Join the Adams County Arts Council and the Adams County Farmers Market for the Third Annual Paint at the Park! This plein air event invites artists to set up at the market to create and sell their works on Saturday, September 27. There is no cost for artists to participate, but registration is required. Please sign-up using the registration link below. Participating artists are welcome to set up as an official vendor booth to promote and sell their artwork. Interested artists should contact the Market Manager at [email protected] to reserve a spot.REGISTER HERE!
The Adams County Farmers Market partners with the Gettysburg Rec Park for the Second Annual ACFM Trick-Or-Treat Trail. Saturday, October 11 from 8am-1pm at 545 Long Lane in Gettysburg, prepare for a scary good time and get into the spirit of the spooky season! This event is free for kids and families to participate.
The tradition continues on Tuesday October 21st: it’s the 2025 Gettysburg Halloween Parade! Bring your chairs and get some scares. The parade will step off around 7:15 p.m. Enjoy the thrills and chills of ghouls and ghosts, superheroes and supervillains, or just some of your favorite pop culture characters. From Lincoln Scare (Square) to the top of (Franken)Steinwehr, have a scream at this bone-shilling, spine-tingling, fun-filled family event.
Mister Ed’s Elephant Museum and Candy Emporium hosts its annual free Great Pumpkin Party Saturday, Oct. 25, from noon-3 p.m.Pumpkins will be available for children to paint and take home free-of-charge during the outdoor event. Children who wear their Halloween costumes may pick up a small goodie bag with candy.Throughout the event, acclaimed artist Michael Allison will carve giant pumpkins that will be raffled to benefit the Adams County SPCA. His pumpkin art has been featured in the White House and Vice President’s residence. Allison’s fanciful art can also be seen throughout the Mister Ed’s property as murals and elephants.There ... Read This Story
Get ready to rock around the Christmas tree with Million Dollar Quartet Christmas!Sun Records is decked out for the holidays as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins reunite for a once-in-a-lifetime Christmas jam session. Packed with chart-topping hits and rockin’ renditions of your favorite holiday classics, this musical is a festive, foot-stomping celebration of nostalgia, music history, and yuletide cheer.Produced by Totem Pole Playhouse as part of its 75th season celebration, this feel-good holiday event is perfect for families, date nights, and music lovers of all ages. Don’t miss the party where legends come to play!
Join The Majestic Theater for a FREE screening of Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers as part of Eisenhower National Historic Site’s WWII Weekend. This critically acclaimed film from 2006 tells the life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.Come early and tour a special exhibit about Eisenhower on display in the Majestic’s gallery and learn about the upcoming live play, Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground, featuring Tony Award winner John Rubinstein at the Majestic on October 3-4.
December 19-20Friday, Dec. 19, 7:30Saturday, Dec. 20, 2:00 and 7:30A Gettysburg ChristmasAfter sell-out runs in 2023, and 2024, A Gettysburg Christmas returns to the big screen in the Majestic’s Main Hall. Be part of the local holiday phenomenon.Facing Christmas alone on her Gettysburg farm, Hope Kelley’s life takes a turn when her family pays an unwanted visit and the arrival of her brother’s friend, Nick. A stranger named Charley helps Hope find the Joy of Christmas.
September 18, 7:30pmParagon Ragtime Orchestra: The Gold RushWorld Premiere of the Reconstructed Score!$15-$30
Celebrate 100 years of film at the Majestic Theater with one of the greatest films ever made, Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush which, like the Majestic, debuted in 1925! This special screening of the iconic silent film is presented with live music by the critically acclaimed Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.Before opening the Majestic in 1925, Hotel Gettysburg President wrote that he had learned that it would be “impossible to get up an orchestra at Gettysburg” which led to the installation of an organ for silent films. Though the Majestic’s ... Read This Story
Join the Field Music School Association for a special concert spotlighting historic military music at Gettysburg History (Adams County Historical Society.) The concert showcases the fifes and drums as used by the U.S. Army from 1775 through 1865. Travel back in time with these incredible musicians!Tickets are $10/general admission
Hollabaugh Bros brings back their Halloween Family Fun event this October! Saturday October 25 from 10a – 1pm, attend this fun-filled day jam-packed with pumpkin picking & painting, wagon rides, and more. This event is recommended for children ages 10 and under, but open to everyone. Wagon rides are at 10:30 and 11:30, weather permitting; please arrive in time for the ride you select, and remember to check-in at the information tent!Registration for this event includes ONE child and ONE adult trick-or-treat wagon ticket, a pumpkin to paint, and an apple, and is $12/child. (Any children wanting to participate in ... Read This Story
Welcome to Orchard Springs Fellowship’s 5th Annual Harvest Fest on Saturday October 25 in Aspers, PA. There will be free food and activities for kids and their families, including hot dogs and cotton candy, hayrides, pumpkin painting, and a crazy candy scramble. (The candy scramble will be separated into five age groups: 0-3,4-6, 7-9, 10-12, and 13-18 years old.)Please visit the event Facebook page to register your interest in attending.
Join Friends of Pine Grove Furnace State Park for a two-day family-oriented festival with live music, craft and food vendors, hayrides by DCNR, visits by Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl, pumpkin carving, historical demonstrations, and on Saturday evening a pumpkin parade followed by the “Legend of the Hairy Hand.”Click here for the full schedule of weekend activities and entertainment.
