It's the launch of season 2 of the So Good Lancaster podcast and we're mixing things up. This is the first episode of our new format. First off, we're upping the cadence of the show to weekly and expanding to a video format. Phew! Second off, each month we're going to be focusing on recurring topics:

First week — art and updates from Lancaster City
Second week — happenings around the county
Third week — the Lancaster music scene
Fourth week — film and food

On the program today we welcome Ruby Mundok, Social Media and Tourism Marketing Manager for the City of Lancaster and Katherine Horst, owner of Horst Arts Center, located in Manheim. We chatted about the abundance of events coordinated by the city for September, including Welcoming Week, a nationally recognized initiative that is coming to Lancaster through a celebration highlighting our diverse culture, neighborhoods, businesses, & residents. Among a ton of other events we chatted about the first Capital Day Festival, coming to Penn Square on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

Speaking of September 26, it's shaking out to be one of the busier days of the month. Katherine shared that two arts festivals are also scheduled for that day in Lancaster County, including the Landis Woods Outdoor Fine Arts Show and Columbia's "Art in the Park" in the Locust Street Park. As always, the annual Labor Day arts festival at Long's Park is on tap this week along with another First Friday in downtown Lancaster, that has been a staple event in the city for over two decades.

Bottom line, get out and enjoy September while we still have the nice warm weather! There's always plenty to do in Lancaster.

— Jason
(all of these words came from my brain)

LINKS

Sponsors:

The Candy Factory (TCF)
https://clubtcf.com/

Lancaster Gift Box
https://lancastergiftbox.com/

Ruby's city update:

Visit Lancaster City — events calendar
https://visitlancastercity.com/events/

Lancaster Print Crawl, Sept. 4
https://lancasterprintcrawl.com/

Welcoming Week, Sept. 10–19
https://www.cityoflancasterpa.gov/welcome/welcoming-week/

Lancaster Capital Day, Sept. 26 — Penn Square
https://lancastercapitalday.org/

Katherine's arts update:

Horst Arts Center — Manheim
https://horstarts.com/

Long's Park Art Festival, Sept. 4–6
https://www.longspark.org/art-festival

Heart of Lancaster Arts & Craft Show at Root's, Sept. 5–6 — Manheim
https://www.hlcshow.com/

Landis Woods Outdoor Fine Art Show, Sept. 26 — Neffsville
https://www.manheimtownship.org/1644/Landis-Woods-Outdoor-Fine-Art-Show

Create Columbia "Art in the Park," Sept. 26 — Locust Street Park
https://www.createcolumbia.org/events

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While digging into the Lancaster food truck scene, an interesting theme emerged. The owners of food trucks, and there are many in Lancaster and the surrounding areas, don’t see each other primarily as competition, but more as part of a collective of sorts. Food trucks can’t be at more than one event at a time, so trucks of similar items find themselves referring each other to events, and trucks with complementary items find themselves at the same events and provide snacks for each other. I loved hearing about this sense of collaboration in the local food truck scene.

Danielle Landis, from Lickity Split and W Donuts, is a 20 year veteran of the scene who helps organize food truck festivals around the region. Danielle joined me in the So Good Media studio to chat about the ups and downs of working a truck, the camaraderie of the owners, and a few of the annual food truck festivals to enjoy. Cameos in this episode include David Hiester from W Donuts and Nathan Claycomb from Joe on the Go Coffee Co. recording during previous interviews for the podcast.

Our So Good Music feature is “Oh Jeanine” by Sun Not Yellow, including a chat with songwriter and front man Jesse Barki.

- Jason

(all of these words came from my brain)

Links:
Lickity Split
W Donuts
Joe on the Go Coffee Co.
Sun Not Yellow
“Oh Jeanine” by Sun Not Yellow

Food Truck Festivals Danielle Helps Organize:
Taste of New Holland Food Truck Festival
Occupational Development Center Food Truck Fest
Lancaster’s Best Food Truck Competition

Danielle’s Food Truck Picks:
Walko Taco Food Truck
Radish Food Truck

We want to hear from YOU! What do you think makes Lancaster So Good? Is there a special event or occasion coming up you want to highlight? Fill out the form on our website, and you could be featured in a future episode of So Good Lancaster.

So Good Lancaster is produced by So Good Media at The Candy Factory, a coworking and social club in Lancaster, PA.

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I had the opportunity to learn about the Dutchland Derby Rollers and the Thorns Rugby Club at the Stuff To Do Fair back in January. While I had heard of the Rollers over the years, I had no idea there was a women’s adult rugby club here in Lancaster. Curious, I started digging into these two teams and quickly began to realize that these types of adult sports serve a much bigger purpose than scoring points and claiming bragging rights. They form friendships, provide opportunities for learning new skills, and build community.

Through these two teams I was introduced to our very own women’s ice hockey team, the Lancaster Reapers. It turns out that this trio of adult women’s sports teams recently formed an informal collaborative alliance to help each other spread the word, grow attendance and interest, and even fundraise together. I wanted to learn more, so I welcomed Diosanny Rivera from the Dutchland Derby Rollers, Kelly Leibolt and Zimmy from Lancaster Reapers, and Alex Tarleton and Eva Dombrowski from the Knightmare and Thorns Ruby Clubs to the program to talk about their respective sports and teams, and find out why these kinds of teams are important.

- Jason

(all of these words came from my brain)

Links:
Dutchland Derby Rollers
Lancaster Reapers
Thorns Rugby

We want to hear from YOU! What do you think makes Lancaster So Good? Is there a special event or occasion coming up you want to highlight? Fill out the form on our website, and you could be featured in a future episode of So Good Lancaster.

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