Welcome to the official site of the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival! Produced by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association. The 2011 festival took place August 5-7.



As the week of festival 2011 arrived, all eyes were anxiously on the weather forecast -- it looked like we were going to get rain all three days. And, in fact, it did rain each of the three days -- but not a drop while the music was playing. The music was amazing, and the mood was high.
One of the many musical highlights was the Saturday evening performance by headliner Gregg Allman. Allman, a liver transplant recipient, had been struggling with a respiratory ailment in the weeks leading up to the festival -- in fact, he'd been forced to cancel a few dates in Germany in late July. So we were especially thrilled when he took the Bud Light Stage on Saturday night and presented a fantastic performance. On Sunday we read the news on jambands.com that he had to cancel many August and September dates in order to more fully recuperate, and the Tribune-Democrat's story on Monday reporting on the cancellations went out on the Associated Press. We wish Gregg Allman all the best in his continued recovery.
We enjoyed a number of special festival moments where performers sat in with each other. Terrance Simien, who wasn't even on Saturday's bill, came to festival grounds for an interview and sat in with Tab Benoit, treating the audience to a wonderful medley of New Orleans classics. Later, Tab would sit in during JJ Grey & Mofro's Saturday night set.
Title sponsor: AmeriServ Financial, and major sponsors Harrigan's Cafe & Wine Deck; Community Foundation for the Alleghenies; 1st SUMMIT BANK; Concurrent Technologies Corporation; Somerset Trust Company.
Stage Sponsors: Bud Light and Von's United Beverage; Peoples Natural Gas; and Subaru.
Performer Sponsors: American Eagle Screen Printing; Brett Insurance Company; Cambria Ace Hardware & Ace Rental Place; Carpenter's Union Local #1419; Performer sponsors: Community Foundation for the Alleghenies; Conemaugh Health System; Concurrent Technologies Corp.; Flower Barn; Forever Broadcasting; Gap Vax; Harrigan's Cafe & Wine Deck; High Powered Electric; Hornick Auto Sales; Johnstown Construction; Laurel Management; Minahan Sign Company; Payless Car Rental; RE/MAX Team Realtors; The Tribune-Democrat; VonÕs United Beverage;Wessel & Company; WYEP
We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of state and local agencies, including the following: Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development; Senator John Wozniak;Pennsylvania Council on the Arts; Cambria County Commissioners; and the City of Johnstown.
Owners who donate the use of their property: Memorial Medical Center Lee Campus; Freight Car America; Johnstown Redevelopment Authority; JEMCOR; Mary Ann McCaffrey-Ritko; SFB Partnership.
There are an incredible number of additional sponsors and in-kind donors who provide us with a dizzying array of goods and services we need to make the festival go. These include: Alternative Community Resource Program; AmeriCorps; Annie's Showmobiles; Atlantic Broadband; Audio Images Sound and Lighting, Inc.; Jim Alexander; Jim Burton; Cernic's Suzuki; Billy Cook; Dave Crichton; Corey Crocco; Bill Deter; Seth Dorman; Edward Dreikorn; Ebensburg Yamaha; Feight Audio; Mindy & Jeff Figard; Christine Fisher; Flower Barn; Forever Broadcasting; Frank at In Shore Technology; Greater Johnstown Convention & Visitors Bureau; Greater Johnstown Water Authority; Grey Area Productions; Ron Hobbs; Holiday Inn; Holiday Inn Express; Hornick Auto Sales; In Shore Technology; Luke James; Frank Janakovic; Johnstown Chemical; JWF; Knights of Columbus; Lee Kring; Lamar Advertising; Judge Gerald Long; Sue Martin; Martin Marine; R. A. Maurer; Dennis McNair; Lynn Michaels; Alexa Miller; Mindsight, L.L.C.; Sharon Orawiec; Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center; Pristow's; Quaker Sales; Brett Reaman; David Rickabaugh, Esq.; Bill Rogers; Scheffel Equipment; Tim Schultz, Jr.; Kelly Shaffer; ShowClix; Sleep Inn; State Chemical; Kevin Stiffler; Dan Thompson; Val's Catering Service; Marty Vrabel; Bob Wildauer; WJACTV; WQED; David Ward; West End Ambulance; Todd Wonders; Work Link Staffing; Gary Yeckley.
Finally, the festival wouldn't be possible without hundreds of volunteers, most of whom faithfully serve every year. In 2011 many volunteers worked their shifts, came back to the volunteer sign-in booth and asked if we needed more help. We can't tell you how much that means to us as organizers, and how much we appreciate all you do! Festival attendees and performers often remark how friendly everyone is, and that's largely because of our volunteers. THANK YOU!