WILMINGTON — It’ll be a once-in-a-century celebration July 20-28 as the Murphy Theatre celebrates its 100th birthday with a week-long party.

The events begin Friday, July 20 with a special Third Friday Party at the Mural presented by Main Street Wilmington 5:30 to 10 p.m. downtown.

The opening concert for the theatre’s centennial celebration is by one of the region’s most popular groups — and Clinton County’s own — Over the Rhine featuring renowned musicians Linford Detwiler and Karin Berquist.

The group will begin playing a free concert outdoors at 7 p.m.

As always at the Third Friday Party at the Mural, a wide variety of beverages and food truck cuisine will be available for purchase.

Continuing on Saturday, July 21 through Saturday, July 28, here’s the schedule of Murphy celebration events:

Saturday, July 21

• Face painting and children’s cartoons, 10 a.m.-noon (free)

• Bike Night at the Murphy, 1-9 p.m.

• Miss Lissa & Company Blues Band, 2-4:30 p.m. (free)

• Documentary, “The Making of Easy Rider”, 4-5 p.m. (free)

• Cash prize for oldest motorcycle, 6 p.m.

• Movie, “Easy Rider”, 6-8 p.m. (by donation)

Sunday, July 22

• Tours of the theatre, 1 p.m. (free)

• Silent movies, 2-3 p.m. (free)

• The Fancy Free Cloggers, 3 p.m. (free)

Monday, July 23

• Brown Bag Lunch, featuring music by organist Craig Jaynes, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (free)

Tuesday, July 24

• Birthday Celebration, 6-7 p.m., $15 plus $3.50 ticketing fee (includes one cupcake and one glass champagne)

• Birthday Ceremony, featuring Barry Campbell’s Big Band presenting “A Century of America’s Best Music”, sponsored by Ohio Living Cape May, 7 p.m. Expect a surprise guest.

Thursday, July 26

• Brown Bag Lunch, featuring Celtic music with Catty Wampus, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (free)

Friday, July 27

• Movie, “Lost in Yonkers” — filmed in Wilmington including in the Murphy Theatre (starring Richard Dreyfuss and Mercedes Ruehl) 7:30 p.m. ($10 admission)

Saturday, July 28

• Fundraising closing concert sponsored by the Clinton County Convention and Visitors Bureau; with MC Goat from Full Throttle Saloon (tickets needed). The acts are:

♦ FireHouse

♦ Jack Russell’s Great White

♦ Dirty Deeds — A tribute to AC/DC

♦ Ultimate Ozzy — A tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

For more information, visit themurphytheatre.org or call 937-382-3643.