FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! Feb 24, 25 26

5) 4th Fridays in Columbia, tonite (Feb 24) 5pm-9pm in Downtown Columbia. Experience Columbia’s art galleries, antique shops, and local eateries. There is also an at-your-own-pace tour.

4) Lancaster County Horse Show Series Sunday (Feb 26) beginning at 9am at the Crescendo Training Center, Ephrata.
The Jack Frost Jubilee Fun Show Series will provide entertainment and competition for horse riders. Proceeds benefit The Mount Hope Horse Rescue. Classes in various disciplines will be offered. Admission to the show is free to spectators. More info at www.crescendotrainingcentre.com

3) The Pendel Brass and Singers of The Salvation Army in concert tomorrow (Sat, Feb 25) from 3:00 PM – 06:00 PM at The Salvation Army Corps on 131 S Queen Street, Lancaster More info at www.salvationarmylancaster.org

2) Maple Sugaring tomorrow and Sunday  (Feb 25 and 26) 10am to 2pm at Lancaster County Central Park, Pavilion 11.  Open for All Ages  Join Naturalists for maple sugaring demonstrations in the sugar bush of Central Park. See trees being tapped, sap boiled to syrup, and candy made from syrup. More info at www.co.lancaster.pa.us/parks

1) Mount Joy’s Fire and Ice Weekend tomorrow (Sat Feb 24) and Sunday (Feb 25) The Annual Chili Challenge, Hand-Carved Ice Sculptures, Music, Artisans and More. More info at mainstreetmountjoy.com

FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! October 21, 22, 23

5)Coffeehouse and Open Mic Night with Ben Rothermel tonite (Fri, Oct 21, 2011) 7PM – Fri, Community Room on Prince, 19 North Prince Street (3rd Floor above Prince Street Cafe) Lancaster. www.veritaschurchpa.org

4) Fall Music Fest, Sunday (Oct 23, 2011) 3PM 4:30PM Grace UMC, Carlisle. Sponsored by the Carlisle Cooperative Ministries – celebrate music, fun, and Christian fellowship  This event is free. More info: 258-1949

3) “2nd Annual GEARS Fall Festival to be held at the Elizabethtown Fair Grounds tomorrow (Saturday, October 22, 2011) 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. rain or shine. The Festival will be a family-friendly event that features entertainment, food, crafts, games, and children’s activities. www.getintogears.org

2) Lancaster Recreation Commission Fall Family Fun Fest, tonite (Friday, Oct 21) 6-8pm. Hayrides, campfire, S’mores, storytelling, flashlight tag and more. Conestoga Pines Barn off Pitney Rd.  www.lancasterrec.org

1) Celebrate Reptile Awareness Day with Jesse Rothacker of Forgotten Friends and the Lancaster Herpetilogical Society tonite (Friday, Oct 21) 7pm at the North Museum in Lancaster. Tonite’s feature will be Pennsylvania’s most venomous snake – the Timber Rattlesnake.  Its free. www.lancasterherp.org

FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND!!! February 25, 26 and 27.

5) Lancaster Mennonite High School will host the Mennonite Schools Council Regional Band and Orchestra Festival  with a public concert tonite (Friday Feb 25) at 7PM.  The concert is free but an offering will be taken.
717-299-0436 x523

4) MAIN STREET MOUNT JOY FIRE AND ICE FESTIVAL, tonite, tomorrow and Sunday (Feb 25-27) Chili Challenge, Ice Sculptures, hot wing contest and more. http://mainstreetmountjoy.com

3)Lancaster County Youth Symphony Chamber Strings Concert – Sunday, 4pm at St Matthew Lutheran Church, Lancaster, 569-0558

2) An afternoon of music – Sunday 4:30pm featuring praise songs from different ages and different cultures. Trinity Lutheran Church, New Holland.

1) Strasburg Resident and Author Joseph Barrale will be signing his children’s book “The Adventures of Bobby Bear Baker and the Quelt, Saturday 11am at Borders in Lancaster.

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5) The Lancaster Youth Symphony Concert Sunday, 8:00p at in Steinman Hall, Millersville University This event is FREE and open to the public.

4) Millersville University Flute Ensemble will perform at Conestoga Area Historical Society, Conestoga, PA
Sunday, 3:30p to 5:00p Free, but donations are accepted Phone: (717) 872-1699

3)Tonight, Saturday and Sunday -Lititz Fire and Ice Festival – Chili cookoff, ice sculpting, skating, games, food and fun  www.lititzfireandicefestival.com

2) Maple Sugaring in Lancaster Central Park – Sunday 1p-4p. Join Naturalists for on-going maple sugaring demonstrations in the Sugar Bush of Central Park. See trees being tapped, sap boiled to syrup, and candy made from syrup. Pre-Registration is not required.For more info call 295-2055

1) Mission Fest Lancaster – tonite, Saturday and Sunday – Lancaster Convention Center. Speakers, exhibitors, and the famed flying car. http://www.missionsfestlancaster.org

FRED MCNAUGHTON – FIVE FUN FREE FAMILY THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND FOR FEB 11, 12, AND 13.

5) Second Friday in downtown Lititz – tonite! Music, food, fun!

4)The Gathering Coffeehouse – tonite 6:30 to 9:30 – English Presbyterian Church, 133 W Market Street
Marietta. Tom Bastian, August to October AND Open Mic Night!

3)Ichthus Coffeehouse on Sat.from 7-11PM at Immanuel Evangelical Free Church of York.   717-741-0679

2) Mindy Boyd will perform at a coffee house fundraiser at The Lord’s House of Prayer tonight in Quarryville at 7PM. There is no admission charge, but a free will offering will be taken to support local youth mission’s trip to Honduras.
717-606-8111

1) Black Rock Retreat Family Fun Night – Sunday 7pm – Black Rock Retreat – Quarryville. Skits, food, fun and a freewill offering to support Black Rocks new Nature Center.