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This Weekend: Allentown Fair and Dorney Fireworks

You can get an autograph from Toby Keith, head over to the Lehigh Valley Zoo, taste some local wines or play a game of miniature golf.

It's a long holiday weekend, and although the weather forecast is iffy, it's your chance to celebrate the 'unoffical' end of summer.

Here's what's going on this weekend in and around Upper Macungie:

  • The Great Allentown Fair continues its run through Labor Day at the Allentown Fairgrounds. For specific information on the fair, including hours, headliner acts and admission prices, click here
    • The Lehigh Wheelmen invite you to participate in the 2013 Donut Derby on Labor Day, which is Monday, Sept. 2 at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center at 1151 Mosser Road in Breinigsville. Start time is 9 a.m.
    • South Parkland Youth Association Football gets underwaySunday at Grange Park in Upper Macungie. Here is the schedule: 9 a.m. Pee Wee (100 pounds); 10:30 a.m. Jr Varsity (120 pounds); Noon: Varsity (140 pounds); 1:30 p.m. Jr Pee Wee (80 pounds); 3 p.m.Flag games.
    • Check out the Grossology exhibit at the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, which is in its final two weeks. Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
    • The nearby Lehigh Valley Zoo in Schnecksville is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Friday through Monday.
    • Want to play some miniature golf? Liber-Tee Miniature golf, at 7720 Adrienne Drive in Breinigsville, will be open all weekend. Play 18 holes and enjoy a hand-dipped ice cream cone afterwards. Call 610-391-1477 for specific hours.
    • Kids eat free Sunday at the Buckeye Tavern, located at 3741 Brookside Road in Macungie.
    • Everybody loves free. The nearby Allentown Art Museum is free to all on Sunday. Hours are noon to 4 p.m.
    • St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church, at 1879 Applewood Drive in Orefield, holds Sunday Masses at 7 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m.
    • St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, at 1028 Church Street in Fogelsville, holds Sunday Worship at 9:30 a.m.
    • St. John's UCC Church, at 1027 Church Street in Fogelsville, also holds Sunday Worship. Call 610-398-7015 for times.
    • St. Paul's UCC Church, located at the corner of Trexlertown Road and Church Lane in Trexlertown, holds a Traditional Worship at 9 a.m. and a Contemporary Worship at 10:30 a.m.


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