
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
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
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
Readers’ Choice
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex and Expo Center
Shakespeare in the Park, Gamut Theatre Group
Golf Course
Simply the Best
Readers’ Choice
Range End Golf Club
West Shore Country Club
Hotel
Simply the Best
Readers’ Choice
Hilton Harrisburg
Radisson Hotel Harrisburg
Independent Bookstore
Simply the Best
Readers’ Choice
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
East Shore Area Library
Local Band
Simply the Best
Jazz Me Band
Readers’ Choice
The Luv Gods
Museum
Simply the Best
The State Museum of Pennsylvania
Readers’ Choice
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
Readers’ Choice
Level 2
Pool Tables
Simply the Best
Readers’ Choice
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
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
Readers’ Choice
Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg Foundation
Travel Agency
Simply the Best
Readers’ Choice
Liberty Travel
Volunteer Organization
Simply the Best
The Salvation Army
Readers’ Choice
PinnacleHealth Auxiliary Volunteers
New Hope Ministries