Paragon Ragtime Orchestra will present MEET ME AT THE FAIR!: Music from the Great “World’s Fairs” on November 17, 2024, in Overland Park, KS. This concerts is a spectacular musical celebration of the legendary world’s fairs, including the 1876 Centennial Exhibition, the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition. Music played a key role in these international festivals, launching both hit songs and the illustrious careers of many American musicians. This Paragon Ragtime Orchestra program features dozens of stirring world’s fair hits, performed from rare original scores, along with the continuous projections of magnificent fairground images. As a finale, the orchestra accompanies the Moving Picture Travelogue — historic world’s fair films by Thomas Edison and company. All is accompanied by evocative narration from conductor Rick Benjamin.

The concert will be held at 2 pm at the Midwest Trust Center on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park. Tickets start at $25.