Chester County Art Walk
Around 150 artists hang work along the park trails for a day, with live music, food trucks, a teen artist competition and a beer and wine garden. Fifth year running.
More at East Goshen Township Park
Pumpkin Festival
The Pumpkin Festival is Saturday, October 10, 2026, starting at 10:00 a.m. at East Goshen Park in West Chester. It is one of the township's annual park events, and the money behind it comes from the Friends of East Goshen, an all-volunteer nonprofit whose page says that fundraising is what lets the township hold its East Goshen Park events at no cost to the participants. No end time, parking plan or rain date is posted, so check the Friends' site closer to the day. The lineup is the reason to come: hay rides, a drawing contest for kids, a family pumpkin carving contest, frozen turkey bowling, a petting zoo and pony rides. There are free pumpkins for the kids, a raffle for the giant pumpkin, and farmers' market vendors. There is also a pumpkin pie eating contest, and the page tells you to enter it, so consider that your invitation. The Friends put attendance at over 2,500 people, which for a township park is a real crowd. One address note: the township's own site lists East Goshen Park at 1661 Paoli Pike, West Chester, PA 19380. Plan around the 10:00 a.m. start, since nothing on the page says how long the day runs.
Around the same time
Stephanie's Sewn Goods Pop-Up at SHIFT
Handmade sewn goods take over a corner of the Haverford Avenue refill shop for three weeks. Browse during regular hours, Tuesday through Sunday.
Rice's Market
Four hundred vendors across thirty acres of indoor and outdoor stalls: antiques, produce, tools, clothing, food. Gates open at seven and the lot fills early. Bring cash.
Executive Scramble at The Willows Golf Lounge
Eight to nine thirty on the simulators, then out into the day. The Willows runs this weekly for people who want to meet neighbors without a name tag.
