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“I am very excited for the sounds of the Box Lunch Revue to once again fill the air of York City,” Mayor Michael Helfrich said. “I am really looking forward to the return of York’s traditional arts event and market, YorkFest, an event I haven’t missed for 20 years.”
Parliament will be offering a variety of events throughout the year, including King Street Jam (York’s largest one day music festival), Light Up York and the New Year’s Eve white rose drop.
The group is partnering with Creative York, which is hosting the YorkFest adult juried and youth art exhibitions. For information about submitting artwork, visit www.creativeyork.org.
Updated: 1:31 PM EST December 29, 2020
YORK, Pa. An in-person gathering to ring in the New Year may be impossible due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Parliament Arts Organization announced it will host a virtual New Year s Eve celebration Thursday to help the York community welcome 2021.
The virtual event will be streamed on Facebook, organizers say. It will include a recorded video made by five featured local musicians at various locations around the city of York.
Featured bands are: BoomPop, Eli Weary, Ambitious Caban, Brandt Kingsley, and RalphReal and the Family Jam.
With the help of Shumaker PDT, the Parliament Arts Organization said it has teamed with Lancaster-based Shumaker PDT to create a light show on the Rupp Building on 2 W. Market St. The shows go on nightly from 7-9 pm at the top of every hour.