Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!
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What you’ll find ⤵️
For something new: April Skies Record Release Party at Englewood Hershey on Saturday!
Worth noting: It’s 3rd in the Burg Friday! Downtown Camp Hill’s Harvest Hop is Saturday; what, a bar crawl? In the year 2025?? Check out the Fall Crawl – McGrath’s, Sturges, Mad Moose – everyone’s favorites
Things on my agenda this weekend: Celebrating Enders; Public Disco Porch at Strawberry Square (Free!) on Friday; Harvest Hop Saturday; birthday party Sunday
🆕 Quick Weekend Links: Thursday • Friday • Saturday • Sunday
New + Noteworthy
you know, ICYMI
- Harvest Hop is Saturday in downtown Camp Hill
- (Re)Introducing Royal Winery
- Halloween cocktails to pair with your fave spooky movie
- See what else you missed on the blog
- and check out the new “Extras” section at the very bottom
Sara’s Top Picks
for the group chat
- A new restaurant is coming to Hershey next spring!
- 💜 Join me for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Nov. 1!
- SoMa Christmas Market returns on Nov. 30
- 📤 Share this with the friend who always asks, ‘What’s going on this weekend?’
- 👨💻 Submit your events for the Weekend Roundup
Thursday
- 13th Annual Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- Fantasy, Romance, and Worldbuilding: An Evening with Marie Lu and Carissa Broadbent at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | $ | Harrisburg
- Halloween Cycle (Unplugged)
at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg - 110th Annual Dillsburg Farmers Fair | Free | Dillsburg
- Harrisburg Fall/Winter ’25 Consignment Event at Farm Show Complex | $ | Harrisburg
- PA National Horse Show at the Farm Show | $ | Harrisburg
- Megan and Dave at The Sturges Speakeasy | Free | Harrisburg
- Open Mic and Jam at The Abbey Bar | Every Thursday Night!| Free | Harrisburg
- Chase Wright at Mickey’s Black Box | $ | Lititz
- New Cumberland Food Truck & Restaurant Rally | Free | New Cumberland
- Whispers in the Dark at Gretna Theatre | $ | Mount Gretna
- CASA presents Almost, Maine! Fall Play Performance at Open Stage of Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
Friday
- 3rd in the Burg!
- Strawberry Square Music Series: Public Disco Porch | Free | Harrisburg
- BLACC By La Cultura | Free | Harrisburg
- Harrisburg Tool Library Housewarming Party | Free | Harrisburg
- 13th Annual Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- Jazz Night at the Harrisburg Book Festival! and Tröegs Pop-Up Beer Station at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- An Evening with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Isha Sesay: Dream Count at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | $ | Harrisburg
- Cycle Express: TGIF Theme
GLOW RIDE at H2L Studio | $ | Harrisburg - Harrisburg Fall/Winter ’25 Consignment Event at Farm Show Complex | $ | Harrisburg
- 110th Annual Dillsburg Farmers Fair | Free | Dillsburg
- Yorktowne Hotel 100th Celebration! | Free | York
- PA National Horse Show at the Farm Show | $ | Harrisburg
- Kevin Kline at Royal Winery | Free | Harrisburg
- Lawn Chair Cinema: Little Shop of Horrors (1960) at New Cumberland Public Library | Free | New Cumberland
- Carlisle Comic Con at Carlisle Expo Center | $ | Carlisle
- Jordan Davis at GIANT Center | $ | Hershey
- AAH Halloween Party at Art Association of Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- Open Stage presents Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors | $ | Harrisburg
- Whispers in the Dark at Gretna Theatre | $ | Mount Gretna
- CASA presents Almost, Maine! Fall Play Performance at Open Stage of Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- Gamut Theatre Group presents The Revolutionists | $ | Harrisburg
- Latin Fuzion Fridayz at Level 2 | Harrisburg
Saturday
- Saturday Morning Yoga at Boneshire Brew Works | $ | Harrisburg
- Zumba at Burn30 | $ | Lemoyne
- Vineyard at Hershey Haunted Wine Run 5k | $ | Hershey
- HYP Running Club at FNB Field | Free | Harrisburg
- TRIBE
Harrisburg Beach Club | $ | Harrisburg - Harvest Hop 2025 in Downtown Camp Hill
- 13th Annual Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- Children’s Day at the Harrisburg Book Festival! at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- Storytime with Erin Frankel: Mary Oliver, Holding on to Wonder at Midtown Scholar | Free | Harrisburg
- Storytime with Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow: Together We Are Sunshine at Midtown Scholar | Free | Harrisburg
- An Afternoon with John Patrick Green: Investigators at Midtown Scholar | Free | Harrisburg
- Hidden Treasures: Live Rare Book Appraisals at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- 100 Years of Gatsby at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | $ | Harrisburg
- Pilates in the Vineyard: H2L at Gruver Farms | $ | New Cumberland
- Harrisburg Fall/Winter ’25 Consignment Event at Farm Show Complex | $ | Harrisburg
- Friends of New Cumberland Public Library Book & Media Sale | Free | New Cumberland
- PA National Horse Show at the Farm Show | $ | Harrisburg
- La Festa Italiana at Hershey History Center | $ | Hershey
- Night at the Nature Center at Wildwood Park | $ | Harrisburg
- 110th Annual Dillsburg Farmers Fair | Free | Dillsburg
- Ag Day and Farmers Fair 2025 at Dills Tavern | Free | Dillsburg
- Trick or Treat wine flights at The Vineyard at Hershey | $ | Hershey
- Oktoberfest in the Park at Borough Park | Free | New Cumberland
- October Fall Hike at Ned Smith Center | Free | Millersburg
- Fall Crawl at McGrath’s, Mad Moose, and Sturges Speakeasy | Free | Harrisburg
- Fall Harvest Festival at Central Penn College | Free | Enola
- The Nobles | Royal Winery | Free | Harrisburg
- Carlisle Comic Con at Carlisle Expo Center | $ | Carlisle
- West Shore Foundation 10th Annual Gala at West Shore Country Club | $ | Camp Hill
- 2025 Mugs & Music Fest in Downtown Mechanicsburg | Free | Mechanicsburg
- Pumpkin Palooza at Hershey Gardens | $ | Hershey
- Yorktoberfest at Bob Hoffman Fields | $ | York
- The April Skies – Record Release Show! at Englewood Hershey | $ | Hershey
- Nicks in Time: Stevie Nicks Tribute Sponsored by Cornerstone Coffeehouse at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Superunknown and The Ledbetters – Tribute to Pearl Jam & Chris Cornell at Mickey’s Black Box | $ | Lititz
- Handles & Sampson Present: R&B Saturday at XL Live | $ | Harrisburg
- Skarlet’s Funhouse: Halloween of Horrors Special Event at KARMA | $ | Harrisburg
- Popcorn Hat Players presents Little Red Riding Hood at Gamut Theatre | $ | Harrisburg
- Gamut Theatre Group presents The Revolutionists | $ | Harrisburg
- Halloween Days & Spooky Knights II: The Tell Tale Shire at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire | $ | Manheim
- Open Stage presents Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors | $ | Harrisburg
- Whispers in the Dark at Gretna Theatre | $ | Mount Gretna
- CASA presents Almost, Maine! Fall Play Performance at Open Stage of Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- Hershey Bears vs. Springfield Thunderbirds at GIANT Center | $ | Hershey
- Ciroc Saturdays at Level 2 | Harrisburg
- Brewery Tours: York City Walking Tour | $ | York
- Brewery Tours: Cruise York County | $ | York
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walking Tour | $ | Lancaster
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walk-a-Bout! | $ | Lancaster
Sunday
- Sunday Tea at the Willows | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Prenatal Yoga Class at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Kundalini Yoga with Keane Living at Consciousness Coffee | $ | Lemoyne
- Sundays at Stumpy’s! | $ | Hershey
- Harrisburg Heroes Run 5k/1mi at City Island | $ | Harrisburg
- Healthy Kickers Series at Skyline Sports Complex | Free | Harrisburg
- Englewood Hershey Presents: Brunch in the Barn! | Free | Hershey
- HYP Book Club: H. P. Lovecraft at Pursuit Coworking | Free | Harrisburg
- 13th Annual Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | Free | Harrisburg
- America at 250: The Pursuit of Liberty at Midtown Scholar Bookstore | $ | Harrisburg
- Breathwork Class at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- In Concert: Margaret Woods, soprano, and J.J. Penna, piano at Market Square Presbyterian Church | $ | Harrisburg
- Sunday Music Bingo at Royal Winery | Free | Harrisburg
- Autumn Uncorked: Trick or Treat in the Vineyard at The Vineyard at Grandview | $ | Mount Joy
- PA National Horse Show at the Farm Show | $ | Harrisburg
- Makers at the Museum presented by Stay Apparel Co. | Free | Hershey
- 51st Annual Fall Oyster Festival at York County History Center | Free | York
- Pumpkin Palooza at Hershey Gardens | $ | Hershey
Come Over October: Soup & Sip! 
at CrossWinds Winery | Free | Hershey- Steve Morse Band at Mickey’s Black Box | $ | Lititz
- The POWER of Music – Sempre Dolce Fall Show at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Hershey Bears vs. Springfield Thunderbirds at GIANT Center | $ | Hershey
- Halloween Days & Spooky Knights II: The Tell Tale Shire at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire | $ | Manheim
- Open Stage presents Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors | $ | Harrisburg
- Gamut Theatre Group presents The Revolutionists | $ | Harrisburg
- CASA presents Almost, Maine! Fall Play Performance at Open Stage of Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
Extras
- Save the date for Plants + Pints 2026! Sunday, April 12 at Strawberry Square
- Want to share an ‘extra’? Email Sara with interest!
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