SoWe

Peace In the Streets: Summer Block Party
2025-06-14 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Culliton Park, 200-238 S Water St, Lancaster, PA, 19603
Our Annual Summer Block Party, co-hosted by two wonderful organizations – ENDALL MOVEMENT and CJ’s Hoop for Hope, is back with the annual traditions you’ve come to know and love! Come and enjoy getting to know dozens of community partners, play sports, water and field games, watch CJ’s Hoops for Hope basketball tournament, play bingo and win cool prizes, play carnival games (like fishbowl and group races), get your face painted, henna art, and a caricature of you and your whole family/big group of friends, eat a delicious, locally-made lunch for FREE and go home with lots of goodies and new connections!
In addition to all the community-bonding fun, just like last year, we want to rally around keeping our streets safe and free from gun violence. So we are excited to again welcome impactful speakers (both from local government, local advocacy organizations, and neighbors with lived experience) to share how they are committed to bringing more peace to our neighborhood’s streets! We will have an important time of remembrance of family members and friends who tragically died from gun violence, and also have an Open-Mic time, for community members to share personal pieces (songs, raps, poems, stories) of how gun violence has impacted them.
This is our longest running event and one that our neighbors remember and look forward to all year long!
If you’d like to volunteer for one of the many fun activities of the day, please sign up through our sign-up link: Peace In The Streets: Block Party 2025 Volunteer Sign-Up! All volunteers will get a Brand New event volunteer shirt! You are encouraged to volunteer as a group – so sign up with your family and friends!

National Night Out
2025-08-05 17:00 - 19:30 | 440 Saint Josephs St, 440 Saint Josephs St, Lancaster, PA, 17603, United States
Let’s get wild on a weeknight during this year’s National Night Out – Tuesday, August 5th from 5-7:30PM!
Our wonderful neighbor, Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church, is taking the lead on this cherished annual, neighborhood pride summer event! National Night Out is all about celebrating what’s special and great about the beautiful place where we live (three cheers for the SoWe neighborhood)! That’s why the event is held on a residential block – making it even easier to step out your doors and make memories with your neighbors!
So come on down to the St Joe’s Parking lot! Enjoy dinner, music, games, a fresh HAIRCUT before school starts and a brand new BACKPACK and even learn how to duckpin BOWL! The bowling alley will be OPEN!
If you’d like to help volunteer – email Matt (the event lead) at : wallaby38@gmail.com.

Summer Concert in Culliton Park
2025-08-22 18:00 - 21:00 | Culliton Park, 200-238 S Water St, Lancaster, PA, 19603
Say goodbye to summer with an evening of live music and ice cream!
Our very own neighbor and friend, Velkro will be kicking off the night with his self-produced and insanely talented songwriting! Next, DC & Company will delight our ears as the feature band.
Neighbors can enjoy these talented musicians, lawn games, and an assortment of FREE ice cream from local business, Mezcla Ice Cream!
Neighbors are asked to bring your own chairs and/or blankets to sit on! Also if you’d like to enjoy dinner during the show you are always welcome to pack a picnic (the park even has grills if you personally want to go all out) OR there will be at least one food truck available on-site where you can purchase food (note: the dinner component is not free – but is available).
You don’t want to miss this evening of connection and fun! See you there!
