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RECURRING EVENTS
Polka Dance
American Slovenian Citizens Association, Acmetonia
724-274-9997
230 Herron Ave., Cheswick
(Every other Sunday)

Traditional Musicians Jam
Armstrong County League of Arts
Cadogan Road, Slate Lick
724-763-7457
(Thursday nights—banjo players, mandolinists, guitarists, monthly square dances, year-round classes in dances, crafts and traditional music)

Fleatique/Antiques Market
Tour-Ed Mine and Museum,
724-224-7666
748 Bull Creek Road, Tarentum
(3rd Sundays, May through October)

MAY
Corpus Christi Celebration
Holy Martyrs
Roman Catholic Church
724-224-0770
353 West Ninth Ave., Tarentum
(Late May to late June—traditional sawdust carpet display)

Rachel Carson Day
Rachel Carson Homestead
724-274-5459
613 Marion Ave., Springdale
(Late May to early June)


JUNE
East Vandergrift Ethnic Days
724-567-6463 or 724-568-2546
McKinley Ave., East Vandergrift
(Mid-June—ethnic foods, hand-crafted items)

Ford City Heritage Day
Ford City Memorial Park
(Late June—crafts, food, entertainment, parade, children’s area)

New Ken Community Days
724-335-3580
4th Avenue and 10th Street
New Kensington
(Late June—African-American Emancipation Festival)


JULY
Fireman’s Carnival/Ox Roast
724-335-3580
Kennedy/Riverside Park, Arnold
( Late July—ethnic foods, carnival rides)


AUGUST
Fort Armstrong Folk Festival
Riverfront Park
724-763-2718
Water Street, Kittanning
(Early August—crafts, foods, buggy rides, children’s games)

Polish Day Picnic
St. Mary of Czestochowa
724-543-1045
Water Street, New Kensington
(Entertainment, food)

Italian Day
Mount Saint Peter Church
724-335-9877
100 Freeport Rd., New Kensington
(Early August—outdoor mass, Italian entertainment and food, children’s area)

 

Brady’s Bend Quilt Show
Brady’s Bend Historical Society Brady’s Bend
(Mid-August)


OCTOBER
Log Cabin Day
Drake Log Cabin
724-478-3037
Williams Alley, Apollo
(Early October—sponsored by the Apollo Historical Society)

Harvest Festival
Burtner House
(724) 224-7999
Burtner Road, exit 15 off Route 28
Natrona Heights
(Mid-October)

Earth Day
Roaring Run Trail Pavilion
724-478-3366
Apollo
(Mid-to late October—includes a stream fording)


DECEMBER
Kolenda (Polish Christmas Caroling)
St. Francis of Paola Church
724-763-1196
736 5th Avenue, Ford City
(Carols in Polish and English)