As part of its summer concert series, the Quarryville Lions Club will hold a free summer concert on Saturday, Aug. 26, at Huffnagle Park, 20 Oak Lane, Quarryville. The show will begin at 6:30 p.m., and it will feature performances from the Nottingham Four quartet and Summit Hill Bluegrass.

Free parking will be available at the park. In the event of inclement weather, the show will be moved to Memorial United Methodist Church, 101 S. Hess St., Quarryville.

The Nottingham Four quartet will kick off the concert by playing a collection of Southern gospel songs. The quartet, which is based out of Nottingham, will return to Quarryville as part of a series of performances in Pennsylvania this year. In April, the group performed at True Gospel Baptist Church in Quarryville, and it has since offered shows in Oxford, Richfield, Liverpool and Glen Iron.

At 7:15 p.m., Summit Hill Bluegrass will perform. The Strasburg-based ensemble will play a combination of bluegrass and gospel songs, and its four members are Tim Kilby on guitar, Keith Kupp on banjo, Ron McVey on fiddle and Roger Eberlin on double bass. The group has performed in the Huffnagle Park Concert Series for more than four years, quickly becoming a community favorite. A crowd of local fans return to the park each year to catch the Summit Hill Bluegrass's outdoor performance.

"People come to see friends, hear good music and to get together with the people in their community," said Gerald Wagner of the Quarryville Lions Club.

The concert is sponsored by the Quarryville Lions Club, which took over hosting the series five years ago. The series was started over a decade ago by a Quarryville resident, and it quickly became a successful and well-attended community tradition. Once the initial organizer was unable to continue hosting the concerts on his own, he approached the Lions Club and asked it to take over the events' management. Due to the significant role the concert series played in the community, the service organization didn't hesitate to offer assistance. "He needed the Lions Club to cover the expenses, and we said 'Of course'," said Wagner. "That's what the club is all about: community service."

In addition to sponsoring the annual concert series, the Quarryville Lions Club engages with the community in a variety of ways. The group regularly supports Solanco Neighborhood Ministries' food bank in Quarryville, offers scholarships to students in the Solanco School District and sponsors a contestant in the fair queen contest during the Solanco Fair. One of the Quarryville Lions Club's largest fundraisers is the sale of french fries at the fair.