Seven Springs Mountain Resort festival, events schedule and summer activities
SEVEN SPRINGS ― Get ready to raise your glass and savor the best of Pennsylvania wines from dry to sweet, semi-sweet, and sparkling, at the lively Seven Springs Wine Festival Aug. 23-25.
Seven Springs and the Pennsylvania Wine Association have partnered once again to bring together wineries from across Pennsylvania for one of the state’s largest wine festivals. This year’s event will feature more than 20 wineries including four new wineries ― Creekside Cellars Winery, Deep Roots Hard Cider, Fero Vineyards, and Mark & Val Wines. In addition, Armstrong Vineyard and Winery, who recently won the 2024 Sommelier Judgement of Pennsylvania Wines Best Red for its 2020 Cabernet Franc will return to the festival.
Featured entertainment includes Chris Higbee, Smells Like the 90s, Radio Tokyo, and Jukebox. A full schedule of entertainment is available here.
Ticket sales for the Wine Festival can be purchased online here in advance for the best savings. Tickets may also be available at the event gate. Admission to the festival includes a souvenir wine glass, samples from more than 20 Pennsylvania wineries, live music on multiple stages, access to wine seminars on Saturday and Sunday, and complimentary wine check service for purchases made from attending wineries. Designated driver tickets will be available at the event gate per person. The Seven Springs Wine Festival is only open to guests ages 21 and up.
Festival hours are 5-9 p.m. Aug. 23; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 24 and 25.
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Summer at Seven Springs
Activities like the Alpine Slide and scenic chairlift rides are featured through Labor Day, then weekends through Oct. 20, weather permitting. Resort guests seeking summer fun at Seven Springs will want to take advantage of the All-Day Adventure Pass, which provides access to:
Alpine Slide
Bounce House
Bowling
Chairlift rides
Courtyard and yard games like bocce, horseshoes, and pickleball
Disc golf
Miniature golf
Paddleboats
Paddleboards
Rock wall
Swimming pools
Trampoline Thing
The resort announced its summer festival and events schedule featuring:
Foggy Goggle Concert Series, Friday and Saturday nights, through Sept. 7
Jazz Nights at Helen’s Restaurant, Wednesdays, through Aug. 28
Seven Springs Wine Festival, Aug. 23-25
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Foggy Goggle Concert Series and Jazz Nights at Helen’s Restaurant
Foggy Goggle Concert Series Voted the top apres ski bar in North America, Seven Springs Mountain Resort’s Foggy Goggle hosts the annual Foggy Goggle Concert Series every summer. This free live music series features the area's greatest acoustic acts on Friday nights and some of the best bands and DJs in the region on Saturday nights with performances by Radio Tokyo, String Theory, Ruff House, Black Dog Hollow, Smells Like the 90s, The Delaneys, and more. The concert series will be held Fridays and Saturdays, through Aug. 31. A detailed schedule of entertainment is available on the resort’s website.
Music fans will also enjoy the Foggy Goggle’s dinner service, arcade games, as well as air hockey, billiards tables, darts, and axe throwing.
Jazz Nights at Helen’s Restaurant Helen’s Restaurant provides guests with a fine dining experience featuring local ingredients in a relaxed setting. On Wednesday evenings this summer, guests can relax on the patio and enjoy a special menu paired with jazz performances by Paul Cosentino, Howard Alexander, Jason Kendall, Scott Elliott, Sal Ventura and more. A detailed schedule of entertainment and the full special menu are available on the resort’s website. Reservations may also be made online.
More details about these events, including ticket sales and entertainment line-up, will be available soon at www.7springs.com and on the resort’s Facebook and Instagram channels.
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Plan now for the winter
As summer starts to wind down, the best time to plan for winter is now, and your checklist to prepare for the upcoming ski and ride season is here. Pennsylvania skiers and riders who start planning now will lock in the best deals and experiences when visiting close-to-home resorts like Seven Springs.
Seven Springs: Not only does Seven Springs offer an expansive on-site hotel, indoor pool, an arcade, bowling, and snow tubing, the resort will expand its family-friendly amenities to include new full and half-day children’s group lessons, along with previously offered private children’s lesson programs. During their lesson, they will build up their confidence and learn new techniques from professional instructors who are specially trained to work with children. In addition, the resort will offer two new seasonal development programs - Her Turns Academy for women and Mountain Adventure Team for children ages 8-17. Seven Springs will also introduce 300 new parking spaces for the 2024/25 ski season and a full roster of events like Ullr Fest, holiday celebrations and Toyota Takeover Weekend, as well as après entertainment at the Foggy Goggle and Main Lodge.
Laurel Mountain: Home to the steepest skiable slope in Pennsylvania, Laurel Mountain will host a new seasonal steep terrain program designed to help fine-tune advanced riding skills for local skiing and to prepare for trips to resorts like Vail Mountain, Breckenridge and Whistler-Blackcomb.
Hidden Valley Resort: The slopes and trails at Hidden Valley Resort are ideal for beginners and families to learn and grow together. This season, the resort will launch two new seasonal programs ― Valley Adventure Team for youth ages 8-17 and Snow Angels women’s program. Reservations for the new seasonal programs at Seven Springs, Hidden Valley, and Laurel Mountain will open online Aug. 27. Reservations for group and private lessons, including full and half-day children’s programs, will launch online in early October.
Epic Day Pass if you buy now
Skiers and riders have until Sept. 2 to purchase an Epic Pass before prices increase. Epic Passes offer significant pre-season savings compared to lift ticket prices and, whether you plan to ski or ride one day or every day, there is a Pass option for everyone.
Epic Day Pass (as low as $44 per day) offers skiers and riders the ability to build their own Pass ― choosing 1-7 days to use throughout the season. Epic Day Passes provide up to 60% savings compared to lift ticket prices. Epic Day Pass Holders can ski and ride eight resorts in Pennsylvania for as low as $44 per day.
Northeast Value Pass ($613) offers incredible value with unlimited, unrestricted access to ski and ride the eight resorts in Pennsylvania, plus resorts across the Northeast including Mount Snow (VT), Okemo (VT), Hunter Mountain (NY), Mount Sunapee (NH) and more.
Epic Pass ($1,004) continues to offer the best deal in skiing and riding with access to more than 80 resorts worldwide, including unlimited, unrestricted access to eight Pennsylvania resorts.
Specialty Passes are available including active and retired Military and their dependents ($177), Veterans and their dependents ($573), and Adaptive Passes ($492) that offer access to 42 resorts at a discount. ($492) that offer access to 42 resorts at a discount. The Northeast Value College Pass ($430) is perfect for college students who want to ski or ride resorts across the Northeast.
View all Epic Passes on epicpass.com before prices rise Sept. 2.
Epic Passes also provide savings on other parts of the in-resort experience. Passes come with Epic Mountain Rewards, which offer exclusive discounts including 20% off on-mountain food and beverage, lodging, group ski and ride lessons, equipment rentals and more ― all winter long.
Download the new My Epic app to use Mobile Pass this winter. Guests can buy their Pass online, activate and store it in the My Epic app, and scan their phone hands free at the lifts using low-energy Bluetooth? technology. Mobile Pass and Mobile Lift Tickets will be available at Vail Resorts’ 37 North American resorts during the 2024/25 season.
This article originally appeared on The Daily American: Summer festivals, events and activities at Seven Springs listed