Keep watching our 2026 events & activities list as we continue to add more fun.

This event celebrates the beginning of summer with a fun and delicious kick-off to the warm months ahead! Enjoy live music, yard games and contests, great shopping, and summer-themed foods all while raising money and awareness for Music For Everyone!  

2026 events & activities include:

• 10am-Noon - Enjoy the antics of our strolling Stilt Walker and pose for a photo

• 10am-3pm - Hospitality Table - Meet Music For Everyone, receive a free tropical lei for the first 200 people, kids get a fun summer tattoo, plus learn more about how Music For Everyone is putting music back into schools and communities. Don't miss the fun kids' instrument station.

• 10am-3pm - Pepper Lane Fudge & Sweets new sauce sampling located near The Deerskin Leather Shop

• 10am-3pm - Meet Dan with Dutch Country Cheese, sampling some of his delicious products at the Aged & Cured Shop 

• 10:30-Noon - Francesca Weaver, performing on the porch of Country Life 

• 11am & 1pm - Cheese Stretching Demo in Aged & Cured

• 11am-1pm -Nick DiSanto, the one-man-band, performing at the top of the Village 

• 11am-12:30pm - MFE Choir performing at the stage area

• 11am-1pm - Balloon Twisting with The Balunguy strolling in the Village 

• Noon-2pm - Face Painting with Joyful Canvas in the Village, by donation

• 12:30pm-2pm -Arath G-R,  performing on the porch of Country Life

• 1pm - Pretzel Twisting Contest at the stage area

• 1pm - Dillweed folk band, performing in front of the bubbling kettle near the stage area

• 1:30pm-3:30pm - Guitars 4 Vets, performing at the top of the Village

• 2:00pm-5:00pm - The Nines, a local, high-energy dance band, performing at the stage area

• 3-5pm - Happy Hour at The Jewelry Bar featuring Permanent Bracelet Bar + mocktail tasting. 

• All Day - Splash into Summer Arts Passport, find the clues in 4 shops, and register to win a fun gift package

• All Day -Dutchland Galleries Grand Opening featuring artist unveilings, gallery talks, and an exciting register-to-win

• All Day - Aged & Cured Grand Opening featuring special vendor cheese samplings, Maple Syrup sampling, and a $100 register-to-win gift basket

• All Day - Complimentary wine tasting at Waltz Vineyards and Wine Slushies for sale

• All Day - Yard Games including Corn Hole, Tailgate Toss, and Giant Connect 4

• All Day - The Jewelry Bar offering a "Buy 1, Get 1 30% OFF" all day

• All Day - Try your hand at the MFE "Keys to the City" piano located on the porch of the Country Life shop  

 

Music For Everyone is a non-profit charitable based organization in Lancaster County, PA dedicated to raising awareness and resources to strengthen the role music plays in our schools and communities. Help us as we "rock out" and raise money for Music For Everyone.

Refreshing beverages and summer-inspired foods will be featured at our Splash Into Summer Celebration!