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PROSPECT — TriUMF, the Tristate Underground Music Festival, will take place Friday through Sunday at the Butler Fair Grounds, Route 422. Use the east gate entrance off Unionville Road.

Non-stop music will feature Bassbin Twins, Kaenow, Tattoo Detectives, Delirium, and Mikey Shanley, otherwise known as DJ Sirius.

Tickets are $40 in advance or $50 at the gate. For more information, visit the Web site, www.phoenixmanagementproductions.com.

SLIPPERY ROCK — Capitol Steps, the comedy group that pokes fun at Washington, D.C., culture and politicians, will perform a combination of songs and skits on Sept. 12 in Slippery Rock University's Miller Auditorium.Tickets are available now for the 7:30 p.m. show, the first in the University's 2008-2009 Performing Art Series.U.S. Senate staffers formed Capitol Steps in 1981. The current group, taken together, has worked at 18 congressional offices for a collective 62 years on The Hill. Capitol Steps updates its material to reflect current events and politicians in the spotlight.Tickets are $22 for adults, $20 for those 62 or older and 17 or younger, and $8 for SRU students. Call 724-738-2091.

GROVE CITY — The Camp Maxwell Civil War Reenactment will take place Aug. 23 and 24 at Grove City Memorial Park.The schedule of activities will be:Aug. 239 a.m. — Camp open, infantry drill10 to 11 p.m. — Militia demonstrationNoon — Lunch with Civil War period cooking demonstration1 to 2 p.m. — Militia demonstration2 to 2:30 p.m. — Battle re-enactment3 p.m. — Baseball game4 p.m. — Period dress demonstrationAug. 249:30 a.m. — Maxwell Memorial Service at Woodland Cemetery10 a.m. — Camp open1 p.m. — Militia drill training2:30 to 4 p.m. — BattleFor more information, call Mary Kay Mattocks at 724-458-8660.

VOLANT — Harvest Day will take place at the Village of Volant from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.Harvest Day celebrates the area's rural farming heritage and summer's bounty.The Moraine Area Tractor Cruisers will kick off the activities at 10 a.m.Other activities will be free hay rides, displays of antique tractors, and demonstrations on drying herbs and flowers. Food will be available.Admission and parking are free. For more information, visit the Web site, www.volantshops.com

PITTSBURGH — Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens will host the Red, Ripe and Roasted: Tomato & Garlic Festival.The fourth annual festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Phipps' Outdoor Garden on Schenley Drive in Oakland, rain or shine.Visitors can see live cooking demonstrations and participate in educational programming, plus Phipps' front lawn turns into a Farmer's Market where visitors can shop for fresh local produce. The festival also features tastings, a tomato judging contest, garlic roasting and music.Visitors who take a produce donation for the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank will receive free admission to the festival and the conservatory from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors attending without a donation will pay regular conservatory admission prices, which are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors age 62 and older and students with ID, and $7 for children ages 2 to 18.For more information, call 412-622-6914 or visit www.phipps.conservatory.org.

NORTH WASHINGTON — The 49th North Washington Rodeo continues through Saturday at the the rodeo grounds, Route 38.Events will begin at 8 p.m.Admission for adults is $10 in advance or $12 at the door; and for children $5 in advance or $6 at the door. Children younger than 3 are admitted free.For more information, call 724-287-6170.

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