This Weekend: Is It Really August Already?
It is absolutely amazing how quickly this summer is going. It feels like just last week I was cursing under my breath while I shuffled across the Walnut Street Bridge in sub-zero wind chills on my way to work. Now it’s August. Unbelievable.
If, like me, you feel like you’ve spent too much time in the air conditioning this summer, this weekend is the perfect opportunity to catch up on some summer stuff. With that in mind, the Live, Collective Soul and Blues Traveler concert will probably be a good time, but I really don’t understand why it’s inside. Seems like it might have been a good fit for the Star Pavilion or Stadium. It’s still a concert that is worth seeing without a doubt, but imagine how enormous it would have been in 1995 (local boys Live coming off of "Throwing Copper," Collective Soul coming off of “Collective Soul,” and Blues Traveler coming off of “Four”).
Also on Friday is First Friday in New Cumberland. It features DJ group Thing With Two Heads, extended hours for downtown stores, food, art, demonstrations and Irish music and dance (that’s two Irish dance events in two weeks, odd). If the free sausage at Oxford Hall Celtic Shop doesn’t fill you, I suggest dinner at Molly Brannigans (someone explain to me why there is no apostrophe there).
This is completely unrelated, but if you or your children are into the Twilight Saga books, you probably know that the fourth and final book Breaking Dawn comes out at midnight on Friday night. What you may not have known is that Barnes and Noble is having a release party.
If you weren’t into my Irish suggestions for Friday, you might be interested in a Caribbean Saturday. You could do the Reggae Festival in Reservoir Park in the afternoon, have dinner and drinks at Spice in the early evening, then hit the City Islanders game against Bermuda at night (I know that’s not really Caribbean, but close enough). BYOB Blues Festival (I’m intrigued), The Lost, The Found & the Dearly Departed also takes place Saturday at the Harrisburg Postal Employees Picnic Grounds. In addition to the music, you can take a dish of your own to share and enjoy pork BBQ, fried catfish, chicken, fresh cut fries and more. If you’re into the food but couldn’t really care less about the blues, there is a chili cook-off in Duncannon and a lobster and corn boil in Millerstown.
Sunday there is a John Phillip Sousa concert at the Carlisle Theater, and American roots band Red Molly continues the Italian Lake Concert Series.
As for me, on Friday night, hopefully I’ll be playing in the second round of the Harrisburg Open. Saturday I’ll be going to the footy game and maybe grabbing something to eat downtown. Other than that, it’s all up in the air. Have fun kids.
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