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Plenty of festivals to enjoy food, entertainment with the whole family
Food &
Refreshments
Arts & Crafts
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Petting Zoo, Carnival Rides, Bounce Houses, Obstacle Course,
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Picklesburgh: July 26-28. Voted No. 1 specialty
food festival by readers of USA Today, pickle
balloon, prepared pickled food and pickled artisan
cocktails, demonstrations. Pittsburgh.
picklesburgh.com
Rain Day Festival: July 29. Waynesburg has
celebrated rainfall on this day 115 of 144 years.
Waynesburg. raindayfestival.com
AUGUST
Portersville Steam Summer Show: Aug.
1-4. Tractor pulls, antique cars, craft building, flea
market, food, old tractors, train rides, equipment
parades. Route 19, Portersville.
portersvillesteamshow.org
Fort Armstrong Folk Festival: Aug. 1-4. Artist
market, food, vehicle displays, entertainment.
Kittanning Riverfront Park. armstrongfestival.com
Ameriserv Flood City Music Festival: Aug.
2-3. Music, food. Johnstown. floodcitymusic.com
Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta: Aug. 2-4.
Music, boating, food, children’s activities, fireworks.
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the American Revolution on the Pennsylvania frontier
and the roots of American justice at Hanna's Town,
the first seat of government for Westmoreland County.
guided tours May - November
Pittsburgh. yougottaregatta.org
Seven Springs Rib and Wing Festival:
Aug. 2-4. Ribs, wings, beer garden, entertainment,
children’s activities, handmade crafts.
Seven Springs Mountain Resort. 7springs.com
Butler Farm Show: Aug. 5-10. Farm-related
activities, arts and crafts, rides, entertainment,
tractor pulls. Butler. butlerfarmshow.com
Festa Italiana di Vandergrift: Aug. 11. Italian
food and music, outdoor Mass. Kennedy Park.
Vandergrift. festaitaliana.us
Dayton Fair: Aug. 11-17. Tractor pulls, concerts,
demolition derby, rodeo, off-road vehicle drag
racing. Dayton. daytonfair.org
Pittsburgh Little Italy Days: Aug. 15-18.
Italian-themed entertainment and food. Bloomfield.
littleitalydays.com
Westmoreland Fair: Aug. 16-24. Livestock
competition, exhibits, arena action, carnival, concerts.
Westmoreland Fairgrounds, Mt. Pleasant
Township. westmorelandfair.com
Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival: Aug. 17-18,
24-25, 31 and Sept. 1-2, 7-8, 14-15 and 21-22.
Artisans, themed weekends, entertainment. West
Newton. Pittsburghrenfest.com
Seven Springs Wine Festival: Aug. 23-25.
Samples from 30 Pennsylvania wineries, entertainment.
Seven Springs. 7springs.com
Great American Banana Split Celebration:
Aug. 23-25. Entertainment, food, activities, a 5K
Indiana County Fair: Aug. 25-31. Miniature
farm display, entertainment, train show, 4-H
exhibits. Indiana indianacountyfair.com.
Shadyside Arts Festival: Aug. 24-25. Artists,
food, entertainment. Shadyside. artfestival.com
Heinz Field Kickoff and Ribfest: Aug. 29-31,
Sept. 1-2. Food, music, children’s activities. Pittsburgh’s
North Shore. heinzfield.com
Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Labor Day
Festival: Aug. 30- Sept. 2. Exhibitors, live music,
children’s activities. Westmoreland Fairgrounds,
Mt. Pleasant Township. laurelhighlands.org
SEPTEMBER
Labor United Celebration: Sept. 1-2. Giant
flea market, food, arts and crafts show, variety of
musical performances, petting zoo, horse-drawn
trolley rides and circus shows. Northmoreland
Park. co.westmoreland.pa.us
Pittsburgh Irish Festival: Sept. 6-8. Entertainment,
Irish dishes, craft beer bar, marketplace,
Irish authors’ corner. New location: The Lots at
Sandcastle, Homestead. pghirishfest.org
A Fair in the Park: Sept. 6-8. Over 100 regional
and national artists, entertainment, food.
Mellon Park, Shadyside. afairinthepark.org
Mountain Craft Days: Sept. 6-8. Over 125
craft artisans, musicians, food. Somerset Historical
Center, Somerset. somersethistoricalcenter.org
Ligonier Highland Games: Sept. 14-15.
Bagpipe bands, athletic competitions, Highland
dancers, Scottish fiddlers, children’s games.
Idlewild Park, Ligonier. ligonierhighlandgames.org
JoAnne Klimovich Harrop is a Tribune-Reviewstaff writer. You
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Great summer shows on area stages
Theater companies in
Western Pennsylvania don’t
take a summer vacation.
In fact, many of the actors,
directors and crew members
are working even harder
during the warm-weather
months to provide a wide
assortment of live entertainment
in the form of plays
and musicals for families,
adults and kids.
Productions being staged
range from comedies and
dramas to classic and contemporary,
performed by
amateur and professional
casts.
The curtain is going up on
the summer theater season,
so take a look at what’s available
and get ready to enjoy
the shows!
Apple Hill Playhouse: “The
Taffetas,” Through May 26;
“Moonlight and Magnolias,”
June 6-16; “Sex Please, We’re
Sixty,” July 4-14; “A Funny Thing
Happened on the Way to the
Forum,” July 25-Aug. 4; “The
Savannah Sipping Society,” Aug.
15-25; “Outside Mullingar,”
Sept. 5-15, and “Blithe Spirit,”
Sept. 26-Oct. 6. 275 Manor
Road, Delmont; 724-468-5050
or applehillplayhouse.org
Armstrong Community Theater:
“No Strings Attached,”
June 13-15; “Mamma Mia!” July
12-14; Casino Theater, 145 Lincoln
St., Vandergrift; “Drinking
Habits,” Oct. 18-20, Worthington
Civic Center, 214 East Main
St., Worthington; 724-297-3228
or armstrongcommunitytheater.
org
Actors and Artists of Fayette
County: “Mamma Mia!” June
13-16; “Grease,” Aug. 8-11; “The
Rocky Horror Show,” Oct. 17-19;
“Leading Ladies,” Nov. 7-10.
Geyer Performing Arts Center,
111 Pittsburgh St., Scottdale;
724-220-4778 or actorsand
artistsoffayettecounty.com
Bricolage Production Company:
“Word Play,” July 19-20,
Nov. 15-16. 937 Liberty Ave.,
Pittsburgh; 412-471-0999 or
bricolagepgh.org
City Theatre: “We are Among
Us,” through June 2; Momentum
Festival 19 – New Plays at
Different Stages, May 30-June
2: on May 30, “Burn Baby Burn:
An American Dream;” May 31,
“The Dust People;” June 1, “We
are Among Us” and “The Garbologists,”
and June 2, “Wade.”
1300 Bingham St., Pittsburgh
South Side; 412-431-2489 or
citytheatrecompany.org
CLO Cabaret: “Spamilton: An
American Parody,” through Aug.
25. Cabaret at Theater Square,
655 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh; 412-
456-6666 or pittsburghclo.org
Diamond Theatre of Ligonier:
“Disney’s Aladdin Jr.,”
May 24-June 2. 210 W. Main
St., Ligonier; 724-238-2929 or
diamondtheatre.com
Freeport Theatre Festival:
“Cauldron of Steel,” July 12-28;
“Arsenic and Old Lace,” Aug.
9-25. 2498 White Cloud Farm,
Leechburg; 724-295-1934 or
freeporttheatrefestival.org
Front Porch Theatricals:
“Bright Star,” through May 26;
“Fun Home,” Aug. 16-25. New
Hazlett Theater, Pittsburgh’s
North Side; frontporchpgh.com
Johnny Appleseed Children’s
Theater: “Hyronomous A.
Frog: The Frog Prince,” June
18-27; “Let Your Hair Down Rapunzel,”
July 9-19; “Charlotte’s
Web,” July 30-Aug. 8. Apple
Hill Playhouse, 275 Manor
Road, Delmont; 724-468-5050
or applehillplayhouse.org
The Theatre Factory Kidworks:
“Dorothy Meets Alice,”
June 8-16; “Miss Nelson is
Missing,” Aug. 10-18. The Theatre
Factory, 235 Cavitt Ave.,
Trafford; 412 -374-9200 or
thetheatrefactory.org
by CANDy WILLIAMS
Kinetic Theatre Company:
“The Speckled Band: An Adventure
of Sherlock Holmes,” June
13-30, Charity Randall Theater,
University of Pittsburgh, Oakland;
888-718-4253 or
kinetictheatre.org
Little Lake Theatre: “Top
Girls,” through June 1; “The
Importance of Being Earnest,”
June 6-22; “Electra,” June
27-July 13; “Boeing Boeing,”
July 18-Aug. 3; “Cabaret,” Aug.
8-24; “A Comedy of Tenors,”
Sept. 5-21; “Bloomsday,” Sept.
26-Oct. 12. 500 Lakeside Drive
South, Canonsburg; 724-745-
7300 or littlelake.org
Looking Glass Plays for
Children: “Disney’s The Lion
King Jr.,” June 19-July 6; “Junie
B. Jones is Not a Crook,” July
10-27; “Winnie-the-Pooh,” July
31-Aug. 17. Little Lake Theatre,
500 Lakeside Drive South,
Canonsburg; 724-745-7300 or
littlelake.org
Mountain Playhouse: “The
Irish and How They Got That
Way,” June 18-30; “Don’t Dress
for Dinner,” July 9-21; “Things
My Mother Taught Me,” July
23-Aug. 4; “Mid-Life2!”
Aug. 6-18; “5/31/1889: The
Flood,” Sept. 17-29; “Million
Dollar Quartet,” Oct. 1-13, 7690
Somerset Pike, Jennerstown;
814-629-9220 or mountain
playhouse.org
Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera:
“Grease,” June 7-16; “Oklahoma!”
June 21-30; “Peter Pan,”
July 12-21; “Rock of Ages,” July
23-28; “Once,” July 30-Aug. 4;
“Hello, Dolly!” Aug. 6-11. Benedum
Center, Pittsburgh; 412-
456-6666 or pittsburghclo.org
Pittsburgh Public Theater:
“Marjorie Prime,” May 30-June
30. O’Reilly Theater, 621 Penn
Ave., Pittsburgh; 412-316-1600
or ppt.org
Saint Vincent Summer
Theatre: “Forever Plaid,” May
23-June 2; “Disney’s Beauty
and the Beast,” June 27-July 7;
“Always … Patsy Cline,” Aug.
1-11. Saint Vincent College, 300
Fraser Purchase Road, Unity;
724-539-8900 or svst.org
The Theatre Factory: “Heathers
the Musical,” July 12-21. 235
Cavitt Ave., Trafford; 412-374-
9200 or thetheatrefactory.org
Candy Williams is a Tribune-Review
contributing writer.
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