Youngstown, Mercer bands play Boardman concert

The Youngstown Area Community Concert Band will be joined by the Mercer County Community Band for its annual “Music In The Park With Friends” concert at Boardman Park.

YACCB will open the 4 p.m. Sunday concert with a 45-minute set of Broadway classics, including music from “The Phantom of the Opera,’ “Evita” and “The Music Man.”

The Mercer Band’s performance will include “The Klaxon March” and selections from “Jersey Boys.”

Admission is free. The idea for the concert started when YACCB was invited to perform with the Somerset (Pa.) concert band. Over the years bands from Steubenville, Ashtabula, Kettering, Hudson, Canfield and others have performed with the YACCB at Boardman Park.

Concert celebrates 100th birthday of pipe organ

An event celebrating the 100th birthday of the Wurlitzer pipe organ that used to be at Youngstown’s Palace Theatre will take place Sunday at C&C Ribbon & Floral, 8204 South Ave., Boardman.

Ian Fraser, a concert organist who specializes in silent film accompaniment, will perform at 2:30 p.m. on the organ, which was shipped to Youngstown from the New York factory on Aug. 12, 1925.

Admission is free, and the event is presented by Victor Organ LLC and C&C, where the organ has been restored and installed.

Method 8 plans annual movie premiere on August 9

Method 8 will have its annual movie premiere on Aug. 9 at the Holiday Inn, 7410 South Ave. Boardman.

Written and directed by Brian K. West, “Radio & Podcast Adventures the Movie” is the story of a group of radio and podcast enthusiasts who enter a contest in hopes of winning the $500,000 prize. The movie about the challenges ordinary people face in their pursuit of the American Dream stars West, Bhris Franklin, Marvin Reese, Kewon Conner, Wynston Andrews and Joyce Jones.

Tickets for the 6 p.m. event are $30 in advance and $35 at the door and also include food, a fashion show by Linda Jennings and Lynn McElroy and the band Jeff Green & the Jazz in the Park All-Stars.

For more information go to Method8inc.com or text 234-855-7540.