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Lee Initiatives Community Day featuring Farmer Jason

Heritage Discovery Center 201 6th Avenue, Johnstown, PA, United States

Join us at the Heritage Discovery Center/Johnstown Children’s Museum for the Lee Initiatives Community Day! This free admission event will include special activities in the Johnstown Children’s Museum, as well as a 1:00 pm performance by the award-winning children’s performer Farmer Jason. We’ll celebrate renaming the Inclimber Room for Lee Initiatives, which has supported the…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
“The Lightbearer”

“The Lightbearer”

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

This play takes place in the smallest of towns in the Appalachian foothills of Western Maryland. It is a sleepy burg near the Mason Dixon line forgotten and untouched by…

$15
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Peoples Natural Gas Park 90 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Peoples Natural Gas Park 90 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Peoples Natural Gas Park 90 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Natural Ornaments

Natural Ornaments

Prince Gallitzin State Park 966 Marina Road, Patton, PA, United States

Get together before the holidays to make some take home ornaments from natural materials.  Ideas will be shared so feel free to bring an example of your own. Enjoy a cup of warm herbal tea.   Materials provided.

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Peoples Natural Gas Park 90 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free

Turkey Trot Family Fun Run

Stackhouse Park 998 Luzerne Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

Join us for another 2 mile Family Fun Run/Walk through the woods and trails of Stackhouse Park on Thanksgiving morning! Stackhouse merch, ribbons, and prizes are available for winners and we’ll have a SPECIAL prize for whoever participates in the BEST turkey costume!

$10 – $20

Ebensburg Turkey Trot

Ghost Town Trail - Ebensburg Trailhead 424 Prave Street, Ebensburg, PA, United States

The Ebensburg Turkey Trot will be back for another year of live music, turkey, and the most good times this side of the Ghost Town Trail. The course is challenging (as to be expected in this area), but we get the hills out of the way in the first mile. To help motivate you, we've…

$30
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Peoples Natural Gas Park 90 Johns Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

Community Arts Center of Cambria County 1217 Menoher Boulevard, Johnstown, PA, United States

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

Hometown Christmas Tree & Christmas Village

The Hometown Christmas Tree and Village @ Peoples Natural Gas Park has 400 branches, over 72,000 red, green, and white lights, 100 strobe lights, and a four-foot-tall star. The Tree is animated and synced to your favorite holiday music, and has become a major tourist attraction. Come visit over 45 custom-built homes by local businesses…

Free
Live Magic Show

Live Magic Show

Come to the Johnstown Galleria for a live magic show (and maybe a little juggling). “The Mild Mannered Magician” is a family friendly magic show, with plenty of laughs and audience participation. Seating is limited.

$10

VOMA Blues Gathering Presents: Pittsburgh’s Jimmy Adler Blues Band

Venue of Merging Arts 305 Chestnut Street, Johnstown, PA, United States

Jimmy Adler is regarded as one of Pittsburgh’s best blues performers and is no stranger to Johnstown, having performed at past Flood City Music Festivals and Cambria City Ethnic Fest…

$15
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free

Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Natural Ornaments

Natural Ornaments

Get together before the holidays to make some take home ornaments from natural materials.  Ideas will be shared so feel free to bring an example of your own. Enjoy a…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free

Fire For a Cold Moon

Bring a lawn chair and relax around the fire ring at Beaver Valley Marina.  As the cold moon rises, learn which woods burn hot, fast, or sizzle.

Free

Dickens of a Christmas

Downtown Ebensburg Ebensburg, PA, United States

This is a family-oriented Christmas celebration based on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Many vendors and other participants are clad in period costume. Let us be your host as you enjoy this old-fashioned Christmas celebration.

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free

Christmahanukwanzakah

Christmahanukwanzakah is a blend, in word and concept, of three holidays: the Christian Christmas, the Jewish Hanukkah, and the African-American Kwanzaa. Christmahanukwanzakah is meant to be an inclusive celebration around…

Festival of the Nativity

Festival of the Nativity

Featured are over 100 crèches and nativity displays in the church chapel, while music performances are held in the sanctuary. The final performance of the weekend features a mass choir…

Free

Service of Lessons and Carols

Join us for a Celebration of Tradition and Community! Experience the enchanting sounds of the holiday season as the Grand Halle presents its annual Service of Lessons and Carols, a…

$10 – $20

Jasmine Cain: The Magic of Christmas

Join award-winning singer-songwriter Jasmine Cain for a heart-warming evening filled with the true spirit of the season. The Magic of Christmas is an intimate acoustic show featuring holiday classics, heartfelt originals,…

$20

Breakfast with Santa

Get your list ready, bring your camera, and come eat breakfast with Santa! Please join us and enjoy a delicious breakfast buffet with the jolly man himself. *Reservations highly suggested.

$9 – $12
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free

Pop-Up Holiday Shop at the Johnstown Train Station

By popular demand! Heritage Johnstown will open the beautifully decorated Johnstown Train Station for a Pop-Up Holiday Shop  during the Christmas Market at Peoples Natural Gas Park. Come by to…

Free

City of Johnstown Christmas Market

Experience the magic of the season at the Annual City of Johnstown Christmas Market! Come Join us for vendors, food trucks and of course, Santa!

Free
Natural Ornaments

Natural Ornaments

Get together before the holidays to make some take home ornaments from natural materials.  Ideas will be shared so feel free to bring an example of your own. Enjoy a…

Free
Festival of the Nativity

Festival of the Nativity

Featured are over 100 crèches and nativity displays in the church chapel, while music performances are held in the sanctuary. The final performance of the weekend features a mass choir…

Free

Clone with special guests: D.M. Lane, Zone Patcher, Nondi

The Columba Theater Project hosts NYC post-punk band Clone and a curated group of experimental and improvisational artists: D.M. Lane, Nondi_ and Zone Patcher. All ticket sales benefit the artists…

$25

Breakfast with Santa

The magic of the season begins at breakfast! Join us for a festive morning filled with holiday cheer, delicious eats, and a special visit from Santa himself. Enjoy a cozy…

$12
Sundaes with Santa

Sundaes with Santa

Step into Heritage Johnstown's winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, visit…

$12
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Sundaes with Santa

Sundaes with Santa

Step into Heritage Johnstown’s winter wonderland for a jolly good visit with Santa! Your visit will include the opportunity to create an ice cream sundae, make a Christmas craft, visit…

$12
Festival of the Nativity

Festival of the Nativity

Featured are over 100 crèches and nativity displays in the church chapel, while music performances are held in the sanctuary. The final performance of the weekend features a mass choir…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free

The Grinch Gives Back Christmas

Free nonprofit charity event for Loretto and surrounding communities. Come meet Santa’s elves and the Grinch to spread some Christmas cheer! The Grinch will be giving out over 100 free…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free

Dinner & A Movie: The Grinch

Celebrate the holidays with Tap814 for a Grinch Dinner & A Movie night! Enjoy a Whoville-inspired themed dinner, sip on festive cocktails, and watch the Grinch try (and fail) to…

$42
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free

Little Critters- Family of Foxes

Foxes are fast and we most often just see glimpses of them.  Discover what kinds of foxes live here and how they are different from other mammals.  Make a track,…

Free

Architectural Tour

We’ll begin with a quick re-visit to historic Alma Hall for an overhead view of the construction progress to date at Central Park. City officials will be with us to…

$30

Portage Winterfest

Come roam the streets and local businesses of Downtown Portage this holiday season during our Winterfest.  Enjoy activities such as sleigh rides, a parade with Santa, food & baked good sales, musical entertainment, craft fair, basket party, games, and lots of other fun for the entire family!

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free

Candle in the Wind

The core lineup of Candle in the Wind has played together since 1979, entertaining at jazz festivals, corporate events, private parties and more. The current edition of the group includes…

$10
Merry Maker’s Mart

Merry Maker’s Mart

Art Vendors have filled our gallery space with their work to offer you a unique holiday shopping experience. Give a one of a kind gift to your loved ones this…

Free
Holly Bazaar

Holly Bazaar

The Holly Bazaar offers quality, handcrafted items for sale from over 60 local art and craft vendors. Additional elements to the Holly Bazaar include a gently used purse & scarf…

Free

Cambria City Cookie Tour

Get a container of cookies, experience the businesses and attractions of Cambria City, and get in the holiday spirit by helping provide Christmas gifts to children whose families can’t afford…

$8
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