Broad Street Market to welcome new vegan ice cream, soul food vendors

October 24, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

Honey Bear Ice Cream. File photo.

Two vegan food vendors are setting up shop in Harrisburg.

The Broad Street Market announced on Thursday that local businesses Honey Bear Ice Cream and Ve’Lightfully Vegan will open stands in the market’s stone building.

“The Broad Street Market can’t wait to welcome these new vendors to the market community,” said Eric Hagarty, chair of the market’s board. “We are excited that Broad Street Market customers will now have a greater variety of vegetarian and vegan options to choose from, and we are honored to be the first permanent home for Natalie and Marilyn, the inspiring women who run each respective business.”

Harrisburg-based Honey Bear churns up gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free vegan ice cream flavors, such as pumpkin cheesecake, lemon blueberry buckle and brownie fudge sundae. Currently, various regional stores carry Honey Bear pints, and the business holds regular ice cream trailer pop-up events. The market will be its first brick-and-mortar location.

“Since Honey Bear first popped up with a tent in the courtyard at Broad Street Market to scoop our ice cream in July 2021, we have long imagined having a stand inside the market buildings,” said owner Natalie Wallace. “Much of our loyal following began here, and we are honored to join its roster and become a part of the market’s rich history.”

Ve’Lightfully Vegan is also based in Harrisburg and cooks up vegan soul food. They were recently featured at Philadelphia’s Vegandale, the world’s largest touring vegan experience, according to the market.

Food from Ve’Lightfully Vegan

“I am absolutely thrilled to be joining this incredible market as the owner of Ve’Lightfully Vegan,” said owner Marilyn Jackson. “Our goal is to offer a variety of vibrant, flavor-packed, soulful plant-based meals that everyone can enjoy, whether you are a long-time vegan or just curious about trying something new. I look forward to connecting with this community, sharing our passion for healthy, sustainable food, and making Ve’Lightfully Vegan a go-to spot for delicious, conscious eating.”

Honey Bear and Ve’Lightfully Vegan will both open in the vendor space previously occupied by Lovedraft’s Express. According to Hagarty, they will soon begin construction on their stands and should open in the following weeks.

In another market change, vendor Piper Belle’s Wood Fired Flatbreads announced on social media that it has closed permanently, but will open a new restaurant location in Mountville in January.

In addition, JB Kelly Seafood Connection announced on social media that it would close its market stand in November. Earlier this year, owner John Kelly and business partner Lauren Ellis opened a brick-and-mortar business, Red Raven Surf and Turf, in Dauphin.

The market’s stone building is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The market’s tent is open Thursdays and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Broad Street Market is located at 1233 N. 3^rd St., Harrisburg. For more information, visit their website.

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

October 24, 2024 | by Sara Bozich

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find ⤵️

For something new: A Spooky Soirée on Railroad Ave (Mechanicsburg, Saturday); Youveau Aesthetics Autumn Event (Thursday)

Worth noting: Next weekend is the Walk to End Alzheimers. I’m walking in honor of my dad. If you’re so inclined, you can access my fundraiser here.

Things on my agenda this weekend: youth baseball and bday celebrations

For your weekend planning

Get your last-min Struts tix while they last (they play 10/29 at XL Live)
Calling my local business friends! My Holiday Gift Guide comes out next month! Contact me if you’d like to be included.
See what else you missed on the blog

Below are more options for your weekend.

A Look Ahead

You can now sponsor the Weekend Roundup! Ask me how!
Are you on my email list?
Submit your events for the Weekend Roundup

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Local, state nonprofits, places of worship awarded funds to support safety

October 23, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

(From left) Lt. Gov. Austin Davis, Rep. Patty Kim (D-103) and LGBT Center Executive Director Amber Roadcap at a press conference.

Several local organizations will receive financial assistance to support their safety efforts.

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. Austin Davis visited the LGBT Center of Central PA on Wednesday to announce a safety grant awarded to the organization, as well as many others in the state.

“As an organization serving a marginalized community that has experienced hate crimes in the past, the opportunity to have a more robust security measure is of paramount importance,” said Amber Roadcap, executive director of the LGBT Center.

The total $10 million in funding comes from the state’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program and benefits 208 nonprofits, places of worship and community centers with money for safety upgrades.

According to Davis, the commonwealth’s 2024-25 budget included twice the amount of funding for the security grant program as it did last year.

“Unfortunately, we are dealing with an uptick in crimes targeting marginalized communities,” Davis said. “Every Pennsylvanian should have the freedom to love who they love, pray how they want to pray, and be their most authentic selves, free from the threats of violence and harassment.”

The LGBT Center was awarded $25,000, which Roadcap said will help them upgrade their security system. And while the upgrade will help keep the physical space safe, Roadcap described how it will also help provide peace of mind to the center’s community members.

“We are on the precipice of a pivotal election for the LGBTQ community,” Roadcap said. “LGBT folks having a safe and affirming space where they can gather, not just for advocacy and resources and services, but to build community and connection is crucial.”

The following Dauphin County organizations also received grant funding:

Chisuk Emuna Congregation—$20,000
Jewish Federation Greater Harrisburg—$150,000
Kesher Israel Congregation—$25,000
Market Square Presbyterian Church—$25,000
SOAL: Saving Our Ancestors Legacy—$105,983
Temple Ohev Sholom—$18,180

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Harrisburg District swears in new superintendent; high school principal resigns

October 22, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

Judge William Tully swore in Dr. Benjamin Henry as superintendent, who was joined by his wife and daughters.

The Harrisburg School District has officially sworn in its new superintendent.

At a school board meeting on Tuesday, Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas Judge William Tully administered the oath of office to Dr. Benjamin Henry, the new superintendent, who said he “can’t wait to get to work.”

Henry was approved as superintendent by receiver Dr. Lori Suski in August and will officially begin in his role on Nov. 1.

“One of the things that drew me to this school district is, when you look at all the potential of this place, when you really look at the data and where we’re moving as a district, it’s amazing,” he said. “I’m ready to get to work on Nov. 1, getting to the schools, meeting parents, meeting some of our students.”

Henry fills the position previously held by Dr. Eric Turman, who resigned in May and by Dr. Marcia Stokes, who has assumed the position in an interim role.

Henry is slated to serve for a four-year term with a salary of $199,500.

According to the district, Henry has over two decades of experience in public schools. Most recently, he served as the regional assistant superintendent of Polk County schools in Florida. He has also previously held jobs as a special education teacher, a middle school math teacher and a principal.

Once Henry officially starts, his 100-day plan for the district will be posted publicly.

“This community is asking for something different, and I feel like I’m the leader that could really move the school district in the right direction, but I’m going to need everyone’s help,” he said.

Also on Tuesday, Suski approved the resignation of Harrisburg High School-John Harris Campus Principal Laquan Magruder, effective Dec. 31. Magruder was hired in August 2023.

At the meeting, several district teachers spoke out in concern over the high turnover rates of principals at the high school.

“Students at our campus crave stability and consistency, yet, these two things, which are true at the majority of the high schools in our area, including our own Sci-Tech campus, are hard to achieve at John Harris due to the constant change of head principals,” said one teacher.

The teacher said that she believed there had been 13 principals in the position since 2009.

“We hear what you are saying,” Suski said, addressing the teachers at the meeting. “It is our goal, my goal as the receiver, the goal of this board […] and the voices of all of you, that we are going to find the best possible leader to lead John Harris.”

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Harrisburg hires business administrator, ending four-month vacancy for key post

October 22, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

Samuel Sulkosky

Harrisburg has a new chief of staff.

Mayor Wanda Williams announced Samuel Sulkosky as her new business administrator during her State of the City address last week.

Sulkosky, who started on Oct. 9, fills a vacancy left by the previous business administrator, Dan Hartman, who stepped down in June.

Sulkosky served in borough and city manager positions over the last several years. Most recently, he was the interim borough manager of Punxsutawney and, before that, served as the city manager of Duquesne. He also held borough manager positions in Kittanning, Mount Joy and Columbia. He also worked as a self-employed financial advisor for over 17 years and as a county auditor in Indiana County for four years.

Sulkosky, during a phone call with TheBurg, said that he decided to take the job in Harrisburg, seeing it as an “excellent challenge.” He specifically liked the way the city has prioritized paying off large amounts of debt and felt that his experience with lower-income communities and those under Act 47, a state program for financially distressed municipalities, would be helpful.

“The main thing that drives me from a public service standpoint is the biggest interest I have, and concern, is doing what’s best for the community as a whole,” Sulkosky said.

In 2020, Lancaster Online reported that the Mount Joy Borough Council fired Sulkosky from his borough manager role, providing no explanation as to why. When asked about it, Sulkosky explained it as “local politics” that had nothing to do with job performance. Around that time, new council members were elected and wanted to bring in new staff members, Sulkosky said. He added that he was part of a “staff purge” that included dismissing the chief of police, codes officer, borough engineer and others. Sulkosky said that, in retrospect, he probably should’ve resigned, but due to a dispute about his severance payment, didn’t.

In 2023, the Leader Times, reported that the Kittanning borough council eliminated Sulkosky’s borough manager position, clarifying a previous article saying Sulkosky had been fired. Sulkosky told TheBurg that his position had been eliminated.

In his new role as business administrator in Harrisburg, Sulkosky will serve alongside Mayor Wanda Williams in overseeing day-to-day operations of the city.

Sulkosky said that, based on his experience, he’s accustomed to working with councils, mayors, vendors, stakeholders, state and federal agencies and community members. He’s also had extensive experience overseeing economic development, public works and recreational projects, he said.

“I’m sure there’s some things I haven’t seen, but I’ve seen a lot more than I haven’t seen, I can tell you that,” he said. “There aren’t too many scenarios I’m not used to.”

Sulkosky said he is specifically looking forward to working with City Council and building relationships.

“I think I can bring to the table the ability to communicate,” he said.

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

The Week that Was: News and features around Harrisburg

October 18, 2024 | by Lawrance Binda and Maddie Gittens

Harrisburg Holiday Parade 2022

TheBurg attended the Pennsylvania News Media Association’s 2024 Keystone Awards ceremony this week and received many awards including News Organization of the Year. We thank you, our readers, for your continued support, allowing us to do quality work, like our coverage from this week, listed below.

Bob’s Art Blog highlights the new, artsy and spooky around central PA. Find out what’s coming at the Art Association of Harrisburg and HIVE artspace, here.

The Eichelberger Distillery in Dillsburg has recently been restored and is open for tastings and tours, our magazine story reported. Visitors will find great drinks and a rich history.

Harrisburg’s Holiday Parade will return to downtown on Nov. 23 with floats, balloons and performances, our online story reported. The city will also host a tree-lighting ceremony the day before.

M.C. Walker Realty has operated for 47 years as a family affair. In our magazine story, find out how the agency has grown relationships with clients over the years.

Midtown Cinema will reopen this weekend, following a temporary closure due to damage from Hurricane Debby in August, our online story reported. The cinema also took the opportunity to make improvements to the theater.

Open Stage’s “Ride the Cyclone” is a dark humor musical showing through Nov. 2. In our online story, read a preview of the carnival-themed show.

Phil Broder of Mechanicsburg has a passion for kites, our magazine story reported. Broder has operated his kite-making business, Fly Market Kitemaking Supply, for a decade and has even consulted for movies and productions.

Rain gardens are increasingly being used by Harrisburg area residents as a tool to ease pressure on the region’s aging stormwater systems, our magazine story reported. Planting rain gardens is also a way for people to do their part in the climate change fight.

Room parents are crucial in helping classroom events run smoothly, our magazine story reported. Room parenting helps out teachers, while also giving caregivers a chance to get involved in their student’s education.

Sara Bozich has compiled a list of events happening in the Harrisburg area this weekend, here.

Do you receive TheBurg Daily, our daily digest of news and events delivered right to your email inbox? If not, sign up here!

Support quality local journalism. Join Friends of TheBurg today!

Weekend Roundup with Sara Bozich

October 17, 2024 | by Sara Bozich

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find ⤵️

For something new: Midtown Cinema Grand Reopening! The inaugural Seymour’s AFTER DARK at Seymour’s Plant Boutique & Apothecary Worth noting: 3rd in the Burg (we have an extra good one in SoMa!!); Harvest Hop is Saturday in Camp Hill! Things on my agenda this weekend: Jimi’s getting married!!!

For your weekend planning

Harvest Hop in downtown Camp Hill | Oct. 18
3rd in the Burg features a Spooky SoMa Pop-Up!
See what else you missed on the blog

Below are more options for your weekend.

A Look Ahead

You can now sponsor the Weekend Roundup! Ask me how!
Are you on my email list?
Submit your events for the Weekend Roundup

Thursday

- SIP & SHOP & 14th Anniversary Celebration at Carriage House Boutique
- Full Moon Float with Susquehanna Outfitters
- Dillsburg Farmers Fair
- LOWER SWATARA LIONS CLUB HALLOWEEN PARADE
- Court Street Cabaret: OVERSUNG
- Dispatch @ XL Live
- Abbey Bar Open Mic and Jam hosted by Jason Mescia!
- Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn at the Appell Center
- Brian Regan at Hershey Theatre
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Adams-Ricci Farmers Market
- New Cumberland Food Truck & Restaurant Rally

Friday

- 3rd in the Burg!
- Spooky SoMa Pop-up with Shy Bear Brewing
- SOUND@FOUND
- Sprocket Mural Works 3rd in the Burg Mural Mile Tour – SoMa
- Night of the Living Dead | 3rd in the Burg Movie Night at Midtown Cinema
- 3rd in the Burg at Susquehanna Art Museum
- Midtown Cinema Grand Reopening!
- TMI Improv at Gamut Theatre
- Keystone Hiking and Outdoor Weekend
- Dillsburg Farmers Fair
- Conodoguinet Creek Float with Susquehanna Outfitters
- Breakthrough: A Juried Art Exhibit at MH Art Gallery
- Carlisle Comic Con
- Moon Dancer Winery Annual Halloween Party
- Emo Night – HallowEMO
- Zoso- The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Tribute at XL Live
- Burn the Jukebox at the West Shore Theatre
- Philadelphia Freedom: A Tribute to Elton John at Mickey’s Black Box
- America: Ride On at Hershey Theatre
- Ride the Cyclone – the musical at Open Stage
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Latin Fuzion Fridayz at Level 2

Saturday

- Harvest Hop in Downtown Camp Hill
- Tee Off Against Breast Cancer Walk
- Dillsburg Farmers Fair
- Fall Harvest Festival at Central Penn College
- Special Fall Festival at Fresh Market at Hershey Towne Square!
- Seymour’s AFTER DARK at Seymour’s Plant Boutique & Apothecary
- Night at the Nature Center at Wildwood Park
- Keystone Hiking and Outdoor Weekend
- Brewery Float on the Breeches with Susquehanna Outfitters at Cold Springs Inn
- Oktoberfest at der Harrisburg Maennerchor
- Arkansauce wsg/ Stone House Breakdown at The Abbey Bar
- Rico and The Ravens Benefit Concerts for Vickie’s Angel Foundation at West Shore Theatre
- 90s Rockfest featuring Lounge Fly and Evil Empire at Mickey’s Black Box
- Carlisle Comic Con
- Shazam! VIP Saturday Night Dinner & Award Ceremony at Hotel Indigo
- CapFilm: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre at Appell Center
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Capital Blue Cross POPS MAMBO KINGS: Hot Latin Nights!
- Menopause the Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’ at Hershey Theatre
- Hershey Bears vs. Chicago Wolves
- Ride the Cyclone – the musical at Open Stage
- The Headless Horseman’s Revenge at Gretna Theatre
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market on 4th
- Ciroc Saturdays at Level 2
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walk-a-Bout!
- Brewery Tours: York City Walking Tour
- Brewery Tours: Cruise York County
- Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walking Tour

Sunday

- Sprocket Mural Works Mural Bike Tour with Recycle Bicycle & HBG Bike Crew
- 50th Annual Oyster Festival in York
- Fort Hunter Conservancy Fall Foliage Hike – Park Rx
- Keystone Hiking and Outdoor Weekend
- Stay Apparel Maker’s Market
- Cradle of Conservation, An Environmental History of Pennsylvania at New Cumberland Public Library
- HARVEST FESTIVAL at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Adult Trick or Treat at Grandview Winery
- THIS SUNDAY! Horror Double Feature-COVEN OF THE BLACK CUBE & BUSTED BABIES / Brewce Longo In-Person! at Midtown Cinema
- $5 Sunday Scaries at the West Shore Theatre
- Bill Haley, Jr. and The Comets at the West Shore Theatre
- Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra Capital Blue Cross POPS MAMBO KINGS: Hot Latin Nights!
- Veterans Trust Fund Benefit ft. Corsair Blue Jazz Orchestra at Mickey’s Black Box
- Hershey Bears vs. Chicago Wolves
- Ride the Cyclone – the musical at Open Stage
- Hairspray The Musical at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Bob’s Art Blog: Bye the Light of the Silvery Moon @ AAH & Spooky Stuff @ HIVE

October 15, 2024 | by Bob MacGinnes

It’s October and that means my favorite time of year.

By now you know I have an abiding love affair with all things spooky and supernatural. This marks my sixth tribute to the most beautiful month of the year. Just two days from now, on the 17th, heralds the full moon which is also the year’s biggest supermoon. It will occur around the same time as the moon’s closest approach to earth, called perigee. It will be visible for most of the night starting around dusk and setting at dawn.

Bye the Light of the Silvery Moon

It’s not mere coincidence that 3rd in the Burg falls on the night of what may be the most spectacular evening of the year, so be sure to look up. Carrie Wissler-Thomas, CEO of the AAH and director of exhibitions, Nate Foster, are all too well versed in the legend of a hirsute creature that walks on two legs and desperately is in need of a trim.

“Nomad” by Jeff Bye

Brooklyn artist Jeff Bye holds a deep fascination and reverence for the beauty of what once was, with remaining remnants tattered, torn and telling tales of the past. When landmarks stood tall, new and dazzling, they represented modernity for its time. Through oil paintings surreal, the exhibit, “The Ugly Beautiful,” takes the viewer back to a day when places of commerce and custom meaningfully memorialized manner and method true to its original conception. When a candy store was much more than a candy store, it became an emporium. Bye traffics in a currency for nostalgia and longing for a life that is now extinct as technology rapidly replaces and erases a memory bank of identity, innocence and idealism. A major part of the attraction in his exhibit lies in seeing beauty in the detritus and decay that time takes on, weathering buildings that are testimonials and tributes to an era that will never be realized again. A timeworn appearance ravaged by blight and disregard becomes a shrine of sensual surrender under Bye’s watchful eye and brush, producing patina and permanence through tint and tone, growing richer through his painting process. The “Ugly Beautiful” is certainly a dichotomy in terms as it highlights his richly hued paintings. Behind the scenes, Nate Foster of the AAH divulged, “I intend to showcase Jeff Bye’s most recent pieces and a large body of work spanning several years focusing on urban decay and what the artist affectionately calls his ‘The Ugly Beautiful.’ I expect this show to be one of this year’s best exhibits.”

“Corner Bodega” by Jeff Bye

As the art writer for TheBurg, I invite you to spend at least part of this 3rd in the Burg evening taking in potent paintings of archaic buildings to anachronistic archetypes of architectural ambience, Bye “the light of the silvery moon.” The artist’s reception is Oct. 18, this Friday, at the Art Association, from 5 to 8 p.m., and the exhibit closes Nov. 14.

Kristin Reynolds: “Ghost in Stairwell”

Spooky Stuff at HIVE in York

Susan Scofield, mistress of “All Things Spooky” at HIVE artspace, found at 126 E. King St. in the White Rose City, strongly subscribes to the adage “Spooky is as spooky does.” Somehow, she casts a spell each October on an ever-changing skeleton crew of living artists who submit their takes on “spooky” from all parts of the country and beyond. Many are from surrounding locales, and some enter their art from as far away as Italy. The list of juried-in-artists seems to grow with every yearly edition of this show. All I can say is, “Art is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you,” Susan.

Alexis Manduke: “A Raven in the Rain”

Alexis Manduke from Camp Hill brings Poe’s a “Raven in the Rain” indoors to join HIVE’s harbingers of hyperbole. Kristin Reynolds of Lancaster shows a “Ghost in Stairwell” found the perfect place to hide. Hint…it’s near the stairs. Susan’s other top gallery picks include works from Rachel Hoffman, Kyle Newkirk and Nicole Smeltzer. Consistently topnotch artists Alana Beall and Tina Berrier always send chills up my spine. The usual suspects are here too and find the “likes” of Sam Georgieff, Jamie Gerkin, Heather Greenough, Annie Nann, as well as Daniele Serra and Eve Bluefoot from Italy. And the hometown crowd of the York area is well represented from Blackbird Designs, Hannah Carroll, Karen Lillie, Koh Mauler, Juli Langeheine, Jeramiah Lee, Thomas McAdams, Whitney Ortman, Chista Raught, Phillip Redman, Kate Rush, Wendy Lane Smith and Delany Wasson, all comprise lucky #13 in total. But who’s superstitious? “Get your ghost on” as Spooky closes on Oct. 26. “I ain’t afraid of no ghost.”

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Midtown Cinema to hold grand reopening following closure, storm damage

October 15, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

Midtown Cinema

Midtown Cinema is rolling out the red carpet and cueing up the films.

Harrisburg’s indie movie theater will fully reopen this week, following a temporary closure due to damage sustained during Hurricane Debby in August.

At the time, cinema officials shared that the Reily Street theater had suffered water damage and renovations would be necessary.

On Tuesday, Midtown Cinema announced its reopening for Friday, Oct. 18, with “reimagined” features. According to Rachel Landon, general manager, the theater now has a new stage in the lobby for performances, more social space, a permanent red carpet and improved soundproofing between theaters.

“This reopening is not just a return to the way things were—it’s a reimagining of what Midtown Cinema can offer,” Landon said.

To mark the reopening, Midtown Cinema will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 4 p.m. on Friday, along with a happy hour at the Zeroday Outpost, located inside the theater. There will also be tours of the facility, live music by Trace Jordan and a full schedule of movie screenings starting at 7:30 p.m. Midtown Cinema will show “The Apprentice,” “Saturday Night” and “Exhibiting Forgiveness.”

3^rd in the Burg’s movie night will also take place that night at the cinema, showing “Night of the Living Dead.”

Midtown Cinema is offering members complimentary admission to a film of their choice that evening, while supplies last.

Midtown Cinema is located at 250 Reily St., Harrisburg. For more information, visit their website.

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

Harrisburg’s Holiday Parade returns next month, along with new tree lighting ceremony

October 14, 2024 | by Maddie Gittens

2022 Holiday Parade

Santa Claus soon will be coming down 2^nd Street.

Harrisburg’s annual Holiday Parade will return to downtown on Nov. 23 with floats, parade balloons, dance teams and more.

The city’s parade draws spectators each year to Front and N. 2^nd streets to watch as groups march, dance and drive down the corridor between Market to North streets. The event will kick off at 10 a.m., starting at Front and Market streets.

During the parade, a panel of judges will score participants, awarding the best marching bands, dance teams and best-in-theme winners. Awardees will receive cash prizes.

Following the parade, the city will announce the contest winners in Strawberry Square, where there will also be free hot chocolate and cookies and a chance to meet Santa.

On the night before the holiday parade, Harrisburg will host a tree lighting ceremony, from 6 to 8 p.m., on Nov. 22, in front of Harrisburg’s MLK City Government Center. At the event, there will also be an ugly sweater contest, holiday music, performances, and art market and cookies and hot cocoa.

For parking, visitors can use the code LUVHBG on the ParkMobile app to receive four hours of free street parking downtown. The Market Square Garage will offer $10 parking from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., courtesy of Park Harrisburg.

The Market Street Bridge, as well as N. 2^nd Street and Front Street from Market to Forster streets will close to traffic starting at 7 a.m.

For more information, visit Harrisburg’s website.

If you like what we do, please support our work. Become a Friend of TheBurg!

You May Also Like

Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!

What you’ll find ⤵️

For your weekend planning