This Week Around Happy Valley: Summer’s Main Events Are Kicking into Gear
With a beautiful stretch of weather, Happy Valley feels like it has officially shifted into summer mode.
There is a lot happening, and it is hard to fit it all into one weekly roundup.
That is part of why we are excited to soon launch a new version of Connect Happy Valley. In addition to this weekly roundup, we look forward to bringing you deeper dives, curated guides, and more ways to find the events that fit your interests and your schedule, while maybe introducing you to something new along the way.
For now, here are some of the highlights happening around Happy Valley this week.
This Week Around Happy Valley: Summer Games, Festivals, and Community Conversations
As usual there is a lot to choose from this week, which is a good problem to have!
This Week Around Happy Valley: Community Conversations and Plenty to Do
This week around Happy Valley brings a remarkable amount of activity including live music, family outings, outdoor events, and community gatherings.
More Than a Tournament: See Her Win Brings 575 Young Athletes to Happy Valley for Memorial Day Weekend
There are great weekends in Happy Valley all year long. But Memorial Day weekend feels different. It is the unofficial kickoff to summer when pools begin to open, patios fill up, schools wind down, and the entire region shifts into a new rhythm. And this year, Happy Valley kicks off summer with a fitting theme: See Her Win.
Boalsburg welcomes visitors to one of the nation’s most meaningful Memorial Day traditions. And across Happy Valley, you can feel summer beginning in a place many already believe is one of the best places anywhere to live, work, and play.
Memorial Day Weekend Anchors a Full Week Around Happy Valley
Memorial Day weekend anchors the week around Happy Valley, with remembrance events, patriotic music, family outings, concerts, games, and early summer traditions filling the calendar.
From Boalsburg’s Memorial Day weekend events to live music, outdoor gatherings, baseball, and community celebrations, this week offers plenty of ways to mark the holiday weekend and enjoy the start of the summer season.
Congrats. You always have a home here in HappyValley!
Congrats. You always have a home here in HappyValley!
Summer Is for the Locals: A Quieter Town But Not a Slower Calendar
State College feels a little quieter after graduation. The calendar shifts rather than slows down. Community festivals, family-friendly events, and outdoor activities ramping up are the first signs of the summer season around Happy Valley.
We Are….Family
There is a phrase so woven into the fabric of Penn State that it precedes introductions, crosses generations, and travels with alumni to every corner of the world. Two words that carry the weight of a covenant:
We Are…
You finish it without thinking: Penn State.
Graduation, Giving, Mother’s Day and More Around Happy Valley This Week
Happy Valley moves into one of its classic May transition weeks, with Penn State graduation bringing families to town, Centre Gives highlighting local nonprofits, and Mother’s Day rounding out the weekend
Whether you are looking for a concert, a community event, or a spring walk, this week’s calendar has a little bit of everything.
