Get Out: Delco Fair, Electronic Waste and Johnny Appleseed Festival
What's going on in Springfield this weekend?
Are you looking for something to do this weekend? Check out these great local events.
- When: September 12 - 16. Wednesday through Friday: 6pm-10pm. Saturday: 4pm-10pm. Sunday - 12pm-6pm.
- Where: Granite Run Mall
- Why Go: Come out to the annual fall fair at the Granite Run Mall. Enjoy the rides, carnival food and treats with the family.
- Cost: Cost of tickets for rides and games.
- When: September 15 from 9am - 1pm.
- Where: Springfield Mall parking lot
- Why Go: Anything goes at this "all type" electronic waste event. Bring your old computers, monitors, printers, air-conditioners, computer accessories and household appliances. Small businesses with less than 50 employees are also welcome to bring their obsolete electronic equipment.
- Cost: FREE
Johnny Appleseed Arts & Music Festival
- When: September 15 and 16. 9am-5pm
- Where: Linvilla Orchards in Media, PA
- Why Go: The Johnny Appleseed Arts & Music Festival showcases local artists and crafts persons, as well as offering music and unique exhibitors to check out. While you are at Linvilla, check out Pumpkinland, take a hayride, ride a pony, pick apples, get your face painted, and check out the straw maze.
- Cost: FREE
- When: Saturday September 7 at 8 p.m.
- Where: MN Players at 129 Park Ave, Swarthmore, PA 19081
- Why Go: Enjoy an evening of music and laughs at the opening night of Lend Me A Tenor at MN Players, soon to be Spotlight Theatre. Ken Ludwig's Lend Me A Tenor is presented as part of MN Players' Spotlight subscription series directed by Timothy P. Oskin.
- Cost: $15
- When: Saturday September 15 from 9:30am - 4pm.
- Where: Downtown Swarthmore - Park Ave & Dartmouth Ave
- Why Go: This is an outdoor retail art and craft show. Dozens of artists and crafters will be selling their beautiful homemade and unique goods.
- Cost: FREE
Jim Corcoran
9:52 am on Friday, September 14, 2012
Johnny Appleseed was vegetarian. Serving meat at a Johnny Appleseed festival honoring the man is tantamount to having segregated toilets at a Martin Luther King Jr rally. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKr4HZ7ukSE and http://www.veganvideo.org