MUSIC

July 24, 2008 Last Updated: July 24, 2008 10:50 AM Weekend Entertainment

Family Concerts, hosted by the Butler County Parks and Recreation Department, will feature Tim Amerson playing a range of music from gospel to county at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Carousel Shelter at Alameda Park, off New Castle Road. Admission is free. Call 724-284-5383.

Summer Concert Series 2008 at Butler County Community College concludes this Sunday with the Alumni Association-sponsored Ice Cream Festival beginning at 6 p.m. followed by a concert of swing, jazz and pop music by the Anthony James Band at 7 p.m. in the Succop Theater on campus. Admission is free. Call 724-284-8505.

Concerts to Munch By, hosted by the Butler County Symphony Association, will offer a performance by Dennis Morton and the North Allegheny Fiddlers from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. The free concerts are held every Wednesday at the symphony office building, 259 S. Main St. Concerts will be broadcast into Diamond Park. Participants can take their own lunches or buy one on-site for $3 from City Subs. Call 724-283-1402 or visit the Web site, www.butlersymphony.org.

Harmony Concerts on the Lawn for the summer of 2008 will take place Thursdays on the lawn at Harmony Inn, 230 Mercer Road, Harmony. Performing at 7:30 p.m. July 31 will be 706 Union playing honkytonk/western swing music. Call 724-452-5124 or visit the Web site, www.harmony-pa.us.

Watermelon Wednesdays will conclude for the summer this coming Wednesday with a performance by Chris Buhler, Rich Warham & Nyomin in Slippery Rock Park. Evenings begin at 6:30 p.m. with free watermelon. Call 724-794-8180.

Friday Lunchtime Concerts in Cranberry Township take place at noon in the garden gazebo at the municipal building, 2525 Rochester Road. Featured this Friday will be a performance by the Pittsburgh Banjo Club. Admission is free. Call 724-776-4806.

Thursdays in the Park Concert Series in Cranberry Township takes places in the Rotary Amphitheater in Community Park. Performing at 7 p.m. tonight will be the Boilermaker Jazz Band. Admission is free. Call 724-776-4806.

Hartwood Amphitheater will be the site of the 14th annual Pittsburgh Blues Festival from Friday through Sunday. Tickets $25; a $40 weekend pass and a $95 family pack are available. Admission Friday night is free with a bag of nonperishable food donations. Proceeds benefit the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. Visit the Web site, www.pghblues.com or call 412-460-2583.The Rat Pack, a tribute to the stars of the 1960s, will perform through Sunday at Heinz Hall, 600 Penn Ave. Performers impersonate Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Dean Martin. Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. tonight; at 8 p.m. Friday; at 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; and at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets range from $23.50 to $53.50 and are available at the Web site, www.pgharts.org. or by calling 412-392-4900.JazzLive takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Agnes R. Katz Plaza, 621 Penn Ave. The music then continues from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Backstage Bar in Theater Square, 655 Penn Ave. Playing this coming Tuesday will be Salsamba/Hosea Taylor. In case of inclement weather, Jazz-Live will be held Wednesday. Admission is free. Programs are subject to change. Visit the Web site, www.pgharts.org, or call 412-456-6666.REGIONAllegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts in the newly restored Lincoln Hall above the library on Main Street in Foxburg, will host Terry Young and Sandra Swannell on stage in "My Sweet Patootie" at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 each and are available at the Foxburg Winery, 724-659-0021.