The Weekend Itinerary

Thank you to the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau for sourcing our weekend lineups. Their events calendar did the legwork so you don't have to. Here are our picks:

Oktoberfest at Pint Size Park, Barley Creek Brewing Company, 1774 Sullivan Trail, Tannersville. Barley Creek's annual Oktoberfest brings German food and drink specials, live music, a pretzel toss, Hammerschlagen, and a bounce house for the kids. The main event is the steinholding contest, a qualifier in the Pennsylvania Steinholding Championship series: fun heat at 3:30 p.m., qualifying heat at 4 p.m., $20 to enter (stein and beer included). Sat. 10/3, 1 to 8 p.m. Free admission.

Pinkalicious, The Musical at Sherman Theater, 524 Main Street, Stroudsburg. A family musical about a girl who eats so many pink cupcakes she turns pink. Sat. 10/3, doors at 2 p.m., show at 3 p.m. Tickets $19 to $27.22 at the Sherman box office.

Neil Simon's Last of the Red Hot Lovers at the Shawnee Playhouse, 552 River Road, Shawnee on Delaware. The Neil Simon comedy about what it means to grow older, directed by Sarah McCarroll with a cast drawn from the Poconos and the surrounding area. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 11; showtimes vary, so check before you go. $25 adults, $20 seniors, $16 ages 17 and under, plus fees. Meal-and-show tickets are available. So support community theater: these are our neighbors on that stage.

Xtreme Queen at Mount Airy Casino Resort, Event Center, 312 Woodland Road, Mount Pocono. A Queen tribute band that recreates the group's 1985 Live Aid set, costumes and all. Sat. 10/3, 8 p.m. $30.15. Ages 21 and up.

Saturday is the day to be outside. Have a great weekend, Monroe County.