Small Town Fans
Annual indie film festival in April at Mauch Chunk Opera house and venues in town. “Top 100 Reviewed Festivals” by FilmFreeway.
Annual Oct. indie film festival. Screenings, live music, parties. At Milford Theatre, Hotel Fauchere, Columns Museum, others.
Small late-summer 100-year-old week-long fair in Newfoundland. Food, contests, midway, live music, beer tent. Demolition derby, tractor pull, farm animals.
Your artistic home in the Upper Delaware Valley. Artist platforms in galleries, on stages, and at festivals. They are the Arts Council of Sullivan County.
Free June music festival in Honesdale’s Central Park. Local and nationally known live acts. Artists’ row, food vendors, kid’ area.
Artist cooperative located in the historic Forester’s Hall. Wide variety of work in all mediums and genres that changes on a monthly basis.
3-day literary festival for conversations between people who love to read books and people who write them. Events staged throughout town.
The West End Fair has been held in August since 1921. You’ll find rides, games, fair food, live bands, and a demolition derby.
3-day live music event in mid-June. Local restaurants, artisans, and shops set up booths in downtown Milford.
1863 Calvert Vaux building commissioned by James Pinchot, founder of the Am. Museum of Natural History, father to Gifford.
Recreated 19th-century village. Catch a glimpse of history. There are special events throughout the year, and on summer weekends, several buildings are open to the public.
This historic 1881 mill is the region’s largest revitalization project. Home to an event space, a coffee shop, an art gallery, a fitness center, and a group of shops.
Four floors of exhibit space highlight the history of Monroe County. Mansion tours occur daily at 11 am and 2 pm. Appointments are recommended, so give them a call first.
Old-fashioned week-long county fair held in the beginning of August. Rides, games, shows, exhibits, animals, food.
Frantz School was built in 1855 by Jacob Frantz, who lived on the nearby farm and wanted a place for his (and the area’s) children and future generations to go.
They aim to “advance the traditional art of storytelling by showing the newest and best independent films from around the world and in their own backyard.”
Old-fashioned county farm fair in August. Live music, food, booze, fireworks, amusement rides, live animals, a baking contest, demo derby, and the Coal Cracker Cornhole Tournament.
Historic district short walk from Milford. Early 1800’s buildings known as The Upper Mill. Houses one of the only turning waterwheels in PA. Self-guided tour, restaurant.
2 floors of exhibits of people, places, and things that make up the history of Pike County, including Zane Grey, Virginia Kidd, and Chief Thundercloud.
Annual 3-day end-of-summer festival celebrating Lake Wallenpaupack. 60+ events take place on the lake and in the cute small town of Hawley. Boat tours, free shuttle.
Bring the kids to this 1870 schoolhouse to look at a day at school with eight grades taught by one teacher. Call for hours.
Official historical society for Wayne County is a first-class museum and research library. See the history of the first steam locomotive to run on American soil.
July Saturday evening concerts outdoors in a natural amphitheater. All sorts of music including Broadway, classical, bluegrass. Bring your own chairs and picnic.
Home to one of the largest collections of American Abstract Expressionist art in a magnificent and historic church building.
Old-fashioned small-town carnival since 1926. Local fire department hosts in July of each year. Rides, live music, raffles, food concessions, games, bingo. Admission is free.
