2016 Simply the Best Arts, Events & Leisure Winners

Fun is the safety-valve to let off the steam pressure out of the boiler to keep the old thing from busting.

Josh Billings, revised by H. Montague

Below are the results of Harrisburg Magazine‘s 2016 Simply the Best Readers’ Poll Competition for the Arts, Events & Leisure categories. These results were originally published in the August 2016 issue of Harrisburg Magazine. Find more 2016 Winner pages or, if you’re looking for a specific category, browse the List of All 2016 Simply the Best Categories. And click on any of the underlined names to go directly to the business’s directory page.

Art Gallery

Simply the Best

The Millworks

Readers’ Choice

2nd Floor Gallery

Mechanicsburg Art Center School & Gallery

PCCA Gallery

Bed & Breakfast Inn

Simply the Best

City House Bed & Breakfast

Readers’ Choice

Pheasant Field Bed & Breakfast

The Manor on Front

Black-Tie Charity Event

Simply the Best

Capital Region Heart Ball, American Heart Association

Readers’ Choice

Moonlight Gala, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Pa.

Summer Solstice Celebration, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of Central Pennsylvania

Dance Club

Simply the Best 

Level 2

Readers’ Choice

Knock – A Speakeasy

Stallions

Dance Studio

Simply the Best

Studio ’91

Readers’ Choice

G&G Dance Studio

PA Dance Sport

Festival

Simply the Best

Kipona

Readers’ Choice

ArtsFest

Greek Festival

Jubilee Day

Free Entertainment

Simply the Best

Hershey’s Chocolate World

Readers’ Choice

Pennsylvania Farm Show, Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center

Shakespeare in the Park, Gamut Theatre Group

Golf Course

Simply the Best

Armitage Golf Club

Readers’ Choice

Range End Golf Club

West Shore Country Club

Hotel

Simply the Best

The Hotel Hershey

Readers’ Choice

Hilton Harrisburg

Radisson Hotel Harrisburg

Independent Bookstore

Simply the Best

Midtown Scholar Bookstore

Readers’ Choice

Cupboard Maker Books

Whistlestop Bookshop

Independent Movie Theater

Simply the Best

Midtown Cinema

Readers’ Choice

Carlisle Theatre

West Shore Theatre

Jazz Artist

Simply the Best

Kirk M. Wise

Readers’ Choice

Katie Rudolph

Steve Rudolph

Library

Simply the Best

Joseph T. Simpson Public Library

Readers’ Choice

Cleve J. Fredricksen Library

East Shore Area Library

Local Band

Simply the Best

Jazz Me Band

Readers’ Choice

Rich Clare Pentagon Band

The Luv Gods

Museum

Simply the Best

The State Museum of Pennsylvania

Readers’ Choice

The National Civil War Museum

AACA Museum

Music Supply Store

Simply the Best

JW Music

Readers’ Choice

Forté Music

Guitar Center

Menchey Music Service, Inc.

Performance Hall

Simply the Best

Hershey Theatre

Readers’ Choice

Sunoco Performance Theater at Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts

The Forum Auditorium

Place to Be Seen

Simply the Best

Café Fresco

Readers’ Choice

Level 2

The Millworks

Pool Tables

Simply the Best

Gilligan’s Bar & Grill

Readers’ Choice

Appalachian Brewing Company

Nick’s 114 Cafe

Role Model

Simply the Best

Tom Russell, WHP CBS 21

Readers’ Choice

Alicia Richards, abc27 WHTM

Romantic Getaway

Simply the Best

The Hotel Hershey

Readers’ Choice

Inn of the Dove

The Pocono Mountains

Tattoo Studio

Simply the Best

717 Tattoo

Readers’ Choice

Drop of Ink Tattoo

Visual Addiction Tattoo & Body Piercing

Themed Fundraiser

Simply the Best

Chic PHantastic, PinnacleHealth Auxiliary

Readers’ Choice

Chocolatefest, Keystone Human Services

THON, Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital

Tourist Attraction

Simply the Best

Hersheypark

Readers’ Choice

Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg Foundation

Hershey’s Chocolate World

Travel Agency

Simply the Best

AAA Travel Agency

Readers’ Choice

Boscov’s Travel

Liberty Travel

Volunteer Organization

Simply the Best

The Salvation Army

Readers’ Choice

PinnacleHealth Auxiliary Volunteers

New Hope Ministries