The 12th annual Richland Community Days will be held Friday and Saturday along Theatre Drive and Schoolhouse Road.

With summer in full swing, there is no better way to celebrate the hardworking farm families in the region than with old-fashioned fun at county fairs.

The 29th annual Portage Area Summerfest will be held Friday through Sunday at Crichton McCormick Park, 100 Memorial Way.

A group of young women will represent the area at Johnstown’s annual amateur baseball event.

The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival will be held Friday and Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., in downtown Johnstown.

“Dorie’s Village,” featuring fiber art from the late Dorothy “Dorie” Sheridan, will be on display Saturday through Aug. 23 in the Goldhaber-Fend Fine Arts Center gallery at the arts center, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.

“Third Street: Paintings and Monoprints by Jennifer Baker” will be on display through Oct. 5 at Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto on the St. Francis University campus.

It’s time to celebrate! This year’s AAABA Tournament will commemorate its 75th anniversary with a bevy of special events and promotions taking place prior to and during the annual competition.

August and baseball in Johnstown. The month and the sport have coexisted in the Flood City throughout 75 years of All American Amateur Baseball Association Tournaments.

A special exhibition will be held to recognize the AAABA Tournament and celebrate the event’s 75th anniversary.

When Ghost Light takes the AmeriServ Flood City Musical Festival stage, the band will be putting out an array of abstract sounds.

For Bill Kirchen, returning to the AmeriServ Flood City Musical Festival is like coming home to meet up with old friends.

When Davina Lozier takes the stage at this year’s AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, it will feel like being at home for the Minnesota-based music artist.

Known for its Latin funk sound, Brownout will bring musical flavor to Johnstown as one of the headliners of the AmeriServ Flood City Musical Festival.

While the members of New Orleans band Cowboy Mouth have never performed in Johnstown, they have done shows in Pittsburgh, and are looking forward to making a return to western Pennsylvania to dish up a serving of their style of rock ’n’ roll gumbo.

AmeriServ Financial is marking 25 years as title sponsor with the Flood City Music Festival.

The Gin Blossoms rose to fame in the 1990s, during a time when the mix of hair bands and grunge music seemed to rule radio. The platinum-selling Jangle-pop band found mainstream success in 1992 with the release of its first major label album, “New Miserable Experience,” and the first single released from that album, “Hey Jealousy.”

Ebensburg will hold its annual Downtown Shutdown and Homecoming on Friday and Saturday at sites throughout Ebensburg and Lake Rowena.

AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival, which will be held Aug. 2 and 3 at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., downtown Johnstown, will feature four headline acts throughout the two-day event – Gin Blossoms, Cowboy Mouth, Ghost Light and Brownout.

Laurel Arts’ annual Somerfest will be held Friday through Sunday on the grounds of Philip Dressler Center for the Arts, 214 S. Harrison Ave., Somerset.

William Shakespeare’s “Cymbeline” will be staged by Band of Brothers Shakespeare Company at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and July 24-27 in the main pavilion at Stackhouse Park in Westmont.

The Third Avenue Arts Fest kicks off at 6 p.m. Friday with an all-American picnic and continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Bottle Works, 411 Third Ave., Cambria City, Johnstown.

At this event, you may feel as though you’ve stepped into a painting.

The creative side of the region will be on full display throughout this celebration.

Lots of laughs

A leisurely stroll through this garden will stir the imagination and showcase a passion for creativity.

It wouldn’t be the Fourth of July without festive music and fireworks lighting the sky.

Johnstown Funk Fest, presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, will be held Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., downtown Johns-town. Gates open at 6 p.m., with Afro N’At performing at 7 and Beauty Slap taking the stage at 9.

Take a tour of some exceptional gardens and see the beauty that has been created by local homeowners.

From short, sharp bobs to platinum curls to choppy and feathered, hairstyles through the ages will be all the rage at upcoming events at the Community Arts Center of Cambria County.

The 22nd annual Thunder in the Valley motorcycle rally is rumbling in the area. The event will continue through Sunday in downtown Johnstown.

Bottle Works is bringing the performing arts to its summer camps.

With plenty of summer camp offerings at Community Arts Center of Cambria County, school-aged children will be busy exploring their artistic sides.

Flood City Brass will perform at 6 p.m. Saturday in Central Park in downtown Johnstown as part of the Concerts in the Park Series.

Allied Artists of Johnstown’s 2019 members-only summer exhibition is on display through June 29 at the Community Arts Center of Cambria County, 1217 Menoher Blvd., Westmont.

The National Reserve with special guest Felix and The Hurricanes will perform as part of the Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Concert Series Saturday at Peoples Natural Gas Park, 90 Johns St., downtown Johnstown.