Good morning, Lancaster County. The parks are doing the heavy lifting this week — free yoga, free art, a dog-friendly beer garden, and a moonlit walk — Grab your coffee; here's where to be.
In today's Lancaster Local:
Friends are throwing one more bluegrass jam to honor a beloved local picker
A dog-friendly beer garden in the city tonight
Free yoga, free art, and a free Monday reset — all in the parks
A naturalist-led walk under the full strawberry moon
COMMUNITY NEWS
One more jam for Marty
For years, if you wanted to hear bluegrass played the way it's meant to be — loose, generous, everybody welcome — you found your way to Marty Heisey's jam. He hosted it monthly for ages: it started when he was picking at the old White Oak Campground jam, bounced around the county, and eventually landed at his own community center, where the door was always open and the rule was simple. If you brought an instrument, you sat in.
Marty's gone now. And his friends are honoring him the only way that makes sense — by doing the thing he loved one more time, together.
The "Marty Bluegrass Jam" comes to Long's Park on Saturday, July 5 at 12:30 p.m. It's an open jam: bring a banjo, a fiddle, a guitar, a bass, or just bring a lawn chair and let the music find you. "Anyone who ever met Marty loved him," the organizer wrote — and on the 5th, the people who did will pick a few tunes in his name.
👉 Learn more → the jam details
EVENTS
A week built for the parks. Here's the run, near to far.
🐾 Paws and Pints — Binns Park, 136 N Queen St, Lancaster. Tonight, 5:30 p.m. (free). Bring the dog to a pup-friendly beer garden — Rural City Beer pours for the humans, and there's water, toys, and cleanup bags for the four-legged guests.
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🍺 Brewery Tours: Lancaster City Walk-a-Bout — downtown Lancaster. Saturday, 12 p.m. A guided stroll through the city's breweries — an easy Saturday with friends.
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🧘 Community Yoga at Musser Park — Musser Park, Lancaster. Sunday, 10 a.m. (free). All-levels outdoor yoga in the park — bring a mat and meet your neighbors.
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🎨 Art in the Park at Binns — Binns Park, Lancaster. Sunday, 11 a.m. A drop-in, make-something morning in the park — good for kids and grown-ups alike.
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🧎 Mindful Mondays at Binns Park — Binns Park, Lancaster. Monday, 5:30 p.m. (free). A weekly reset downtown — a little guided calm to start the week.
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🌕 Full Moon Walk: Strawberry Moon — Lancaster County Central Park, 580 E Farm View Dr, Lancaster. Monday evening — register by noon Friday ($2). Walk the meadow and garden plots under the full moon with Senior Park Naturalist Lisa Sanchez, who'll point out what grows and stirs this time of year. Register ahead through Lancaster County Parks.
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Weather
Thursday, June 25 — Warm and mostly sunny, high near 85° — a fine night for a beer garden with the dog. A stray evening thunderstorm is possible later, so keep half an eye on the sky.
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