The Weekend Itinerary
Thank you to the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau for sourcing our weekend lineups. Their events calendar did the legwork so you do not have to. Here are our picks:
StroudFest, 20th Anniversary at Downtown Stroudsburg. Monroe County's flagship festival turns 20 with an expanded footprint: four stages, more than 170 vendors, and free admission and parking downtown, with overflow shuttle service from Stroudsburg High School. Sat 9/5, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Main Street's road closures run a longer window, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., so do not show up at 7 a.m. expecting vendors.
Artisans on Ann at Ann Street, Stroudsburg. An outdoor artisan market with photography, pottery, fiber, jewelry, soap, glasswork, and woodwork. Sat 9/5.
The Haunted History Labor Day Week Tours at The Haunted Candle Shoppe of the Poconos, Swiftwater. A guided tour through an 1897 building that once housed a doctor's home laboratory, ending in the attic. Thu 9/3 through Mon 9/7, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. $25 per person.
Live Music at Pint Size Park at Barley Creek Brewing Company, Tannersville. Free live music, and this is genuinely the last weekend of the summer series. Sat 9/5 (5 to 8 p.m.) and Sun 9/6 (1 to 4 p.m.).
Rhythm and Brews Live Music at ShawneeCraft Brewing Company, Shawnee on Delaware. Free, family friendly live music at the county's other end, with five sets across the weekend. Fri 9/4: Doc Papa and the Renegade Ramblers (7 to 10 p.m.). Sat 9/5: Spencer Reed (2 to 5 p.m.) and Lonesome Found (7 to 10 p.m.). Sun 9/6: Sol Katana (2 to 5 p.m.) and Andrew Moses (6 to 9 p.m.).
Have a great weekend, Monroe County.
