Harrisburg Party Bus Rentals: City Island, Second Street & Midtown

Group nights in Harrisburg start on Second Street restaurant row, a few blocks from the Whitaker Center and the Harrisburg Transportation Center where Amtrak Keystone trains arrive, then drift north into Midtown for the Broad Street Market and its restaurant blocks or across the Market Street Bridge for a Senators game at FNB Field on City Island. Riverfront Park runs for miles along Front Street and hosts the festivals, with Shipoke's row houses at its south end. The Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex takes several blocks at the north edge of downtown, and the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex sits along Cameron Street and Maclay Street. I-83, I-81 and US 22/322 ring the city, and several bridges carry guests to and from West Shore hotels. Harrisburg International Airport (MDT) is about 10 miles southeast in Middletown on I-283 or PA 283, roughly 20 minutes.

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The Pennsylvania Farm Show takes over the Farm Show Complex for a week each January, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors onto Cameron Street, and the complex hosts shows the rest of the year. Kipona closes Riverfront Park and City Island over Labor Day weekend, and July Fourth fireworks and summer concerts use the same ground. Senators baseball runs April through September. Second Street carries the bar crawls and bachelorette nights, Midtown's Third in the Burg brings first-Friday crowds, and the Whitaker Center and the Forum handle performances. Brewery and winery tours head out toward Hershey and the Cumberland Valley, and May brings commencements at Harrisburg University and Penn State Harrisburg.

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Farm Show week is the expensive week in Harrisburg, when Cameron Street and the I-81 exits back up for days and hotels fill. Kipona and July Fourth close Riverfront Park and City Island, and a Senators game fills the island lots and the Market Street Bridge approaches. Capitol events can move a drop point with little notice. Every West Shore hotel pickup is another river crossing on the clock. An MDT run is short; Philadelphia or Baltimore is two hours each way plus possible tolls. Ask for a single figure covering tolls, waiting and gratuity.

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Early January belongs to the Farm Show, the single busiest stretch of the year for hotels and Cameron Street. Senators baseball runs April through September, Kipona closes the riverfront over Labor Day weekend, and the July Fourth fireworks do the same for a night. Spring and fall legislative sessions bring rallies and shifting security lines around the Capitol. Commencements land in May, and wedding season on the river runs May through October. Susquehanna flooding has closed Front Street, Shipoke and City Island in past storms, and winter ice makes the bridges slow.