Gettysburg Current Events Articles 

2019

• Steven Sims Named Superintendent of Gettysburg National Park
• Majestic endowment campaign tops $5 million goal
• Adams County Arts Council's Food & Wine Events in November
• National Park programs for the 156th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Majestic Theater announces 2019-20 Season

2018

• Partners support monument preservation at Gettysburg National Park
• A Musical Acrobatic Adventure - Cirque Eloize "Saloon"
• Exploring Gettysburg this summer with National Park Rangers

2017

• Gettysburg Construction Co. Celebrates 65 years
• November 30th Preview Auction opens Gingerbread Celebration
• 53rd National Apple Harvest Festival coming soon
• Land Conservancy of Adams County earns national distinction
• Mason-Dixon Downs Casino cancelled
• Land Conservancy preserves 170 acres at Hauser Estate Winery
• Residents fight casino with a referendum
• Racino stumbles coming out of gate
• LCAC plans annual art auction
• Adams County Conservation District’s annual tree seedling sale
• LCAC preserves nearly 20 woodland acres in Oxford Township
• Majestic Theater hosts the Golden Dragon Acrobats
• Direct from Dublin, Ireland: "The Five Irish Tenors"
• LCAC preserves 77 acres in Highland Township
• Home builders show set to showcase skills
• New Theatre Arts Classes

2016

• Fall time brings festival season
• Road Rally to honor County’s First Responders
• National Apple Harvest Festival
• Adams County Heritage Festival
• Land Conservancy preserves 10 acres in Mount Joy Township
• "Celebrate Our Independence!"
• 16th Annual Adams County Irish Festival
• Taste test summer recipes from around the world with Chef Subarna
• State Representative Dan Moul
• Extension Office celebrates 100th anniversary
• Adams County Extension Office avoids shutdown
• State Budget issues affect Ag programs across the state of PA
• Totem pole playhouse announces 2016 season
• Senior Citizens Rediscover The Princess And The Pea

2012

• Tens of thousands expected at 150th Gettysburg Battle Re-enactment
• Nicaragua Night 2013 Slated for January 26
• New acts to perform for Gettysburg’s New Year Celebration
• Adams County Arts Council Presents "The Dance"
• 21st Adams County Heritage Festival
• Local Children’s Theatre to Become Gettysburg Community Theatre
• Gettysburg Cook-off – North vs. South to bring world-class barbeque
• Music, Gettysburg! Present Gettysburg Children’s Chorus in Concert
• Adams County Apple Blossom Festival
• Interfaith Center for Peace and Justice to hold Peace Camp
• Metta Ensemble Premiers in Music - Features Copland’s Appalachian Spring
• Robert Cray Band Brings the Blues to 5th Annual Gettysburg Festival
• Music, Gettysburg! announces the return of Ensemble New Amsterdam
• PA redistricting stalled by court
• Gettysburg's EasyReInk brings relief from high price printer cartridges
• Eleven to run for vacated House seat
• Barbara Franco named as Director of Gettysburg’s Seminary Ridge Museum
• Supercenter-anchored center moves forward

• Odor rules not applicable to chicken farm
• Adams County News Briefs
• Music, Gettysburg! Announces Concert of Favorites
• Fifth Annual Salsa on the Square in Gettysburg
• Adams County Heritage Festival Celebrates Twenty Years
• South Mountain Fair continues an American tradition
• Adams County Arts Council's CATS Tickets Now on Sale
• Gettysburg Dance Center’s Annual Recital Set for June 10-11
• International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Announces Youth Mikado Cast
• British Set to Invade Gettysburg, but for Purely Musical Reasons
• 4th Annual Gettysburg Fringe Festival Lineup Announced
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Concordia College Choir
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Sunderman Woodwind Quintet
• Gilbert & Sullivan Festival Announces Audition Dates and Locations
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents The Eaken Piano Trio in Concert

2010

• Gettysburg New Year's Eve Celebration
• Music Gettysburg Presents Choral Vespers for Advent
• Jessica Gondwe Joins Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra in Concert
• Music Gettysburg Presents Organist Martin Jean to Play Bach
• Playback Theatre Performance Opens Adams Art of Change Festival
• Music Gettysburg! Presents The Satellight Jazz Ensemble
• Imagination Station Announces Art Camps and Classes for July
• Majestic Theater's starts it's New Season at LeVan Performing Arts Center
• Rex Brothers Return in Performance with the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra
• Boston Shawm & Sackbut Ensemble, Returns to Music, Gettysburg!
• "Making it Better: Folk Art in Pennsylvania Today" Exhibit Opens May 1
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Organ Virtuoso Felix Hell
• Renaissance Announced for RoSfest 2010
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents the Gettysburg Orchestra Performing Beethoven
• Run Away with the Circus at the Majestic Theater!

2009

• Men in Kilts Invade the Majestic Theater!
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents "O Little Town: An American Christmas"
• Ring in the New Year with the Buzz Jones Big Band featuring Cathy Chemi
• Celebrate the Holidays with The Lettermen at the Majestic Theater!
• Celebrate the Season at the Majestic Theater
• Ventriloquist Jay Johnson appears at the Majestic Theater
• Adams County Arts Council's 10th annual Masquerade Party
• Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra kicks off Music, Gettysburg!’s 29th season
• Majestic Theater presents Irving Berlin's "I Love A Piano"
• Art & Jazz at the Gettysburg Majestic Theater
• Imagination Station Announces September Art Classes
• Photographer Casey Martin Returns To Gettysburg
• Alash Ensemble Brings Tuvan Throat Singing to Gettysburg
• Cormorant’s Fancy Brings Celtic Rhythms to an Outdoor Concert
• Seven-Artist Exhibition and a New Gallery in Downtown Gettysburg
• Council announces selections for Juried Exhibit
• Lights, Camera, AOK, presented by the Adams County Arts Council
• Concert Features Gettysburg Native Colin Stokes
• Simple Gifts Take Music, Gettysburg! Stage
• 49th Adams County Apple Blossom Festival
• Deadline for entries approaches for Arts Council's Annual Juried Exhibition
• Music Gettysburg! To Present Bach’s St. John Passion
• Annual LeVan Garden Party to benefit Arts Council
• Arts Council Annual Membership Meeting to feature Simple Gifts
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Felix Hell Playing Bach & Mendelssohn-bartholdy
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Barnstormers with RockCandy Cloggers

2008

• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Company at the Creche
• Zorzal Brings Spanish and Latin American Traditions to Music, Gettysburg!
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Meredith Megles-lawler, Soprano
• Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra Welcomes Rex Brothers
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Big Band Outdoors
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Cormorant’s Fancy with Baritone Wayne Hill
• 145th Anniversary Re-enactments in Gettysburg
• Visitor spending increases in Adams County
• Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra and Kathleen Sasnett Offer Concert
• Musical Sensation, Felix Hell Offers an Organ Concert for Music, Gettysburg!
• Imagination Station Summer 2008 Course Offerings
• Schedule for 2008 History Meets the Arts Weekend
• Pulitzer Photographer Exhibits in Gettysburg
• Gettysburg Stage opens 'The Oldest Profession
• Imagination Station Announces Summer Arts Camps and Classes for Kids
• David Leonhardt Jazz Group Plays Gershwin at Seminary Chapel
• Gettysburg Stage offers discounts with Cell Phones for Soldiers
• Adams County Outdoor Expo
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents Rare Sound of Music for Two Organs
• David Mamet play "The Cryptogram" opens February 22
• Music Gettysburg! Presents the U.s. Soldiers Chorus in Concert
• Digital Photography Adds Additional Classes in Stained Glass
• National Touring Production of "Little Women" Heads for the Majestic
• New Virtual Museum Showcases Eisenhower Site

2007

• Abstract Photography Exhibit Opens: More Than Meets Your Eyes
• Music, Gettysburg! Presents The Eaken Piano Trio in Concert
• Gettysburg Stage launches one act plays
• Seminary Ridge Symposium 2007 to Explore Devil’s Den and Little Round Top
• The Village Theatre of Gettysburg Changes Focus
• Gettysburg Seminary host Ugandan Song & Dance Troupe "The Predestined"
• Gettysburg to host National Sheepdog Finals
• Auditions Set for Two Gettysburg Stage Shows
• World War II Weekend at Eisenhower National Historic Site
• East Berlin (Pa) Colonial Day
• Top Names in Bluegrass Return to the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
• Gettysburg Stage announces new season
• Eighth Annual Adams County Irish Festival
• Underground Railroad Tours Are Gettysburg's Newest Attraction
• Wounded Soldiers Gain Confidence through Snow Sports
• Adams County Fishing and Outdoor Expo
• New Tourism Website for Gettysburg and Adams County

 2006

• Mason Dixon Country Club taking longer than expected
• 'Gateway' opens new $40 million hotel
• Bil Lepp, to Headline Gettysburg Northeast Storytelling Festival
• Preservation groups attend statewide Underground Railroad Colloquium
• Top Names in Bluegrass Return to the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival
• Peter Cincotti Opens 2006-2007 season at the Majestic Theater
• 12th Annual Gettysburg Music Muster
• Confederate blood stains detected 143 years after the Battle of Gettysburg!
• Gettysburg playing host to new battle
• History Meets the Arts Opens with Fields of Freedom Public Premiere
• Railsplitter: A New Look at Lincoln by Students and Teachers
• Vintage Photography Exhibition at Gettysburg’s new Majestic Theater
• Hundreds attend Gettysburg casino hearing
• Gateway Gettysburg opens first hotel
• PA House votes to can casino 199-0
• 3rd Annual AOH St. Patrick's Day Party to Benefit Gettysburg Soup Kitchen
• April hearing set for Gettysburg area casino

2005

• Gettysburg marks 142nd anniversary of the dedication of National Cemetery
• Living History Encampments Teach History of Gettysburg First Hand
• Battle at Marsh Creek Reenactment Planned at Boyds Bear Country
• Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau Signs Eight New Members
• New Visiting Hours For Gettysburg Park Take Effect In November
• Irish Music Legend To Headline 6th Annual Adams County Irish Festival
• Gettysburg to Host Traveling Native American Art Exhibition in July
• 142nd Gettysburg Civil War Reenactment July 1, 2 & 3
• Chamber Orchestra's 25th Anniversary Gala Concert for Music, Gettysburg!
• Baritone Wayne Hill Brings Music, Gettysburg! Audience to the Water's Edge
• 50th Adams County Apple Blossom Festival
• Jeff Bates Headlines Special Concert at Apple Blossom Festival
• Patriot Point’s Black Box Theater to Open Mid-February
• Patriot Point honors the men and women of the United States military  

   2004

• Patriot Point honors the men and women of the United States military
• Ragged Edge Coffee House reopens after nearly one year
• Casting Call for Sabers and Roses scheduled for Remembrance Day Weekend
• Historic Best Western Gettysburg Hotel Announces Charity Event
• Friends to Remembrance Illumination in Soldiers’ National Cemetery
• Parade and Ceremonies Planned to Celebrate Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address
• Famed Wildlife Artist Carl Brenders to Appear in Gettysburg
• Gettysburg to Host 7th Annual Gettysburg Brass Band Festival
• Schriver House Museum Offers Open House to Adams County Residents
• Civil War Heritage Days Listed as One of America's Top 100 Events
• Americas Arts "The Heart of New Hampshire" Exhibition Opens
• Historic Fairfield Inn Presents the 2004 Classic Concert Cuisine Series
• Ricky Skaggs et. al. to appear at the Gettysburg Bluegrass Festival