Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA! Scroll down or use the menu links to find ideas for your weekend.
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Need something NEW to do? SoMa Block Party TONIGHT. Explore downtown Camp Hill with Saturday’s Harvest Hop. Oktoberfest celebrations continue at LBC Harrisburg. Shop local with Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour.
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Things on my agenda this weekend: Block Party tonight (join me!), then OFF tomorrow to car shop and shop. Saturday, Pumpkin decorating with Bo at the Harvest Hop, plus more. Sunday, swim lessons and kitchen time.
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- Thursday, Sept. 30 – SoMa Block Party in downtown Harrisburg
- Thursday, Oct. 14 • Friday, Oct. 15 • Saturday, Oct. 16 – sip @ soma x 2
For your weekend planning:
- Did you catch my IG LIVE last night with Radio Boka wine?
- 3 fun new ways to use Spiked Cherries
- Shop these great local markets.
- View our local Restaurant Directory
- Local Brewery, Winery, & Cidery Directory
- See what else you missed on the blog.
Below are options for your weekend.
Top Weekend Recs
- Make the ultimate fall cocktail
- Enter to WIN Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter
- Grab tix to see the #1 DMB tribute band in October
- Explore the best local markets
- Pick up a local 6-pack and stream ? episodes of Poured in PA: The Series
COVID-19 Disclaimer: Masking and social distancing policies may vary per business, venue, and event. Please be considerate, follow the rules, and be nice. And tip extra!
Thursday
- SoMa Block Party | Funktion | Stash Vintage x The Midtown Dandy plus multiple guest vendors | Boneshire Taps @ SOMA | Englewood Brewery | Upper Reach Mead | Undone Kombucha | MoMo BBQ Co. | Reign & Taij’s Lemonade
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Joshua Ferris in conversation with Rebecca Makkai: A Calling for Charlie Barnes with Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- THE FEARLESS TOUR: JOYOUS WOLF wsg OF LIMBO & THE REVEL @ XL LIVE
- Fall Carlisle 2021
- FREE Beginner Cycling Workshop at H2L Studio
- How To Design a Home Garden Bed at Wildwood Park
Friday
- Learn @ Lunchtime with The State Museum of Pennsylvania: Artist Conversations
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- First Friday: October 2021 at Dill’s Tavern
- Drew and the Blue – A Tribute to Bart Kaminski at Johnny Joe’s
- An Evening with David Sedaris at the Appell Center
- Oktoberfest! at SpringGate
- HYP First Friday Social at Taste Americana
- REI Mechanicsburg Grand Opening
- Allen Guelzo in conversation with Scott LaMar: Robert E. Lee with Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Oktoberfest at Newfangled Brew Works
- Fall Carlisle 2021
- The Fall Cider Celebration begins at Mela Kitchen | Jack’s Cider House
Saturday
- Downtown Camp Hill Harvest Hop
- Get your pumpkin spice fix at Cornerstone Coffeehouse
- Shop new shoes at Plum Bottom
- Find all your fall + holiday decor at Live in Color Boutique
- Get re-outfitted at Little Black Dress
- Cocoa Creek Chocolates hosts local + nationally renown artist Debra Tritt Kreiger, who will set up her studio under a canopy outside the store
- Harvest Hop Free Workouts with Thrive Fit Co & Megan Lesko Fitness
- HBG Flea — October 2021
- Tröegs Independent Brewing Hop Dash 5K
- HYP Peffer Street Gardening Event
- Harrisburg Hoopla
- Official – 57th National Apple Harvest Festival
- Fall Fruit Festival at Threefold Farm
- Ashcombe Fall Harvest Days
- Family Fish Day at Italian Lake
- Williams Grove National Open Chili Cookoff
- GRAND OPENING! of Sage Lane Cottage
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Fall Brunch & Bubbles at Home 231
- 9th Annual Fall Festival at Indian Echo Caverns
- Italian Street Festival
- Pigtoberfest at Boneshire Brew Works
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- Popcorn Hat Players Present: Aesop’s Fables at Gamut Theatre
- Market on Chocolate
- The Coexist Farmers Market
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market on 4th – Find more local markets here
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- 24th Annual Preservation Gala at Hershey History Center
- Fall Festival at George Park
- Slavic “Plus” Food Fest
- Oktoberfest! at SpringGate
- THE CRYSTAL METHOD w/ MASTRGLASS x HUMANDALA AS BRUJOS @ XL LIVE
- Kendall Street Company at The Englewood
- Oktoberfest at Newfangled Brew Works
- Fall Carlisle 2021
- Newport Revitalization and Preservation Society Canal Day
- 38 Special at American Music Theatre
- Central PA Gooners Arsenal at Brighton & Hove-Albion, Matchday 7 at Mr. G’s Sportsbar
- Kendall Street Company at The Englewood
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Picture Perfect
Sunday
- Official – 57th National Apple Harvest Festival
- Great Commission 5K & Fun Walk
- Just Plain Yoga Virtual Monthly Yin Yoga
- NFL Football on the BIG Screen at The Englewood
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Sunday Family Day at Stumpy’s Hatchet House Hershey
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Ashcombe Fall Harvest Days
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Family Fun Day 2021 at The Vineyard and Brewery at Hershey
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- Slavic “Plus” Food Fest
- Oktoberfest! at SpringGate
- Oktoberfest at Newfangled Brew Works
- Fall Carlisle 2021
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Picture Perfect
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