🌱 What’s planned for this year’s Fort Ligonier Days festival downtown?

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• What's planned for this year's Fort Ligonier Days festival downtown?

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Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 84 and low of 67 degrees.
• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, temps: high: 75, low: 47.
• Saturday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• From frights to foliage: 12 things to do in Pa. this October (keystonenewsroom.com) — Fort Ligonier Days will soon turn downtown Ligonier and the historic fort into a packed fall festival with battle reenactments, a 5K, arts and crafts, and fireworks. The statewide roundup also spotlights other October festivals, but this long-running Ligonier celebration remains a signature autumn draw for tens of thousands of visitors to the Laurel Highlands.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Ligonier

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★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Fort Ligonier Days →
  The Diamond, 104 PA-711, Ligonier
  4:30 pm

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Other local events

Friday October 2
• Foothills Writers: Monthly Writing Group →
  Smart Room, 120 W Main St, Ligonier
  1:00 pm
Friday October 9
• Library Closed 10/9
  Ligonier Valley Library, 120 West Main Street, Ligonier
Sunday October 11
• Book Talk and Signing at Fort Ligonier →
  Fort Ligonier, 200 South Market Street, Ligonier
  11:00 am
• Mike Urick and the Modelaires Close Out Fort Ligonier Days →
  Ligonier Diamond (Fort Ligonier Days), Ligonier
  3:00 pm
• Mike Urick and the Modelaires at Ligonier Diamond (Fort Ligonier Days) →
  Ligonier Diamond (Fort Ligonier Days), Ligonier
  3:00 pm
Saturday October 17
• Family Fall Festival! →
  11:00 am
Sunday October 18
• Ligonier Witches Bike Brigade →
  Loyalhannah Watershed Association, Ligonier
  11:00 am
Friday October 23
• Croptoberfest 2026 - CM Kathy Stewart →
  Nimick Family Education Center, 6 Old Lincolne Hwy W, Ligonier
  10:00 am
Saturday October 24
• 2026 Pumpkin Carving Contest →
  Compass Inn Museum, Ligonier
  11:00 am
• "Haunted Halloween Tales": Stories From The Ligonier Valley as Told at Compass Inn Museum →
  Compass Inn Museum, Ligonier
  6:00 pm
• Haunted Halloween Tales: Stories From The Ligonier Valley as Told at Compass Inn Museum →
  Compass Inn Museum, Ligonier
  6:00 pm

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A waist of time. (Thank you Martin L. for sending it in!)
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