Community Corner
Five Things To Do This Weekend: Sept. 16-18
With festivals across the Lehigh Valley and bright fall-like weather, there's no excuse to stay home.
1. Third Annual Organic Apple Festival
Where/When: Rodale Institute, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday.
Why go: Pick your own apples from the farm’s organic orchards, learn about how to grow them yourself, great food, wagon tours, straw bale maze and music to dance to, too.
Find out what's happening in Salisburywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
How much: Free admission, parking $1 per car; apples and food for purchase; http://www.rodaleinstitute.org/organic_apple_festival.
Find out what's happening in Salisburywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
2. 15th Annual Riverside Festival of the Arts
Where/When: Scott Park, Larry Holmes Drive, Easton; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
Why go: Regional juried art show and sale, crafts, Crayola activities for children, more arts, James Supra Blues Band, Partyfolk bluegrass, Helen Martin on violin, Lehigh Valley Writers Group and local authors.
How much: Free admission; www.eastonriversidefest.com.
3. Fourth Annual Road Jamboree
Where/When: America on Wheels transportation museum, 5 N. Front St., Allentown; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Cruise down Hamilton Street from Wert’s Café, 515 N. 28th St., to museum.
Why go: Free ice cream for first 100 visitors to grand opening of 1950s-era HubCap Café; fiberglass design presentation; demonstrations.
How much: Outside activities free; discounted museum admission $5; children 8 and under free. 610-432-4200; www.americaonwheels.org.
4. Blast Furnace Blues Festival
Where/When: SteelStacks, First Street and Founders Way, Bethlehem; 4 p.m.-midnight Fri., 11:30 a.m.-midnight Sat., 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sun.
Why go: New festival makes Bethlehem’s newest venue a weekend blues capital; Buckwheat Zydeco, Eddie Shaw & the Wolf Gang, Mississippi Heat, Ruthie Foster, more.
How much: $20 advance, $25 at gate Fri.; $30-$35 Sat. or Sun.; ages 6-12, $5 per day; under 6 and kids activities, free. 610-332-1300; www.artsquest.org.
5. Seventh Annual Pennsylvania Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Festival
Where/When: Kempton Community Center; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Fri. & Sat.; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sun.
Why go: Everything you ever wanted to know about anything green, and more than 100 experts to ask, from geothermal design to recycled art. The food’s delicious, too.
How much: $10, $5 for ages 13-21; www.paenergyfest.com.