NEAR APPOMATTOX VA
TECH AND MAKER
- Oct 2-3: beCamp (free tech unconference), Charlottesville: link (20th year of this grassroots, pick your own sessions unconference)
MUSIC AND ARTS
- Oct 2: First Friday at Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg: link (free gallery opening, plus the downtown art trolley)
- Oct 3: “Time and Again” exhibition opening, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville: link (new mixed media show opens this weekend)
OUTDOORS AND ROCKHOUNDING
- Oct 3: Fall Festival, Holliday Lake State Park (near Appomattox): link (live animals, birdwatching walk, live music, close to home)
- Oct 3: 26th Annual Day at The Point, Point of Honor, Lynchburg: link (living history, craft demos and house tours on the James River)
PENNSYLVANIA
TECH AND MAKER
- Oct 1-2: devopsdays Philadelphia, Philadelphia: link (workshops and open-space talks at the Science History Institute)
- Oct 3-4: Maker Faire Happy Valley, Bellefonte, near State College: link (free hands on maker fair at Axemann Brewery)
OUTDOORS AND ROCKHOUNDING
- Sep 27: 60th Annual Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show, Harrisburg: link (big central PA rock show, dealers from across the country)
- Oct 3: Macungie Mineralfest, Macungie, Lehigh Valley: link (free admission gem and mineral show)
- Oct 3: Monongahela Rockhounds monthly meeting, Munhall, Pittsburgh area: link (open rock club meeting, good way to meet western PA collectors)
- Oct 3-4: Guided Nature Hike, Ridley Creek State Park, near Philadelphia: link (free ranger led walk through birds, trees and park history)
MUSIC AND ARTS
- Sep 25-26: Mavuno Festival, Sewickley, Pittsburgh area: link (30th anniversary festival celebrating Black and Indigenous artists)
- Sep 25-27: Philadelphia Fringe Festival, final weekend, Philadelphia: link (last chance to catch this year’s 30th anniversary fringe lineup)
- Oct 1-4: Scranton Fringe Festival, Scranton, NE PA: link (theater, dance and live music in the early days of a ten day arts festival)