Books, Beer & BBQ
Orion Communities takes over the brewery for a barbecue fundraiser with Uncle B's. Proceeds put children's books in local homes, 26,000 of them last year.
More at Twelve78 Brewing
Music Bingo at Twelve78
Songs from every genre and decade, mark them off your card, prizes all night. No music expertise needed. Bring a crew or turn up alone and get folded into one.
Short Bus Hot Dog Cart at Twelve78
The Short Bus cart parks at the brewery for the day, hot dogs going out beside the taps. Same Saturday as the Street Sausage benefit show, so plan to stay.
Street Sausage: Cancer Research Benefit Show
Rock and soul band Street Sausage plays one night for cancer research. Six to nine in the taproom behind Bridge Street, with the brewery's own beer a few steps from the stage.
Around the same time
Gay Street Open-Air Market
Labor Day, and the street stays closed. Four blocks of Gay Street without cars, restaurant tables out in the road, and the shops on either side open for the holiday.
Last Day of Daily Mini Golf at Alverthorpe Park
The mini golf course at Alverthorpe Park runs every day through Labor Day, then drops to weekends only for the rest of September. This is the last everyday round of the year.
Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens
The fountain season runs to the end of September, and the gardens stay open on Labor Day Monday when most of Chester County is closed. Closed Tuesdays. Timed tickets sell out on holiday weekends.
