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Lunchtime concerts, hosted by the Butler County Symphony Association, take place at noon Fridays, some in the symphony office at 259 S. Main St. and some in Diamond Park, across from the Butler County Courthouse on Main Street. Scheduled for Friday is Tom Wotus & Mary Andreassi, American songbook, outdoors in Diamond Park. Admission is free. Call 724-283-1402 or visit www.butlersymphony.org.

The free Family Concert Series, sponsored by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Aug. 13 in the Odd Fellow Gazebo at Alameda Park in Butler Township. The Kittanning Fireman's Band is scheduled to play marching band favorites on Tuesday. Call 724-284-5383 or visit www.co.butler.pa.us.

The Musicians' Concert Band, in its 34th performance season, will present “Music from the Movies and Broadway” on July 25 and the TMG Swing Orchestra on Aug. 1 at Butler Intermediate High School's auditorium. The suggested donation for each concert is $5. Visit www.musiciansconcertband.com.

Free summer concerts in Community Park's Rotary Amphitheatre in Cranberry Township will feature The Woo Hoo Band at 7 p.m. Thursday. Five musicians blend four-part vocal harmonies, two guitars, bass, piano, organ, drums and synthesizer in renditions of songs from the Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, John Mellancamp and many others, along with their own originals. Randy Galioto will present “Elvis Lives” July 25. Call 724-776-4806.

The free Summer Concert Series in Harmony takes place on the square. Performing at 7 p.m. July 25 will be the John Burgh Band, featuring instrumentalists and vocalists performing old style swing, jazz standards, rhythm and blues, and pop and rock. Audience members should take their own seating. Call 724-452-6780.

Zelienople Community Park Amphitheatre is the site of a Summer Concert Series. Gone South is scheduled to play southern rock at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The Clarks will be playing as part of a Husks and Hops Hootenanny at Freedom Farms, featuring locally owned breweries, bands, and food. A portion of the ticket sales will benefit the Glade Run Lake Conservancy. Visit www.FreedomFarmsPA.com/husks-and-hops or call 412-256-8020. The event will be held at Freedom Farms Event Center, 434 Overbrook Road, Valencia.

Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts presents The Allegheny Drifters — Bluegrass Jamboree at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Lincoln Hall, 42 S. Palmer St., Foxburg. Cost is $15 for adults and $5 for students. Visit www.alleghenyriverstone.org or call 724-659-3153.Blackwood Theater will host its annual pipe organ concerts to benefit Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and West Virginia on Sunday, one at 2 p.m. and one at 4:30 p.m. with a reception in between, all at 118 Blackwood Lane in Harrisville. This year's concert will feature Pierre Fracalanza, an organist from Livonia, Mich. A donation of $40 is asked for each ticket. Call 724-735-2813.

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