{"id":110298,"date":"2026-06-16T08:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/?p=110298"},"modified":"2026-06-16T08:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T12:06:41","slug":"enjoy-some-old-school-country-music-at-this-years-festival-gene-hummel-to-perform-saturday-from-the-tioga-state-bank-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2026\/06\/16\/enjoy-some-old-school-country-music-at-this-years-festival-gene-hummel-to-perform-saturday-from-the-tioga-state-bank-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy some old-school country music at this year\u2019s festival; Gene Hummel to Perform Saturday from the Tioga State Bank Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, guests at the 44th Annual Owego Strawberry Festival can enjoy some old-school country music, delivered from the Tioga State Bank Stage on Lake Street by singer and songwriter Gene Hummel. With music that comes straight from the heart, Gene\u2019s performance will take place on June 20 at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Influenced by legends like Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Merle Haggard, Gene has spent more than 40 years traveling near and far from his Pennsylvania home, performing for live audiences.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_110299\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/16080457\/Hummel.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110299\" class=\"wp-image-110299 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/16080457\/Hummel.jpeg\" alt=\"Enjoy some old-school country music at this year\u2019s festival; Gene Hummel to Perform Saturday from the Tioga State Bank Stage\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/16080457\/Hummel.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/d28r85ckdoaa46.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/16080457\/Hummel-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-110299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene Hummel will be performing at the Tioga State Bank stage on Lake Street for this year\u2019s Strawberry Festival. His performance takes place at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 20.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As a solo artist, he combines heartfelt vocals with skilled guitar playing to create a sound that\u2019s honest, gritty, and full of soul. Gene proudly describes his music as \u201cMeat and Potatoes Country Music Smothered in Heart and Soul.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/GeneHummel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GeneHummel.com<\/a>. For all things festival, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.owego.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.owego.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, guests at the 44th Annual Owego Strawberry Festival can enjoy some old-school country music, delivered from the Tioga State Bank Stage on Lake&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":110300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stawberry-festival"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Enjoy some old-school country music at this year\u2019s festival; Gene Hummel to Perform Saturday from the Tioga State Bank Stage - Owego Pennysaver Press<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2026\/06\/16\/enjoy-some-old-school-country-music-at-this-years-festival-gene-hummel-to-perform-saturday-from-the-tioga-state-bank-stage\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Enjoy some old-school country music at this year\u2019s festival; 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