Have some fun in the sun this weekend in Bucks County! Sip your way through the Upper Bucks Brewfest, pick fresh sunflowers at Hellerick’s Family Farm or attend a show at the Bucks County Playhouse!
Check out our guide below for details on this weekend’s must-see events around the County. Stay up-to-date on what’s coming up next week with our Upcoming Events Calendar.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 18
Sunflower Festival
Come to beautiful Bucks County and enjoy Hellerick Farm's 2023 Sunflower Experience. Walk or take a hayride to the Sunflower fields that have been planted for you to photograph, explore and appreciate.
When: Now through September 2
Where: Hellerick's Family Farm
Cost: Prices vary
Friday Food Truck Festival
Those warm summer nights just got even better! Bring a blanket and join the Bolton Mansion for a variety of delicious food trucks each month, a DJ, children’s activities, beer/cocktails, vendors and more!
When: August 18
Where: Historic Bolton Mansion c1687
Cost: Free to attend
Middletown Grange Fair
This fair is five days of fun for the whole community! Since 1949, features fun for the entire family including children's activities, entertainment, rides, music, commercial vendors, exhibits.
When: Now through August 20
Where: Middletown Grange Fairgrounds
Cost: Prices vary
Paranormal Cirque
Come along for the ride when a 1950s-obsessed adolescent falls asleep and dreams of living in this revolutionary era. This high-octane show is guaranteed to captivate and engage every kiddo and Daddy-O in the audience.
When: August 17-20
Where: Oxford Valley Mall
Cost: Prices vary
River Dance Festival 2023
Roxey Ballet will host the second annual River Dance Festival! Dancers, choreographers, and creators will get together in this three-day event featuring diverse talent from across the nation.
When: August 18-20
Where: Mill Ballet
Cost: $25
Tour Oscar Hammerstein’s Highland Farm
Highland Farm was the home of Oscar Hammerstein II and his family from 1940-1960. Tours will include riveting stories about Oscar Hammerstein's musical family, how his ground-breaking musicals forever changed the modern-day book-musical, and additional insight into his contributions to society through his many humanitarian acts.
When: August 18 & 20
Where: Highland Farm
Cost: $15
Peach Month
On August weekends, enjoy live music while you shop and enjoy peach-themed foods and beverages!
When: Weekends through August 27
Where: Peddler's Village
Cost: Free to attend
Summer unWINED
Enjoy an evening down on the farm with great live music, tasty food, locally brewed craft beer, Rose Bank Winery wines, specialty cocktails, and tons of activities for the kiddos.
When: Fridays through September 1
Where: Shady Brook Farm
Cost: Prices vary
2023 Summer Wine & Music Series
Head to Crossing Vineyards every Friday this summer to enjoy the beautiful weather and a glass of wine (or two) along with exciting live music!
When: Fridays through September 15
Where: Crossing Vineyards and Winery
Cost: Prices vary
Exhibition- Alan Goldstein Elemental
Using the language of abstraction, Alan Goldstein (b. 1938) explores nature, the human figure, and mortality in his large-scale paintings, drawings, and sculpture.
When: Now through September 24
Where: Michener Art Museum
Cost: Prices vary
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19
Party on the Patio
Enjoy the laid-back vibes on the Patio at the Farm Market Saturday and Sunday ALL Spring & Summer long with live acoustic music.
When: Saturdays and Sundays through September 2
Where: Shady Brook Farm
Cost: Free to attend
Bikes & Brews Tour
Join FunVentures Tours for an easy bike ride along the D & L Trail into New Hope and stop for a pint at your choice of cool local spots.
When: August 19
Where: Virginia Forrest Recreation Area
Cost: Prices vary
En Vogue
En Vogue has achieved this pinnacle on nothing but pure talent. Still riding high off the global release of 2018's Electric Café, their first album in 14 years, En Vogue is literally soaring as Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron-Braggs and Rhona Bennett take the group to even greater heights.
When: August 19
Where: Parx Casino®
Cost: Prices vary
Murder Mystery Dinner Theater: Midnight at the Masquerade
With a mystery under each feathery façade, unmasking the killer may be quite a challenge. It’s up to you to determine which partygoer is guilty, bring this crime to justice, and save the party! (You might even be the guest who meets with an untimely death.)
When: August 19
Where: Peddler's Village
Cost: $77
Perkasie Under the Stars Car Show
Over 400 antique, classic and custom vehicles line Perkasie’s historic town center, drawing over 4,000 visitors from across the region.
When: August 19
Where: Perkasie Town Center
Cost: Free to attend
The Collective Board – Then & Now
An exhibition celebrating the New Hope Colony Past & Present featuring rarely seen highlights from the collections and studios of their Board of Directors.
When: Now through September 30
Where: New Hope Colony Foundation for the Arts
Cost: Prices vary
Upper Bucks Brewfest
More than 60 craft beers, local wineries, restaurants, vendors and entertainment highlight at the Univest Performance Center in Quakertown.
When: August 19
Where: Univest Performance Center
Cost: Prices vary
Reserve Tastings – Something Sweet
Savor some sweetness in the Barrel Room! Chaddsford Winery’s latest pairing experience highlights wines that are brimming with flavor and decadence.
When: Weekends through August 27
Where: Chaddsford Winery
Cost: $35
The Bridges of Bucks County Package
Bucks County Playhouse and the Lahaska-based Bucks County Joyrides have created “The Bridges of Bucks County Package” that combine the “5 Covered Bridge Joyride” with tickets to the Playhouse’s production of “The Bridges of Madison County” as well as a culinary experience at the Playhouse Deck Restaurant.
When: Now through September 10
Where: Bucks County Playhouse
Cost: $178
Everyday Rhythms: Music at the Mercer
Everyday Rhythms explores some of these common uses of music and musical instruments – shared across many regions, people and cultures. These instruments were once a part of the acoustic landscape – the soundscape – of everyday life around the globe.
When: Now through December 31
Where: Mercer Museum
Cost: Prices vary
The Pickers Junction Outdoor Antique Market
Join The Pickers Junction at the Sellersville Outdoor Antique Market. Multiple vendors will showcase antiques, collectables, crafts and more.
When: Saturdays through October 28
Where: The Pickers Junction
Cost: Free to attend
Doylestown Farmers Market
Shop from a variety of local food and craft vendors, ranging from produce, mushrooms, cheese, dog treats, sourdough bread, baked goods, pickles, microgreens, and much more!
When: Saturdays through November 18
Where: Doylestown Borough
Cost: Free to attend
Sesame Summer Splash
There’s nothing like summer at Sesame Place Philadelphia! It’s a great time to have fun and cool off with splashy water attractions for all ages like the ALL-NEW Bert & Ernie’s Splashy Shores and the NEW tropical themed land, Big Bird’s Beach!
When: Now through September 3
Where: Sesame Place® Philadelphia
Cost: Prices vary
Grapevine Express
Wine & Cheese will be served as you travel along the same railroad line passengers did when it was built in 1891 connecting New Hope with Philadelphia. Your journey will take you through the beautiful hills and valleys of Bucks County, along once vital waterways and streams and across numerous trestle bridges.
When: Saturdays and Sundays through September 24
Where: New Hope Railroad
Cost: $79.99
Music off Main
Experience Yardley presents the 8th year of its free summer music series - Music Off Main. Featuring a diverse array of music and genres from Bluegrass to Latin Dance Party and Jazz Standards to Zydeco.
When: Saturdays and Sundays through August 27
Where: Buttonwood Park
Cost: Free to attend
Plumsteadville Grange Farm Market
Head to the Plumsteadville Village for local and organic produce, honey, baked goods, goat soap, artisan crafts, live music, and family fun!
When: Saturdays through October 28
Where: Plumsteadville Village
Cost: Free to attend
Snipes Farmers Market
Come to the Big Red Barn on Snipes Farm to buy organic produce, plants, and other products. Visit with the animals: chickens, ducks, goats, bunnies and more!
When: Saturdays through November 4
Where: Snipes Farm and Education Center
Cost: Free to attend
SUNDAY, AUGUST 20
Sand Sculptures in the Village: Stories in the Sand
Stories in Sand will showcase six exceptionally tall sculptures created by three world-renowned master sand sculptors. The spectacular sculptures, all of which are due to be completed by will pay homage to stories and characters revered for generations.
When: Now through August 31
Where: Peddler's Village
Cost: Free to attend
Point Pleasant Bike Tour
Take a relaxing ride and see the beautiful views along the D&L Trail from Upper Black Eddy to Point Pleasant, PA where we can stop to see the white-water kayakers on Tinicum Creek.
When: August 20
Where: D&L Trail Tinicum Park Trailhead
Cost: Prices vary
Sunday Sculpture Stroll
Join for a brief, 45-minute, walk to learn the inside story of the Art in the Parks and the Seward Johnson Sculptures in Lower Makefield parks for the summer! You will hear stories of Seward Johnson and about the makings of the sculptures.
When: August 20
Where: 9-11 Memorial Garden of Reflection
Cost: Free to attend
Sundays at the Square
Join the Dublin Town Center for a Summer morning enjoying brunch from Scratch Kitchen Food Truck or Farm to Toast, a mimosa, or a wine slushie from The Boiler Room! Check out the mini farmer's market with local vendors and listen to live music out on the patio!
When: August 20
Where: The Square at Dublin Town Center
Cost: Free to attend
Yoga and Mimosas
Relax and find your inner calm with a 45-minute yoga session overlooking the vineyard, followed by a continental breakfast plate & mimosa.
When: August 20
Where: Crossing Vineyards and Winery
Cost: $55
The Bridges of Madison County
National Geographic photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s — leading to a whirlwind relationship that forever alters the course of Francesca’s life.
When: Now through September 10
Where: Bucks County Playhouse
Cost: Prices vary
Pick Your Own at Shady Brook Farm
Spend the day down on the farm plucking sweet, juicy strawberries right off the vine, making a bouquet of colorful flowers, picking apples straight off the tree...there's plenty to harvest depending on the season, and nothing's sweeter than spending time with the family!
When: Now through August 27
Where: Shady Brook Farm
Cost: Prices vary
Sangria Sundays
Stop by the winery bar for $7 glasses of Crossing Vineyards’ fruity and fun Sangria. It's relaxation in a glass!
When: Sundays through August 27
Where: Crossing Vineyards and Winery
Cost: Free to attend
nkwiluntàmën
nkwiluntàmën: I long for it; I am lonesome for it (such as the sound of a drum) is an immersive sound walk through the riverfront grounds of Pennsbury Manor by artist Nathan Young. Young takes listeners across the historic site, experiencing sounds of music, voice, and environmental recordings.
When: Now through Spring 2024
Where: Pennsbury Manor
Cost: Free to attend
New Hope History Walking Tours
Take this expertly guided walking tour to see the places and hear the tales that make New Hope such a fascinating place. The tour is approximately one mile long and lasts about one hour.
When: Every Sunday, 2:00PM to 3:00PM
Where: Start at The Parry Mansion
Cost: $10 per person
Pony Rides
Join the Rainbow Ridge Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center for fun filled pony rides every Sunday from 12 PM – 2 PM. Spend the day with their adorable ponies and even go feed their petting zoo animals!
When: Every Sunday
Where: Rainbow Ridge Farm Therapeutic Equestrian Center
Cost: $10
