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Welcome to the official site of the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival! Produced by the Johnstown Area Heritage Association.
August 6, 7, 8 -- Johnstown, Pennsylvania
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(Press inquiries should be directed to Shelley Johansson. Press releases for all Johnstown Area Heritage Association programs and events, including the AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, are posted in PDF format here.)
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The 2011 festival is August 5-7! -- The festival is on the same weekend as last year, August 5-7, 2011! We expect to announce our lineup in May - join our Facebook page to be the first to know what nationally-recognized acts we're bringing to Johnstown. |
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YouTube clips from the 2010 festival -- We will post these clips as we find them and get permission from the artists! In rough chronological order:
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Press coverage of 2010 festival -- This list isn't comprehensive, but here are some highlights of coverage that's appeared (with hotlinks where available) and things we know are coming!- Sunday, July 18 & Sunday, August 1 - The Acoustic Hour with Anthony Frazier, 1160 WCCS, Indiana
- On July 18 Shelley Johansson, director of communications, was a guest on the show, playing festival music - Eilen Jewell, Los Straitjackets, The Weathered Road, and Mark Dignam were featured, along with Rising Regina. Anthony also interviewed a member of Rising Regina by phone. Click here to listen! On Sunday, August 1, Shelley returned to the show with Dave DiStefano and Tim Dabbs, who both played live - click to see a YouTube of their songs! You can hear a podcast of the show here.
Friday, July 23 - "Music acts highlight festival," -- a preview article in the Daily American of Somerset.
Friday, July 23 - "Los Lobos headlining AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival," -- a brief preview from the Times-News of Cumberland, Md.
Wednesday, July 28 -- "3 Days of Music Set in Flood City," a column by Josh Mosse in the online version of the Indiana Gazette previewing the festival.
Thursday, July 29 - Forever radio, Johnstown -- Festival co-chairman Todd Wagner will be a guest during morning drivetime on Johnstown's Forever radio stations.
August issue of Johnstown Magazine -- the magazine festures a short festival preview.
Sunday, August 1 - the Tribune-Democrat has three articles: Tuning up - AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival begins Friday," a preview of the entertainment, "Organizers tweak music fest for maximum entertainment," an article about the event overall, and "Festival attendees can help non-profits," an article about the Community Celebration.
Tuesday, August 3 -- "The $25 music festival (yes, $25),", a posting on a blog called "Pittsburgh City Creative."
Wednesday, August 4 -- Coverage in Our Town Magazine - Our Town will publish articles based on interviews with several festival artists, including Eilen Jewell, Eric Tessmer, Good Brother Earl (online only), Los Straitjackets, and Robert Cray.
Thursday, August 5 - Pittsburgh City Paper - The festival makes the "Short List."
Thursday, August 5 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- "Los Lobos headlines Flood City Fest in Johnstown," a fest preview article.
Thursday, August 5 - "Pittsburgh Today Live" on KDKA-TV - Todd Wagner, festival co-chairman, will be a guest on this TV show, which airs weekdays at 9:00 am. Mark Dignam, one of our 2010 performers, will be there to play as well!
Thursday, August 5 - The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review --"Galactic headlines Flood City Music Festival," a fest preview article featuring an interview with Rich Vogel of Galactic.
Saturday, August 7 - WQED live broadcast -- As they have done for many years, the Pittsburgh public radio station WQED (which is also heard in Johnstown) will broadcast live from festival grounds from 1:00-5:00 pm on the Saturday of the festival.
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AmeriServ Financial continues title sponsorship of the festival -- JAHA is grateful to AmeriServ for its continued support! AmeriServ has served as title sponsor of the event and its predecessor, the Johnstown FolkFest, since 1994. |
| YouTube videos of 2009 -- In rough chronological order; thanks especially to Tim Roolf, who took many of these. |
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