112th Annual Tree Lighting
112 years running: downtown Doylestown lights its tree the Friday after Thanksgiving, 5 to 8pm. Past years have paired it with a Santa parade — check discoverdoylestown.org closer to the date for this year's route.
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Doylestown Arts Festival
The Doylestown Arts Festival runs Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days, on the streets of downtown Doylestown. It is free, held rain or shine, and this is the 35th one: a volunteer group of businesses and residents started it in 1991, and Discover Doylestown organizes it now. The streets fill with a juried lineup of more than 160 independent artists, plus live music on five stages at State and Main, State and Clinton, Main and Oakland, State and Pine, and Oakland and Clinton. The food court sits in the Dommel Way lot behind the Starbucks, with nine vendors including Sherri's Crab Cakes and Beck's Cajun Cruiser. Neshaminy Creek Brewing runs the beer garden in the Pine Street lot at East State and Pine, serving 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., 21 and over to buy, drinks stay inside. Demos run all weekend and most cost nothing: pottery at State and Hamilton, glass flameworking on West Oakland, stamping with TileWorks, crafts from the Mercer Museum. On Sunday the Bucks County Classic bike races circle the town. A large part of downtown closes to traffic, so park free at the Union Street or Court Street garages, CB West, Lenape Middle School or Fanny Chapman. The free Doylestown Dart shuttle loops from the Union Street Garage, CB West and Fanny Chapman, 10 to 5 each day. SEPTA Regional Rail lets you off at Clinton and Ashland, a few short blocks below the festival.
Decorate the Town
The morning the holiday lights go up. Discover Doylestown puts out a call for volunteers to hang lights around the borough, about two weeks before the tree lighting switches them on.
Around the same time
Babies Boogie Storytime (Ages birth-24 months)
The Monday morning sitting of the same storytime, thirty minutes of songs and bounces for babies under two, with play time after. Registration is optional.
Music and Movement
Songs, instruments and moving around for small children, Monday mornings in the large meeting room. The branch is closed for the holiday on October 12, so that one week skips.
Crawl O'Clock
An hour of open-ended play for babies and toddlers on the move: pop-up tunnel, soft climbing blocks, sensory tiles, shakers and scarves. Come for the whole hour or five minutes.
