Marietta's new bike trails open Saturday, and the man behind 35 trivia nights a week

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Marietta's new mountain bike trails open Saturday, and beginners are the point

The Borough of Marietta and the Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association open the Marietta Woods Trail Project this Saturday, Sept. 5, from 10 AM to 2 PM at 501 E. Front St. in Marietta. The project is two progressive trail loops built for beginners, families and experienced riders alike, plus a bicycle playground at Front Street Park: a skills area with rollers, bridges, berms and pump-track features where you can practice before you head into the woods. Riding is free. Opening day brings guided rides on the new trails, a kids' adventure ride, local vendors and food trucks.

Jake Sitler, a former pro cyclist who lives in Marietta and owns Endo Collective there with his wife, Jamie, gave LNP an early tour. Bring the kids, and bring the bike you swore you'd start using again.

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The man behind 35 trivia nights a week in Lancaster County

If you've played bar trivia anywhere in Lancaster County in the last 15 years, there's a good chance Sid Barnette's company wrote the questions. Barnette has hosted karaoke and trivia since 1998 and founded Thirsty for Knowledge in 2011. It now runs more than 35 events a week across the county. In Manheim Township alone, Bierhall Brewing, P.J. Whelihan's, Station House Tavern, Stoner Grille, Stubby's, UnCommon Pizza and Wayside Public House each host a weekly night, and six of the seven run at 7 PM on Wednesdays. Stoner Grille host Matt Stetler met Barnette at karaoke at the old Travelodge on Columbia Avenue.

Barnette says the job is finding the questions between "What color is Where's Waldo's shirt?" and "What color are Waldo's socks?" One, he says, is easy and the other is impossibly difficult. Wednesday regulars, you now know who to blame for the geography round.

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What's happening

Friday

Long's Park Art Festival | The 48th annual juried show, 200-plus artists, runs through Sunday | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Long's Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster | $15, free for ages 25 and under

Lancaster Print Crawl | Build this year's poster stop by stop at downtown print shops, tenth year | 5:00 to 9:00 PM, poster pickup from 4 | Ewell Plaza, 123 N. Queen St., Lancaster | $10 to $30 per poster online, the free tier is sold out

Maejean Vintage Fall Open House | First Friday open house with never-before-seen vintage jewelry | 4:00 to 8:00 PM | Maejean Vintage, 147 N. Duke St., 2nd Floor, Lancaster | Free, RSVP requested

We the People First Friday at the Ware Center | A Print Crawl stop in the lobby plus the opening of Rob Homan's 'Wild in the Shadows' | 5:00 to 9:00 PM | The Ware Center, 42 N. Prince St., Lancaster | Free

LPL Open Late: First Friday | The downtown library stays open late for the First Friday crowd | 5:00 to 8:00 PM | Lancaster Public Library, 151 N. Queen St., Lancaster | Free

Duplo Free Play | Open-ended block building for ages 2 and up | 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM | Strasburg-Heisler Library, 143 Precision Ave., Strasburg | Free

CatVideoFest 2026 | 70 minutes of the year's best cat videos, showings through Sunday | 4:30 PM | Zoetropolis Cinema, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster | $15, $13 seniors and students

First Friday Fright Night: Fréwaka | Irish-language horror about a care worker sent to a remote village | 9:00 PM | Zoetropolis Cinema, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster | $15, $13 seniors and students

Lancaster Stormers vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | The Labor Day weekend home series opens | 6:45 PM | Penn Medicine Park, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster | $11.50 to $23 in advance

Saturday

Heart of Lancaster Arts & Craft Show | More than 100 juried artists and crafters fill the Root's grounds, also Sunday | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Root's Country Market, 705 Graystone Rd., Manheim | Free

Sunflower Festival | Peak-bloom sunflowers and zinnias by the stem or bucket, vendors and kids' crafts | 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM | Cherry Crest Adventure Farm, 150 Cherry Hill Rd., Ronks | $25.95 online, $32.95 at the gate

PA Renaissance Faire: Viking Weekend | Jousting, stage shows and pub fare with a Viking theme, also Sunday | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Mount Hope Estate, 2775 Lebanon Rd., Manheim | $38.95 adults, $21.95 kids, online only

Living the Experience | First-person Underground Railroad reenactment on the site where it happened | 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM | Bethel AME Church, 512 E. Strawberry St., Lancaster | $42.50, $40 ages 60 and up, $24.50 ages 6 to 12

African American Heritage Walking Tour | Two-hour guided walk to four authenticated Underground Railroad sites downtown | 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM | Meets in the Lancaster Marriott lobby, 25 S. Queen St., Lancaster | $17, $10 seniors, $5 students

Free FITcamp | Hour-long circuit workout for all levels from Rocks Cardio Box & Fitness | 10:00 AM | Binns Park, 123 N. Queen St., Lancaster | Free

Bottle Rockets | Turn a 2-liter soda bottle into a rocket with a county naturalist | 10:00 AM | Lancaster County Environmental Center, 1 Nature's Way, Lancaster | $4, pre-register

Read to a Therapy Dog | Ten-minute read-aloud slots for new readers, registration required | 10:00 AM | Manheim Community Library, 547 N. Penryn Rd., Manheim | Free

First Saturday in Ephrata: Chalk the Walk | Sidewalk chalk contest, artists sign up at 11, voting 4:30 to 6:45 | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Whistle Stop Plaza, 16 E. Main St., Ephrata | Free

Read Aloud with Pepper the Dog | Kids read to a therapy Labrador | 2:00 PM | Eastern Lancaster County Library, 11 Chestnut Dr., New Holland | Free

Preschool Picassos | Science-based art for preschoolers and their grown-ups | 3:00 PM | North Museum of Nature and Science, 400 College Ave., Lancaster | $13, members free

Stormers Fireworks Night | Saturday's game against Southern Maryland ends with fireworks | 6:45 PM | Penn Medicine Park, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster | $11.50 to $23 in advance

Sunday

Community Yoga with Alax | One-hour all-levels Vinyasa class, bring a mat | 9:30 AM | West Art, 816 Buchanan Ave., Lancaster | Pay what you can, $10 to $20 suggested

Long's Park Art Festival, final day | Last day of the show, and it closes an hour earlier | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM | Long's Park, 1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster | $15, free for ages 25 and under

Heart of Lancaster Arts & Craft Show, final day | Second and last day of the juried show, rain or shine | 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM | Root's Country Market, 705 Graystone Rd., Manheim | Free

PA Renaissance Faire: Viking Weekend | Day two of the Viking-themed weekend on the Shire | 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM | Mount Hope Estate, 2775 Lebanon Rd., Manheim | $38.95 adults, $21.95 kids, online only

Lancaster Stormers vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs | Sunday afternoon series finale | 1:30 PM | Penn Medicine Park, 650 N. Prince St., Lancaster | $11.50 to $23 in advance

CatVideoFest 2026 | Sunday showings of the cat-video compilation | 1:30, 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00 PM | Zoetropolis Cinema, 112 N. Water St., Lancaster | $15, $13 seniors and students

Now Playing

Anne of Green Gables | Servant Stage's pay-what-you-will family musical opens this weekend and runs through September 27 | Fri 7 PM · Sat 11 AM & 3 PM · Sun 3 PM | Lancaster Mennonite School, 2176 Lincoln Hwy E., Lancaster | Pay what you will

The Thanksgiving Play | EPAC's 90-minute satire about educators staging a politically correct Thanksgiving pageant, through September 13, ages 13 and up | Fri 8 PM · Sat 8 PM | Ephrata Performing Arts Center, 320 Cocalico St., Ephrata | $35 to $54 plus a $3 fee, $15 student rush

Pretty Woman: The Musical | The stage version of the film, through September 24 | Fri 7:30 PM · Sat 1 PM & 7:30 PM · Sun 1 PM | Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre, 510 Centerville Rd., Lancaster | $78 to $83 with dinner, $55 show only

Dear Soldier Boy | Musical comedy about two Amish coworkers writing letters to the troops as the Gulf War begins in 1990, through October 21 | Fri 1 PM only this weekend | Bird-in-Hand Stage, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand | $47 adults, $18 kids, more with a meal

Joshua | Sight & Sound's Old Testament epic, through December 31 | Fri 1 PM · Sat 11 AM & 3 PM (all three sold out), no Sunday show, closed Monday and Tuesday for Labor Day | Sight & Sound Theatres, 300 Hartman Bridge Rd., Ronks | $82 to $104 adults, $44 kids

Live music

Friday

The Carl Zeplin & Tim Gross Jazz Duo | Jazz | 6:00 to 9:00 PM | Proof, 30 N. Queen St. (Lower Level), Lancaster | No cover listed

Sound of Roses Big Band | Big band, swing and disco, the Chocolate Chip Cookie Concert series | 6:00 PM | Covenant UMC, 110 N. Mulberry St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Season Launch: Nomads + Natives and Brasswood Trio with Durang Dance Company | Americana and chamber music to open the Trust's season | 6:00 PM | Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St., Lancaster | Free

Colin Alvarez | Acoustic | 6:00 to 9:00 PM | South County Brewing Co., 26 W. King St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Leo Disanto | Acoustic | 6:00 to 9:00 PM | Warehouse District Beer Garden, Harrisburg Ave. & N. Charlotte St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Jake Joyce | Acoustic, on the deck | 6:00 PM | Grandview Vineyard, 1489 Grandview Rd., Mount Joy | $8 deck admission

Celler Dwellers | Acoustic | 6:00 to 8:00 PM | Waltz Vineyards Lampeter Corner, 1702 Lampeter Rd., Lancaster | No cover listed

Bryan & Rachel Stevenson | Acoustic dinner music | 6:30 PM | The Log Cabin, 11 Lehoy Forest Dr., Leola | No cover listed

Corty Byron | Rock and singer-songwriter, on the rooftop, 21+ | 7:00 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Ken Krause, organ | A 30-minute First Friday organ concert, doors at 7:30 | 8:00 PM | First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster | Free

Kevin Rubenstine | Acoustic | 8:30 PM | Stoner Grille, 605 Granite Run Dr., Lancaster | No cover listed

Bad Slice | Rock covers on the patio | 9:00 PM | McCleary's Public House, 130 W. Front St., Marietta | No cover listed

Saturday

The Rewinder | Acoustic, on the deck | 6:00 PM | Grandview Vineyard, 1489 Grandview Rd., Mount Joy | $8 deck admission

Flavortooth | Rock and funk | 6:00 to 9:00 PM | Warehouse District Beer Garden, Harrisburg Ave. & N. Charlotte St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Band of Llamas | Rock | 8:30 PM | Stoner Grille, 605 Granite Run Dr., Lancaster | No cover listed

Holly and the Howlers | Classic rock and blues | 9:00 PM | McCleary's Public House, 130 W. Front St., Marietta | No cover listed

Big Fat Meanies | Horn-driven progressive rock, 21+ | 10:30 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | No cover listed

Sunday

Bluegrass Jam Session with Jordan Rast | Open bluegrass jam, bring your instrument, 21+ | 2:00 to 5:00 PM | Tellus360, 24 E. King St., Lancaster | Free

Shirt Factory Jazz Jam Session | First-Sunday jazz jam | 2:30 to 6:00 PM | Lititz Shirt Factory, 5 Juniper Lane, Lititz | $5, students free

The Jane Austen Playlist | Love songs and music of Regency England on the Rock Ford grounds | 4:00 to 6:00 PM | Historic Rock Ford, 881 Rockford Rd., Lancaster | $25 reserved seat, $12 bring your own chair

The Eighties Club | '80s covers at the Lititz Historical Foundation's annual ice cream social | 5:00 to 8:00 PM | Lititz Historical Foundation, Mary Oehme Gardens, 145 E. Main St., Lititz | Pay what you can