Come shop with us every Friday from 11:30-5:30 pm on Locust Lane. Our mission is to create an environment for farmers and residents of Centre County to mutually benefit from a market of locally produced items. Every vendor is required to personally produce all of the items that they sell. Thank you for your support over the last two challenging years. We’re grateful for your patronage! Our market is proud to be a vital part of the State College, PA community by supporting local farmers and you, our customers, with farm fresh products. Thank you for keeping the dollars in our community! Join us Fridays in downtown State College on Locust Lane and discover our market and the people who make it possible. The market began the summer of 1976 in the parking lot of Gee Bee’s on Benner Pike. It was created to support the farms of Centre County and in order to be a producer you had to be a loc...
Smackdown & Sketches is a two-day nonprofit event that combines the excitement of professional wrestling with the creativity of comic books to promote literacy through comics. The event raises support for Panels of Hope, helping fund programs that encourage reading and storytelling through the world of comics.
Day one features an action-packed professional wrestling show, bringing the community together for an entertaining night of high-energy sports entertainment. Day two transforms the venue into a comic convention, featuring comic artists, writers, vendors, and activities designed to inspire creativity and reading.
Proceeds from Smackdown & Sketches help expand literacy initiatives that use comics as a powerful gateway to reading—especially for young readers who may struggle with traditional books. Through engaging artwork, storytelling, and community involvement, the event demonstrates how comics can spark imagination, build confidence, and foster a lifelong love of reading.
By blending pop culture, creativity, and community, Smackdown & Sketches creates a fun and meaningful experience that supports literacy and helps make reading accessible to everyone.
This website will share information from the 2026 Arts Festival until new information is available and updated for 2027’s event. All information will be updated by June 1, 2027. The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is one of Pennsylvania’s most anticipated summer traditions. Held each July in Downtown State College and on the Penn State University Park campus, the Arts Festival offers a lively mix of art, music, performances, and creative activities. Our Arts Festival is among the top-ranked juried art fairs in the country, the highlight of the State College summer, one of the biggest non-football alumni weekends for Penn Staters, the summer’s economic anchor for downtown State College businesses, and the place to be for art lovers near and far the week after Independence Day. For many of the 125,000+ alumni and visitors each year, the Arts Festival is an enduring tradition,...
