{"id":243772,"date":"2026-07-15T08:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243772\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T08:36:29","slug":"philharmonic-america250-scranton-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243772\/","title":{"rendered":"Philharmonic America250 | Scranton, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        Philharmonic America250 | Courthouse Square in Scranton<br \/>\nFriday, July 3, 2026 | 7:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Philharmonic America250 at <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/lackawanna-county-courthouse-square\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Courthouse Square<\/a> in Scranton takes place on Friday, July 3, 2026, at 7:30 PM.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary with the <a href=\"https:\/\/discovernepa.com\/listing\/northeastern-pennsylvania-philharmonic\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic<\/a> during this free outdoor concert led by Music Director M\u00e9lisse Brunet. The performance will feature the return of soprano Jessica Leigh and an evening of patriotic favorites, beloved selections from the Great American Songbook and symphonic music celebrating the nation\u2019s milestone anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Guests are invited to gather in downtown Scranton and enjoy the holiday atmosphere alongside the NEPA community. Street vendors will add to the festivities, and the evening concludes with a fireworks display following the concert.<\/p>\n<p>The performance runs approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes, including a 20-minute intermission. In the event of rain, the concert will move to the Scranton Cultural Center. Admission is free and no registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>Philharmonic America250 in Scranton brings together music, community and fireworks for a memorable celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philharmonic America250 | Courthouse Square in Scranton Friday, July 3, 2026 | 7:30 PM Philharmonic America250 at Courthouse&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243773,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-243772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243772","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=243772"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243772\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}