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THE WEEKEND ROUTE · Nº 7 · SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 The Scarecrow and Clay Firebird Edition Five plans for the weekend, plus more across Bucks, Montgomery, and Chester. |
Hey, neighbor. Build a scarecrow, shape a clay firebird, or leave the making to the restaurants. Five plans up top, then a Friday-to-Sunday board for each county. |
STOP 01 · THE WEEKEND SHORTLISTFive plans worth building around. |
01 · ARTS Scarecrow-Making Workshop New Hope · Saturday · 10:00am Build a life-size scarecrow to carry home, straw and clothing kit included, with someone walking you through it. Four sessions run through the day and they book up early. |
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02 · FESTIVAL New Britain Township Fall Festival at North Branch Park Doylestown · Saturday · 10:00am New Britain Township's fall day at North Branch Park, ten minutes west of Doylestown off Park Avenue. Ten to three on a Saturday, so plan it as a morning rather than an evening. |
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03 · ARTS Clay Firebird Workshop Phoenixville · Saturday · 1:00pm Build your own clay firebird, glazed with ash from the Firebird Festival and fired in a gas kiln at Historic Yellow Springs. Twenty percent of the fee goes back to the festival. |
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04 · FESTIVAL Montco Jazz Festival Glenside · Sunday · 4:00pm The county jazz festival takes over Robinson Park from four, with the township beer garden pouring alongside. Cheltenham lists it in its 2026 concert lineup, about ten minutes from Glenside. |
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05 · FOOD Chester County Restaurant Festival West Chester · Sunday · 12:00pm The 45th year of downtown closing Gay and Market Streets so 50-plus restaurants and food trucks can feed the crowd. Sunday noon to 5:30, with three stages of bands and a rain date the following Sunday. |
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STOP 02 · THE BIG BOARD75 events, three counties. Twenty-five Friday-to-Sunday events per county, grouped by day. More is waiting on the full calendar. |
BUCKS · 25 EVENTS |
| Friday · September 18 |
| Yardley · 11:00am · Ink and Intention Morning Writing Workshop |
| Quakertown · 11:30am · Curiosity Tour of Events at Naugle |
| Perkasie · 3:00pm · Food Truck Friday: Comfort Kitchen |
| Newtown · 6:00pm · Historic Walking Tour of Newtown |
| New Hope · 6:00pm · Vernissage Artist Series at Parry Mansion: Second Weekend |
| Perkasie · 6:00pm · Portrait & Figure Drawing at 7th Street Studios |
| Newtown · 6:00pm · Live Music on the Big Stage at FallFest |
| Sellersville · 6:30pm · Practice Circle: The Gentle Mediumship Circle for Soul Connection |
| Saturday · September 19 |
| New Hope · 7:00am · Rice's Market |
| Doylestown · 8:00am · Doylestown Farmers Market Oktoberfest |
| Doylestown · 9:00am · Plumsteadville Grange Farmers Market |
| New Hope · 10:00am · Scarecrow-Making Workshop |
| Doylestown · 10:00am · New Britain Township Fall Festival at North Branch Park |
| Yardley · 10:00am · Charlann Farms Fall Festival |
| Quakertown · 10:00am · How to Start a Small Mobile Food Business |
| Yardley · 10:00am · Chakradance Kindy Workshop: The Rainbow Bridge |
| Quakertown · 11:00am · Fall Festival at Quakertown Farmers Market |
| New Hope · 11:00am · Scarecrow Festival at Peddler's Village |
| Sunday · September 20 |
| Quakertown · 9:00am · 6th Annual Downtown Qtown Cars for a Cause |
| Perkasie · 11:00am · Sangria Sundays at Bishop Estate |
| New Hope · 11:00am · Public Arts Program Guided Walking Tour |
| Sellersville · 12:00pm · Pennridge Gallery of the Arts |
| Newtown · 1:30pm · Music in the Loft |
| Newtown · 2:00pm · Live Music at Crossing Vineyards: Rodney Wright |
| Sellersville · 3:00pm · St. Luke's Grand View Auxiliary Duck Derby |
| More Bucks events on the full calendar → |
MONTGOMERY · 25 EVENTS |
| Friday · September 18 |
| Bryn Mawr · 10:15am · PlayIn Time Music Circle at Stoneleigh |
| Horsham · 10:30am · Active Story Time |
| Conshohocken · 10:30am · Senior Commons at the William Jeanes Library |
| Collegeville · 5:00pm · Live Music: Living in the Past |
| Skippack · 5:00pm · Live Music: Ken Pierson |
| Souderton · 6:30pm · Hope Festival 26: Opening Night with Tenth Avenue North |
| Ambler · 7:00pm · Music Bingo at Stone & Key Cellars |
| Lansdale · 7:30pm · Boardroom Spirits Seasonal Cocktail Workshop |
| Saturday · September 19 |
| Collegeville · 8:00am · Beginners Birding Tour at Mill Grove |
| Ambler · 9:00am · Ambler Farmers Market |
| Narberth · 10:00am · Autumn Abundance in Nature's Sanctuary, a Horticulture Tour |
| North Wales · 11:00am · AWAKEN Holistic Collective and Marketplace |
| Narberth · 11:00am · Messy Me with Mr. E at Belmont Hills Library |
| Jenkintown · 12:00pm · Roslyn Fall Festival and Car Show |
| Jenkintown · 1:00pm · September Garden Tour at PHS Meadowbrook Farm |
| North Wales · 1:00pm · Library Quest: Time Travelers Edition |
| Ardmore · 2:00pm · English Village at 100: A Centennial Walking Tour |
| Ardmore · 8:00pm · Tophouse |
| Sunday · September 20 |
| Horsham · 10:00am · Horsham Farmers' Market |
| Glenside · 10:00am · Friends of High School Park Workday Weekends |
| Conshohocken · 1:00pm · Sunday Sips at 1874 Social |
| Souderton · 2:00pm · Writers Workshop |
| Skippack · 2:00pm · Cars & Cigars |
| Glenside · 4:00pm · Montco Jazz Festival |
| Bryn Mawr · 4:00pm · Craft Screening: You've Got Mail |
| More Montgomery events on the full calendar → |
CHESTER · 25 EVENTS |
| Friday · September 18 |
| Downingtown · 11:00am · Battle of the Badges Rib Eating Competition |
| Coatesville · 1:00pm · Fresh2You Mobile Market |
| Kennett Square · 3:00pm · KSQ Farmers Market |
| Malvern · 5:00pm · Craft & Mercantile |
| Malvern · 5:00pm · Lobster Night at Sunset Grille |
| Downingtown · 6:00pm · Live Music Friday at Seven Tap-Tavern |
| Exton · 6:00pm · Jaime Salvatore |
| Exton · 8:00pm · Comedy Explosion at Timothy's |
| Saturday · September 19 |
| Phoenixville · 9:00am · Phoenixville Farmers' Market |
| Kennett Square · 9:00am · White Clay Commons Farmers Market |
| West Chester · 9:00am · West Chester Growers Market |
| Phoenixville · 9:00am · 15th Annual Green Earth Festival |
| Malvern · 9:00am · Malvern Farmers Market |
| Coatesville · 10:00am · Guided walking tour of the Lukens Historic District |
| West Chester · 10:00am · Artisan Exchange Saturday Market |
| Kennett Square · 10:00am · Kennett Underground Railroad Bus Tour |
| Coatesville · 10:30am · Vollmecke Farm Market, Saturdays |
| Phoenixville · 1:00pm · Clay Firebird Workshop |
| Sunday · September 20 |
| Downingtown · 7:30am · Marsh Creek Sprint Triathlon |
| Kennett Square · 11:00am · Friends of the Library Book Sale |
| West Chester · 12:00pm · Chester County Restaurant Festival |
| West Chester · 12:00pm · Picnic Special Train Ride |
| Malvern · 1:00pm · King Charles Spaniel Owner event |
| Phoenixville · 4:00pm · Phoenixville Music Series |
| Malvern · 5:00pm · Sunday Fun Day Trivia |
| More Chester events on the full calendar → |
| Pulled from 4744 upcoming events across all 27 towns. The shortlist cards are the weekend picks. |
STOP 03 · TWO SUGGESTIONS |
OLD FAITHFUL The Washington House Hotel & Restaurant Sellersville · 4.6 from 1050 Google reviews The dinner-and-a-show half of the Sellersville Theater complex, sharing a wall with the 325-seat STG stage so you can eat and walk next door without moving the car. Contemporary American plates, an antique bar, and eleven rooms upstairs if the night runs long. |
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LOCAL SWAP Get the fit right. Moyer's Shoes · Quakertown. A family shoe store on West Broad that has been measuring feet and fitting them properly since 1952. The stock runs from Stride Rite for the kids to Red Wing work boots, Birkenstocks, and SAS. |
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FROM THE LISTS The Best Restaurants in Newtown 1. Cafe Con Leche · Scratch-cooked Latin food out of a State Street basement since 1997. 2. The Temperance House · The scratch kitchen leans Latin and European under colonial fireplaces. 3. Isaac Newton's Bar & Restaurant · Twenty-two taps, fourteen in constant rotation. Read the full list → |
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