FRANKLIN TWP — The Big Butler Fair runs through Saturday at the fairgrounds off Route 422.

Fourth of July fireworks will begin at dusk.

The Freedom Fest on Saturday is free with fair admission. Gates open at 6 p.m. The country music festival will feature Joe Diffie and Worthington native Charee White.

Gate admission excluding carnival rides is $7 before 4 p.m. and $9 after 4 p.m. Children younger than 2 are admitted free. An all-day ride band is $20. Single ride tickets are 4 for $5.

Call 724-865-2400.

BUTLER TWP — An evening of one-act plays written by award-winning author and Butler native Donald Orwald will be presented at 8 p.m. July 17 at the Succop Theatre at Butler County Community College.The program, staged as a readers' theater, is a benefit for the Mary Jo Covert-Mohn Endowed Scholarship Fund, which raises money for theater students attending BC3.Tickets are $15 and are available by calling 724-284-8505 or online at bc3.edu/theater.

Butler Little Theatre's summer youth production, “Bridge to Terabithia” will be July 24 to 27 at the theater at One Howard St. Tickets are $10 for reserved seats and are available at May's Music Shoppe. Call 724-287-6781.

GIBSONIA — Greater Harmony Chorus, Sweet Adelines International, has again been invited to Europe by Music Celebrations to participate in the American Celebration of Music, a concert tour tribute to the 70th anniversary of D-Day, the Battle of Normandy and the Liberation of France.The group will be in France July 26 to Aug. 2. Performances are set at the Normandy American Cemetery, the American Gold Beach Museum, the Irish Cultural Centre and the music pavilion in the Jardin du Luxembourg.Greater Harmony Chorus meets at 6:45 p.m. Tuesdays at Deer Creek Presbyterian Church on Bairdsford Road. For information, visit www.greaterharmony.org .

Comtra Theatre will hold auditions for the play “Sleeping Beauty” from noon to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the theater, 20540 Route 19, Cranberry Township.There will be cold readings from the script. Performances will be Aug. 1 to 26. Visit comtratheatre.org.The Paper Sky Theatre, an initiative of the Grove City Arts Council, will hold auditions for “The Philadelphia Story” by Philip Barry.The play has roles for nine women and six men for actors of all ages.Auditions are at 8 p.m. today and 1 p.m. Saturday at the Grove City ArtWorks, 222 S. Broad St.Performances will be Sept. 12 and 13. Send e-mail to paperskytheatre@gmail.com.

FOXBURG — Allegheny RiverStone Center for the Arts presents “A Midsummer Spectacular: Heavenly Strains of Genetic Harps Plus” at 2 p.m. July 20 in Lincoln Hall, 42 S. Palmer St. Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for students. Call 724-659-3153.

JEFFERSON TWP — Concordia Lutheran Ministries with host its 133rd summer festival from noon to 6 p.m. July 27 in the Lund Care Center backyard at the Cabot campus.There will be musical groups, crafts, games and food. Admission is free. For information, call 724-352-1571, Ext. 8266, or visit www.concordialm.org.