Weekender Spotlight

Variant Season is coming hot off a year of growth and gearing up for more in 2025. This local alt-metal band’s latest hit song, “Fade,” has been making its rounds on 979X’s Locals Only show and across the state.

KINGSTON —Holiday shopping doesn’t have to be tedious or desperate! Proxima Artistry Collective hosts a full seasonal celebration so you can to find something special for everyone your list and have an enlightening experience too.

SCRANTON — On Saturday, December 7, a 10-band music festival takes place at Moon Ballroom in Dickson City, where the hard rock and heavy metal community is joining forces to support a great cause for the holiday season!

EXETER — Can’t get enough Middleswarth potato chips? Well, here’s your chance to put the chips where your mouth is. Northeast Snacks hosts the 9th Annual Northeast Snacks Middleswarth Potato Chip Eating Contest on Saturday, November 30.

DICKSON CITY — For the kawaii kid in your life, a new store just opened inside the Viewmont Mall!

POTTSVILLE --Pennsylvania rock n’ roll band Gleasons Drift just dropped fifth full-length album, “Just The Same Whatever” through Schuylkill county’s own collective brand, Blind Pigeon Records.

SCRANTON — Get your chills and thrills with the compelling short stories and poems in Thomas A. Cerra’s new book, “The Collective.”

WILKES-BARRE — Nitro Circus is coming to Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza on Tuesday, November 19, at 7:30 p.m. Ahead of the show, The Weekender spoke to sensational Nitro Circus founder and American action sports extraordinaire, Travis Pastrana in a phone interview.

SCRANTON — Composer Zach Sprowls celebrates his debut album, “All Beginnings Are Hard,’ as a variety of community creatives come together to honor his latest contribution to the arts.