Things to do in Lancaster this August

There’s a lot happening to celebrate the end of summer in Lancaster City this month! Kick off the first day of August with a full day of First Friday festivities. Throughout the month, check out art galleries, hands-on workshops, theatre shows, and even a beer fest! Plus, we invite you to end the month with Labor Day weekend events like the Long’s Park Art Festival and Labor Day Auction.

First Friday, August 1

• Maker Festivals PA with Bead Fest & Fiber Arts | Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square
• First Friday Summer Artisan Market | Lancaster Art Vault
• First Friday Summer Soiree | Vine Bar
• Free Ice Cream – Moose Tracks Ice Cream’s 10,000 Scoop Challenge benefiting the Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership | Ewell Plaza
• The City Lights at Keel Salon | 147 East King Street
• Free Art Class and Sanctuary Tours | Trinity Lutheran Church
• Yes I Am Human I Know You Were Wondering: Collages by Erin Dorney, Opening Reception | curio. Gallery & Creative Supply
• First Friday with Denzy Dark Art! | Urban Arts House
• Covenant Chocolate Chip Cookie Concert | Covenant United Methodist Church
• Gin in the Garden | Demuth Museum
• First Friday Live Music | South County Park Bar
• We the People First Friday: LUNA Dance Company | Ware Center for the Arts
• Lancaster Stormers Game | Penn Medicine Park
• First Friday Salsa Dance Lessons | The Village Nightclub
• “Organic Reflections: Wonders of Creation” | First Reformed Church

Performing Arts & Culture

• Anastasia: The Musical | August 1-3 at Gardner Theatre at LCDS
• Servant Stage Company’s SWING! | August 3 at Lititz Springs Park
• Vocal Harmonix | August 14 at Highland Presbyterian Church
• “A Landscape of Incalculable Advantage” | August 17 at Historic Rock Ford

Art & Workshops

• Illuminating Exhibition | August 3 at Urban Arts House
• Writers Breakfast | August 9 at Nooks
• Storytime with Libby Ethridge | August 9 at Nooks
• PCA&D’s August Art Recess for Adults – Origami with Kerrin Barelli | August 13 at Zoetropolis
• Artists’ Roundtable with Janell Olah and Laura Roberts | August 20 at Third Story Art
• The Book Was Better book club | August 21 at Nooks

Coming to Lancaster Art Vault

• “LifeCycles” by Resident Artist Gabrielle Shelley | August 1-30
• “Trauma Bonds & Paper Trails” by Resident Artist Tatiana Tisdale | August 1-30
• “Pop! Impressions” in the Main Gallery | August 1–September 27
• Showing the U-Gallery – Abbott Abstract, Mariana Russo, Elizabeth Pituch, and Cynda Valle | August 1–September 27
• Artist Talk with Resident Artist, Gabrielle Shelley | August 2
• Artist Talk and Demo with guest artist Mariana Russo | August 9
• Celebrate Lancaster Artisan Market | August 15
• Critique Club | August 19

Festivals, Special Events, Concerts & More!

• Long’s Park Summer Music Series: Eli Paperboy Reed and the Harlem Gospel Travelers | August 3 at Long’s Park
• Northern Italian Wine Tasting with Vine Bar | August 6 at The Log Cabin
• Summer Dining Experience | August 7 at The Farm at Eagles Ridge
• Grateful Dead Tribute ‘Box of Rain’ | August 8 at The Village Nightclub
• Long’s Park Summer Music Series: Jamie McLean Band | August 10 at Long’s Park
• Lancaster County Women for Good Gather & Grant | August 13 at Southern Market
• Celebrate Lancaster | August 15 at 000 and 100 Blocks of North Queen Street
• Summer Benefit Concert on the Lawn | August 15 at Friendship Community
• Long’s Park Summer Music Series: Harrisburg Jazz Collective | August 17 at Long’s Park
• Culinary Night | August 18 at Kegel’s Produce
• Lancaster Craft Beerfest | August 23 at Binns Park
• Long’s Park Art Festival | August 29-31 at Long’s Park
• Labor Day Auction | August 30 & September 1 at Solanco Fairgrounds

Weekly Events

• Trivia at Annie Bailey’s | Monday at 6PM
• Trivia at Rural City Taproom | Monday at 6:30PM
• Trivia at Our Town Brewery | Tuesdays at 7PM
• Trivia Night at Tellus 360 | Tuesdays at 7PM
• Wellness Wednesdays at West Art | Wednesdays from 5:30–8PM
• Trivia Night at Spring House Brewing | Wednesdays at 7PM
• Trivia Night at Southern Market | Wednesdays at 7PM
• Music Bingo at Bert and the Elephant | Thursdays at 6:30PM
• Trivia at Columbia Kettle Works 2nd Gear | Thursdays at 7PM
• Karaoke Night at Tellus 360 | Thursdays at 8:30PM
• Trivioke at Southern Market | Thursdays at 7PM

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