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February
Annual Honeybrook Fire Co. Auction & Sale
- Honeybrook Fire Company
Location:
Honeybrook, PA.
610-273-2688
Call for additional information
March
Charter Day
Held in mid March
Location: Railroad Museum
Route 741
Strasburg, PA 17579
717-687-8628
Admission Free
Observe the birthday of the Commonwealth - amid
Pennsylvania made and operated historic rolling stock at the Keystone State's
official railroad museum. Open to the public free of charge.
April
Quilters Heritage Celebration
Held in early April
Location: Lancaster Host Resort and Conference
Center, Lancaster
800-233-0121
Call for additional information
Shakespeare & A Classic - Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire
Held in mid April
Location:
Route 72, Cornwall, PA 17016
717-665-7021
The excitement and imagery of Shakespeare plus
the riveting drama of a literary classic unfold in Victorian Mount Hope Mansion.
Art Walk
Held in late April
Location:
120 N. Duke Street
Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Free
A free two-day walking tour of 25 arts
organizations, artist's studios and businesses in downtown Lancaster.
May
Herb & Garden Faire
Held in early May
Location: Landis Valley Museum
2451 Kissel Hill Road
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-0401
Admission Free
This is one of the East Coast's largest sales of
heirloom varieties of herb, vegetable, and ornamental plants. Over 90 vendors of
plants, seeds, garden equipment, and outdoor art and crafts are featured.
Season Opener - Mud Bog / Tuff Trucks
Early May
Location: Buck Motorsports Park
Route 272, Lancaster, PA 17604
717-859-4244
Call for additional information
June
Wachovia Cycling Series
Held in early June
Location: Lancaster
717-859-4244
91-mile cycling race through the streets of
Lancaster and the adjacent Lancaster County Park. Race starts at 4:30 pm on
Queen Street in center city Lancaster.
Dave Martin's Championship Rodeo Presents The
Buck-A-Roo Bull Ride Mania
Held in early June
Location: Buck Motorsports Park
Route 272, Lancaster, PA 17604
717-859-4244
The Wild, Wild West Comes to the Buck! Bronc
Riding, Cowgirls barrel racing, wild cow milking contest, bull hockey, rodeo
clown act and America's most dangerous sport - bull riding...plus Little
Buck-A-Roo rodeo events.
Lucas Oil East Coast Series - Smoke & Thunder
Nationals
Held in mid June
Location: Buck Mototsports Park
Route 272, Lancaster, PA 17604
717-859-4244
Super Stock/Pro Stock Smoker Tractors,
Wheelstanding 2WD Trucks, Multi-engine Modified Tractors, S.S. 4WD Trucks.
Annual Berry Festival
Held in mid June
Location: Kitchen Kettle Village
Rt. 240, Intercourse, PA.
717-768-8261
No one goes away hungry at this
turn-of-the-century community social complete with down-home banjo music and old
fashioned family festivities. Indoors and out, guests will find all types of
food displays and cooking ideas featuring berries - from great beverages and
tempting sweets to colorful side dishes and barbecued meats grilled with berry
sauces.
Celtic Fling - Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
Held in late June
Location:
Route 72, Cornwall, PA 17016
717-665-7021
Enjoy the sounds, scents, sights and tastes of
Ireland and Scotland, both traditional and new.
July
Musser Park Old Fashioned 4th of July
Held on the fourth of July
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Food, games, crafts, entertainment and fun. An
Independence Day celebration held in Musser Park.
August
Annual Heritage Day
Held in early August
Location: Hans Herr House & Museum
1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street, PA.
717-464-4438
Heritage Day is a fun-filled farm festival
featuring demonstrations of farm life and activities from the 18th century
through the early 20th century. Watch demonstrations of plowing with oxen, hay
making, threshing, 18th century gardening, broom making, carpentry, meat
smoking, home textile manufacture, quilting, hearth cooking, blacksmithing, and
much more!
Lucas Oil East Coast Points Series Summer Truck & Tractor Pulling
Championships Fan Appreciation Night
Held in early August
Location: Buck Motorsports Park
Route 272, Lancaster, PA 17604
717-859-4244
Multi-engine modified tractors, hot rod 4WD
trucks, limited pro-stock tractors and diesel pick-up pulling.
Lancaster Fest
Held in mid August
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Free
Celebration of cultures in music, dance, food and
crafts with an international theme right in the heart of downtown Lancaster.
Over 100 craft vendors, 25 musical acts and food!
Annual Art in the Park
Held mid – late August
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Free
A celebration of art featuring free hands-on
projects of all ages.
Lancaster Airport Community Days Airshow
Held in late August
Location: Lancaster Airport
500 Airport Road (off Rt. 501), Lititz, PA 17543
717-569-1221
See a variety of civilian, military, and vintage
aircraft, the US Army Special Operations Command Parachute Team the "Black
Daggers", and military and warbird flybys. Helicopter and aircraft rides are
available and many of the aircraft are open for display. Talk with the pilots,
tour the planes, and see them in the air as they perform.
September
The Amazing Maize Maze
Held all of September – October
Location: Cherry-Crest Farm
150 Cherry Hill Rd., Ronks, PA 17572
717-687-6843
Described by Discover Channel as the "world's
biggest free standing mind bender..."
Annual Long's Park Art & Craft Festival
Held in early September
Location: Long’s Park Amphitheater
Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-295-7054
Call for additional information.
Anniversary Labor Day Weekend Demolition Derby
Finals Plus Spectacular 3-D Fireworks Display!
Held in early September
Location: Buck Motorsports Park
Route 272, Lancaster, PA 17604
717-859-4244
Call for additional information
Christian Family Fest
Held in mid September
Location: Dutch Wonderland
Plenty of Christian music and loads of fun riding
the great rides at Dutch Wonderland.
Heritage Folk Art & Crafts Festival
Held in mid September
Location: Landis Valley Museum
2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-0401
Admission Free
Heirloom-quality traditional handcrafts will be
demonstrated and offered for sale at this unique craft show. The Reading-Berks
Guild of Craftsmen and Landis Valley Museum are proud to present traditional
crafts of the finest quality displayed in the museum setting. Meet the artists
and watch as their work is created as it was in the past.
Keystone International Balloon Festival
Held in late September
Location: Lancaster Central Park, Lancaster, PA.
717-299-2274
The festival features hot air balloon teams from
the U.S. and the international balloon community, hot air balloon launches,
hound & hare races, tethered hot air balloon rides, night time balloon glow,
entertainment, ethnic food court, antique car show, crafts, children's activity
center, carnival rides, and contests.
October
JazzFest, Art Sunday, and Outdoor Restaurant Fair
Held in early October
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Free
Music, art and food combine to make a great
afternoon in Downtown Lancaster. Well-known national and regional musicians
perform, art presented by 30 regional non-profit organizations, businesses and
artists and area restaurants also participate.
Snitz Fest
Held in early October
Location: Hans Herr House & Museum
1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street, PA.
717-464-4438
Snitz Fest celebrates the apple and its part in
everyday Lancaster County history. Apples constituted an important part of early
Pennsylvania settlers' diets. Watch cider being pressed and snitz being "cut and
dried". Sample some 18th century recipes using apples in the Küche of the 1719
Herr House. Take a wagon tour of the Museum's orchard of historic apple
varieties, and afterwards taste and compare the apples that came from these
trees at the apple tasting table.
Harvest Days
Held in mid October
Location: Landis Valley Museum
2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-0401
The annual celebration of Pennsylvania German
Life! Come see over 80 demonstrators participating in activities that date back
as far as the mid-1700s, such as threshing, food preserving, cider and apple
butter making, as well as open hearth cooking and traditional craft
demonstrations.
Autumn's Colors
Held early – late October
Location: Longwood Gardens
Route 1, Kennett Square PA 19348
610-388-1000
Glowing shades of yellow, orange, purple, and red
illuminate the trees and flower gardens throughout the former du Pont estate.
Pennsylvania National Horse Show
Held in mid October
Location: PA Farm Show Complex
2300 North Cameron Street, Harrisburg, PA 17110
717-787-5373
Call for additional information
November
A Dickens of a Christmas - Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire
Held late November – late December
Location:
Route 72, Cornwall, PA 17016
717-665-7021
Experience a fun-filled, turn-of- the-century
Christmas celebration as Master Charles Dickens, luminaries of the times and
even a few fictional favorites from Dickens' novels welcome guests to a joyous
and festive Holiday celebration.
December
Days of the Belsnickel
Held in early December
Location: Landis Valley Museum
2451 Kissel Hill Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
717-569-0401
Start the holiday season with the Pennsylvania
Dutch tradition of a visit from the Belsnickel. Luncheons with tours that bring
to life holiday traditions of the past.
Mayor's Tree Lighting
Held in early December
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Free
The official kickoff of the holiday season begins
with the Mayor's Tree Lighting in Penn Square. Carolers and the infamous "Tuba
Christmas" lend to the festivities.
Christmas Spectacular
Held in late December
Location: Village Greens Gold
1444 Village Road, Strasburg, PA 17579
717-687-6933
Admission Charged
Come feel the warm and exciting holiday spirit radiating from over 100,000
lights as you stroll through 10 acres of holiday displays!
Countdown Lancaster
Held on New Year’s Eve
Location:
120 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-4711
Admission Charged
New Year's Eve celebrated in the good
old-fashioned Lancaster County way. Family-oriented entertainment features over
100 performers with fireworks and a grand finale to usher in the New Year. All
events are within easy walking distance. Shuttle service provided
Arts
& Entertainment
American Music Theatre
2425 Lincoln Highway East
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-397-7700
American Music Theatre
is all about the music and there's enough of it to suit any age and every taste.
During the spring and summer the theatre presents a show hailed by reviewers as
remarkable and equal to any Broadway production. In this unique and entertaining
tribute, favorite songs are brought to life by an incredible cast of singers and
dancers accompanied by the amazing AMT band. When the holidays arrive, the
sounds of the season are always at American Music Theatre. Combining
heartwarming family humor with the very best in traditional and contemporary
holiday music, AMT Christmas is a Lancaster County tradition.
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
510 Centerville Rd.
Lancaster, PA 17601
717-898-1900
Sizzle, romance, surprise, intrigue, spirit, and
joy.
Fulton Opera House
12 North Prince St.
Lancaster, PA 17608
717-394-7133
The Fulton offers another year of nourishing the
heart and soul of its patrons. The National Historic Landmark Theatre proudly
serves as an artistic home - entertaining, educating, and inspiring audiences,
both young and old, from Central Pennsylvania and beyond.
Theatre of the Seventh Sister
31 S. Duke St.
Lancaster, PA 17602
717-396-7764
Call for performance schedule
The Theater of the Seventh Sister continues to
explore the human connection by providing heartfelt, diverse, thought provoking
theater.
Lancaster Opera
Performances at the Fulton
12 North Prince Street
Lancaster, PA 17608-1865
717-397-7425
Fifty years after the first production of the
Lancaster Opera Workshop in 1952, Lancaster is still watching as the Lancaster
Opera Company continues to delight critics and audiences alike with its
professional quality productions, mounted by one of the oldest and most unique
amateur opera companies in the country.
Lancaster School of Ballet
214 W Grant St.
Lancaster, PA 17603
717-393-9221
Call for performance schedule
Pennsylvania’s' premier dance studio and home of
the Ballet Theater of Lancaster follows the Cecchetti method and also provides
training in tap, jazz, modern, Middle East, Irish and others.
Lancaster Symphony
44 North Queen St.
Central Market Mall
Lancaster, PA 17608
717-291-6440
Call for performance schedule
The core purpose of the Lancaster Symphony
Orchestra is to enrich, entertain, and educate the Central Pennsylvania
Community through unique live musical performances and to provide opportunities
for music education and appreciation to area school students.
