Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!
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Fast, loud, and surprisingly family-friendly — your new go-to night out.
Grab tickets to a BAPS Motor Speedway race this season (tell them I sent you).
What you’ll find below:
For something new: Books & Brews in Coronet Park on Saturday!
Worth noting: Lots of spring markets and festivals, plus Derby Day events. What will you choose?
Things on my agenda this weekend: a college reunion, Horn Farm Center Plant Sale with mom, then Books & Brews. On Sunday, hitting up Grayapple’s Spring Market!
Thursday
- Market Square Concerts presents Cuarteto Latinoamericano at Temple Ohev Sholom | $ | Harrisburg
- FREE- Beginner Cycling Workshop at H2L Studio | Free | Mechanicsburg
- Enola Goodwill Grand Opening! | Free | Enola
- Eryn Michael at The Sturges Speakeasy | Free | Harrisburg
- Open Mic & Jam | Thursdays | The Abbey Bar | Free | Harrisburg
- Lacuna Coil, Escape The Fate & AXTY at XL Live | $ | Harrisburg
- Anne Wilson The Stars Tour at Hershey Theatre | $ | Hershey
- Leslie Odom, Jr. at American Music Theatre | $ | Lancaster
- THE PRICE IS RIGHT LIVE – ON STAGE at The Appell Center | $ | York
Friday
- Margarita Fridays at Boneshire Brew Works | Free | Harrisburg
- Spring weekends at Hersheypark | $ | Hershey
- Music in the Vines at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey | $ | Hershey
- PUTTing Students First Mini Golf Outing at The Frosty Putter | $ | Lewisberry
- Morgan Wallen– TGIF Theme Rides: Summer Concert Prep Series May at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Summer Concert Series at Tucker&Co. Bakery | Free | Dillsburg
- First Friday in Downtown York | Free | York
- Revolutionary Comedy Night at Revolutionary Hot Sauce Eatery & Brewpub | $ | Mechanicsburg
- HYP Paint & Sip at Susquehanna Art Museum | $ | Harrisburg
- open mic at Consciousness Coffee | Free | Lemoyne
- Full Moon Floats with Susquehanna Outfitters | $ | Wormleysburg
- Decked Out Live w/ Better Than Nothing at The Vineyard at Hershey | $ | Middletown
- JAZZ IN THE CITY: JAZZ FUSION at The Appell Center | $ | York
- Susquehanna Folk’s Old Time Jam at Central Market York | Free | York
- Legends on the Lawn at Englewood Hershey | Free | Hummelstown
- Lower Case Blues Band at Mad Moose Tavern | Free | Harrisburg
- Pressing Strings at The Abbey Bar | $ | Harrisburg
- WXPN Welcomes Pigeons Playing PingPong at XL Live | $ | Harrisburg
- Wretched Tongues at Capital City Music Hall | Free | Harrisburg
- Gillian Smith at the West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- GODSPELL 2012 Revised Version at Theatre Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- STOMP at American Music Theatre | $ | Lancaster
- Murder at Mount Hope Mansion | $ | Manheim
- Latin Fuzion Fridayz at Level 2 | Harrisburg
Saturday
- Saturday Morning Yoga at Boneshire Brew Works | $ | Harrisburg
- Spring weekends at Hersheypark | $ | Hershey
- Books & Brews in Coronet Park | Free | Harrisburg
- Frühlingsfest – Spring Festival & Beer Release at Boneshire Brew Works | Free | Harrisburg
- Greenlight Operations 5K Run for Restoration at City Island | $ | Harrisburg
- Friends of New Cumberland Public Library Book & Media Sale | Free | New Cumberland
- Spring Bird Walk at Ned Smith Center for Nature & Art | Free | Millersburg
- 14th Annual Horn Farm Plant Sale | Free | Hallam
- FREE: Beginner Bootcamp Class at H2L Studio | Free | Mechanicsburg
- Walking Tour: Landmarks of the Capitol Complex (and Lost Landmarks of the Old 8th Ward) with Historic Harrisburg Association | $ | Harrisburg
- Gray Apple Spring Market | Free | York
- Mother’s Day Maker’s Market at Dottie’s Family Market | $ | York
- Birding Floats with Susquehanna Outfitters | $ | Wormleysburg
- Spring Festival at Armstrong Valley Winery | Free | Halifax
- Derby Day at The Bearded Goat | Free | Harrisburg
- Kentucky Derby Party at Cassel Vineyards | Free | Hershey
- Kentucky Derby Party
at Midstate Distillery | Free | Mechanicsburg - Hats, Heels, and Hooves: A Kentucky Derby Day Event with The LGBTQ Center at Hollywood Casino | $ | Grantville
- Greystone Derby Day at Greystone Public House | $ | Harrisburg
- Legends on the Lawn at Englewood Hershey | Free | Hummelstown
- Downtown Mechanicsburg’s 24th Annual Art & Wine Walk | Free | Mechanicsburg
- Outback presents BILLY GARDELL: The Less Is More Tour at The Appell Center | $ | York
- Real Diamond Tribute to Neal Diamond at the West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- WXPN Welcomes Pigeons Playing PingPong at XL Live | $ | Harrisburg
- Babes Against The Machine at Capital City Music Hall | $ | Harrisburg
- West Art Welcomes Soporus, Tyler Pursel, and Tom Gluibizzi! | $ | Lancaster
- Galactic Empire and All Sabers Proudly Present: Galactic-Con at Mickey’s Black Box | $ | Lititz
- GODSPELL 2012 Revised Version at Theatre Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- Hershey Symphony Presents: Czech, Please! at Hershey Theatre | $ | Hershey
- Stifel Stars on Ice at GIANT Center | $ | Hershey
- Murder at Mount Hope Mansion | $ | Manheim
- 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 at Ashcombe Mansion | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Sundays at Stumpy’s! | $ | Hershey
- Sunday Night Trivia at McGrath’s Pub | Free | Harrisburg
- Sunday Food Truck Night In SoMa at Agape Elixir Bar | Free | Harrisburg
- Spring weekends at Hersheypark | $ | Hershey
- Sunday PA Farm Show Flea Market | Free | Harrisburg
- Breathwork Class at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Birding Floats with Susquehanna Outfitters | $ | Wormleysburg
- Garden Faire at Fort Hunter Park | Free | Harrisburg
- Greens Galore – Mid-Spring Foraging Walk at Horn Farm Center | $ | Hallam
- Mycology Meanderings – Spring Mushroom Walk at Horn Farm Center | $ | Hallam
- Spring Festival at Armstrong Valley Winery | Free | Halifax
- Arts on the Square present FRENCH CHORAL MASTERWORKS at Market Square Presbyterian Church | $ | Harrisburg
- Sunday Reset: Breathwork + Kava at Agape Elixir Bar | $ | Harrisburg
- Tour with the Curator: American Identity at Susquehanna Art Museum | $ | Harrisburg
- Guided Hike at Big Hill Ciderworks | Free | Gardners
- CAPFILM: STAR WARS EPISODE VI – RETURN OF THE JEDI at The Appell Center | $ | York
- SPRING VALLEY MULCH NIGHT at BAPS Motor Speedway | $ | York Haven
- Sound Sanctuary – Spring Sound Journey with Sarah Paz Hyde at Empowered Music Education | $ | Camp Hill
- Voices of the Valley presents “Of Thee I Sing” at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Music at Pine Street presents Pianist Junwen Liang | Free | Harrisburg
- Spring Market at Ever Grain Brewing | Free | Camp Hill
- Gray Apple Spring Market | Free | York
- Unwithered at Capital City Music Hall | $ | Harrisburg
- West Art Welcomes Big Cricket String Band with Andy and the Dandy! | $ | Lancaster
- GODSPELL 2012 Revised Version at Theatre Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- THE DIONYSIUM | at Midtown Cinema | $ | Harrisburg
