About The Festival | Central PA Ragtime Festival

About Us

Since 2009, the twin boroughs of Rockhill Furnace and Orbisonia, Pennsylvania have been filled with the strains of America's first popular music: Ragtime, brought to life by some of America's leading ragtime piano players.

Enjoy America's Original Music in one of its most historic towns!

Join us September 12-15 2024 for the 15th Annual Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival. Four fun-filled days of music, silent movies, lectures, open houses, and more. Hear Ragtime favorites, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Stride, Blues, and hits from the Great American Songbook, all performed by Grammy Award winning musicians. Plus, enjoy rides on the town's two signature attractions, the historic East Broad Top Railroad, and the neighboring Rockhill Trolley Museum!

Our festival is by far the most intimate of the ragtime gatherings - where else in America can you enjoy our nation's musical heritage in such a historic setting? Past performers include Adam Swanson, Martin Spitznagel, Bryan & Yuko Wright, Brian Holland, Danny Coots, Domingo Mancuello, Joey Antico, Bill Edwards, Andrew Greene and the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, Ed Clute, Daniel Souvigny, Richard Dowling, Dan Levinson, Terry Waldo, T.J. Muller, and Joyce Richardson. Come join us for some great music!

The festival is currently managed by Andrew Greene, founder and director of the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra (www.peacherineragtime.com).

Meet our 2024 Performers

Our 2024 artists include a mix of returning favorites from years past. Additional artists, if added, will also be included here.

Adam Swanson

Adam Swanson is one of the world’s foremost pianists and historians of vintage American popular music. Adam has been a featured performer and lecturer at ragtime and jazz festivals across the United States and abroad, and he is the only four-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest.

Martin Spitznagel

Whether performing the masterworks of Scott Joplin or the score to Star Wars, Martin Spitznagel’s electric performances have left audiences across the world enthralled with America’s first popular music, RAGTIME. He is the 2011 “World Champion of Old‐Time Piano Playing ” at the World Championship Old‐Time Piano Playing Contest.

Bryan Wright

Bryan S. Wright, Ph.D., is a pianist and musicologist specializing in ragtime and early jazz piano styles. He has performed and lectured on ragtime across the United States and abroad and released two full-length solo CDs. He is founder and executive producer of Rivermont Records, a Grammy-nominated label specializing in ragtime and early jazz.

Dan Levinson

The 2017 winner of Hot House Magazine's "NYC Jazz Fans Decision" award for Best Clarinetist, Dan Levinson is equally at home as both leader and sideman, fronting his own groups as well as performing with those led by others. His roster of musical associates includes such names as Mel Tormé, Wynton Marsalis and Dick Hyman.

Andy Schumm

Born in Milwaukee, Andy Schumm is a leading member of the Chicago Jazz community. Playing cornet, piano, and other instruments, Schumm is frequently found playing with the Chicago Cellar Boys, The Fat Babies, the West End Jazz Band, and other leading groups. This marks his first appearance at the Central PA Ragtime & American Music Festi

Danny Coots

Grammy-award winning drummer Danny Coots is one of the most sought-after percussionists in the ragtime and early jazz worlds. His performances have taken him across the Globe, performing with the likes of Dick Hyman, Vince Giordano, Brian Holland, Adam Swanson, and many othe

Andrew Greene (Festival Director

Pianist and conductor Andrew Greene is the leading authority on orchestral ragtime music in the United States. With his Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, he has performed repeatedly at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, American Film Institute, and the Kennedy Center, to name a few.