Summer in Mount Gretna: sundaes at the Jigger Shop, lectures at the Chautauqua, concerts at the Playhouse, and – of course – the Mount Gretna Art Show.

The Historic Preservation Trust of Lebanon County will hold its annual garden tour on Saturday, July 9, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the southern Lebanon area.

The Quittapahilla Audubon Society has announced its next round of free events open to the public this summer.

For the third year in a row, a community oration of Frederick Douglass’ historic 1854 speech, “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?,” will be held in Annville.

Located just south of Kleinfeltersville, the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area has a full slate of events planned for this summer.

The City of Lebanon will present its annual Independence Day fireworks display at Coleman Memorial Park, starting at about 9 p.m. Monday, July 4.

The Palmyra Public Library’s annual used book sale returns July 9-14 at Palmyra First United Methodist Church.

The late, great American composer Stephen Sondheim will be celebrated this weekend at the Mount Gretna Playhouse in Gretna Theatre’s production of ‘Sondheim on Sondheim.’

The summer run of concerts at Coleman Memorial Park continues July 9 with The Don Johnson Project taking the stage in what’s being billed as “one of their final appearances in central Pennsylvania.”

From June to August, the Tabernacle at the Mt. Gretna Campeeting is celebrating its annual Heritage Festival. The tabernacle will host concerts on Saturdays from 7:30 to 9 p.m, rain or shine.

Don’t miss your opportunity to see the habitat of the rare regal fritillary butterfly at Fort Indiantown Gap.

Northeast Pennsylvania band Vertigo Vibe is returning to Coleman Memorial Park this weekend for a concert to benefit park maintenance and improvements.

Historic Old Annville Day returns Saturday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an eight-block community street fair.

A Juneteenth/Freedom Day celebration will be held on Saturday, June 18, at Lebanon’s South Hills Park.