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.
What you’ll find:
For something new: Harrisburg Book Festival in effect; The *LAST* SoMa Block Party of the season is TONIGHT (bundle up!)
Worth noting: Hippo Campus at XL Live tonight; new Whitaker Center exhibit opens; 3rd in the Burg Friday!
Things on my agenda this weekend: After being out of town, then home-bound for what seems like 2 weeks, I have a vibrant social schedule, starting with the McCormick Library Grand Reopening, SoMa Block Party, XL Live stop, Whitaker Center new traveling exhibit, 3rd in the Burg — then perhaps Pumpkinfest on the weekend!
For your weekend planning
- Plan a holiday-themed trip ?
- Harrisburg Book Festival is Oct. 19-23
- Market on Market now open Tuesdays in Camp Hill
- View my local Restaurant Directory or Local Brewery, Winery, & Cidery Directory
- See what else you missed on the blog
Below are options for your weekend.
Top Weekend Recs
- Check out AAA’s Pet Costume Contest!
- TONIGHT is the last SoMa Block Party of 2022
- The Best Farmers Markets around Harrisburg
- Submit your events for the Weekend Roundup
Thursday
- SoMa Block Party | October 2022
- HU Presents HIPPO CAMPUS at XL Live
- 2022 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Community Blood Drive at Giant in Camp Hill
- Bidding for Boobies at WITF
- Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto at GIANT Center
- Sunset Relaxation Float with Susquehanna Outfitters
Friday
- 3rd in the Burg
- 3rd in the Burg in SoMa Harrisburg | October 2022
- October Third in the Burg – Meet artist Isaac Bower! at Susquehanna Art Museum
- Special Halloween Exhibit Opening: “Harrisburg’s Historic Cold Cases” at Historic Harrisburg Association
- 3rd in the Burg at The Market
- 3rd in the Burg at City House
- 3rd in the Burg: Sisters of Soul at The Brownstone Lounge
- October 3rd in the Burg at Gallery @ Second
- “Visions Across the Rainbow” Art Exhibit Opening Reception at Art Association of Harrisburg
- 3rd in the Burg: Art of the State at The State Museum of Pennsylvania
- 2022 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Popnology opens at Whitaker Center
- Glow at the Barre TGIF at H2L Studio
- Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto at GIANT Center
- Hocus Pocus | A Midtown CinemaAAH!! Event
- BIG SOMETHING + JIMKATA @ XL LIVE
- Pop-Up Adult Ballroom Dancing Class
- The Color Purple at Ephrata Performing Arts Center
- Hersheypark Halloween and Dark Nights
- Creatures of the Night at ZooAmerica
Saturday
- 2022 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Outdoor Tent Sale
- Children’s Day at the Harrisburg Book Festival
- Live Illustration and Storytime with Lauren Castillo: Our Friend Hedgehog: A Place to Call Home
- Live Illustration and Storytime with Veronica Jamison: This Is A School
- Meet & Greet with Kimi Cunningham Grant: These Silent Woods
- Meet & Greet with Richard Chizmar: The Gwendy Trilogy
- Meet & Greet with Steven Williams: Thyra
- Gold Diggers: Sanjena Sathian with Sheela Jane Menon
- FOM Fall Block Party & Annual Meeting
- Harrisburg Halloween Run 10K
- 2022 Homeland Hospice 5K and Memory Walk
- Beginner Cycling Workshop-October at H2L Studio
- Pumpkin Palooza at Hershey Gardens
- Women in the Wilds at Kings Gap Environmental Education Center
- Night at the Nature Center at Wildwood Park
- Lemoyne Pumpkinfest – Vendor Fair, Food Trucks, FREE Fall Fun, crafts and games!
- Oktoberfest at Ashcombe
- BOATOBERFEST: Fall Celebration to Benefit the Pride of the Susquehanna Riverboat
- Fall Event at The Shoppes at Susquehanna
- GHOST LIGHT [AN EVENING WITH] @ XL LIVE
- Creature Feature Weekend at the Cumberland Drive-In
- Kilmaine Saints and Brave the Sea at HMAC Stage on Herr
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) | a Midtown CinemaAAH! Event
- Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto at GIANT Center
- Nosferatu “Dracula” Film with Live Orchestra at the Appell Center
- Celebrating David Bowie at American Music Theatre
- Open Stage presents Treasure Island
- The Color Purple at Ephrata Performing Arts Center
- Creatures of the Night at ZooAmerica
- Hersheypark Halloween and Dark Nights
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market On 4th
- York County Ale Trail: The Brew Bus!
- York County Ale Trail: The Original Walking Tour
- Hanover Brewery Tours: The Brew Bus!
Sunday
- 2022 Harrisburg Book Festival at Midtown Scholar Bookstore
- Pumpkin Palooza at Hershey Gardens
- Fall Foliage Float on the Breeches with Susquehanna Outfitters
- Fort Hunter Conservancy Discovery Hike
- Singing Bowls Blessing with Chanting ~ Bhante Soma at Reiki by Rickie ~ ReikiSpace & Learning Place
- STATE REP PATTY KIM PRESENTS LIP SYNC VII [PROCEEDS BENEFIT TEARS FOR TRINA] at XL Live
- babel map @ the wind down @ west shore theatre
- Vidjam of Horror 2022 Screening at Midtown Cinema
- Disney On Ice presents Frozen & Encanto at GIANT Center
- Singles Dance of Central Pennsylvania at Elks Lodge ballroom in Camp Hill
- FREE: Nutrients for Brain Health: Functional Medicine Series at H2L Studio
- Open Stage presents Treasure Island
- Hersheypark Halloween and Dark Nights
- Drag Brunch Bingo at HMAC
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- YOGA at Hemauer Brewing
- Hanover Brewery Tours: The Brew Bus!
- York County Ale Trail: The Brew Bus!
- York County Ale Trail: The Original Walking Tour
- Sunday Family Day at Stumpy’s Hatchet House Hershey
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