The Celebrate New Concord Pass thru Fund was established for the purpose of providing summer entertainment and education for the village of New Concord.

Celebrate New Concord (CNC) began informally in 2000 with a free performance in Village Park by the Muskingum College Faculty Brass Quintet, which was then directed by the late Dr. William Schlacks. Based on the response that year, Celebrate New Concord began in 2001, with Bill as its founder.

Since then, CNC has grown to six performances each summer, on the second and fourth Tuesdays of June, July and August, at 7:00 p.m. in Village Park in downtown New Concord.