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Festivals and EventsUnivest Grand PrixSept. 11 to 12Location: Doylestown, Franconia,Souderton and Telfordhttp://www.spartacycling.com/uni-vestgp/spectators.html

Trappe Community DaySecond Saturday in SeptemberLocation: Water Work Parks, 220W. First Ave., Trappehttp://www.trappeborough.com/index.php

Whitpain Police AssociationCar ShowThird Saturday in SeptemberLocation: Route 202 and MorrisRoad, Blue Bell http://www.whitpainpoliceassocia-tion.org/Site/Welcome.html

Jenkintown Festival of theArtsThird Sunday in September Location: Town Square, WestAvenue and Johnson and Leedomstreets, Jenkintownhttp://jenkintownfest.org/

Jenkintown Jazz and BrewFestivalThird Sunday in SeptemberLocation: Town Square, WestAvenue and Johnson and Leedomstreets, Jenkintownhttp://jenkintownfest.org/beer/

Pennridge Gallery of the ArtsThird Sunday in SeptemberLocation: Main Street, Sellersville http://www.galleryofthearts.org/

Lower Gwynedd CountriePicnicFourth Saturday in SeptemberLocation: Pennlyn Woods Park,Penllynhttp://www.lowergwynedd.org/

Roslyn Car Show and FallFestivalFourth Saturday in SeptemberEaston Road, Roslynhttp://www.roslynvalleycarshow.com/

Limerick Community DayFourth Sunday in SeptemberLocation: Limerick CommunityPark, 646 W. Ridge Pike,Limmerickhttp://www.limerickpa.org/

Ambler Oktoberfest

First Saturday in OctoberLocation: Butler Avenue, Amblerhttp://www.amblermainstreet.org/

Apple Butter FrolicFirst Saturday in October Location: Mennonite HeritageCenter, 565 Yoder Road,Harleysvillehttp://www.mhep.org/index.php

Upper Dublin Community DayFirst Saturday in October (biennial)Location: Loch Alsh Avenue, FortWashingtonhttp://udcd.info/home.asp

Perkasie FallFestFirst Sunday in October Location: Menlo Park, Perkasiehttp://www.perkasieborough.org/

Whitpain Community HarvestFestivalFirst or Second Sunday in OctoberLocation: Wentz Run Park, BlueBellhttp://www.whitpaintownship.net/

Springfield TownshipCommunity Day and FestivalSecond Sunday in OctoberLocation: Cisco Park, 199Montgomery Ave., Erdenheimhttp://www.springfieldmontco.org/

Cheltenham TownshipCommunity Harvest FestivalThird Saturday in OctoberLocation: Curtis Arboretum,Church Road and GreenwoodAvenue, Wyncotehttp://www.cheltenhamtownship.org

Pennypacker Mills FallFestivalThird Saturday in October Location: Pennypacker Mills, 5Haldeman Road, Schwensvillehttp://historicsites.montcopa.org/historicsites/cwp/view,a,3,q,24473,.asp

Whitemarsh BusinessAssociation's Fall PumpkinFestivalThird Saturday in October Location: Miles Park, intersectionof Joshua Road and GermantownPike, Lafayette Hill http://www.whitemarsh-business.com/

Plymouth Township Fall Fest

Fourth Week in October Location: Greater PlymouthCommunity Center, 2910 JollyRoad, Plymouth Meetinghttp://www.plymouthtownship.org/gpccindex1.cfm

Collegeville HalloweenParadeFourth Wednesday or Thursday inOctoberLocation: 468 and 454 E. MainSt., Collegevillehttp://www.collegevilledevelop-ment.org/index.html

Harleysville Halloween ParadeFourth Saturday in OctoberLocation: Indian Valley MiddleSchool, 130 Maple Ave.Harleysvillehttp://www.lowersalfordtownship.org/

Cheltenham HalloweenParadeSaturday before Halloween Location: Start at MethodistChurch parking lot, travel north onRyers Avenue, west on JeffersonAvenue, cross Central Avenue, leftturn on Elm to the RecreationCenter. End at RowlandCommunity Center http://mysite.verizon.net/vze3jmnk/eastcheltcommcouncil/

Lansdale Mardi Gras ParadeThird Saturday in NovemberLocation: Starts at Main Street andMitchell Avenue and travels east toPark Drive http://www.lansdale.org/

Hatboro Holiday ParadeThird Sunday in November Location: York Road throughdowntown Hatborohttp://www.hatboro-pa.com/

Sellersville WinterfestFirst Week in December Location: 136 N. Main Str.,Sellersvillehttp://www.st94.com/home/

Ambler Holiday ParadeFirst Saturday in December Location: Butler Avenue, Amblerhttp://www.amblermainstreet.org/

Souderton Holiday ParadeFirst Saturday in DecemberLocation: Main Street to BroadStreet and ending at School Lane

http://www.stmainst.org/

Conshohocken St. Patrick'sDay ParadeSecond Saturday in MarchLocation: Fayette Street,Conshohockenhttp://aohnd1.com/index.htm

International Spring FestivalThird Saturday in April Location: North Penn High School,1340 S. Valley Forge Road,Lansdalehttp://internationalspringfestival.com

Schwenksville Community DayFifth Saturday in AprilLocation: Meadow Park, 300 MainSt., Schwenksvillehttp://schwenksvilleboro.org/

Whitemarsh Township DayFifth Saturday in April Location: Miles Park, intersectionof Joshua Road and GermantownPike, Lafayette Hill http://www.whitemarshtwp.org/

Loyalty Day ParadeFirst Week in MayLocation: Route 611 andFitzwatertown Road, Willow Grovehttp://www.uppermoreland.org/

Norristown Arts Hill FestivalFirst Saturday in May Location: Main and Dekalb streets,Norristownhttp://www.norristownartshill.org/

Towamencin DayFirst Saturday in May Location: Fischer's Park, 2235Bustard Road, Harleysvillehttp://www.towamencin.org/index.htm

Perkasie SpringFestThird Saturday in May Location: Downtown Perkasiehttp://www.perkasieoldetowne.org/pota/

Ambler Auto ShowThird Sunday in MayButler and Location: Race Streets,Amblerwww.amblermainstreet.org

Glenside Memorial DayMemorial Day Location: The North Penn V.F.W.Post 676, 2519 Jenkintown Road,

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Glenside http://www.northpennvfw676.com/

Perkasie Memorial DayParadeMemorial DayLocation: Downtown Perkasie www.perkasieborough.com

Royersford Memorial DayParadeMemorial Day Location: Starts at Main andWalnut; proceeds out to FernwoodCemetery http://www.royersfordvfw.org/

Schwenksville Memorial DayeventsMemorial DayLocation: 300 Main St.,Schwenksvillehttp://www.schwenksvillefire.com/

Trappe/Collegeville MemorialDay ParadeMemorial DayLocation: Route begins atAugustus Lutheran Church,Trappe, and continues down MainStreet to Waterworks Park."http://www.trappeborough.com/index.php

Warminster Memorial DayParadeMemorial Day Location: Start at the townshipbuilding on Gibson Avenue andheads east on Henry Avenue, northon York Road, east on Street Road,north on Louis Drive and ends atWarminster VFW Post 6493http://www.warminstertownship.org/tricentennial/index.htm

Wyncote Memorial DayParadeMemorial Day Location: Veterans Memorial Park,332 W. Springfield Road,Springfieldhttp://www.springfieldmontco.org/

Natival American FestivalLast Weekend in MayLocation: Temple University'sAmbler Campus, 580Meetinghouse Road, Amblerhttp://secherokee-confederacypa.org

Harleysville Country Fair DaysLast Week in MayLocation: Harleysville CommunityCenter, 435 Park Drive, Harleysville http://www.harleysvillejaycees.org

Hatboro Summer Fun Festival

and CarnivalLast Week in MayLocation: Miller Meadow, SouthYork Road and Horsham Road,Hatborohttp://www.hatboro-pa.com/carni-val/

Soap Box DerbyFirst Monday in June Location: Souderton-Telford MainStreetshttp://www.soudertonborough.org/

St. Francis FestivalFirst Weekend in JuneLocation: 16 S. Spring Garden St.,Amblerhttp://www.saintfrancissociety-ofambler.com/default.htm

Conshocken Car ShowFirst Saturday in June Location: Fayette Street between3rd and 9th avenues,Conshohockenhttp://www.conshohockenpa.org/home

Lansdale DayFirst Saturday in JuneLocation: Main Street, Landsdale http://www.rotaryclubofnorth-penn.org/

Elkins Park Arts in the ParkFirst Sunday in June Location: High School Park, cor-ner of Montgomery Avenue andHigh School Road, Elkins Park http://www.highschoolpark.org/index.shtml

June FeteSecond Friday, Saturday andSunday of June Location: 2990 Edge Hill Road,Huntingdon Valleyhttp://www.junefete.org/

Hatfield Founder's DayThird Monday in JuneLocation: Centennial Park onCherry Street, Hatfieldhttp://hatfieldborough.com/index.html

North Wales Community DayThird Saturday in June Location: Weingartner Park,Church and 2nd streets, NorthWaleshttp://psabdns4.com/northwales-borough.org/home/

Under the Lights Car ShowFirst Saturday in June Location: Main Street, Landsdale http://www.lansdale.org/

Lansdale Beer TastingFestivalFourth Saturday in JuneLocation: Madison Street parkinglot, corner of West 3rd Street andNorth Richardson Avenue,Lansdalehttp://lansdalebeerfest.com/

Ambler Kiwanis Fourth of JulyCarnivalWeek of July FourthLocation: Wissahickon HighSchool, 521 Houston Road,Amblerhttp://www.amblermainstreet.org/

Lafayette Hill IndependenceDay ParadeWeek of July FourthLocation: Begins at Barren Hill FireCompany and proceeds downGermantown Pike to Joshua Roadin Lafayette Hillhttp://www.whitemarshtwp.org/

East Cheltenham CommunityCouncil July Fourth ParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Begins at CheltenhamElementary School, Front andAshbourne Roads, and concludesat the monument at Tookany CreekParkway, Cheltenhamhttp://mysite.verizon.net/vze3jmnk/eastcheltcommcouncil/

Erdenheim Civic AssociationFourth of July CelebrationFourth of JulyLocation: Cisco Park, 199Montgomery Ave, ErdenheimErdenheimCivic@navpoint.com

Greater Glenside PatrioticAssociation July FourthParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Harry RennigerMemorial Park, Keswick Avenue atWaverly Road, Glensidehttp://www.glensidejuly4thevent.com/

Greater Plymouth CommunityCenter July Fourth ParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Begins at Jolly Road andBeacon Hill Lane and proceedsdown Jolly Road, ending at theGreater Plymouth CommunityCenter." http://www.plymouth-township.org/gpccindex1.cfm

Norristown Fourth of JulyParadeFourth of JulyLocation: 235 E. Airy St.,Norristown

http://norristown.org/

Oreland Fourth of July ParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Begins at Twining Road,Oreland, and ends at the LittleLeague fieldhttp://www.springfieldmontco.org/

Southampton IndependenceDay ParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Begins at Second Streetand Bustleton pikes and ends atLower Southampton ElementarySchoolhttp://main.southamptontwp.com/

Upper Salford Community JulyFourth ParadeFourth of JulyLocation: Begins at Potato Roadand goes to the firehouse on OldSkippack Roadhttp://www.uppersalfordtownship.org/

Pennridge Community DaySecond Sunday in July Location: Lenape Park, Route 152,Perkasiehttp://pennridgecommunityday.org/

Ambler Dog DaysFirst Saturday in AugustLocation: Ambler Senior AdultActivities Center, 45 Forest Ave.,Ambleramblermainstreet.org

Goschenhoppen Folk FestivalSecond Friday and Saturday inAugust Location: 116 Gravel Pike, GreenLanehttp://www.goschenhoppen.org/

HecklerfestThird Saturday in AugustLocation: Heckler Plains FolklifeSociety, 237 Landis Road,Harleysvillehttp://www.hecklerplains.org/

Under the Stars Car ShowThird Saturday in August Location: Downtown Perkasie http://www.perkasieoldetowne.org/pota/

Lansdale Festival of the ArtsFourth Saturday in AugustLocation: Memorial Park, 300 E.Main St., Lansdalehttp://www.lansdale.org/

Lansdale Founder's DayLast Saturday in AugustLocation: Downtown Lansdalehttp://www.lansdale.org/