J.A.M. Fest 2024

Jana’s Art and Music Festival in Downtown State College

J.A.M. Fest is a community-wide mental wellness day designed to help increase well-being, build connections, and foster self-expression. Held annually in downtown State College, the event features live music, yoga, meditation, stations for creative expression, artwork to view, and more.

Art, music, and creative expression are lifelong sources of resilience, self-confidence, and happiness, so save the date for this fun-filled event.

Thank you to this year’s key sponsors, Mount Nittany Health, Charlie Health, and GP Audio, for keeping this event accessible and fun! Thank you to all of our generous sponsors for helping to open minds and save lives!

Join the Fun!

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Noon-5 pm

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Plaza & 100 Block of Fraser St.

Engagement Stations (New for 2024)

*Subject to change

Charlie Health

Add your note of gratitude to a collaborative community mural! Thank you to Charlie Health for being one of this year’s key sponsors and keeping J.A.M. Fest accessible and fun!

A Journey to You, LLC.

Learn new mindfulness and vagus nerve exercises to ground yourself and release stress. Thank you to A Journey to You, LLC. for sponsoring this year’s festival!

Let’s Face It with Emily

Get your very own beautiful face paint from Emily Cooper! Generously sponsored by Bob Langton at Keller Williams Realty.

Doing Good with Wood

Doing Good with Wood will engage passersby in the creation of simple wooden kazoos, and in playing them together. Build a wooden kazoo by gluing and screwing precut parts together, and quickly learn to play any song you know!

Centre Safe

Stop by to spin the Wheel of Good Choices! With each spin, the participant will be given a question to answer as well as a fidget to take with them!

Centre Helps

Let’s plant seeds of hope for mental health and wellness by getting our hands dirty! Come on out and plant a flower in a pot that you design with Centre Helps!

ClearWater Conservancy

Grab your Centred Outdoors Passport and begin exploring around beautiful Centre County! (Plus a bonus activity!)

YMCA of Centre County

The “Travelin’ Table” will be offering fresh fruits and healthy snacks! People will be able to tour the bus and learn more about food insecurity in Centre County.

Tempest Productions

Express yourself through mask making and pencil box puppet theatre!

Centre Opportunity Clubhouse/Skills of Central PA

Snap a pic at the photo booth!

Girl Scouts of the USA

Complete a mental health themed craft and learn more about the Girl Scouts!

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)

Make a friendship bracelet and embark on a gratitude scavenger hunt!

Lincoln Caverns

Do an experiment, a craft, and play a game to learn more about bats and caves!

SCAHS National Art Honors Society and EmpowHER

Face painting, body art, and henna tattoos will be offered by State High students! These groups help to build community through leadership and service in the State College Area.

Center for Community Resources (CCR)

Take a moment to relax with coloring pages for people of all ages!

Other Participants:
Keep checking back to learn more about their activities!

The Meadows Psychiatric Center (Thank you for sponsoring!)
Peerstar, LLC. (Thank you for sponsoring!)
Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State
James E. Van Zandt VA Medical Center
Wellness in Motion
Youth Service Bureau