Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA!
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What you’ll find below
For something new: The PA Renaissance Faire kicks off its season opening weekend
Worth noting: Tiny Park Concert Friday featuring Le Ghast (FREE); Lantern Fest at BAPS Motor Speedway on Saturday
Things on my agenda this weekend: Tiny Park Concert, low-key friend gatherings, girls trip to Westminster Winery!
Thursday
- Music in the Gardens at Hershey Gardens | $ | Harrisburg
- New Cumberland Food Truck & Restaurant Rally | $ | New Cumberland
- Harrisburg Beer Runners New Cumberland Food Truck/Wild Rabbit/Dead Lightening run | Free | New Cumberland
- The Lobster Band at Etters VFW | Free | Etters
- Mark Santanna at The Sturges Speakeasy | $ | Harrisburg
- Open Mic & Jam | Thursdays | The Abbey Bar | Free | Harrisburg
- Curious Cat Trivia at JB Lovedraft’s | Free | Harrisburg
- Slightly Stoopid w/ The Elovaters & DENM at Stage at Riverfront Park | $ | Harrisburg
- The Outlet: Music & Poetry Open Mic at The Appell Center | $ | York
- The Early November at Mickey’s Black Box | $ | Lititz
- Home Free: Highways & High Seas Tour at American Music Theatre | $ | Lancaster
- Hansel and Gretel at Gamut Theatre | $ | Harrisburg
Friday
- Margarita Fridays at Boneshire Brew Works | Free | Harrisburg
- open mic at Consciousness Coffee | Free | Harrisburg
- Learn at Lunchtime: Piping Plovers – Celebrities of the Shoreline with The State Museum of Pennsylvania | Free | Virtual
- Tiny Park Concert: Le Ghast at Coronet Park | Free | Harrisburg
- TGIF: Cycle Express Theme Ride- 90’S REWIND at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Cars & Cocktails at The Willows at Ashcombe | $ | Mechanicsburg
- 2nd Friday Contra Dance at Silver Spring Presbyterian | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Harrisburg Senators MARGARITAVILLE NIGHT | VS RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (AA GIANTS) | $ | Harrisburg
- Sunset Music and Movie Series: Broadway Cabaret at Fort Hunter Park | Free | Harrisburg
- Midnight Cafe at Culture & Commerce | Free | Harrisburg
- Johnny Folsom 4 – Tribute to Johnny Cash at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Decked Out Live with Bunchafunk at The Vineyard at Hershey | $ | Middletown
- Our House: The Music of Crosby Stills Nash & Young at The Appell Center | $ | York
- Jazz On The Veranda at The Hotel Hershey | Free | Hershey
- Tyler Childers at Hersheypark Stadium | $ | Hershey
- Paws on the Patio with HYP at Sawyer’s | Free | Harrisburg
- Big Richard at The Abbey Bar | $ | Harrisburg
- Smooth Like Clyde at XL Live | Free | Harrisburg
- Concert Crave Presents: Ghostface Killah at Capital City Music Hall | $ | Harrisburg
- A Bronx Tale: One Man Show Starring Chazz Palminteri at American Music Theatre | $ | Lancaster
- Latin Fuzion Fridayz at Level 2 | Harrisburg
- Legally Blonde Jr. at Theatre Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
Saturday
- Saturday Morning Yoga at Boneshire Brew Works | $ | Harrisburg
- Yoga at Italian Lake | Free | Harrisburg
- Saturday Schedule: Group Fitness Classes at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Pilates Fusion at Ashcome Gardens with H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- 12 Year Anniversary & Customer Appreciation Day Party at Valley Green Beverage | Free | Etters
- Cultural Fest in Riverfront Park | Free | Harrisburg
- BARRE at The Vineyard at Hershey | $ | Middletown
- Lantern Fest at BAPS Motor Speedway | $ | York Haven
- Harrisburg Senators GOLD OUT FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER | VS RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (AA GIANTS) | $ | Harrisburg
- Boat House Row – a Yacht Rock experience at The Vineyard at Hershey | $ | Middletown
- Music Under the Stars at the Dickinson College Farm | $ | Boiling Springs
- Get Petty: Celebrating the Music of Tom Petty at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Sweet Maple & The Plate Scrapers @ Carlisle Theatre | $ | Carlisle
- Kesha at Hersheypark Stadium | $ | Hershey
- Crossing Abbey Road at the Mt. Gretna Heritage Festival | $ | Mt. Gretna
- Susquehanna Summer Jam at The Abbey Bar | $ | Harrisburg
- The High Kings: Rocky Road to Dublin – 2026 Tour at The Appell Center | $ | York
- The Doo Wop Project: Echoes of the Street at American Music Theatre | $ | Lancaster
- Adult Prom at Sawyer’s | Free | Harrisburg
- The Expendables at XL Live | $ | Harrisburg
- Pollyanna at Capital City Music Hall | $ | Harrisburg
- 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
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: Fairies & Fantasy | $ | Manheim
- Popcorn Hat Players present Hansel and Gretel at Gamut Theatre | $ | Harrisburg
- Legally Blonde Jr. at Theatre Harrisburg | $ | Harrisburg
- BaRPG at Open Stage | $ | Harrisburg
Sunday
- Sunday Tea at the Willows at Ashcombe Mansion | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Sunday Night Trivia at McGrath’s Pub | Free | Harrisburg
- Sunday Guided Tours at Dills Tavern | $ | Dillsburg
- Sunday Scaries at The Plant Witch | Free | Harrisburg
- Sunday Food Truck Night In SoMa at Agape Elixir Bar | Free | Harrisburg
- Friends of Midtown Litter Clean Up & Meet Up at Little Amps | Free | Harrisburg
- Harrisburg Senators SHIPWRECKED | VS RICHMOND FLYING SQUIRRELS (AA GIANTS) | $ | Harrisburg
- Sound Healing Meditation at H2L Studio | $ | Mechanicsburg
- Free Live Music with Crash & Cross at The Vineyard at Hershey | Free | Middletown
- Captain Mike & The Shipwrecked – A Premier Jimmy Buffett Tribute BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND at West Shore Theatre | $ | New Cumberland
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire: Fairies & Fantasy | $ | Manheim
- Harrisburg Free Store at Broad Street Market | Free | Harrisburg
