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Since 2012, Julia Jordan Kamanda has been teaching young people to write songs, start their own bands, record music, and share their talents with the world, just like she did. Many students have gone on to prestigious college music programs like Berklee and Belmont, or to work in the music industry.

The Young Musician Academy is a love-filled creative space for any young person from all walks of life to use music as a means for self-expression and self-exploration.

Heath James Hardin writes songs derived from the landscapes and people of rural Pennsylvania. He is a multi-instrumentalist that utilizes influences from bluegrass, delta blues, folk, and Americana styles to create songs that reflect an earned wisdom and challenge stereotypical country and folk styles.

Hardin has released over 20 albums since 2008 under a variety of monikers (Jellyspine Jenkins, Olds Sleeper, Primitive Agriculture, Skeleton Clouds, The Broken Kids)  His album, New Year’s Poem was selected as one of the “ALBUMS OF THE DECADE 2010-2020” by Saving Country Music, which also hailed him as “One of the best songwriters of our generation.”

“Sounds like David Bowie and Freddie Mercury had a love child,” claimed one fan upon his first encounter with Jon Smith’s Voyages. A strange but bold statement, his analogy holds up. Many fans say the style of band-leader Jon Paul Smith’s songwriting is reminiscent of daring acts like Queen, David Bowie, and even Broadway musicals. In spite of Smith hailing from Reading, Pennsylvania of all places, he achieves his sound naturally with unique piano-based arrangements and an incredible vocal range to create a genre best described as theatrical-rock.

Indeed, Jon Paul Smith seems to have crafted a distinct style of songs that have multiple movements and incorporate different genres, leaving transfixed audiences wondering what will happen next.

The giants are coming to Lancaster MusicFest. Wise Giants are loading up the set list with the songs everyone knows, from classic 70s rock right up to today’s hits. Becky, Chris, Josh, Josh, and Charlie are ready to turn it up. You bring the energy, we’ll bring the soundtrack. Good tunes, good times. See you there.

STREET BEANS brings music from the street to the stage with the sole purpose of getting you out of your seat. STREET BEANS has learned to get people’s attention quickly and keep it, despite the many distractions and concerns of daily life in the city. Each of the band’s members have their own stories to tell, and they come together as a ball of fire, taking no prisoners all down the East Coast.