Happy Valley Music Fest

09/03/2023

Looking forward to seeing you all on this glorious day! Great lineup of music slated for today. Tickets remain available onsite!

Happyvalleymusicfest.com

08/31/2023

Make your plans to be at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park this Labor Day weekend as the ballpark will host the Happy Valley Music Fest, produced by the Chautauqua Region Music Alliance - CRMA, on Sunday, September 3.

🎶 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band will headline the lineup for the return of this community concert event

Learn more and get tickets: https://bit.ly/3YPDU6k

08/12/2023

Tickets are available now at StateCollegeSpikes.com!

Here's the starting lineup for the Happy Valley Music Fest, back on line and coming to Medlar Field at Lubrano Park on Sunday, September 3rd!

Don't miss out as Vanessa Collier and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band cap off an array of exciting musical acts, with SIDEWINDER , Chris BELL BAND , and Donny Burns & the 3rd Degree leading off the festivities!

Plus, the Geisinger Kids Zone will be available, along with the full slate of ballpark concessions all day long!

Tickets are available now at StateCollegeSpikes.com!

08/08/2023

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band to Headline HVMF 2023


The Dirty Dozen Brass Band is arguably the most influential ensemble to emerge in New Orleans over the last 25 years. Its sway on the brass band scene has been staggering, spawning bands like the ReBirth, New Birth, Hot 8, Li’l Rascals, Soul Rebels and just about ever other young brass ensemble presently performing. - Offbeat Magazine

Celebrating over 45 years since their founding in 1977, the GRAMMY Award-winning New Orleans-based Dirty Dozen Brass Band has taken the traditional foundation of brass band music and incorporated it into a blend of genres including Bebop Jazz, Funk and R&B/Soul. This unique sound, described by the band as a ‘musical gumbo,’ has allowed the Dirty Dozen to tour across 5 continents and more than 30 countries, record 12 studio albums and collaborate with a range of artists from Modest Mouse to Widespread Panic to Norah Jones. Forty five-plus years later, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band is a world famous music machine whose name is synonymous with genre-bending romps and high-octane performances.

08/08/2023

We look forward to returning this year on Sunday, September 3rd at Medlar Field at Lubtano Park.

Tickets are $20 General Admission and can be found here:

https://www.ticketreturn.com/prod2new/team.asp?sponsorid=16963

06/16/2021

We will miss you in 2021, but look forward to seeing you all in 2022!

Happy Valley Music Fest won't be back this summer, but organizers of the State College summer music festival are making plans to return with a bigger and

02/12/2021

Hey State College, here's some good news for your Friday. 🎶

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04/24/2020

Sadly we are just making it official...hope to see you in 2021!

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(State College, Pa.) – The Chautauqua Region Music Alliance (CRMA) has today announced the cancellation of the Happy Valley Music Festival, which was to be held June 19-20, 2020 in downtown State College.

State College Borough Council voted unanimously last Monday night to rescind special activity permits through the end of June, impacting seven events that were scheduled to take place on borough property between May 11-June 30.

"It’s with a heavy heart, I think, that all of us support this," councilman Evan Myers said during Monday's meeting, which was held via online video conference. "We feel, as we’ve discussed before, that there is not much choice. This means a lot of festivals, a lot of activities our community has planned will have to be postponed, canceled, put on hold perhaps even until next year… It’s not an easy thing for any of us to do."

Events that had permits rescinded include Downtown State College Improvement District's June First Friday; the Penn State Marines Association 5k on May 16; Jana Marie Foundation's J.A.M. Fest on May 16; the first State College Pride Parade and Festival on June 13; and Happy Valley Music Festival on June 19-20.

“We have waited to make this decision as long as we could, hoping for more clarity, but at this point the State College Borough has made the sound decision out of caution, to pull the May and June permits,” said Todd Wagner of Lucky Dog Productions, the festival’s producer. “We are very disappointed, as we were prepared to announce our lineup back on March 13th, but the timing obviously never felt right.”

Last Friday, organizers of four major summer festivals in Centre County — Central PA 4th Fest and Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts in State College, People's Choice Festival in Boalsburg and Philipsburg Heritage Days — jointly announced that each would be canceled this year for the first time in their respective histories.

Other major regional music events that have cancelled include, Delfest (Cumberland, MD), Deutschtown Music Festival (Pittsburgh), Flood City Music Festival (Johnstown), Three Rivers Arts Festival (Pittsburgh), and many others.

“We are already working with booking agents on the 2021 schedule, to be held June 18&19”.

The Chautauqua Region Music Alliance is a non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide inspiration and opportunity for creative expression through music, education and performance arts, while maintaining a vision to enhance the spirit of community renewal as a collaborative partnership, that values and promotes educational excellence through performance arts and productions within the region.

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