Photo by Stephen West - Don (from left), Tim and Beth Fiedler of Done Inn String Band of Coraopolis entertain the audience Saturday during the first annual Oil Country Bluegrass Festival at the Arlington Hotel in Oil City. Capacity crowds of up to 400 packed the fifth-floor conference room throughout the three-day event, according to co-chair Ron Shoup. The shows were co-hosted by the Oil City Arts Council and the United Way. Although free and open to the public, the festival raised thousands of dollars for the two groups through donations and raffles. The dozens of groups playing at the event were not reimbursed at all, and they traveled from throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio and New York.

Photo by Stephen West - A packed house greeted performers at the first annual Oil Country Bluegrass Festival, including Helen Doutt (from left) and Emma Raup of Franklin and 2-year-old Derick Stricklett, his grandmother Judy Eakin and his aunt Sandy Robinson of Kennerdell.