:00 AM
Bob Marley? Live music outdoors? Free show? This is a Sunday fun-day.
Music flows through the Riverside Inn over Labor Day weekend
by Ryan Smith8/20/2014, 5:25 AM
"The HurdGurdler" Brian McCoy, the Seattle-based guitar legend Baby Gramps, Seann P. Clark, The Armitan Hand, Jessi & the Grayhounds, the Justin Moyar Group lead the holiday weekend's lineup.
One World Tribe Celebrates 20th Anniversary at 8 Great Tuesdays
by Ryan Smith8/6/2014, 6:30 AM
Plato's Cave joins OWT for a waterside performance at Liberty Park.
Soaking in the Sounds of the Summer by the Sunset
by Ryan Smith8/6/2014, 6:15 AM
Go south (for great tunes!), young man and woman!
Sunday Spotlight: George Burton
by Ryan Smith8/3/2014, 5:36 PM
George Burton takes the stage at 6 p.m. tonight. Hear what he told Reader writer Ryan Smith about looking foreard, and looking back.
HOME Festival is happenin' TODAY!
by Ryan Smith8/3/2014, 10:50 AM
Another fest -- featuring a buncha hyper-local, all-original music -- is kickin' off soon...
Saturday Spotlight: The Lee Boys
by Ryan Smith8/2/2014, 7:30 PM
Alvin Lee of your Blues & Jazz fest Saturday night headliner the Lee Boys talked to our own Ryan Smith. See what Alvin had to say in advance of their 8 p.m. performance.
Saturday Spotlight: Heritage Blues Quartet
by Ryan Smith8/2/2014, 5:30 PM
Reader Writer Ryan Smith talked to your 6 p.m. Blues & Jazz festival headliner - the Heritage Blues Quartet. See what they have to say about their upcoming performance!
Sunday Spotlight: Roby "Supersax" Edwards
by Ryan Smith8/2/2014, 3:28 PM
Stephen Trohoske's Jazz Gypsies featuring Roby "Supersax" Edwards will take the stage at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Ryan Smith caught up with Supersax, who admits to being a "music nerd."
8 Great Tuesdays featuring Here Come The Mummies and Falling Hollywood
by Ryan Smith7/23/2014, 9:30 AM
Terrifying funk from beyond the grave...
Sounds Around Town features Bronsen Euard and The Essentials
by Ryan Smith7/23/2014, 8:15 AM
Sounds Around Town comes to a close with Bronsen Euard and The Essentials.
Erie libraries have your ticket to art
by Ryan Smith7/16/2014, 5:24 PM
County system lends passes to Erie Art Museum? Cool!