Downtown Youngstown never “closed.”

It just became a life-size game of Tetris to navigate for far too long, a combination of multiple, simultaneous road construction projects and unplanned disasters (the Realty Tower explosion). The city celebrates the completion of those projects Saturday with The Downtown Open. Some of the events to lure people to the city’s hub already were happening — the Youngstown Film Festival from noon to 9 p.m. at Chase Tower; Youngstown State University Penguins vs. South Dakota at Stambaugh Stadium at 6 p.m.; Penguin City Brewing Company’s audience participation screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” as a fundraiser for Rebel Rescue Ranch at 9 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.).

But other events are planned specifically for The Downtown Open. A stage will be set up at West Federal Street and Phelps Street Plaza featuring live music by Howard Howell at 4 p.m., Blaq Rose at 6:15 p.m., Youngstown’s Houseband at 7:45 p.m. and headliner Red Wanting Blue at 9:45 p.m.

Red Wanting Blue is billed as a Columbus band, but nowadays its members are spread out in Ohio, New York and New Jersey, and drummer Dean Anshutz lives in Youngstown. The city has been regular stomping grounds for the band, dating back to when it was playing bars with no cover charge.

RWB will be in New York City on Friday playing the Underwater Sunshine festival but is heading back to Ohio to take part in the Open.

“Youngstown has been really good to us,” Anshutz said. “Anytime we can do something where it’s not just our own show, we’re happy to help out, especially for something like this, where they’re reopening downtown and all that. I think just in general, we’ll do whatever we can, because Youngstown supports us so much. It’s such a nice thing to be able to get back to a free event like this.”

On its recent tour, RWB has been focusing heavily on its new album, “Light It Up,” released in June. Anshutz said at the beginning of the week that the band hadn’t talked about it yet, but Saturday’s show might feature a different setlist.

“We’ve been playing the majority of the new record at the beginning of the set, and kind of doing it with segues and lighting cues,” he said. “We might not do all that. It might be more of a greatest hits of the band, yeah, something for everybody, I guess. But I think we kind of try to cater to everybody anyway. For every show, we play some deep cuts, and I think new fans or new people can appreciate that as well.”

The Roger & Gloria Jones Children’s Center for Science & Technology will offer free admission for families from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday through funding provided by 7/17 Credit Union. Instead of bringing in food trucks and outside vendors, downtown restaurants and bars — those that survived the disruptions — will have food and beverages available for purchase by attendees.