NEPA Events and Picnics

 

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Weekly Bingos

(These were active bingos before Covid19. I have not verified which bingos are still active as of now)

           Legion Hall Bingo - Downtown Scranton 

Legion Hall Bingo – Scranton, PA

Every Saturday Night at 6:30pm. Doors open at 4:30pm. Regular games begin at 6:30pm.

BINGO PACKAGES INCLUDE:

 EARLY BIRD JACKPOT # 1 (IT'S INCLUDED YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.) UP TO 36 FACES  ~ FREE ~ PAYS COVERALL $500.00 LEV3 / $250.00 LEV1

 UP TO 36 FACES REGULAR GAMES HIGH PAYOUT $150.00 LEV3 EACH AND EVERY GAME / $75.00 LEV1 INCLUDED

 JACKPOT #2 ~ $500.00 LEV3 / $250.00 LEV1 INCLUDED

 JACKPOT #3 ~ $1,000.00 LEV3 /$500.00 LEV1 INCLUDED

BINGO PAPER PACKAGES PAY 1 LOW PRICE $12 LEVEL 1 OR $30 LEVEL 3.

CUSTOMER APPRECIATION FREE PLAY GIFT TO EACH PLAYER!

Please check out our new bingo flyer for your FREE BINGO night!

Every Friday & Sunday Night at 6:45pm. Doors open at 5:15pm. Regular games begin at 6:45pm.

BINGO PACKAGES INCLUDE:

BINGO PACKAGES INCLUDE:

 REGULAR GAMES $100.00 INCLUDED ON EACH GAME

 TOP & BOTTOM LINES JACKPOT $1,000.00 INCLUDED UP TO

 SPECIALS $400.00 TOTAL INCLUDED MUST-GO

 JACKPOT $1,000.00 INCLUDED MUST-GO

 1ST PAPER EARLY-BIRD              

 2ND PAPER EARLY-BIRD            

BINGO PAPER PACKAGES PAY 1 LOW PRICE $12 LEVEL 1 OR $28 LEVEL 3.

FREE BINGO BUS PICKUPS to and from Bingo please call 570-348-1007 in the areas of Lackawanna & Luzerne counties.

FACEBOOK (LIKE & SHARE): BINGOATLEGION

121 Penn Ave., Scranton PA 18503 (1/2 Block from the Front Entrance to the Marketplace at Steamtown Mall)

 St. Mary's Bingo - Dickson City

Every Monday Night at 7pm. Doors open at 4:30pm. Early Bird at 6:40pm. Regular games begin at 7pm. Admission fee includes 20 games.  Progressive Jackpot. Homemade foods and pizza sold  during the games and take outs. Return coupon for new players, door prizes each week. Van service provided free of charge from Carbondale and Scranton For more info please call 570-489-2091

Corner of Scott, Dundaff, & Carmalt Streets in Dickson City

Taylor Hose Company Bingo

Every Friday and Sunday. Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds start at 6:30pm. For more info please call 570-562-3191

614 Union St. Taylor, PA 18517

 Eagle McClure Hose Company Bingo

Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday, Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds start at 6:30pm. For more info please call 570-457-5379

375 Milwaukee Ave. Old Forge, PA

St. Mary's Parish Bingo

Every Tuesday. Doors open at 5pm. Early Birds start at 6:30pm. For more info please call 570-343-5151 or 570-335-0596

320 Mifflin Ave. Scranton, PA

The Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Weekly Bingo

MONDAY NIGHT BINGO Progressive Jackpot Admission Package includes Jackpot! Prize of $100 per game! $150 prize for specials! Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Early Bird at 6:40 p.m. Regular Games at 7:00 Kitchen opens at 4:30 p.m. Offering a variety of Foods and Beverages. Homemade pizza available after 7:30 p.m. To be held at the parish. Saint Mary's Square 1090 Carmalt St. Dickson City

Hamlin Fire and Rescue Bingo Hall

Weekly Bingo

Summer Hours: May 1 through September 1 Wednesday and Sundays. Doors open at 5pm/Early Bird specials begin at 6pm. Winter hours: September 2 through April 30 - Sundays only. Doors open at 4pm/ Early bird specials begin at 5pm. We have a full service kitchen, progressive bonanza and jackpot. Please call the bingo hotline at 570-689-3420. The Hamlin Fire and Rescue is a non profit organization serving our local community and surrounding areas. Special bingos will be listed below under year round events.

Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Parish 

 Twice a Month Bingo

Games held on the first and third Wednesdays of every month in the parish center at 624 Madison Ave. Jermyn, PA. Doors open at 5pm, early bird games at 6pm, regular games start at 6:30pm. Includes homemade foods and desserts, specialty games, refreshments, door prizes and progressive jackpots. Free admission. For more information please call 570-876-1061.

Year Round Events

St. Stanislaus Parish NEW

Annual Flea Market

August 23 and 24, 2021

Scranton Jazz Festival

August 6, 7 & 8, 2021

Multiple venues throughout Downtown Scranton

CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO TAKE YOU TO THE JAZZ FESTIVAL WEBSITE

All of downtown Scranton will serve as center stage when the award-winning Scranton Jazz Festival returns to the Electric City on Friday, Aug. 6 through Sunday, Aug. 8.

The festival was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, but now that state health and safety restrictions have been lifted, it’s time to experience live music on a larger scale once again. The 16th annual event features a new format that is reminiscent of a New Orleans-style festival. Instead of utilizing one large main stage, performances will be held in multiple venues throughout the downtown area.

With national, regional, and local musicians, Scranton Jazz Fest fans will still enjoy the extensive variety and unique experience they have grown to expect and love. A fireworks display presented by Scranton Tomorrow and Lackawanna County will add to the celebration when it launches from the Electric City Garage (300 Spruce St., Scranton) on Saturday, Aug. 7 at 9 p.m.

The SJF will also provide a much-needed economic boost for musicians, many of whom haven’t worked in more than a year, and support local businesses. While enjoying performances by accomplished jazz, blues, and world beat musicians, visitors to downtown Scranton are encouraged to explore the many restaurants, pubs, and cafés in the business district. So many establishments struggled financially in 2020, so these homegrown establishments will benefit from the extra foot traffic generated by the festival.

The SJF has garnered international recognition, and has been mentioned in U.S. News and World Report, for the cultural diversity and integrity it has brought to the region. In celebration of its triumphant return, admission is free and tickets are not required this year.

Everyone is invited to enjoy live music in more than 20 downtown venues all weekend from artists like King Solomon Hicks, The Bog Swing Group, Indigo Moon Brass Band, The Merchants of Groove, the Marko Marcinko Latin Jazz Quintet, the Jacob Cole Trio, Roy Williams, Young Lion, the Justin Padro Trio, the Marywood Jazz Ambassadors, Bill Goodwin, Mike Fahn, Chris Rogers, Chuck Redd, Norman Taylor, Ilona Knopfler, John Hart, Adam Nussbaum, Jim Ridl, the Tom Kozic Trio, Keep Out Brass Band, Spencer and Nancy Reed, Nate Birkey & Friends, La Cuccina, Bill Carter & Presbybop, and the PA Jazz Institute Student Ensemble.

Participating venues include Adezzo, AV Restaurant, Backyard Ale House, Bar Pazzo, The Bog, Commonwealth Coffee, The Garden Mediterranean Cafe, the Hilton Scranton & Conference Center, Lavish, The Marketplace at Steamtown, Northern Light Espresso Bar, Osaka, Peculiar Kitchen/The Giving Tree, PJ’s Pub, Posh, The Railyard, Recovery Bank, the Renaissance at 500, The Ritz Theater, and Trax Bar + Kitchen and Carmen’s Restaurant at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel.

The Scranton Jazz Festival began in 2005 at the Hanlon’s Grove Amphitheatre at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. After a major snowstorm damaged the facility in 2007, the festival’s organizers moved the event to the historic Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel in downtown Scranton, where it has become a permanent fixture on the Northeastern Pennsylvania arts and culture scene and attracted thousands of visitors over the years. Scranton has had a rich history in jazz dating back to the 1930s where jazz legends Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey performed regularly with the famous Scranton Sirens Jazz Band.

The area is also credited with hosting the first known recorded jazz festival, “The Cavalcade of Dixieland Jazz,” in 1951. Since its premiere 16 years ago, Scranton Jazz Fest has drawn audiences from the entire Mid-Atlantic region, resulting in tremendous notoriety and exposure to the international jazz world and reviving the region as a cultural epicenter, no different than famous festivals in Newport, Rhode Island; Saratoga Springs, Florida; and Monterey, California.

The SJF carries on this rich tradition while becoming a recognized contributor to the world of jazz, blues, and world beat music in its own right. It is the hope and desire of everyone involved that the festival will continue for decades to come.

For more information about the 16th annual Scranton Jazz Festival, a schedule of performances, and more about the festival’s 2021 approach, visit scrantonjazzfestival.org and follow Scranton Jazz Festival on social media.

The festival is made possible through partnerships with Blu Elefante, the city of Scranton, First Friday Scranton, Lackawanna County, and Scranton Tomorrow, as well as the support of sponsors and media partners.

Blessed Sacrament Parish
215 Rebecca Street, Throop

Pigs-in-the-Blanket Dinner 

Saturday, August 21 in the Parish Hall.

Blessed Sacrament Parish
215 Rebecca Street, Throop

Pigs-in-the-Blanket Dinner on Saturday, August 21 in the Parish Hall.

Serving available as Eat-in or Takeout from Noon to 7pm.  Potato Pancakes have also been added to the first fundraiser in over a year.

A Basket Raffle and a 50/50 Drawing will also take place. For tickets kindly contact the Parish office at 570-489-1963.

Bucktown MusicFest

Dunmore Corners

 August 1, 2021

Ready for the music, fun and dancing? 

The anticipated Bucktown Music Fest will kick off at Dunmore Corners on four Sunday evenings July 11, July 18, July 24 and August 1, all from 5 to 8 p.m,

Admission is free. Those who attend are encouraged to bring lawn chairs to sit and relax, enjoy the music and dance in the streets.

Dunmore Councilman Tom Hallinan, former Dunmore Mayor Patrick “Nibs” Loughney, and local Dunmore musician Brian McGurl are chairpersons for the event. 

Dunmore Borough is sponsoring the four Sunday evenings through a grant from the Lackawanna County Commissioners and donations from local businesses. 

“On behalf of Dunmore Mayor Tom Burke and Dunmore Borough Council,” said Hallinan, “we want to thank Lackawanna County Commissioners Notariani, Domenick and Chermak and the local merchants for their generous support of events. We will continue to accept business donations right through the Festival dates to help offset ongoing expenses.”

Opening night on Sunday, July 11 will feature music by the Luongo Brothers Band, Dunmore’s own Pat and Nick Luongo. The duo, formerly of The Poets, have been performing for decades. The Luongo Brothers will be joined by veteran favorites Alan Shield and Rich Marmo.

Sunday, July 18, will feature the Dashboard Mary Duo, the spinning grooves of the popular E.J. the D.J., and a special appearance from “Old Blue Eyes” himself in the form of Chris DiMatteo singing the hits of the late Frank Sinatra. Dashboard Mary features Dunmoreans Rob Roman and Joe Del Rosso who have been performing for the past three decades.

Sunday, July 25, will feature QBall with Dunmoreans McGurl and John Quinn along with Jim Davis and Bob Crossman. QBall plays classic rock, including the music of The Doors, Tom Petty, David Bowie and The Rolling Stones. 

Sunday, Aug. 1, will be a “Dunmore Musicians Family Reunion.” Young musical performers will come together for three hours at Dunmore Corners to play together and entertain the crowd. It will be a true celebration.

Dunmore residents have filled the rosters of many of the area’s top bands over the past seven or eight decades. The Shindig shows at Dunmore High School in the 1960’s and 1970’s were incubators for so many talented performers. The same can be said for Dunmore’s marching band and school talent shows, class nights and plays at Dunmore and Holy Cross High Schools. Many young performers show talent and promise which will be exhibited Sunday, Aug. 1, at Dunmore Corners.

“I think it is going to be a great night of music for the young and old,” McGurl said regarding the final event on Aug. 1. “Everyone is volunteering their time and talent and it is going to be a lot of fun.”

Bands, singers and musicians slated to perform the final night include the East Coast Trio, The Violet Sisters, Corner Pocket Blues Band, The Mesos, Dashboard Mary Duo, Pappa, Beckage, and Boylan; English, Tim McGurl, Janice Gambo, Katie Errico, Donna Polizzi Loughney, Luke Tinklepaugh, Emma Pasko, Julia Pasko, Lenny Carlucci, Mike Kwaitek, Dan Zayac, Paul Arduino, Len Nole, Jack Garvey, Kevin Regan, Mike Seamon, Joe Pannick, Marty Ort, Chuck Scrimalli, Brian McGurl, Phil Rossi, Mara Hennigan, Dan Cox, Jim Kernan, Dom Fortese, Rob Roman and Joe DelRosso. 

“I first thought about this while driving through Dunmore Corners one Sunday about 5 p.m.,” said Hallinan. “It looked desolate, like a bit of a ghost town. I thought it would be nice to bring some life back to Dunmore Corners. What better way than with music?

“Music would be the best way to bring people back together after months of isolation due to COVID. I ran the idea through Brian McGurl. He thought it was great and we ran with it. 

“Now Dunmore Borough can’t wait for all of the music and entertainment. It’s going to be a lot of fun at Dunmore Corners.” 

Dunmoreans Vito Ruggerio, Sally Judge and Jean Hill also assisted with the coordination of events.

Holy Cross Parish

Chicken BBQ Dinner

August 1, 2021 11:30am - 4:00pm

Chicken BBQ Dinner —
AUG. 1, hosted by Holy Cross
Parish at St. Patrick Church, 200
Delaware St., Olyphant; barbecue
chicken dinners served from 11:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. in the church parking
lot. Event also includes bake sale,
theme basket & cash raffl e drawings,
ice cream stand, and live music.
Dinner cost: adults, $10; children,
$5. Tickets available at all weekend
Masses and the rectory offi ce. For
more information, donations or to
volunteer, call (570) 489-0752

 St. John the  Evangelist Parish

Parish Flea Market

August 5 - August 7, 2021

Parish Flea Market — AUG.
5-7, sponsored by St. John the
Evangelist Parish in Pittston;
held at the Msgr. Bendik Pastoral
Center Auditorium (former Seton
Catholic High School). Market
hours: Thursday and Friday, 5
to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. Patrons are requested to use
the Church Street entrance to the
building, adjacent from St. John
the Evangelist Church on William
Street. For more information, call
the parish office (570) 654-0053. 

St. Joseph 
Melkite Greek Catholic Church, 

20th Annual Lebanese-
American Mini Food Fest 

August 13 - August 15, 2021

20th Annual Lebanese-
American Mini Food Fest —
AUG. 13-15, hosted by St. Joseph
Melkite Greek Catholic Church, 130
North St. Frances Cabrini Ave. (off
lower Jackson St.), West Scranton;
event offers take-out and curbside
pick-up service and limited seating.
Featuring authentic Lebanese food
and pastries, traditional picnic
food favorites and a variety of gift
baskets. For menu offerings and
more information, visit: www.
melkite.scranton.org. Advance prepaid
orders available after Aug. 8 by
calling (570) 343-6092.

 St. Lucy's Parish 

Pasta Dinner

September 16, 2021

Elmhurst Roaring Brook Fire Company

Wine in the Woods

August 7, 2021 3 to 8 pm

A wine festival with multiple wineries and craft vendors. Proceeds to benefit Elmhurst -Roaring Brook Volunteer Fire Co. Rain or Shine Event. In the event of a cancellation beyond our control, no refunds will be issued and your admission will be considered a donation to the Elmhurst Roaring Brook Volunteer Fire Co. 

 AOH & LAOH HOSTING IRISH RIVERFEST

The Irish Riverfest at Sweeney Beach in Scranton

August 21st from 1 pm– 5pm
The Irish Riverfest at Sweeney Beach in Scranton will be
held on August 21st from 1 p – 5pm. This is a great
fundraiser for the AOH and LAOH Div. 1 Scranton. There will
be great music, food and games throughout the afternoon.
Admission will be $10.00. You can purchase your ticket via
email to pickejone@aol.com or any AOH/LAOH member, by
calling (570)650-3348, or even at the day of the event at
Sweeney Beach, 41 Poplar Street, Scranton, PA. We hope
you can come out and share this fun event and support us!!

 2021 Never Forgotten Ride

August 29, 2021

Benefits our First Responders

Ride is August 29th. I know it's was a rough year. The Never Forgotten Motorcycle Ride has helped several first responders in need. Now we need your help to continue or mission. If you can be a sponsor or donate a raffle item( basket or gift card) it would be appreciated. If interested in helping contact any member or leave message. Thank for any support you can give. Show up for the Ride or event to help.

St. Maria Goretti Parish Laflin, PA

Designer Purse Bingo —

AUG. 14
AUG. 14, hosted by St. Maria
Goretti Parish, 42 Redwood Drive,
Lafl in; games party featuring designer
purse prizes held from 1 to 4
p.m. in the church hall. Admission
fee: $25 ($20 in advance); includes
20 bingo games, with extra games
available for additional cost. Event
also features basket raffl e, door
prizes and bake sale; food and beverages
available for purchase. For
tickets, contact the parish office at
(570) 655-8956.

St. Ann Basilica Parish
Seventh Annual Car Show &
Chicken Barbecue — AUG. 15
sponsored by St. Ann Basilica Parish
in West Scranton; opens with
all-day car show from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. on the basilica grounds, 1233
Saint Ann St. Take-out chicken
dinner served from noon to 4 p.m.;
advance tickets are required. For
more information, contact Lynda
DePalma at (570) 342-5166 or
rshelp@cpprov.org.

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