| Two of Luzerne County’s biggest and most popular food festivals take place this month: The Plymouth Kielbasa Festival and The Pittston Tomato Festival.
The Kielbasa Festival, which is noting its 20thanniversary, will take place on August 9 and 10 on Main Street in Plymouth and will offer both fresh and smoked kielbasas, additional food vendors, bounce houses for the kids, magicians, balloon artists, a foam party, and live music. And the always fun Plymouth Alive Kielbasa Competition will take place on Saturday at 2 p.m. May the best kielbasas win!
The iconic Tomato Festival takes place from August 15-18 in downtown Pittston and is the perfect place to sample same great pastas, check out the live entertainment, a parade, a 5K run, games, rides, arts and crafts, bingo, and of course, home-grown Pittston tomatoes!
On August 16, for the second straight year, the City of Wilkes-Barre will be hosting a free concert on Public Square with Starship, featuring Mickey Thomas. The band’s chart-toppers include the No. 1 hit “We Built This City,” the No. 1 hit “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” and the No. 1 smash, “Sara.” Select songs from the Jefferson Airplane catalog will also be performed, including “Somebody to Love.” Thomas also sang lead vocals on the Evelyn Bishop Group smash, “Fooled Around and Fell In Love,” which will also be performed. It should be a great night.
Other great events happening this month are the always top-notch Scranton Jazz Festival on August 2-4, a revved up, rock-em-sock-em Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Show at Mohegan Arena on August 10-11 and the always competitive Back Mountain Triathlon on August 25.
And since August is traditionally one of the hottest months of the year, we remind you that it’s not too late to hop on the delicious Visit Luzerne County Ice Cream Trail at visitluzernecounty.com
Enjoy!
Alan, Sarah, Gaye, and David
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