Two blocks of Grand Avenue, a flying saucer in the town square, and a post office that mails letters bearing a Mars, PA postmark to points around the world. On paper, downtown Mars is a small borough. On the summer calendar, it punches several weight classes above that, with a NASA-affiliated festival brand, a 30-plus brewery beer fest, and a fall apple festival that pulls the region in. If you already live here, the useful move isn't discovering Mars. It's using more of what a short walk from home already offers between June and October.
The June Anchor: Brew Fest On Pittsburgh Street
The first date to hold on the fridge is Friday, June 6, 2026, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM. Mars Brew Fest sets up along Pittsburgh Street and Grand Avenue and brings, by the organizers' own count,