It’s that time again, the LH Jams Festival is back in Lock Haven! “We are busy pulling together a great schedule of vendors, artists, and musicians for the 8th annual LH JAMS summer festival!” said Steve Getz, LH JAMS Director and CCAC Board President.
“Last year’s festival set attendance records along with our expanded schedule to include the Thursday evening ‘Rockin’ the Roxy’ fundraising concert. In addition to another amazing evening of music, this event helps to offset some of the cost of the festival while raising funds for the CCAC/Jeff Gummo Scholarship for the Arts.” Getz went on to say that even though the majority of the festival is free to the public, they ask you to consider attending this worthwhile event on August 10 along with the rest of the LH JAMS festivities on August 11, & 12.
Key LH JAMS dates:
–ROCKIN’THE ROXY
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. The Opening act (Chris Mingear) is at 6:00 p.m., and YSH starts at 7 p.m.
YORK STREET HUSTLE /Philly’s Premiere Motown Band
This event is a fundraiser for LH JAMS and the Jeff Gummo/CCAC Scholarship for the Arts, bringing Hitsville back to Lock Haven for a return performance as we remember the 2021 LH JAMS festival! Philadelphia’s York Street Hustle is one of the most dynamic Motown tribute bands around. They specialize in the classic sounds of the 1960s. Legends like Stevie, Aretha and the Four Tops, Donny Hathaway, Arthur Conley, and Betty Everett.
*Cash Bar available by Straub Brewery and Oregon Hill Winery
FRIDAY, AUGUST 11TH
– BLOCK PARTY with VELVEETA, 7:00-10:00 p.m., Main & Grove Street Stage
This band had the streets rockin’ last year and is back for a smashing return engagement! Velveeta will be spreading the cheese again this year on Main Street with 80’s & 90’s hits. One of the most popular Central PA party bands, Velveeta, will rock downtown with covers from Journey, the Cars, Bon Jovi, Duran Duran, Neil Diamond, Guns’ N Roses, Tom Petty, U2, plus many many more.
SATURDAY AUGUST 12
– MAIN STREET FESTIVAL with the CENTRAL MOUNTAIN JAZZ CATS, Noon-1:00 p.m., Main & Grove Street Stage
The Clinton County Arts Council is happy to announce that a local student Jazz ensemble will open this year’s Saturday lineup of performances! Always in support of education in the arts, join the CCAC in their effort to promote and encourage young artists in all disciplines.
– PAUL JOST & THE STEVE RUDOLPH TRIO WITH DRUMMER LARRY MARSHALL AND STEVE MEASHEY ON BASS 1:00-2:30 p.m., Elks Patio Stage
Steve Rudolph, Larry Marshall, and Steve Meashey have entertained LH JAMS jazz lovers on several occasions since the first festival in 2016. Being true to the LH JAMS format, they offer a wide range of musical genres. When describing vocalist and arranger Paul Jost, two words come to mind … “passionate” and “storyteller.”
– THE UNSTOPPABLE HACK BEATS, 2:30-4:00 p.m., Main & Grove Street Stage
UNSTOPPABLE. That’s how you describe the eight-piece sound of a group that brings a soul-band attitude to classic rock, New Wave, soul, and reggae tunes. Moving fluidly between Motown and Kingston, the Unstoppable Hack Beats are known for their colorful energy and blue-collar work ethic.
– YOU DO YOU, 4-5:30 p.m., Elks Patio Stage
You Do You is a female-fronted band from Philadelphia known for their electrifying 70s-era showmanship. Founded in 2012, the “genre-defying” 8-piece ensemble has drawn comparisons from Parliament-Funkadelic to Tedeschi Trucks Band and supported artists like Robert Randolph and George Porter Jr. Led by Katie Feeney’s raw, sultry vocal stylings; the band delivers a powerful performance characterized by funky, danceable grooves, jazzy riffs, and wailing rock melismas.
– JAMES SUPRA AND THE SARAH AYERS BAND, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Main & Grove Street Stage
James Supra’s blues harmonica prowess is legendary in the world of blues. For more than 30 years, he has been playing the blues with variations of his own bands and sharing the stage in the U.S. and abroad with blues notables as diverse as B.B. King, Catfish Hodge, Bobby Radcliff, Tommy Castro, Rhett Tyler, Slam Allen, and Kid Bangem.
– B STREET BAND-A TRIBUTE TO THE BOSS, 7:00-9:30 p.m., Elks Patio Stage
Rock it out with B STREET on MAIN STREET. This is the CCAC and Summer Concert Series collaboration performance to bring outstanding music each year to Main Street. Playing the music of the Boss since 1980, B Street is the longest-running Springsteen Tribute Band in the U.S.
The LH Jams Festival also features a wide range of plein-air art. The term comes from the 19th-century style of painting entire finished pieces outdoors. While plein air painters are on site, please respect their safety and enjoy their talents from a safe distance.
Featured artists include:
– Susan Nichols Gephart:
Susan Nicholas Gephart is an award-winning pastel and oil painter who has been creating colorful, impressionistic landscapes “plein air” for over forty years. She works and teaches in all mediums and welcomes new students of all levels and mediums. Susan’s colorful, impressionistic plein-air pastels and oils are in private and permanent collections across the country, including The Penn Stater Conference Center, Lock Haven University, and The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Susan is an Associate Member of the Pastel Society of America, a Signature Member, and the current president of the Central Pennsylvania Pastel Society. She also co-founded the Plein Air Painters of Central PA. She was a presenter at the 6th and 7th Annual Plein Air Conventions in San Diego, CA, and Santa Fe, New Mexico, and returned as invited faculty for the 8th Annual Plein Air Convention in San Francisco, CA. In July 2018, Susan led the rest of the Sennelier-sponsored Brittany Skies & Seas workshop. Pierre-Yann Guidetti hosted the artist retreat at his family home in Kerrema, Brittany, France. For more information, visit http://www.snicholasart.com
–Karl Eric Leitzel:
Karl Eric Leitzel is a central Pennsylvania native who has been painting for over thirty years. After concentrating on the genre of realistic wildlife art during the 1990s, he now paints a broader range of the landscapes, often working en plein air (in the open air). “Much of my work is landscape-oriented because I never cease to be amazed by the beauty of the creation around us. I take deep satisfaction in being able to capture even a little of that in each piece I paint.” Karl is a Resident Artist and the Managing Partner at the Green Drake Gallery. He has had work included in the prestigious Birds in Art show at the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau, Wisconsin, and in 2010, completed a large commissioned painting for Penn State that now hangs in the lobby of the beautiful Nittany Lion Inn. He is the founder and director of Landscape Artists International, an online collective that has grown to more than 200 members. Karl is also a signature member of International Plein Air Painters as well as the more local Farmland Preservation Artists of Central Pennsylvania. For more information, visit http://www.greendrakeart.com
LH Jams also welcomes:
– Stephanie Distler, jewelry
– Kim Flick, painting
– Susan Nicholas Gephart, painting/pastels
– Tommy Grieco, painting
– Jeff Kiefer, wood carving
– Karl Leitzel, painting
– Jeff Mathison, painting
– Debra Moffitt, oil painting
– Sam Saxton, caricatures
Additional artists with booths:
– Jennifer Deitloff, tie-dye
– Sue Morris, ‘‘Sue’s Salves’‘
– Lauren Shambach, fabric creations
– Theron Jordan, wood carving
– Linda Wise, handmade soaps
– Diane R. Wyant, acrylic painting / ceramic tiles/bookmarks, notecards
The Clinton County Arts Council/LH JAMS goal has always been to expand how visitors view a wide range of musical genres and art, to never be predictable, and always push visitors into appreciating a unique cultural experience. This year will be no exception, with an amazing spectrum of music ranging from pop, jazz, and reggae to funk, R&B, and rock. “This is the uniqueness of the festival, bringing a diverse crowd of ethnicity, music, and art backgrounds together in a family-friendly environment that exposes visitors to a cultural smörgåsbord right on Main Street,” said Getz. “The success of LH JAMS is truly a community endeavor. We have our many sponsors to thank (see sponsors link on our website at LHJAMS/ORG ), plus the hard work of the CCAC Board of Directors and the LH JAMS management team.
For more information or to purchase your York Street Hustle Tickets for the Roxy Theatre, go to: https://www.lhjams.org.
