I don’t know how it went from being too hot to go outside to I left the windows open one night and haven’t been warm since.
Regardless, I embrace these changes of the seasons (fall is actually next week, so it’s cool, I just don’t like to rush things, I prefer to appreciate each season rather than wish time away), cleaning out my closets, planning for a chill fall and winter, wishing I’d planted some nice root vegetables.
Anyway.
Check out all these great things to do this weekend around Harrisburg. I’ll be taking walks with my kiddo and watching football, cooking a pot roast, and hopefully getting to the market.
Consider for your weekend planning:
- September is Takeout Month
- It also is Hunger Action Month, so maybe a donation to match that take-out bill?
- Donate blood (look for drives near you)
- Get outside! Explore the Hershey Harrisburg Adventure Trail.
- September is also National Self-Care Awareness Month. A friend just sent me a big box of sheet masks — how do you do self-care?
- Split a Wine Tasting Flight with some trusted friends
- It’s a good time to make sure you have a fitness plan in place for the fall/winter. Burn30 is celebrating 10 years this month — new members get 10% off their first month of training when they sign up in September.
- See what else you missed on the blog.
Below are ample options for your weekend, whether you’re laying low (there is no shame in the stay home game!) or venturing out.
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Top Weekend Recs
- Create your own beer + cheese pairing. Grab some local brews to-go from Boneshire Brew Works or Appalachian Brewing Co. and some delicious cheeses from Revittle at the Broad Street Market.
- Note: Jimi and I are planning a fall brew review for next week!
- Tattered Flag is now shipping beer and spirits direct to your door!
- Pick up HOLLA Spirits new Buji Fuji apple vodka at your local state store — OR, if you’re lazy like me, just order online and have it shipped!
- Get a big hunk of meat to throw in the slow cooker this cool weekend at R.G. Hummer’s in the Broad Street Market
- WIN a BBQ feast from MoMo’s
- Have you watched Poured in PA: The Series yet?? It’s FREE on YouTube!
- Browse some new gems at Meeka Fine Jewelry.
COVID-19 Disclaimer: As always, please click through the links or call ahead to get the most up-to-date information about venues and/or events below. It should also go without saying, but I’ll say it — Mask up, follow the rules, and be nice. And tip extra!
Thursday
- 7th Annual HYP *VIRTUAL* 5 Miler
- Shrimp Ryan’s Jig Band @ Good Vibes
- Pick-Your-Own Apples at Paulus Mt. Airy Orchards
- 4 The Kids Consignment Event
- Friends & Family Movie Night at the Ballpark at FNB Field
- Date Night at SpringGate All Inclusive with 717Taco
- SpringGate at Adams Ricci Farmers Market!
- Drink While You Think Trivia On The Lawn at Greystone Brew House
- Road trip worthy: Okto’bear’fest Kickoff at Shy Bear Brewing
- Sushi Rolling at the Vineyard at Hershey
- Slushies & Tacos Happy Hour at Bourbon Street Saloon
- Art and Air Adventure with GLO Harrisburg
- Live with Wendy Walker and Mary Kubica: Don’t Look For Me with Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Jazzin on the Pride, Featuring – Tim Gothwald and Dan Dropkin
- From the Field: Dove Banding Virtual Event with the Pennsylvania Game Commission
- 10 minute history: History of Swarner Mansion
- Select Collision Kevin Gobrecht Classic Presented by Drydene at BAPs Motor Speedway
- Throwback Thursday Roller Skating Session at Olympic Skating Center
- Trivia Under the Tent at Mount Gretna Craft Brewery
- Fall Fusion Tasting Dinner for 2 at River Bend Hop Farm & Brewery
Friday
- Exercise Change Power Yoga – Read more here
- Art Pop-Up at Rubicon
- 7th Annual HYP *VIRTUAL* 5 Miler
- Ready Set Go Kindergarten & Friends with WITF at Cumberland Drive-In Theatre
- Drive Thru PA Greek Fest Sale
- Terrace Cabarets at Allenberry Resort
- Pumpkin Palooza at SpringGate!
- Ben Gallaher Live at Wyndridge Farm
- North Street Supper Club at Rubicon
- Wine With A Splash Of Lyme 2020
- Milkshakes at the Market
- 1 Year Anniversary Cookout at Got Jerk Island Grill
- 4 The Kids Consignment Event
- Pick-Your-Own Apples at Paulus Mt. Airy Orchards
- Third Friday Food Trucks in Mechanicsburg
- Cristiano Winery Open Mic Night
- Live Music on The Englewood Patio
- $250 Cornhole Tournament at Taste Key West
- Joe Cooney and Friends Duo at Greystone Brew House
- Decked Out Live with Katz 22 at The Vineyard & Brewery at Hershey
- Music in the Vines: Tim Rinard • Artisan Pizza & Roxy’s Cafe at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Gray Apple Market Fall Flea
- Chekhov Comedy: Love Hurts! at Gamut Theatre Group
Saturday
- Saturday Nights in the City – Downtown Harrisburg
- Dirt Petal Art Pop-Up at Rubicon featuring The Vintage Vine Plant Sale and Nation of Sara
- Exercise Change Boot Camp with Omni Fitness
- Exercise Change Yoga with Destiny
- 7th Annual HYP *VIRTUAL* 5 Miler
- Drive Thru PA Greek Fest Sale
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Terrace Cabarets at Allenberry Resort
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market on 4th
- Pumpkin Palooza at SpringGate!
- Drive Thru Slavic Food Fest
- Food Truck & Live Music w/ Derek Henry at Big Hill Ciderworks
- Shrimp Ryan’s Jig Band at Buddy Boy
- Milkshakes in Midtown: Dog Park Fundraiser at Broad Street Market
- 2020 Wish Upon a Food Truck Festival at City Island
- PlayLand & Corn Maze at Paulus Mt Airy Orchards
- Grab-n-Go Crab & BBQ at Trinity High School
- 1 Year Anniversary Cookout at Got Jerk Island Grill
- 4 The Kids Consignment Event
- Pick-Your-Own Apples at Paulus Mt Airy Orchards
- HYP Detweiler Park Hike
- Shrimp Band on the Sidewalk Stage at Market Cross Pub
- Outdoor Movie Screening: TROOP ZERO at Rising Sun Acres
- Farm Show Expo Center Community Blood Drive
- Emily’s ToyBox at Taste Key West
- End of Summer Bash at Liquid Noise Brewing Co.
- Grape Picking at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Greenlight Operation Art Festival at Christian Life Assembly
- Live Music on The Englewood Patio
- Hummelstown Fire. Co. Drive Thru BBQ
- Forty Elephants Vintage & Handmade Market Park City
- Grab-N-Go Crabs & BBQ at Trinity High School
- St. James Presbyterian Church Community Blood Drive
- Post 974 ANNUAL CORN AND CLAM JAM
- 2020 HUE Invitational
- Reptiles At The York Expo Center
- Music in the Vines: Hank Imhof • RK Foodwrecker at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Unplugged with Tim Rinard at The Vineyard & Brewery at Hershey
- Gray Apple Market Fall Flea
Sunday
- Adopt-A-Classroom Outdoor Workout Series with Thrive Fitness
- Exercise Change Vinyasa Flow
- Exercise Change Yoga in Spanish
- Art of the State Virtual Awards Ceremony with The State Museum of Pennsylvania
- 7th Annual HYP *VIRTUAL* 5 Miler
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Pumpkin Palooza at SpringGate!
- Fort Hunter Day 2020
- Harrisburg Free Market at Broad Street Market
- PlayLand & Corn Maze at Paulus Mt Airy Orchards
- The Singer’s Lounge in the Park: The 90’s Show
- CD East Food Truck Festival Fundraiser
- Pick-Your-Own Apples at Paulus Mt. Airy Orchards
- Art & Craft Fair at The Vineyard & Brewery at Hershey
- Outdoor Movie Screening: TROOP ZERO at Rising Sun Acres
- Furry Friends Network Race For Their Lives
- HHA’s Tribute to Calobe Jackson, Jr. and Harrisburg’s African-American Heritage
- 2020 HUE Invitational
- Barre Benefiting Four Diamonds at H2L Studio
- Chekhov Comedy: Love Hurts! at Gamut Theatre Group
- Allegro Winery Stewartstown Wine music FOOD!
- Williams Grove Flea Market
- Back to the Grind at Steelton Skatepark
- Kevin Koa at Good Vibes Deli
- Open Mic Sundays at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Hershey RV Show
Resources for to-go/delivery
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- Need cocktails? Kits + premade options here.
- Brunch? Click here.
- Wait, what about coffee, kombucha, tea, juice? Got you!
- Find Carry-Out options here