September 18-21, 2025

EVENT SCHEDULE​

Thursday September 18, 2025:

7:00 PM - Festival Kickoff Concert at the Huntingdon County Arts Council, 313 12th Street, Huntingdon, PA - $25 adults, $10 children

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 in solo, duo, and group performances as you’re transported back in time to the turn of the century circa 1900!

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Friday, September 19, 2025:

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Live Music At East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - FREE

Join our musicians as they entertain you on the platform of the East Broad Top's Railroad station. Our musicians will rotate throughout the morning and early afternoon. And make sure to purchase a ticket and experience America's Oldest Operating Narrow Gauge Railroad: The East Broad Top, as well as the historic trolleys of the Rockhill Trolley Museum (across the street from the EBT Depot).

 

EBT Trains leave at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3:00 PM, and last 1 hour. Trolley rides depart at 11:10 AM, 12:10 PM, 1:10 PM, 2:10 PM and 3:10 PM, or as needed. Tickets for the trains/trolleys are available on the EBT's website, www.eastbroadtop.com

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10:30 AM - Strolling Musicians Train at East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - $26 adults, $16 children

​Hop aboard the Musical Express with the East Broad Top Railroad and hear musicians T.J. Muller, Dan Levinson, Steve Torrico, and others perform LIVE while you travel through the scenic Aughwick Valley. Musicians will stroll from car-to-car playing several musical selections for your listening pleasure! Sing along to popular favorites and enjoy the syncopated stylings as you roll down the tracks!

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2:00 PM - Friday Follies Concert at Orbisonia United Methodist Church, 613 Cromwell Street, Orbisonia, PA - $25 adults, $10 children

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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5:00 PM - Classic Ragtime Concert at Orbisonia United Methodist Church, 613 Cromwell Street, Orbisonia, PA - $25 adults, $10 children

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 1973 film, THE STING.

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7:30 PM - Silent Movie Night at Southern Huntingdon County High School, 10339 Pogue Rd, Three Springs, PA - $15 adults, $10 children

The stars of the silver screen come to life as Frederick Hodges and Andrew Greene accompany classic silent films with live piano accompaniment. Films will be announced closer to the date of the event!

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Saturday, September 20, 2025:

9:30 AM - Scott Joplin Lecture at Southern Huntingdon County High School, 10339 Pogue Road, Three Springs, PA - $15 adults, $10 children

The Genius of Joplin, or What I Learned from Learning All of Joplin, presented by Grammy nominated pianist Richard Dowling. Among various items of compositional interest in Joplin’s oeuvre, Dowling theorizes about the controversial and confusing publisher indication frequently found printed at the top of Joplin’s sheet music, “Do not play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast. —- Composer” and give practical advice about what that means. He also talks about a particular compositional “signature” often found in Joplin’s works and perform several short examples, ending with a “guided tour” of the carefully executed and architecturally balanced score of Euphonic Sounds, the piece that Joplin considered to be his best work.

 

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Live Music At East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - FREE

Join our musicians as they entertain you on the platform of the East Broad Top's Railroad station. Our musicians will rotate throughout the morning and early afternoon. And make sure to purchase a ticket and experience America's Oldest Operating Narrow Gauge Railroad: The East Broad Top, as well as the historic trolleys of the Rockhill Trolley Museum (across the street from the EBT Depot).

 

EBT Trains leave at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3:00 PM, and last 1 hour. Trolley rides depart at 11:10 AM, 12:10 PM, 1:10 PM, 2:10 PM and 3:10 PM, or as needed. Tickets for the trains/trolleys are available on the EBT's website, www.eastbroadtop.com

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10:30 AM - Strolling Musicians Train at East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - $26 adults, $16 children

​Hop aboard the Musical Express with the East Broad Top Railroad and hear musicians T.J. Muller, Dan Levinson, Steve Torrico, and others perform LIVE while you travel through the scenic Aughwick Valley. Musicians will stroll from car-to-car playing several musical selections for your listening pleasure! Sing along to popular favorites and enjoy the syncopated stylings as you roll down the tracks!

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1:00 PM - Syncopated Saturday Sampler Concert at Southern Huntingdon County High School, 10339 Pogue Road, Three Springs, PA - $25 adults, $10 children 

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! Solo, duo, and group performances will be featured.

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3:30 PM - Saturday Serenade Concert at Southern Huntingdon County High School, 10339 Pogue Road, Three Springs, PA - $25 adults, $10 children 

Enjoy some of the “sweeter” pieces in the ragtime and early jazz worlds, as our musicians dazzle you with the joyous sounds of a century ago. Solo, duo, and group performances will be featured.

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6:00 PM - Ragtime at the Railroad Dinner Train & Concert - 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - $65 per person

Hop aboard a 2.5 hour round trip excursion on the East Broad Top Railroad for a concert experience unlike any other! Once you arrive at Colgate Grove, step into our newly-constructed picnic pavilions, sit down to a catered dinner, and enjoy the syncopated stylings of the Grammy Award-winning performers of the Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival! Bring your dancing shoes and strut your stuff on the dance floor, tap your feet to the music of America’s past, and enjoy a night of rhythm and rails! Attendees are encouraged to dress in vintage attire to complement the experience. Attendees will then return back to the Orbisonia Station.

 

Dinner options are your choice of either:

• Roast Beef with Mashed Potatoes, Island Blend Veggies, Dinner Salad, and homemade rolls

• Pasta (Spaghetti) with choice of Marinara or Alfredo sauce, optional Meatballs, Dinner Salad, and homemade rolls.

 

All meals come with your choice of lemonade, sweet tea, or water, and baby cakes for dessert!

 

Schedule for the Dinner Train:

• Train Departs Rockhill Furnace: 6:00 PM

• Train Arrives Colgate Grove 6:30 PM

• Dinner & Performances: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

• Train Departs Colgate Grove: 8:30 PM

• Train Arrives Rockhill Furnace: 9:00 PM

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Sunday, September 21, 2025:

9:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Live Music At East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - FREE

Join our musicians as they entertain you on the platform of the East Broad Top's Railroad station. Our musicians will rotate throughout the morning and early afternoon. And make sure to purchase a ticket and experience America's Oldest Operating Narrow Gauge Railroad: The East Broad Top, as well as the historic trolleys of the Rockhill Trolley Museum (across the street from the EBT Depot).

 

EBT Trains leave at 10:30 AM, 12:00 PM, 1:30 PM, and 3:00 PM, and last 1 hour. Trolley rides depart at 11:10 AM, 12:10 PM, 1:10 PM, 2:10 PM and 3:10 PM, or as needed. Tickets for the trains/trolleys are available on the EBT's website, www.eastbroadtop.com

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10:30 AM - Strolling Musicians Train at East Broad Top Railroad, 421 Meadow Street, Rockhill Furnace, PA - $26 adults, $16 children

​Hop aboard the Musical Express with the East Broad Top Railroad and hear musicians T.J. Muller, Dan Levinson, Steve Torrico, and others perform LIVE while you travel through the scenic Aughwick Valley. Musicians will stroll from car-to-car playing several musical selections for your listening pleasure! Sing along to popular favorites and enjoy the syncopated stylings as you roll down the tracks!

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2:00 PM - Festival Finale Concert at Southern Huntingdon County High School, 10339 Pogue Road, Three Springs, PA - $25 adults, $10 children

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.