{"id":311142,"date":"2026-10-21T07:36:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:36:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311142\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T07:36:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:36:29","slug":"best-bets-5-things-to-do-october-21-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/311142\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bets: 5 Things to Do, October 21, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electric City Fall Festival<\/p>\n<p>Scranton Tomorrow\u2019s Electric City Fall Festival is set for Saturday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. throughout Downtown Scranton, featuring fall fun, Halloween treats, local shopping, food and drink specials, trick-or-treating throughout town and surprises. Participating businesses include 7 Under Golf &amp; Social, Black and Brass Coffee, Black Cow Cookies and Cream, Downtown Deli &amp; Eatery, Electric City Ciderworks \u2013 The Cidery, Fork N\u2019 Bowl, Heaven &amp; Earth Gift Shop, Northern Light Espresso Bar and Cafe, Pizza By Pappas, the Giving Tree Wellness Center and the Roof at Oppenheim. Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scrantontomorrow.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.scrantontomorrow.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Electric City Trolley Museum Halloween Festival<\/p>\n<p>Electric City Trolley Museum will host a Halloween Festival on Sunday from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the museum, 300 Cliff St., Scranton. Festivities include art activities, balloon art and a costume contest with various categories, including cutest, funniest, scariest, most original and best superhero. There will be prizes for the winner in each category. In addition, trolley rides with Melinda the Magical Witch are set for 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 and 1:30 p.m. Regular rates apply for the rides, and free for ages 2 and under; reservations are required. Reservations: 570-963-6590.<\/p>\n<p>Strawberry James \u2013 40th Anniversary Part 2<\/p>\n<p>Strawberry James \u2013 40th Anniversary Part 2 is taking place Saturday at River Street Jazz Cafe, Cross Valley Center, Plains Twp. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the event starts at 8. Strawberry Jam is a classic rock band that has been rocking NEPA since the mid-1980s. Their performances include classic rock and jam staples, mixing psychedelic-infused classic rock, blues and extended jam improvisations. General admission tickets for the 21+ event, at $12.20, are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/tickets.holdmyticket.com\/tickets\/463235\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tickets.holdmyticket.com\/tickets\/463235<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley McBryde: Into the Wild Tour<\/p>\n<p>Ashley McBryde: Into the Wild Tour, with special guest Tami Nellson, is coming to the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre on Friday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and showtime is 8. Fresh off the release of her fifth studio album, \u201cWild,\u201d the Grand Ole Opry member and award-winning singer-songwriter is in the midst of her 26-date headline tour. Her songs include \u201cOne Night Standards,\u201d \u201cThe Devil I Know\u201d and the title song of her new album. Tickets: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/020064A7A11EC446\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.ticketmaster.com\/event\/020064A7A11EC446<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ashland\u2019s Fall into Autumn<\/p>\n<p>Ashland\u2019s Fall into Autumn, a fun community fall festival featuring crafters, makers, small businesses and vendors, is set for Saturday from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at American Legion Post 434, 505 Centre St., Ashland. The Schuylkill County event will include food, live music, free hayrides, free face painting, free balloon art, pumpkins for the kids (while supplies last), and Henning\u2019s K9s for Veterans, a nonprofit that helps match shelter dogs with veterans. Information: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/the-american-legion-post-434\/ashlands-fall-into-autumn-2026\/1882600745980980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/events\/the-american-legion-post-434\/ashlands-fall-into-autumn-2026\/1882600745980980<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Electric City Fall Festival Scranton Tomorrow\u2019s Electric City Fall Festival is set for Saturday from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,803,28,231,178,180,179,289],"class_list":["post-311142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania","tag-schuylkill-county","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311142\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}