The Lancaster Festival has been named the recipient of a 2011 Governor's Award for the Arts. (Read more...)

Summer's Sizzling Salute to the Arts...a wondrous burst of music, art and family fun with excitement all over town...75 events...many FREE.

Historic Lancaster, Ohio is the stage for the annual Lancaster Festival. Managed by members of the community, the Festival is a non-profit organization, under the creative leadership of Artistic Director Gary Sheldon.

At its core is the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, winner of the 2010 American Prize for Orchestral Performance which performs at the Ohio University-Lancaster campus and venues throughout the city.

Join us and discover why so many festival goers keep coming back.

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