US EditionA converted church in rural Pennsylvania is becoming an incubator for Amish roots music
The venue hosts sold-out concerts and recording sessions for Amish and formerly Amish artists, drawing millions of online views and a growing regional audience.
- On Saturday, April 25, 2026, musician Conrad Fisher hosted sold-out concerts at Ragamuffin Hall, a former Presbyterian church converted into a studio in McCoysville, Pennsylvania, performing alongside Ben and Rose Stoltzfus, a married couple whose Amish background has drawn significant attention.
- Fisher, raised in a Mennonite congregation with Amish roots, uses his Pennsylvania Dutch fluency to build rapport with musicians, creating Ragamuffin Hall as a space for "those weird things that'll get you ostracized everywhere else."
- Ben and Rose have amassed more than 30 million YouTube views, signaling a cultural shift, while Elam Stoltzfus, director of the Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, called attending their performance "one of the shocks of my life."
- Since beginning their musical careers, Ben and Rose have left their Amish church to join a different Christian congregation, a path Amos Raber, an Indiana musician, noted often results from conflicts between public performances and church prohibitions.
- Upcoming shows at larger theaters across Pennsylvania and Indiana follow the Ragamuffin Hall concerts, positioning Fisher as a key figure in expanding rootsy bluegrass and gospel music to wider audiences while maintaining his personal faith commitment.
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Pennsylvania church becoming incubator for Amish roots music
McCOYSVILLE, Pa. — Conrad Fisher's musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pennsylvania to Nashville and back. These days the singer-songwriter has been making videos and recordings of musicians with Amish and Mennonite roots
Man turns old Susquehanna Valley church into Ragamuffin Hall for Amish and Mennonite artists
Conrad Fisher's musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pa. to Nashville and back. Now he's turned an old church into a hall for Amish and Mennonite artists.
A converted church in rural Pennsylvania is becoming an incubator for Amish roots music - The Keystone Newsroom
Conrad Fisher’s musical journey has taken him from an Amish country upbringing in Pennsylvania to Nashville and back. These days the singer-songwriter has been making videos and recordings of musicians with Amish and Mennonite roots — building audiences well beyond the conservative religious communities. Last weekend Fisher took the stage in a former Presbyterian church that he bought for a song and converted into a performance space and recordi…
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A converted church in rural Pennsylvania is becoming an incubator for Amish roots music
A converted church in rural central Pennsylvania has become a place where musicians with Amish roots are coming to record music and make videos that are drawing millions of views.
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