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Get Out: Five Things to do This Weekend

Patch to the rescue! We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time.

 

This week we have suggestions for festing, taking in the classics, searching for bargains and treasures and doing a little fall cleaning!

1. Celtic Classic Festival

When/Where: Begins at 4 p.m. Sept. 23, and 9:30 a.m. Sept. 24-25 at various locations in and around downtown Bethlehem.

Why Go: Highland and Irish dancing, pipe bands, Highland games and a fiddle competition. And you can see plaid for miles. 

Pricing: Varies by event.

2. Pennsylvania Sinfonia Orchestra Concert

When/Where: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 at Allen Organ, 3370 Route 100, Macungie.

Why Go: The orchestra presents Virtuosi di Sinfonia, a concert of classical chamber music featuring its own talented string quartet: Mary Ogletree, violin; Rebecca Brown, violin; Agnes Maurer, viola; Deborah Davis, cello. 

Pricing: Tickets start at $20.

3. Hunting and Fishing Flea Market

When/Where: Begins at 8 a.m. Sept. 25 at the Alburtis Community Center, 220 W 2nd St.

Why Go: Proceeds benefit the Nimrod Fish & Wildlife Association.

Pricing: Depends on what you find!

4. Appliance and Scrap Metal Drive

When/Where: 8 a.m. Sept. 24 at the Perkasie Fire Company, 419 S 5th St.

Why Go: Because you've been meaning to get rid of that stuff, right?

Pricing: Free for scrap, appliances with refrigerants will be accepted for a $30 donation to properly remove the potentially harmful chemical.

5. Renninger’s Antique & Collectors Extravaganza

When/Where: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 24-25 at Renninger's Antiques in Kutztown.

Why Go: Hundreds of antiques dealers from all over the country have converged on this Kutztown event since 1975.

Pricing: Admission today is $15 and is good for all three days. On Friday, admission is $6 and on Sunday, $4.

About this column: Patch is coming to the rescue. We’ve got the best bets for your done-work-outta-here time. Related Topics: Antiques, Celtic Classic Festival, Extravaganza, Hunting and Fishing Flea Market, Nimrod Fish & Wildlife Association, PA Sinfonia Orchestra, and Renninger's

Ami Lanning

2:39 pm on Thursday, September 22, 2011

Another option - Kim Richey trio concert at Listen Live Music at the Upper Milford Municipal Center in Zionsville, Saturday 9/24; doors at 7:30, music at 8:00. With Loretta Hagen. Please come out and support your local non-profit acoustic listening room! Tickets are only $20. For info: www.listenlivemusic.org. Also - check out our new dinner & a show option! Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend no matter where you spend it.

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Mariella Savidge

5:56 pm on Thursday, September 22, 2011

Thanks Ami! Did you add this to the events so that people will see it and be reminded all day Saturday? It's easy. Just click on "Post Your Own Event." And thanks again.

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Ami Lanning

7:25 pm on Thursday, September 22, 2011

Entered LLM as a listing - I'll definitely post our events, thank you!

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