Penn State Altoona’s 70th anniversary celebration highlighted by Doobie Brothers
Saturday, October 24
Ivyside Park campus
Click here for a list of Fall Fest activities on campus.
Sunday, October 25
Downtown campus
1-5 p.m.
12th Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets
- Student and Faculty Bands: VIEW
- 1 p.m. Jivebombers (blues, swing, folk, rockabilly)
- 1:45 p.m. Penn State Altoona Gospel Choir
- 2 p.m. Vision to None (pop)
- 2:45 p.m. Ivyside Pride
- 3 p.m. Silver Sunday (70s, 80s, 90s)
- 4 p.m. Good Fight (rock & roll)
- Food: VIEW
- 70th Sundae Bar featuring Creamery ice cream and apple dumplings; sponsored by the Penn State Altoona Alumni Society
- Bailey’s Concessions
- Italian sausage
- Philly cheesesteaks
- Burgers/hot dogs/corn dogs
- Fries
- Chicken fingers
- Funnel cakes
- Hot/cold beverages
- Activities for the family by student organizations VIEW
- Giveaways sponsored by Penn State Altoona Cheerleading (pom poms), Student Government Association (magnets), and Campus Activities Board (water bottles and PSU bags)
- Face painting and helium balloons (Gamma Phi Beta sorority)
- Tie dye Penn State Altoona t-shirts (SALT and the Criminal Justice Organization)
- Dunk Tank (Colleges Against Cancer )
- Lawn games (Sigma Tau Gamma)
- Spin art and finger painting (AST sorority)
- Duck Pond (Sigma Pi fraternity)
- Art Fusion (Canvas)
- Ladder golf (Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity)
- Ag Club: decorate baby pumpkins 3-D coloring page that the kids can decorate, cut out, and tape together
- Hubie the Clown (2-4 p.m.)
- Penn State Nittany Lion
Aaron Building, 12th Avenue
- Music VIEW
- Element of Surprise (90s acoustic)
- Dave Parry
- Matthew Sheedy
- Book signing by Chancellor Lori J. Bechtel-Wherry and Interim Associate Dean Ken Womack (1:30-2:30 p.m.)
- Historical pictorial display of Penn State Altoona
- Food by the Dining Car Downtown
- Bookstore selling 70th anniversary t-shirts
- Athleen Stere cookbooks for sale
7:30 p.m.
Jaffa Shrine
THE DOOBIE BROTHERS
Doors open 6 p.m.
Opener: Hope Fallacy (student band)
Tickets on sale at the Altoona Railroader's Museum for $10 plus handling fees.
Day of show tickets available at the Jaffa Shrine beginning at 12 noon. Net proceeds benefit the Penn State Altoona Future Fund, a source of funding for programs that enrich academic and cultural life on campus and in the community. Tickets are available by phone at 1-888-4-ALTOONA.
