Performing Arts
In addition to the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, the Festival presents performers on seven outdoor and indoor stages in downtown State College and on the Penn State campus. Currently the Festival presents indoors in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, State College Presbyterian Church, and the State Theatre in downtown State College, and Schwab Auditorium on the Penn State Campus. The Festival also erects outdoor stages on Memorial Field (the State College Area High School football stadium), on the 100 block of South Allen Street, and on the lawn of Old Main, Penn State’s administration building. The festival also erects the Accu-Weather.com Youth Stage in Central Parklet. Each July, about fifty different performers are presented. Most performances are free, some require a Festival button for admission. Music presented covers a wide range of genres, from classical to rock to bluegrass to jazz to symphonic band. Performers are of international, national, state, and regional standing.
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Famous quotes related to performing arts:
“More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.”
—Uta Hagen (b. 1919)