Upcoming Events
3rd Annual New Cumberland Earth & Arts Festival
Save the date! Our 3rd annual “arty party for the planet” is slated to return to the New Cumberland Public Library on Sunday, April 27th, 2025.
The festival brings together:
Local environmental advocacy organizations
Earth-friendly artists
Wildlife demonstrations
Backyard gardening & sustainability workshops
A sustainable fashion fair
Live, local music
Locally sourced food trucks
Family-friendly activities
And much more!
CALL FOR COLLABORATORS: We’re looking for organizations, artists, merchants, organizers, volunteers, sponsors and more to participate in this year’s festival.
December Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
Merry Merchants Outdoor Holiday Market
Save the date! Our Merry Merchants outdoor holiday market is back for year three. Make buying local a priority this year.
Sunday, November 24, 11am-3pm
316 4th Street, New Cumberland, PA
Rain date: Sunday, December 1, 11am-3pm
Join us for an outdoor market featuring dozens of local makers, artists, and entrepreneurs, cozy food & drinks, live tinsel tunes, fun holiday experiences & more!
Help us make this market great - reach out about being a vendor, sponsor, volunteer, performer, artist, or collaborator:
November Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
Makers Matinee: Shrek
What do you get when you combine Shrek, crochet/drawing/name-your-craft-here, and hanging out with other creators? Our first Makers Matinee!
We’re teaming up with Creative Spark Arts and the West Shore Theatre to bring a creative community matinee to New Cumberland. We’ll keep the house lights up so you can work on your latest craft or art project while connecting with other creators to watch everyone’s favorite film - SHREK!
Admission is $5, sit where you want, meet someone new, and make some progress on your latest craft!
Open Mic w/ Susquehanna Folk
We continue our collaboration with The West Shore Theatre and Susquehanna Folk to bring you the third year of our Seasonal ALL AGES Open Mic Night, hosted by some of our favorite area musicians and Susquehanna Folk friends. Take center stage in one of the most beautiful venues in the area. In addition to just being a ton of fun, this is a great way to get on the radar for future gigs!
October Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
2nd Annual New Cumberland Music + Film Festival
SAVE THE DATE
The 2nd annual New Cumberland Music + Film Festival takes place on September 20-22, 2024. Featuring live performances and music themed films throughout the weekend, the festival takes place in and around various venues in downtown New Cumberland including the historic West Shore Theatre.
3rd Annual Cute Li’l Pride Picnic
Calling all collaborators for this year’s New Cumberland Pride weekend! We are looking for volunteers, vendors, advocates, performers, planners, food trucks, sponsors and more!
June Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
May Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
April Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
New Cumberland Earth & Arts Festival
SAVE THE DATE
The 2nd Annual "arty party for the planet" takes place on Sunday, April 14, 2024
Calling all collaborators! Submissions are now open - we're looking for planners, advocates, vendors, food trucks, sponsors, volunteers, and creatives to help make the festival's second year even better.
March Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
LOCAL MUSIC: Almost Honest Album Release Show w/ VoidHidden
What do you get when you pair local stoner rock/doom/heavy emo with the beautiful, historic West Shore Theatre? It’s our own headbanger’s ball.
New Cumberland’s own Almost Honest has released their new album The Hex of Penn’s Woods and are celebrating with this hometown album release show.
VoidHidden from Mechanicsburg will be there to support. Expect heavy emo feat. such themes as cosmic horror, melancholy, sci-if epics and reality warping experiences 🫠
February Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
January Collective Meeting
We like guests at our monthly board meetings! Great way to meet the crew and hear about what we have in the works.
Merry Merchants Outdoor Holiday Market
Our Merry Merchants outdoor holiday market is back for year two! Get a jump on gift shopping while supporting makers, artists, and entrepreneurs here in our community.
Our team of elves is busy planning all the details, but we will have 30+ local vendors, cozy food + drinks, vibey holiday music from local artists, and a few other fun surprises up our sleeves.
If you're interested in vending, volunteering, sponsoring, planning, or collaborating in some way, fill out our form and we'll be in touch.
Spruce Up Our COMMUNI-TREE!
FAMILIES - we are in search of handmade ornaments from kids for our COMMUNITREE window display!
How to participate:
1. Help your child make an ornament at home (3x4 inches max)
2. Drop off your ornament at the following locations:
Retro and Rad - 308 Market St
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sat 11-7, Sun 11-6
Wax Melts on the Loose - 308 Bridge Street
Mon, Tuesday 19-3, Wed, Thu 10-8:30, Fri, Sat 10-6
Oxford Hall - 233 Bridge Street
Mon, Tue, Thu 10-4, Fri 10-5, Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4
3. Stop by the COMMUNITREE window at 310 Market Street to see your ornament!
We will accept ornaments up until December 23.
WXPN Welcomes Radiator Hospital w/ The After Hours @ West Shore Theatre
Radiator Hospital are passing through from Philly for a tour of the Midwest. Their first stop? New Cumberland’s West Shore Theatre. Bandcamp
Harrisburg’s own The After Hours will open things up fresh off of a new album release on October 13. Bandcamp
New Cumberland Music + Film Festival
A weekend of music related films, live performances, and a celebration of New Cumberland’s countercultural undercurrent.
The 2023 New Cumberland Li'l Pride Picnic
Join us for our SECOND ANNUAL Cute Li’l New Cumberland Pride Picnic in Borough Park. We had such a great time celebrating and bringing visibility to the LGBTQIA+ community in and around New Cumberland that we’re actively planning some upgrades from last year. Keep an eye out for more details on programming and what to expect very soon!
Want to participate/collaborate/volunteer in this year’s Pride celebration?
One Year Birthday Bash + HQ Open House
We want to thank everyone for one year of collaboration, support, and community and introduce you to our new community space on Bridge Street!
Join us for a little celebration of our one year anniversary of being a government-recognized organization 🫡. It will be a great chance to say hi, explore a new space in downtown New Cumberland, and connect with like-minded folks.
We also invite you to think about ways you’d like to utilize the Collective house to connect & collaborate within the community.
The Wind Down - Local Indie Series: Kali Ma / The Nielsen Family / Peter Stone
The New Cumberland Collective presents The Wind Down at the West Shore Theatre, a local indie music showcase for all ages.
We’re branching out a bit in May:
Kali Ma and the Garland of Arms are an alt dream pop band from Wilkes-Barre.
The Nielsen Family Band bring space country to the stage from Lancaster.
Peter Stone is a native New Cumberland singer/songwriter returning home to play in May!
Sir Dominique Jordan and the Prolific Steppas - The Wind Down @ West Shore Theatre
A bonus Wind Down ends National Poetry Month with a very special performance by Sir Dominique Jordan and the Prolific Steppas. Sir Dominique Jordan, WITF Music’s featured February artist, is a spoken word poet, hip hop artivist, and creative entrepreneur dedicated to making an impact. The show will also feature comedian Damien Robinson and Cabbage Hill as openers.
Nobody’s Pen presents House of Poetry - An Intimate and Poetic Open Mic Experience
Celebrate the final day of National Poetry Month by joining us for a poetry open mic experience. Tiger Rose, a spoken word poet from Harrisburg, will be the featured artist.
This event is free to the public!
House of Poetry is a poetic open mic experience presented by Nobody’s Pen, a creative writers’ collective based in Lancaster, PA. This particular event is also celebrating National Poetry Month and is our 2nd opportunity in April to set up outside of the City of Lancaster for the first time! Our feature for the evening of April 30th is the one and only Tiger Rose. It will be going down from 4pm-6pm, hosted by Thunda Khatt and Sir Dominique Jordan. Be there early to sign up for the list! You get 5 min to introduce yourself and to spit ONE poem! Please be honest, open and respectful of all poets, lyricists and writers… discretion advised, there are no limits or constraints on content of poems shared! But if you want to challenge your pen, a writers prompt/theme will be released the week of the event! Stay tuned!
Public Disco Porch - The Wind Down @ West Shore Theatre
April showers bring the blooming sounds of Public Disco Porch to the Wind Down from nearby York city.
We have some fun openers too, with The Barrelmen (a French clown band out of Harrisburg) and Autumn Sky Hall (queer alt Americana - you can also catch Autumn at April 16th’s New Cumberland Earth & Arts Festival!)
Doors at 6:30 / Show at 7:00
Sponsored by our friends at Neato Burrito!
Bike The Borough: Group Bike Ride
Celebrate Earth Day with a group bike ride. We’ll meet in Borough Park and do a loop around the borough’s quieter streets and enjoy some of our neighboring natural resources. Our friends Mayor Thad Eisenhower and Councilman Fred Miles will join us along with the HBG Bike Crew - together we can advocate for more bike-friendly streets. We’ll end the ride at the Wild Rabbit for lunch before parting ways.