Free Admission on Labor Day at Elmwood Park Zoo
The zoo drops admission to nothing for every guest on the Monday holiday, ten to five. Registration ahead is preferred, and a free day at a zoo is a good argument for arriving early.
More at Elmwood Park Zoo
International Vulture Awareness Day
Keeper chats, a discovery table and a vulture flying overhead in the Wild Encounter, free with zoo admission. Hoover flies at eleven, and there is a greet with a turkey vulture at half two.
Meet the Authors Day at Elmwood Park Zoo
More than a dozen local authors set up tables inside the zoo for three hours on a Sunday morning, signing and selling between the animal habitats. Included with zoo admission.
Nature Explorers: Native Species at Elmwood Park Zoo
Forty five minutes on Pennsylvania's own mammals, birds and reptiles, ending with a native animal brought out to meet. An adult stays with each child, and zoo admission plus five dollars applies.
Around the same time
Friday live music at Animated Brewing
Local artists play the Mount Airy Road taproom every Friday. The brewery does not post set times ahead, so check the taproom page or call before you drive out.
SALT Performing Arts presents Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein's carnival barker and mill worker, staged Fridays through Sundays in Chester Springs across three weeks. A dollar from every ticket goes to the Chester County Food Bank.
Labor Day Weekend Train Excursions on the New Hope Railroad
Vintage coaches running out of the Bridge Street station all three days of the holiday weekend. Roughly forty-five minutes through Solebury farmland and back, and the last stretch of summer to do it in short sleeves.
