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? 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: 1700 Wine Club tonight; chatting with Cicely Wong as part of the Harrisburg Book Festival on Saturday.
Don’t forget to support your local brewery! Click here to find one near you.
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- Thursday, Oct. 14 • Friday, Oct. 15 • Saturday, Oct. 16 – sip @ soma featuring Ploughman Cider
- Friday, Oct. 15 – 3rd in the Burg in SoMa Harrisburg
For your weekend planning:
- Harrisburg Book Festival
- 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
- Go shoe shopping
- 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
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- 2021 Harrisburg Book Festival
- Midtown Scholar Outdoor Tent Sale!
- Monica Byrne in conversation with Helene Wecker: The Actual Star with Midtown Scholar
- Brave Noise Dinner & Discussion
- Steven Williams’ Debut Novel “Skadi” Release Party hosted by Elementary Coffee
- Something Rotten! at The Ephrata Performing Arts Center
Friday
- Learn @ Lunchtime with The State Museum of Pennsylvania: Adventures in Nature Lab
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- 2021 Harrisburg Book Festival
- Midtown Scholar Outdoor Tent Sale!
- Keisha N. Blain in conversation with Damon Young: Until I Am Free with Midtown Scholar
- Down In Front! presents THE CORPSE VANISHES at Midtown Cinema
- Bourbon and Bubbles benefiting Dauphin County CASA
- Apple Festival! at SpringGate
- Gamut Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Harrisburg University presents Rodrigo Y Gabriela at Hershey Theatre
- Bonsai Exhibit at Hershey Gardens
- Wine with A Splash of Lyme
- An Evening with Swearingen & Kelli
- Something Rotten! at The Ephrata Performing Arts Center
- Bird Walk: Fall Migration at Wildwood
Saturday
- Official – 57th National Apple Harvest Festival
- Ashcombe Fall Harvest Days
- 19th Annual Angel Walk & Gathering
- Harrisburg Out of the Darkness Walk
- 1st Annual Kingdom Empowerment Inc. 5k Walk/Run To Support Our Youth
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Big Bottom Brewfest at Lucky Us Farm
- Odd Ones Bizarre at The Millworks
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- 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
- Pennsboro Pumpkin Fest
- 2021 Annual Ski Swap & Sale
- Yorktoberfest
- Pop Up Sunshine Market at Antique Marketplace of Lemoyne
- Fall Family Fun Day at Ned Smith Center for Nature & Art
- Fall Family Fest at Cove Mountain Farmers Market
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Space Day at Whitaker Center
- 2021 Harrisburg Book Festival
- Midtown Scholar Outdoor Tent Sale!
- Cecily Wong in conversation with Sara Bozich: Gastro Obscura (hey, that’s me!) with Midtown Scholar
- John Cleese at Hershey Theatre
- Apple Festival! at SpringGate
- Gamut Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Harrisburg University presents Frank Turner with Matt Nasir at XL Live
- The Clarks with Very Americans at The Englewood
- Bonsai Exhibit at Hershey Gardens
- Wilder v. Fury III PPV boxing at Arooga’s rt. 22 Allentown Blvd, Harrisburg, Arooga’s rt. 11 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg & Arooga’s rt. 462 Lancaster
- An Evening with Forrest O’Connor and Isaac Eicher
- Just for Today Recovery and Veterans’ Support Services Fall Festival
- Something Rotten! at The Ephrata Performing Arts Center
- Nature Journaling or Birdhouse Workshop at Wildwood Park
- Volunteer Work Day at Wildwood Park
Sunday
- Official – 57th National Apple Harvest Festival
- 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
- Open Stage presents White Rabbit, Red Rabbit
- 2021 Annual Ski Swap & Sale
- Bare Bones Ensemble presents The Rocky Horror Show at Federal Taphouse
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- 2021 Harrisburg Book Festival
- Midtown Scholar Outdoor Tent Sale!
- Howard French in conversation with Todd Allen: Born in Blackness with Midtown Scholar
- Halloween (1978) | at Midtown Cinema
- Apple Festival! at SpringGate
- Gamut Theatre presents A Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Bonsai Exhibit at Hershey Gardens
- Cycle: 60-Minute Endurance Ride at H2L Studio
- Tree Identification Walk at Wildwood Park
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