Saturday, October 17, 20264 the Annual Gloucester Township Food & Beef Festival will be occurring in Downtown Blackwood. The festival begins at 2:00 PM and ends at 7:00 PM.
From 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM the Black Horse Pike will be CLOSED between Church Street and West Lake Ave. To detour around the event please utilize Church Street/Blackwood Clementon Road to Erial Road to Davistown Road. Alternately you can utilize West Church Street to Barnsboro Road to Woodbury Turnersville Road to Lakeland Road which brings you back to the Black Horse Pike.
Category: FOOD & DRINK
Austin Dobleman Scholarship Fund Fall Festival
Come out and show your support for the Austin Dobleman Scholarship Fund, October 24 beginning at 11 a.m. at Lillo’s, 157 Burlington Street, Gloucester City, with a Fall Festival featuring craft vendors, activities for the kids, beer garden, face painting and music.
Beginning at 6 p.m. till closing, cost is $40 per person, includes food, beer and music.
Huge basket auction.
Tickets on sale now! Venmo @austin8-scholarship
Mt. Ephraim Fire Department Hoagie Sale
They will be available from 9 AM until we sell out. Pre-ordering your hoagies is optional, but highly recommended.
Pre-orders are made ONLY by either calling the firehouse at (856) 931-6532, extension 203 (please leave your order details with your full name, phone number and address if you wish for delivery (Mt. Ephraim local) or by our new online form:
https://forms.office.com/r/0RyYtdcQK7
PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL NO LONGER ACCEPT ORDERS VIA FACEBOOK DIRECT MESSAGE.
We ask that pre-orders be placed before noon on Friday, October 9th.
Details:
Purchase table is in the James Street entrance of the firehouse beginning at 9 AM.
$7.00 per hoagie.
Cash and electronic payment available at pick-up.
Made Saturday morning on fresh Del Buono’s rolls.
Local delivery is available.
Shane Confectionery Unveils Halloween Collection Inspired by Real Ghosts of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA – America’s oldest candy shop asked Philadelphians to share their real ghost stories, and the city answered. Now Shane Confectionery in Old City has turned those paranormal encounters into its limited-edition Haunted Philadelphia Halloween box. Only 125 boxes are being made. Each eerie black-and-silver box holds 14 chocolates and confections, two each of seven pieces inspired by local hauntings and legends, and their flavors stay under wraps until the collection is revealed on October 5. Every box also includes an illustrated zine telling the stories and history behind each haunting, plus a beeswax ghost candle from Philadelphia Bee Co. Pre-orders are open now, with pick-up starting October 5.
For those that don’t want to commit to the full experience, the individual pieces from the assortment will also be available in Shane’s chocolate case, and can be added to in store custom assortments. This is one of the most anticipated candy drops at Shane Confectionery of the entire year.
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Brooklawn, NJ (Sept. 29, 2026)–The Brooklawn Fall Festival will be held this Saturday, October 3, from 12 noon to 5 PM at the Brooklawn Waterfront. Live bands, food trucks, a beer garden, craft vendors, activities for the kids, Pony rides and community groups will be there.
You are invited to join the fun, socialize with your neighbors and friends. Come out and enjoy the Party. Guarantee you wont regret it.
Blackbird Creek Fall Festival Set for October 17
Family fun, food and entertainment await visitors to the 18th annual Blackbird Creek Fall Festival Saturday, October 17.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Delaware National Estuarine Research Reserve (DNERR) hosts the festival at the reserve, along the banks of Blackbird Creek. The festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, at the Blackbird Creek Reserve, 801 Blackbird Landing Road, near Townsend.
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Put together your favorite fall looks and get ready for the fun, food and foliage that come with farm and harvest festival season in Greater Philadelphia.
Farms, fields, flower gardens, festivals and favorite attractions across the region serve up fresh air and autumn adventure this time of year, along with seasonal treats like apple cider donuts, pumpkin ales, fresh honey and homemade ice cream.
Continue reading “Hayrides, Festivals & More”Yards Brewing Announces Philadelphia Oktoberfest
Prost! Yards Brewing Company announces their annual Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday, September 26th at the taproom at 500 Spring Garden. The Northern Liberties brewer will transform Yards’ expansive outdoor loading dock, along with portions of the brewery and warehouse into a Bavarian inspired beer hall for the afternoon. Head to an area normally off limits to the public as Yards goes German for the day with Bavarian food, drink, music, decorations games and more. The celebration runs from 12 Noon to 4:00pm and includes stein-holding contests, costume contest, special German food menu items – and the return of Yards famous Unter Dog Oktoberfest Lager. Tickets are on sale for $20 and up and include an exclusive Yards Oktoberfest .05-liter stein and one stein fill. Visit yardsbrewing.com for tickets and more information.
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Standard Tap Sausage Fest
The nights are getting longer, the air is getting cooler, and the corner of 2nd and Poplar is once again lit by the playful glow of dancing neon sausage in the window. Standard Tap, the Northern Liberties corner tavern widely credited as Philadelphia’s first gastropub, will host its annual Sausage Fest from September 24th to October 4th at 901 N. 2nd Street, serving a ten-sausage menu spanning Portugal, China, Scotland, Thailand, Germany, France, Morocco, the Chesapeake and Philadelphia itself, all made in house and all paired with a rotating list of local festbier and German-style drafts.
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