The Allegheny Drifters will be one of the groups performing as part of the “In Harmony” Heritage Music Festival.

HARMONY — The sights and sounds of live heritage music are coming back to the borough as Harmony historians hold a music festival.

The second “In Harmony” Heritage Music Festival is set July 20 and 21 and will feature more than 18 groups performing in historic buildings throughout the borough.

“The festival’s goal is to celebrate historic music inspired by, or performed by, the communal Harmony Society, the original European settlers in Harmony,” said Cheryl Speir, festival chairman and Historic Harmony board member.

“For example, the Pittsburgh Historical Music Society Orchestra plays in period outfits, their music and costumes from the early 1800s. And Dearest Home will perform both festival days in period costume, re-creating traditional Appalachian and Old Time songs from the U.S. Civil War era,” she said.

The festival kicks off at 5 p.m. July 20 and runs from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 21.

In addition to musical performances, the festival will feature food, local vendors and a beer garden.

Headlining the Friday concert series will be the Allegheny Drifters, a group out of Pittsburgh.

Music begins at 5 p.m. with Scott & Rosanna Spindler kicking the night off followed by Dearest Home and Echo Valley with the Allegheny Drifters closing the night out.

Saturday’s festivities begin at 10 a.m. with performances at the Harmonist Barn and the Mennonite Meeting House, while local vendors and eateries set up shop around town.

At the Harmonist Barn attendees can see student performers from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Pittsburgh Banjo Club from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.; The Early Mays from 2 to 3 p.m.; MillBillys from 3 to 4 p.m.; Buffalo Rose from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.; Jay Smar from 6 to 7 p.m.; Well Strung from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.; and Cello Fury from 9 to 10:30 p.m.

At the Mennonite Meeting House, attendees will see South Wind from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Old Song Rescue Society from 1 to 2 p.m.; The Snappin’ Bug String Band from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.; Sarah Steranka & David Sherman from 4 to 5 p.m.; Dearest Home from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.; The Wayward Companions from 7 to 8 p.m.; and the Pittsburgh Historical Music Society Orchestra from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.

The “In Harmony” Heritage Music Festival began last year and had been the dream of the late John Ruch, a longtime board president.

Ruch died about two years ago, and community and museum members stepped up to make the event a reality.

“We have a donor who had discussed this kind of festival with our longtime President John Ruch,” said Rodney Gasch, president of Historic Harmony and the Harmony Museum. “When John passed away in late 2016, this donor didn’t want that dream to die, so they set up the Ruch Memorial Music fund to help support the festival.”

For more information or to listen to recordings of the bands, visit the event’s website at inharmonyfestival.org.

Tickets can be purchased online and will also be available at the event.