Everything You Need to Know About The Celtic Classic

The Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival returns to downtown historic Bethlehem this weekend for its 26th year. The festival kicks off at 5:15 p.m. Friday with the annual Haggis Bowl. The showing of the Tartan Parade begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday and leads guests from Main Street to Highland field. Highlights include the U.S. National Highland Game Championships, and a variety of celtic music, including the annual pipe band competition. For more information, visit www.celticfest.org or download the free Celtic Classic Festival iPhone app.

Also featured in and around town this weekend:

• Dorney's Park's Boo Blast offers daytime Halloween fun for kids this weekend. Boo Blast is free with park admission and open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. (Planet Snoopy is open until 8 p.m. on Saturday). Dorney is offering a September special of $25 per ticket for four or more tickets purchased online. New this year is the Mansion House Hotel where kids can wander haunted hallways in search of friendly ghosts.

Boo Blast also features:

Howl-O-Fest Cove

• Pumpkin painting
• Mask making
• Hay bale maze
• Petting zoo

Trick-or-Treat with Dinosaurs

• Extra $5 admission required

Snoopy's Big Treasure Hunt

• Kids can hunt for treasures on a life-sized pirate ship

• More than 170,000 people are expected to volunteer Saturday at sites across the United States. It’s the 20th anniversary of National Public Lands Day, and its 20th anniversary. The effort began with three sites and 700 volunteers. Last year was the biggest year yet with 175,000 volunteers and 2,206 sites. There are 40 Pennsylvania sites are taking part in the National Public Lands Day on Saturday, including these local sites.

• Dozens of local museums are taking part in Museum Day Live this Saturday. All you need to do it fill out this form and you will be emailed a ticket that will admit two people to the museum of your choice for free on Saturday, Sept. 28. The ticket is only good for two people and you can only have one per household. The local and regional sites are listed here. 

• Want to cook up a storm this weekend? Click here to read about some quick and easy weekend recipes.

• Got a hankering to go leaf-peeping? Here's the down low on where the best colors will be this weekend in the fall foliage report 

Other great events on the Patch calendar include:

Fourth Friday Film Series at the UUCLV

Woodlawn Memorial Balloon Release