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A big night at Erie Insurance Arena to celebrate our nation\u2019s birthday.<\/p>\n
America250PA chose Erie as one of five stops for a free Commonwealth concert series. One of the most anticipated concerts in the region finally took the stage as the America 250 free concert series kicked off with the world-famous rock band The Fray.<\/p>\n
The night opened with the national anthem, setting the tone for a celebration tied directly to America\u2019s upcoming 250th birthday.<\/p>\n
Then Erie\u2019s own First to Eleven took the stage \u2014 a hometown band with a national following \u2014 bringing high energy and a packed arena to its feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is really, really crazy to think that Erie was chosen for something of this scale. It makes us feel really special, and it should make all of you feel really special because it\u2019s a great city and it\u2019s a great community.\u201d Audra Miller First to Eleven\u2019s lead singer shared.<\/p>\n
The Fray followed, headlining the free concert with the piano-driven hits that defined the 2000s.<\/p>\n
And even before the concert kicked off, fans were not holding back their excitement.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can always be myself around these people. We grew up with them. It\u2019s just very nice to be around them.\u201d Camryn Gumb, an attendee explained.<\/p>\n
That recognition is exactly what the America250 initiative is aiming for. A 250 representative says the concert series is designed to highlight Pennsylvania\u2019s history, culture, and future.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really an opportunity to bring Pennsylvania together through a shared love of music. What better way to do that and create those semi-centennial memories again than through an event like this?\u201d Cassandra Coleman, The Executive Director for America 250 PA said.<\/p>\n
The America 250 concert series continue across the state through 2026, but tonight, Erie had the spotlight \u2014 and the community made the most of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A big night at Erie Insurance Arena to celebrate our nation\u2019s birthday. America250PA chose Erie as one of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":213203,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[17169,136,138,22748,137,59635,28,72913],"class_list":["post-213202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-america250pa","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-insurance-arena","tag-erie-news","tag-first-to-eleven","tag-pennsylvania","tag-the-fray"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213202\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/213203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}