NEAR APPOMATTOX, VA
TECH AND MAKER
- Aug 27: Charlottesville Technologists Meetup, Charlottesville, link (low-key tech meetup; check the page for exact venue/topic)
OUTDOORS AND ROCKHOUNDING
- Aug 21: Spider Spotting, Holliday Lake State Park, link (after-dark ranger-led spider hunt)
- Aug 22: Butterflies on the Battlefield: Pollinator & Nature Festival, Sailor’s Creek Battlefield (near Farmville), link (free family fest with wildflower hike and native plant sale)
MUSIC AND ARTS
- Aug 21: Fridays After Five: Joslyn & The Sweet Compression, Charlottesville, link (free outdoor concert series season opener)
- Aug 22: Wolfbane’s Wolfswood Faire, Appomattox, link (medieval faire with live music, right in town)
- Aug 22: Joe Nichols, Lynchburg Amphitheater at Riverfront Park, link (country headliner at the riverfront amphitheater)
- Aug 28: “Lemniscata” opening reception, Ruffin Gallery (UVA), Charlottesville, link (new sculpture exhibit, free drop-in)
PENNSYLVANIA
TECH AND MAKER
- Aug 20: Mt. Airy VHF Radio Club Meeting, Warminster (Philly area), link (monthly ham radio meetup with member presentation)
- Aug 22: HackPGH Saturday Open House, Pittsburgh, link (walk-in tour of Pittsburgh’s original makerspace plus tool training)
- Aug 29: Reading Radio Club Hamfest, Sinking Spring (Central PA), link (ham radio swap meet with vendor tailgating)
OUTDOORS AND ROCKHOUNDING
- Aug 21 to 23: Gem Miner’s Jubilee, Lebanon (Central PA), link (major Mid-Atlantic gem, mineral, and fossil show; 100+ dealers)
- Aug 22: Pond Explorers, Dingmans Ferry (Poconos/NEPA), link (guided pond life program at Pocono Environmental Education Center)
MUSIC AND ARTS
- Aug 21: Tamburitzans, Allegheny County Summer Concert Series, Hartwood Acres (Pittsburgh), link (free outdoor concert)
- Aug 21 to 23: Muhlenberg RiverFest, Reading (Central PA), link (riverside festival with 20+ acts and fireworks)
- Aug 22: Art Under the Stars IV, Philadelphia, link (open-air gallery night with 20+ artists and live painting)
- Aug 22: OAS-ISH (Oasis Tribute), River Street Jazz Cafe, Wilkes-Barre (NEPA), link (tribute show at a NEPA music venue)
- Aug 28: Pittsburgh Gallery Crawl, Cultural District, Pittsburgh, link (free multi-venue art crawl with live music and dance)
- Aug 29: Traveling Wilburys Tribute, F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre (NEPA), link (tribute concert at NEPA’s historic theater)