About The Festival | Central PA Ragtime Festival

About Us

Since 2009, the twin boroughs of Rockhill Furnace and Orbisonia, Pennsylvania have been filled with the strains of America's first popular music: Ragtime, brought to life by some of America's leading ragtime and early jazz artists.

Enjoy America's Original Music in one of its most historic towns!

Join us September 18-21 2025 for the 16th Annual Central Pennsylvania Ragtime & American Music Festival. Four fun-filled days of music, silent movies, lectures, open houses, and more. Hear Ragtime favorites, Jazz, Boogie-Woogie, Stride, Blues, and hits from the Great American Songbook, all performed by Grammy Award winning musicians. Plus, enjoy rides on the town's two signature attractions, the historic East Broad Top Railroad, and the neighboring Rockhill Trolley Museum!

Our festival is by far the most intimate of the ragtime gatherings - where else in America can you enjoy our nation's musical heritage in such a historic setting? Past performers include Adam Swanson, Frederick Hodges, Andy Schumm, Martin Spitznagel, Bryan & Yuko Wright, Brian Holland, Danny Coots, Domingo Mancuello, Joey Antico, Bill Edwards, Andrew Greene and the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, Ed Clute, Daniel Souvigny, Richard Dowling, Dan Levinson, Terry Waldo, T.J. Muller, and Joyce Richardson. Come join us for some great music!

The festival is currently managed by Andrew Greene, founder and director of the Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra (www.peacherineragtime.com).

Meet our 2025 Performers

Our 2025 artists will be announced in early 2025!

Andrew Greene (Festival Director

Pianist and conductor Andrew Greene is the leading authority on orchestral ragtime music in the United States. With his Peacherine Ragtime Orchestra, he has performed repeatedly at the Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, American Film Institute, and the Kennedy Center, to name a few.