Waitin' on a Train (above) and Pat & the Cats

York's premier fine arts and music festival is held along the Riverwalk Artist trail, located in the Colonial Courthouse Courtyard and along the Heritage Rail Trail in historic downtown York. Yorkfest features over 80 fine artists from all around the country, a culinary arts food court, children's art and writing competition, a juried adult writing competition, and strolling entertainers.

Downtown York, PA

Pershing Ave between Market and Philadelphia Streets

10am-5pm Saturday

10am-4pm Sunday

Rain or Shine

FREE!

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Live Onstage!

New this year is a Performing Arts tent located in the Codorus Boat Basin. From 11am to 4pm each day, enjoy music and theater performances by Dreamwrights, York Little Theater, the YorkPoets and the Susquehanna Folk Music Society.

Stop by and visit Susquehanna Folk's table! Sign up on our e-mail list and be entered in a drawing for free tickets to a concert of your choice.

Susquehanna Folk has the stage at the Boat Basin from 3-4 pm on Saturday and Sunday, presenting two local bands:

Pat and the Cats

Saturday, 3-4pm

"Pat & the Cats" is a three piece band comprised of vocalist/guitar player Pat Panther, bass player Blaine Weisser, and drummer Tom Dawes. They play a variety of blues and roots music. Pat has been playing finger-pick style acoustic guitar and singing folk and country blues for the past forty years. She is also a member of the Deep Run String Band.

Waitin' on a Train

Sunday, 3-4pm

From South Central PA: "... Waitin' on a Train plays acoustic Appalachian folk-and-bluegrass-inspired music with a modern rock-and-punk-influenced rhythm and vocal delivery. Their debut album, 2006's In the Path of Pain, featured entirely original material, though they play with an assured mastery of the idioms they're modernizing" -- Richie Unterberger, AllMusicGuide.com

• Visit Waitin' on a Train's MySpace page
• Waitin' on a Train's Website
• Listen to "In the Path of Pain" at CDBaby.com

More Information:

F O R    I M M E D I A T E    R E L E A S E:

On August 23 and 24, 2008 M&T Bank and the City of York will present the 28th annual Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival in downtown York. Festival hours are 10-5 on Saturday, and 10-4 on Sunday. This year's festival will include artists from around the country showcasing their fine work along the Riverwalk Artist trail, located in the Colonial Courthouse Courtyard and along the Heritage Rail Trail in historic downtown York. Free musical performances, a culinary arts food court, children's art and writing competition, a juried adult writing competition, and strolling entertainers will also be featured.

In addition, this year's festival will include a new performing arts tent located in the Codorus Boat Basin. The performing arts tent will showcase performances from four local arts organizations. Dreamwrights will perform their play; "Rupert Meets Mrs. Tales"; York Little Theater will feature performances from "YLT Spotlight Singers"; the YorkPoets will perform an original drama written by York's former Poet Laureate Gerry Meisenhelder; and the Susquehanna Folk Music Society will provide live folk music performances by member entertainers. The performances will take place between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., with each organization providing one hour of entertainment each of the two days.

For more information or to download an application, please visit www.yorkcity.org and click on the special events link. Or call York City Special Events at 717-849-2217.

The City of York is proud to partner with M&T Bank, a caring community partner, to bring the Yorkfest Fine Arts Festival to downtown York. To find out more about M&T Bank and their role in a healthy, growing community in the arts, please visit their web site at www.mandtbank.com.

The Performing Arts Tent is sponsored in part by York County Community Foundation. Founded in 1961, York County Community Foundation is committed to preserving and enriching the quality of life in York County. Through leadership in advancing, encouraging, and celebrating philanthropy for the public good, they strengthen the community, now and for generations to come. York County Community Foundation has community assets of nearly $70 million.