The 2025 Season of the Lancaster Festival marks a new era for the Lancaster Festival Orchestra under the direction of John Devlin!!

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: Major Arts for Minors: Print House Tour

Location: North End Press, 235 S Columbus St, Lancaster, OH 43130 

The printing press is an ancient technology that has evolved throughout time. Lancaster's amazing press shop has state of the art equipment as well as machinery that is many years old. They will open their doors to show us how all of this marvelous machinery works!

10:00 am: Children's Corner: Victoria Players Children's Theater 

Location: Knights of Columbus

Victoria Players Children's Theater brings an acting demonstration and interactive workshop. This extended Children's Corner digs deep to bring out the little actor or actress in the family! Recognizing the need for accessible dedicated children's theater programming in central southeast Ohio, the Victoria Players Children's Theater was launched in 2016 by a group of parents as a subcommittee of the Baltimore Downtown Restoration Committee.  

12:00 pm: Noon at the Square: LHS Percussion Ensemble

Location: Zane Square Concert Stage, Main and Broad

Under the direction of Mr. Bruce Gerken since 1978. Performing pop, jazz, classical, rock, and everything in between.  Decade after decade, the Award-winning LHS Percussion Ensemble pushes the envelope of what a high school band can sound like.

3:00 pm: Cafe Concert: Bold and Brassy - $30

Location: Cheers Chalet, 1211 Coonpath Rd.

The Lancaster Festival Orchestra Brass Quintet plays this lively concert for your afternoon enjoyment. Cheers Chalet will be providing a light snack and a cash bar.

8:00 pm: Hairball: A Bombastic Classic Rock Experience!!

Location: Wendel Concert Stage, OHIO Lancaster

Welcome to Las Vegas meets Arena Rock! Over the past 25 years, Hairball has evolved into an explosive national touring act that brings the glory of the 80's to hundreds of thousands of fans throughout the country, with a 2+ hour drop-dead accurate homage to the biggest arena acts in the world. You'll see all of your favorite legendary hits-from VanHalen, KISS, Motley Crue, Queen, Journey, Aerosmith, and more-recreated time and time again in front of your very eyes! Our bombastic, action-packed, Rock and Roll party is chock-full of surprises guaranteed to thrill-with an arena-sized light show, smoke, fire, pyrotechnics-we bring a Rock and Roll arsenal to your event that will hit you so hard, you' forget it's not the original