Music For Everyone

Music for Everyone is excited to announce its events for May! Join us! May 3 - Ukelele Uprising Performance - Join music-loving ukulele players Tellus360 from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm for an afternoon of music and camaraderie. Bring a ukulele and music stand or bring your voice, but be sure to attend! Best of all, admission is free! May 7 - Jamanis Spring Fling - 7:30 PM - MFE’s Director of Community Strings, Michael Jamanis, will be presenting a concert at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church! Join Michael and other MFE performers for a free and exciting evening of music! May 15 - Keys For The City and Music Friday Kickoff - 5:30 PM - MFE is excited to announce that Music Fridays and Keys For The City are back! Join us at Binns Park from 5:30 to 8:00 PM for a vibrant evening filled with live music, community, and celebration. Enjoy performances from the MFE Community Chorus, Ukulele Uprising, The Sound Factory, and more as they take the stage, and hear from founder John Gerdy. Come be a part of this special moment as we celebrate the 17th year of Keys For The City and celebrate Lancaster for being the Street Piano Capital of the World! May 16 - Community Chorus Performance - 3:00 PM - Join the Community Chorus at The Unitarian Church for a free performance at 3pm! May 17 - Fresh Takes On Jazz - 3:00 PM - Join us for Aaron Rudderow & North of Now! Aaron is a drummer and composer whose tunes blend jazz, rock, funk, and fusion. Aaron, 22, of Ephrata, is a Lebanon Valley College graduate. He and his six-piece band, North of Now, will release their first album later this year. May 21 - Last Day of Sound Factory - Our free after-school programming will be ending for the season on May 21st. Join us for Camp MFE this summer! Visit our website for more information! #musicforeveryone #streetpianocapitaloftheworld #lancasterpa #centralpa #lancaster

Binns Park was filled with the kind of energy that signals summer has officially arrived in Lancaster. The Sound of Summer celebration marked the official launch of both Music Friday and this year’s Keys for the City program through @mfelancaster , kicking off another season where downtown Lancaster transforms into a citywide stage. Throughout the evening, performances from the Community Chorus, MFE Sound Factory Strings, MFE Sound Factory Band, and Ukulele Uprising echoed through Binns Park while live music spread block by block across the city. On corners, sidewalks, restaurants, and storefronts, musicians filled Lancaster with sound in a way that made the city feel lighter, more connected, and fully awake again after a long winter. Music Fridays have become an important part of Lancaster’s identity over the years. It’s about access and creating moments where music becomes part of everyday life instead of something locked behind ticket prices or concert halls. For a few hours, downtown became less about rushing through and more about experiencing the city together. Since its inception, Music Fridays has quietly become one of those traditions that reminds people why they love Lancaster. Every third Friday from May through September, musicians of all backgrounds spread throughout the city offering free performances that invite participation. Some performers even hand instruments to passersby and encourage them to join in. Nothing changes the feeling of a city quite like live music does. Music gives public spaces warmth. It creates memory. It turns ordinary sidewalks into gathering places. By the end of the night, music carried through downtown Lancaster and into another summer season that officially feels underway. Summer in Lancaster has officially begun. #lancasterpa #music #supportlocal #summer

Tonight’s the night! Join us at Binns Park as we celebrate the kickoff of Keys For The City and Music Fridays! Enjoy performances by MFE ensembles and local musicians! #musicfriday #keysforthecity #lancasterpa #centralpa #lancaster

WE DID THAT! 👀 The @mfelancaster Community Piano Painted by the kids at @bgclanc Designed by @terian_mack Dropping off some content to show the process of how this piano went from CONCEPT to REALITY! ⭐️ @terian_mack facilitated a @largerthanlife.culture ART Session at @bgclanc where the kids used crayons to design their own community pianos on paper first. ⭐️Then as a team, we covered the piano in white to give us a fresh canvas! ⭐️ We combined the ideas from each student into one design - now we get to work! ⭐️As a team, we all added colors and textures to the pianos design! This free flow style of collaboration created a beautifully abstract splash of color and vibrancy to the piano! FEEL FREE TO GO PLAY ON OUR COMMUNITY PIANO - downtown at @holidayinnlancasterpa on Chestnut Street! Don’t forget to take a pic or 2!! 😁

Elizabeth R. Martin School’s 4th grade Art Club has added its own mark to one of Lancaster’s most beloved public art traditions. This spring, students finished designing and painting a piano for Music For Everyone’s 2026 Keys for the City, bringing their creativity from the classroom into the heart of Lancaster. The finished piano will be displayed outside of @lancasterartshotel , where community members will be able to see it, play it, and experience the work of Martin students throughout the season. Keys for the City returns this year as @mfelancaster celebrates 17 years of placing street pianos throughout Lancaster. The program has helped define Lancaster as the Street Piano Capital of the World, turning sidewalks, parks, and public spaces into places where art and music are accessible to everyone. The piano will be unveiled as part of Music For Everyone’s Keys for the City kickoff on Friday, May 15, 2026. Community members are invited to Binn’s Park from 5 to 8 p.m. for the Sound of Summer celebration, which officially launches both Keys for the City and the first Music Friday concert of the season. Way to go @sdol_martin Mustangs! 🐎 #sdolpa #sdolproud #lancasterpa #education #music

Join us this Friday at Binn’s Park from 5PM–8PM for our Sound of Summer celebration; the official kickoff to both the Keys for the City program and the first Music Friday concert of the season! The evening will feature a Community Drum Circle as well as performances from the Community Chorus, MFE Sound Factory Strings, MFE Sound Factory Band, and Ukulele Uprising. Plus, music will be happening all throughout downtown Lancaster as part of Music Friday, making it the perfect night to explore the city and celebrate the start of summer together. Thank you to our Keys for the City presenting sponsor, @lcmsubaru And thank you to our KFTC piano sponsors! Keep an eye out for our future posts highlighting this years Keys for the City Pianos along with their artists and sponsors!

Watch us deliver three pianos across two towns in just under one minute! These custom-painted pianos are a part of our Keys On The Streets program at Susquehanna River Creative Conspiracy, where we aim to bring music and the arts to you - literally! These playable pianos were hand-painted by local artists Diane Bell (@scarredpinky ), our art founder and art director, friend and collaborator Merrilee Scilla, Gibby, and Olivia Kim (@smellslikeoliviakimspirit ). You can tickle the ivories of these interactive art pieces at the following locations: 🕵️ Columbia River Trails Crossing Center 🕵️ @coffeeandcream_columbia 🕵️ @mcclearyspublichouse 🕵️ @rivertrailbrewing While this video is short, the effort certainly wasn’t. Big thanks to everyone involved in every aspect of the project, including our friends at @mfelancaster , for helping all of us at SRCC live out our mission statement: elevating community through the arts 🖤 Want to see what we’re all about? Join us every week for our open mic and open art night, Tuesdays from 7 to 10 p.m. at 156B Lancaster Avenue, Columbia, Pa. 17512. Please note: There’s always free parking along Lancaster Avenue if our back parking lot is full!

We had a great time hanging out at Open Streets this morning with @lancaster_rec ! Thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth and drum circle! Photos by the amazing @ibeeasian ❤️

RESCHEDULED to July 11th! 🤝

Thrilled to be bringing some original music to Mickey’s Black Box next Sunday, May 17th. Would love to see you there! STUDENTS GET IN FOR FREE.

Thank you to ACNB Bank for their generous EITC contribution in support of our music education initiatives and mission! Do you want to support Music For Everyone? Visit our website to donate today! #musicforeveryone #lancaster #banking #centralpa #streetpianocapitaloftheworld @acnbbank

Our friends at working on the Lancaster County Strategic Arts Initiative need your help! This group is working on producing a long range strategic plan for the arts in Lancaster County. Their first step is to conduct an economic and community impact study of the arts in Lancaster County and they need your voice. Please click the link below to fill out a brief survey about your thoughts on the arts, how you engage with them. This information is critical as the results of the study will serve as the basis from which the group will develop the long term plan. So if you care about the future of the arts in our community, please share your thoughts. Fill out the survey by visiting our bio! #musicforeveryone #lancasterpa #centralpa #lancastercounty #StreetPianoCapitaloftheWorld