Gimme Shelter: benefit concert for housing security in Centre County

A pay-what-you-will concert featuring popular local musicians will benefit five agencies working to increase housing security and fight homelessness in the Centre region.

The third annual “Gimme Shelter: the Concert for Housing Security in the Centre Region” will be presented at the South Hills School of Business and Technology in State College on Thursday, February 5, 2026, starting at 6 p.m. Performers will include Biscuit Jam, Eric Ian Farmer, and Jason O, the frontman for My Hero Zero. The Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus will open the show. Radio personality Jeff Brown will be the emcee. Food and soft drinks will be available for a free-will donation.

The event aims to raise not only money, but also awareness of the scale of housing insecurity in the region.