October First Friday 2026
Shops stay open late on the first Friday of the month, with sales and sidewalk activity across the downtown grid. This one doubles as the fall gallery night.
More at Downtown West Chester
September First Friday
Shops stay open late, many run sales, and street parking is free after five. The Rescue Dogs Band plays the Historic Courthouse and The Richard Brothers Band plays Gay Street.
Saturday Morning Walks
The West Chester Walking Club picks a different downtown spot each week and sets off at 9:30. Easy pace, no sign up, and some weeks the group ends up in a shop or a cafe.
Saturday Morning Walks
The West Chester Walking Club picks a different downtown spot each week and sets off at 9:30. Easy pace, no sign up, and some weeks the group ends up in a shop or a cafe.
Around the same time
Friends of the Yardley Makefield Library Book Sale
Half-off day at the Friends' fall book sale. Everything in the large meeting room drops in price and the doors stay open until seven.
Babies Boogie Storytime
Monday morning songs and bounces for babies from birth to twenty four months. Half an hour.
Sprouts Story Time
Story time built for two-year-olds, half an hour of stories, songs and rhymes. Monday mornings in the children's department, and there is a second session at 10:30.