The top-five concert tours, ranked by average- box-office gross per city. Includes the average

The top-five concert tours, ranked by average- box-office gross per city. Includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

v (1) Taylor Swift: $1,431,794; $70.02

v (2) Sade: $1,207,341; $88.60

v (3) Marc Anthony: $961,805; $84.29

v (4) Enrique Iglesias: $790,731; $66.74

v (6) Journey: $642,782; $55.18

Simply Slavic event at the Lemon Grove

YOUNGSTOWN

Kick Off to Simply Slavic, an event to celebrate the halfway-mark to the next Simply Slavic festival, will be Friday from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the Lemon Grove, 122 W. Federal St., downtown.

The event will raise funds for next year’s festival and will offer scaled-down versions of its most popular activities, said Ken Shirilla, coordinator. Activities will include a culture tent, baking contest, imported-beer tasting and live music and dancers in traditional costume.

Croatian-American singer Jamie Marich and Baltic fusion group Eastern Blok, with Goran Ivanovic, will perform.

Any guest who wears all or part of an ethnic costume will get a chance at a door prize.

The Simply Slavic festival was introduced in June to celebrate Youngstown’s Eastern and Central European community.

Funding from the city will not be available for next year’s festival, which will be June 16.

Shirilla said that Friday’s event will help make up for the loss of funding.