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Rockin’ the Red Barn: The James Supra Band kicks off LH JAMS; festival continues today with live music and more

LOCK HAVEN -- LH Jams kicked off its three-day music extravaganza with its annual fundraising concert this week.

The James Supra Band performed dozens of music-lovers at the festival's Rockin' the Red Barn fundraising concert. Proceeds from this event, the only part of the festival to be ticketed, is put towards the Jeff Gummo CCAC Scholarship for the Arts and its youth programs.

Rockin the Red Barn was followed Friday night by the annual Block Party on Main Street in downtown Lock Haven.

And if you missed both of those live music events, don't worry!

Everything comes together today with LH JAMS all-day music and arts festival on Main Street.

The event will see performances beginning at noon and continuing until 10:30 p.m., featuring six bands.

The event creates a "dancing in the street party" and features its craft vendors, drinks, street performers all blended together with live music.

Kicking off the Saturday music festivities will be student performers Central Mountain Jazz Cats.

These talented musicians from Central Mountain High School open the festival every year.

"This is one way our arts council can showcase and support the arts for youth in our area," the CCAC's release said.

Then, swing on into the afternoon with the prohibition style jazz band, Baby Soda, directly from Brooklyn, N.Y.

Next up, Philly's own Fishtown funk and soul band, The Groove Merchants, perform their "..tireless, faithful, throw-down grooves...", followed by Jersey's full-energy band, The Unstoppable Hack Beats, making their second appearance at LH JAMS.

This "Dancing in the Street Party" closes out the festival with two outstanding bands:

-- Diana Jacobs Band: This is a 10-piece pop and blues band out of Upstate New York. Highlighted by Diana's thrilling vocals, they play a range of work such as Gnarls Barkly's 'Crazy' to 'Ball and Chain' made popular by the likes of Janis Joplin and Etta James.

-- New York City's EpicSoul closes out the festival with a 10-piece premier party band, featuring phenomenal horn and percussion sections with three powerhouse vocalists who perform soul-stirring Motown medleys, to today's R&B, pop, rock and contemporary hits, spanning six decades of some of the most popular iconic American music.

This last performance of the festival is the Clinton County Arts Council's annual collaboration with the city's Lock Haven Summer Concert Series in order to bring outstanding cultural entertainers to Central Pa.

The event will feature three stages and offer wall-to-wall free music well into the night.

The following performances will be held at these locations:

MAIN & GROVE STREET STAGE

-- Friday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Ted McCloskey & the Hi-Fi's

-- Friday, Aug. 7, from 8 to 10:30 p.m., Velveeta

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from noon to 1 p.m., Central Mountain Jazz Cats

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from 2:30 to 4 p.m., The Groove Merchants

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Diana Jacobs Band

SUSQUEHANNA EVENT CENTER

PATIO STAGE

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., Baby Soda, prohibition era jazz band

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., The Unstoppable Hackbeats

-- Saturday, Aug. 8, from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m., EpicSoul

New to this year's festival is the Strolling Minstrels, featuring a full list of talented musicians that will walk the festival and enter restaurants to bring softer musical selections into every corner of the event.

They will also perform at the newly added Quiet Side Stage, newly added from the two large stages on Main Street.

Quiet Side Stage performances are:

-- 12 to 12:45 p.m., Tom Forstmeier

-- 12:45 to 1:30 p.m., Ady Martinez and Friends

-- 1:30 to 2:15 p.m., open mic

-- 2:15 to 3 p.m., Mare Cleary

-- 3 to 3:30 p.m., Karl Leitzel

-- 3:30 to 4:15 p.m., Sweetgum Band

-- 4:15 to 5 p.m., open mic

-- 5 to 5:45 p.m., Sweetgum Band

-- 5:45 to 6 p.m., Karl Leitzel and Beth England.

Check out the music videos, listing of vendors, food selections and more details at our website lhjams.org