August is flying by, and before you know it, kids will be heading back to school.
But there’s still a few weeks left to enjoy the season. Here are some events to help you make the most of the remaining summer.
Roasting Ears of Corn Festival in Allentown
Join the Museum of Indian Culture on Saturday and Sunday for Pennsylvania’s oldest Native American festival, the Roasting Ears of Corn Festival.
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and join the museum for a weekend of live Native American drumming, singing and dancing. This year’s entertainment includes host drum Youngblood Singers from Shinnecock Indian Nation in New York, and guest drum Black Bull Moose Singers from the Anishnawbek Nation in Canada. The Salinas family from Mexico City will once again demonstrate Aztec dancing for the crowd.
Joining the festival this year is Canadian country and blues singer Crystal Shawanda, from Wiikwemkoong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. She is the first full-blood Indigenous woman to appear in the Top 20 on the American Billboard Country Music chart, selling over 300,000 records, and to sing at the Grand Ole Opry, as well as the first to win the CCMA for Female Artist of the Year in 2009. She is also the first to win a Juno award for Blues Album of the Year in 2020, and the first to appear in the Top 10 of the American Billboard Blues chart in 2022.
The festival also includes a children’s hand-on activity area where they can learn to make Native American-style crafts, face painting, pony rides, life skills demonstrations, artifact displays, educational programs, vendors and Native American food, including fire-roasted corn.
If you go: The Roasting Ears of Corn Festival is 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, with the grand entrance at noon both days. Admission: $10 adults, $7 children 12-17 and seniors over 62, free for children 11 and under. The Museum of Indian Culture is at 2825 Fish Hatchery Road, Allentown. museumofindianculture.org
Skateboarding and art join forces in Bethlehem
Homebase Skateshop, Lehigh University Art Galleries and Archive will welcome artist Lucas Beaufort this week for events celebrating the art, music and skateboarding communities of south Bethlehem.
Festivities include a panel discussion Saturday featuring Beaufort and other arts advocates at the art galleries, 420 E. Packer Ave., followed by the opening reception of a curated exhibition of local artists at Archive , 308 E. Third St. On Sunday, a community block party will be held outside Homebase Skateshop, 29 W. Fourth St., and along Vine Street between Fourth and Rink streets.
The block party will feature live art demonstrations with Beaufort, hands-on community art-making, kids’ skateboarding activities, best trick skate contests and live music. Food and drinks will be available to purchase from Deja Brew Coffeehouse & Deli.
If you go: The festival is free and open to the public. The panel discussion begins at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, followed by the artist reception at 7:30 p.m. at Archive. The community block party is 3-8 p.m. Sunday. facebook.com/Homebase610/
Homebase Skateshop, in partnership with Lehigh University Art Galleries and ARCHIVE, welcomes artist Lucas Beaufort for a weekend celebrating the art, music, and skateboarding communities of South Bethlehem on Aug. 15 and 16, 2026, in Bethlehem. (Courtesy Lucas Beaufort)
Something for collectors
Two events this weekend promise to cater to collectors of all types.
The Lehigh Valley Cards & Collectibles Show debuts at St. Luke’s Sport Center on Saturday. The family-friendly event will feature sports cards, trading cards, memorabilia, collectibles and more from vendors throughout the Lehigh Valley and surrounding areas.
Also Saturday, Whitehall Township bookstore 2nd & Charles will host its highly anticipated Penny-a-Page Community Event. More than 2,000 attendees will be expected throughout the day, where they can buy up to five used books for just one penny per page. (A 200-page book, for instance, would be just $2.)
The event also marks the final weekend of the store’s community book drive benefiting the nonprofit Allentown Arts Charter Schools, as well as visits from local businesses offering face painting, live pottery wheel demonstrations, refreshments and more.
If you go: The Lehigh Valley Cards & Collectibles Show will be 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with early VIP access at 10 a.m. for $10. (Regular access is free.) The show will be at St. Luke’s Fieldhouse, 3321 Seventh St., Whitehall. stlukessportscenter.com/cardshow/
The Penny-a-Page Community Event will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 2nd and Charles, 2590 MacArthur Road, Whitehall. 2ndandcharles.com
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