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THE WEEKEND ROUTE · Nº 5 · SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 The Renaissance Faire, Block Party and Ghost Tours Edition Five plans for the weekend, plus more across Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester. |
Morning, neighbor. Labor Day weekend, and the calendar finally looks like fall. A Renaissance Faire and a Polish festival in Doylestown, a block party to close State Street, ghost tours back in New Hope, and the Ludwig's Corner Horse Show in its eighty-third year. Plus farmers markets, live music on every patio, and a moth survey after dark. Five picks up top, then every Friday-to-Sunday event we have across Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester. |
STOP 01 · THE WEEKEND SHORTLISTFive plans worth building around. |
01 · KIDS · CHESCO Imagination Library Children's Book Club and Storytime KENNETT SQUARE · FRI · 10:00AM Stories plus a book club for the smallest readers, Friday mornings in the children's area. Half an hour, free, and it lands right before the farmers market sets up across town. |
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02 · FOOD & DRINK · MONTCO Food truck night: Victor's Pizza NORTH WALES · FRI · 4:00PM Victor's Pizza truck back in the Ten7 lot to start the Labor Day weekend. Pies from four, taproom open until ten, no reservation and no table service. |
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03 · ARTS · BUCKS Tony n' Tina's Wedding NEW HOPE · FRI · 7:00PM The long running immersive comedy where the audience are the wedding guests, staged over dinner at the Cock 'n Bull. Four days of seatings. |
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04 · MARKET · BUCKS Yardley Farmers Market YARDLEY · SAT · 9:00AM Saturday mornings in Buttonwood Park, nine to noon, producer only. Local farms, bread, eggs, mushrooms, flowers and prepared food. SNAP swipes get matched dollar for dollar up to thirty. Free lot r... |
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05 · HISTORY · MONTCO Living History Saturdays at the Speaker's House COLLEGEVILLE · SAT · 10:00AM The last one of the season, Labor Day weekend. Demonstrations run ten to four and then the summer program closes until next June. Free, park on site. |
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STOP 02 · THE BIG BOARD75 events, three counties. Every published Friday-to-Sunday event available this week, sorted by county and day. More is waiting on the full calendar. |
BUCKS · 25 EVENTS |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · ALL DAY · First Fridays at Peddler's Village Restaurants |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · 9:00AM · First Fridays: Free Admission at Bowman's Hill Wildflower Preserve |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · 9:30AM · Rhythm Babes |
| FRI · YARDLEY · 10:00AM · Craft Meet Up at the Yardley Library |
| FRI · YARDLEY · 11:00AM · Ink and Intention Morning Writing Workshop |
| FRI · SELLERSVILLE · 12:00PM · Labor Day Weekend Lobster Rolls at The Washington House |
| FRI · PERKASIE · 3:00PM · Food Truck Friday: Tokio Sushi |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · 4:00PM · Parry Mansion House Tour, Friday evenings |
| FRI · DOYLESTOWN · 5:00PM · Doylestown Borough Block Party |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · 7:00PM · Tony n' Tina's Wedding↑ SHORTLIST |
| FRI · NEW HOPE · 8:00PM · Beggar's Pay |
| FRI · SELLERSVILLE · 8:00PM · The Furious Bongos |
| SAT · DOYLESTOWN · 8:00AM · Saturday Morning Bird Walk |
| SAT · YARDLEY · 9:00AM · Yardley Farmers Market↑ SHORTLIST |
| SAT · DOYLESTOWN · 10:00AM · The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking |
| SAT · DOYLESTOWN · 11:00AM · Meet Dog Man |
| SAT · DOYLESTOWN · 1:00PM · Paper Making Workshop Using Invasives |
| SAT · NEW HOPE · 1:00PM · 250th Anniversary Guided Walking Tour of New Hope |
| SAT · NEW HOPE · 2:00PM · Tony n' Tina's Wedding, matinee |
| SAT · NEW HOPE · 8:00PM · Ghost Tours of New Hope |
| SAT · SELLERSVILLE · 8:00PM · Funny Women Of A Certain Age |
| SAT · NEW HOPE · 8:00PM · Lee Ross with special guest Double D |
| SUN · PERKASIE · 11:00AM · Sangria Sundays at Bishop Estate |
| SUN · NEWTOWN · 1:30PM · Music in the Loft |
| SUN · NEW HOPE · 2:00PM · Tony n' Tina's Wedding |
| More Bucks events on the full calendar → |
MONTGOMERY · 25 EVENTS |
| FRI · COLLEGEVILLE · 9:30AM · Baby Storytime with Perkiomen Valley Library |
| FRI · AMBLER · 10:00AM · Ambler Arts |
| FRI · HORSHAM · 10:30AM · Active Story Time |
| FRI · NARBERTH · 10:30AM · Baby Time at Penn Wynne Library |
| FRI · NORTH WALES · 10:30AM · Storybook Sprouts Story Time |
| FRI · NARBERTH · 11:00AM · Story Time with Miss Mackenzie |
| FRI · NARBERTH · 11:00AM · Story Time at the Narberth Community Library |
| FRI · ARDMORE · 11:00AM · Elsewhere, the Mountain: Hee Sook Kim and Landscapes of Belonging |
| FRI · NARBERTH · 12:15PM · Cholent and Conversations: High Holidays |
| FRI · NORTH WALES · 12:30PM · Homeschool STEM |
| FRI · AMBLER · 12:30PM · First Friday Art for Adults with Developmental Disabilities |
| FRI · JENKINTOWN · 1:00PM · Stitch and Chat at Roslyn Branch Library |
| FRI · JENKINTOWN · 2:00PM · Ask an 8th Grader |
| FRI · NARBERTH · 3:00PM · Fun Friday at Belmont Hills Library |
| FRI · HORSHAM · 3:00PM · Premier League matchday at Iron Abbey |
| FRI · NORTH WALES · 4:00PM · Food truck night: Victor's Pizza↑ SHORTLIST |
| FRI · COLLEGEVILLE · 4:00PM · First Firkin Friday |
| FRI · SKIPPACK · 5:00PM · Live Music: Ian Althouse |
| SAT · COLLEGEVILLE · 10:00AM · Living History Saturdays at the Speaker's House↑ SHORTLIST |
| SAT · JENKINTOWN · 11:00AM · Storytime with Maddie |
| SAT · CONSHOHOCKEN · 11:00AM · Friends of the Library Used Book Sale |
| SAT · NORTH WALES · 1:00PM · Food truck night: Babalouie BBQ |
| SAT · SKIPPACK · 5:00PM · Live Music: Michael McCarthy |
| SUN · AMBLER · 1:00PM · Dodsworth |
| SUN · JENKINTOWN · 2:00PM · Baby Clothing Swap |
| More Montgomery events on the full calendar → |
CHESTER · 25 EVENTS |
| FRI · PHOENIXVILLE · ALL DAY · Jurassic Park (1993) |
| FRI · KENNETT SQUARE · 10:00AM · Imagination Library Children's Book Club and Storytime↑ SHORTLIST |
| FRI · COATESVILLE · 10:00AM · Tail Waggin' Tutors with Bubba the Corgi |
| FRI · COATESVILLE · 10:30AM · Growing Readers Story Time |
| FRI · COATESVILLE · 1:00PM · Fresh2You Mobile Market |
| FRI · DOWNINGTOWN · 1:30PM · Crochet At Any Stage |
| FRI · KENNETT SQUARE · 3:00PM · KSQ Farmers Market |
| FRI · PHOENIXVILLE · 4:00PM · PXV Inside Out |
| FRI · KENNETT SQUARE · 4:00PM · Back to School Happy Hour for Teachers |
| FRI · COATESVILLE · 5:30PM · Edible and Medicinal Plant and Tree ID Walk |
| SAT · DOWNINGTOWN · 9:00AM · Downingtown Farmers Market |
| SAT · MALVERN · 9:00AM · Malvern Farmers Market |
| SAT · DOWNINGTOWN · 9:00AM · Movement at the Market: Yoga with Optimal Massage and Movement |
| SAT · KENNETT SQUARE · 9:15AM · Maker Skills Series: Learn to Solder |
| SAT · MALVERN · 10:00AM · Movement at the Market: Family Yoga with Felicity Farm 1867 |
| SAT · MALVERN · 11:00AM · Movement at the Market: Mat Pilates with Progress Pilates |
| SAT · WEST CHESTER · 1:00PM · Science of Archaeology Workshop |
| SAT · MALVERN · 3:30PM · Penn State vs. Marshall watch party |
| SAT · DOWNINGTOWN · 4:00PM · Prime Rib Night |
| SAT · EXTON · 6:00PM · Rosewood |
| SAT · KENNETT SQUARE · 8:00PM · Sugar Lime Blue: Acoustic Duo |
| SUN · COATESVILLE · 1:00PM · Hibernia Mansion Tour |
| SUN · PHOENIXVILLE · 1:00PM · First Sundays True Bluegrass Jam |
| SUN · WEST CHESTER · 2:00PM · Bingo with JC Productions at Levante |
| SUN · EXTON · 3:00PM · Poetry Group |
| More Chester events on the full calendar → |
| Pulled from 1310 upcoming events across all 27 towns. The shortlist cards are the weekend picks. |
STOP 03 · TWO SUGGESTIONS |
OLD FAITHFUL The Bakery House BRYN MAWR · 4.9 from 1,453 people A Lancaster Ave bakery since 1989, started on cookies and pies and now known mostly for custom cakes. Order a whole one or grab a slice at the counter. |
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LOCAL SWAP The record you were going to stream, the shop that still sells the real thing. Before you queue up another algorithm playlist, try Siren Records in Doylestown. New vinyl up front, used bins in the back, staff who will argue you into something better. |
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