HAWLEY, PA — Settlers Hospitality Group, which includes The Settlers Inn, Ledges Hotel, Silver Birches Resort and the Hawley Silk Mill, plans a series of events during the seventh annual Wally Lake Fest, coming up on Friday, August 26 through Sunday, August 28. Wally Lake Fest celebrates summer fun on Lake Wallenpaupack and around its shoreline with a multitude of activities from sailboat rides and a boat parade to an open market fair and a “tour de towpath” bike ride. Helping to kick them off will be an afternoon luau and an evening of music.

Early birds can start the fun at a Lakeside Luau on Friday, August 26, from 4 to 9 p.m., at The Dock at Silver Birches Resort. Gone Crazy will play on the covered deck overlooking the lake. There will be a hula competition at 5 p.m. with prizes from Kona Brewing Company, plus Hawaiian trivia and a limbo competition.

The Settlers Inn will get into the act with a Wally Lake Fest opening party on its covered deck and gardens on Friday, August 26, from 6 to 9 p.m., featuring live jazz music by the Spencer and Nancy Reed Quartet. The Reeds offer an unusual selection of rarely heard tunes punctuated by unique treatments of jazz standards. If you choose music and cocktail service in the garden, there is no cover charge. For an elaborate prix fix barbeque buffet, the cost is $39; reservations are recommended. For more information visit TheSettlersInn.com or call 570/226-2993.