We're in that sunshine state of mind in Bucks County! Soak in the warmer weather and check out what's hapening this weekend with our guide below.
Stay up-to-date on what’s coming up next week with our Upcoming Events Calendar.
FRIDAY, MAY 15
Elmo's Springtacular
Elmo’s Springtacular at Sesame Place Philadelphia is filled with furry fun and exciting events! Join in on the fun with an exciting line up of meet & greets, music, magic, and more!
When: Various dates through June 14
Where: Sesame Place® Philadelphia
Cost: Prices vary
Wine & Wit Trivia Night
Put your knowledge to the test while sipping your favorite drinks! Come out for a fun and lively trivia night at Rose Bank Winery—perfect for date night, friends night, or a little friendly competition.
When: May 15
Where: Rose Bank Winery
Cost: $5
Doylestown Borough Block Parties
Come out for the 2026 Borough Block Parties! Restaurants and shops expand into the street during these family-friendly events, offering food/drink specials, street games, live music, and more!
When: May 15 & 16
Where: Downtown Doylestown
Cost: Free
Best of the Nest: Birdhouse Competition & Display
Celebrating nature, habitats, feathered friends, and human creativity. Presented in partnership with AIA Bucks County and the Bucks County Audubon Society at Honey Hollow, the 3rd annual Best of the Nest: Birdhouse Competition & Display showcases unique birdhouses designed and built by members of the public.
When: Through May 25
Where: Peddler's Village
Cost: Free to attend
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Passions ignite and secrets smolder in Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. In the steamy Mississippi Delta, a wealthy Southern family gathers to celebrate Big Daddy’s birthday. Beneath the surface of their lavish estate lies a tangle of lies, desire, and unspoken truths. As tensions rise, Williams’ iconic drama lays bare the battles between love and deception and truth and illusion.
When: Through May 23
Where: Bucks County Playhouse
Cost: Prices vary
Radical Americana at Andalusia
Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum is an exhibiting partner of Radical Americana, a series of exhibitions organized by The Clay Studio and other arts and cultural institutions in the Philadelphia area. Contemporary artists working with craft materials — such as wood, clay, fiber, glass, and metal — will display their art in historical settings throughout the region, including the Big House at Andalusia.
When: Through November 13
Where: Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
Cost: Pricves vary
Honey Hollow Book Fair Preview
Join them for their Friday evening Preview Sale of their Used & Rare Book Fair to get an early look at their offerings and connect with local booklovers, collectors, and readers. Expect to find many collectible items, including signed titles, first editions, oddities and obscurities alongside a fine crop of good-condition reading copies.
When: May 15
Where: Honey Hollow Nature Center
Cost: $10 online, $12 at door
Exclusive Guided Tour of Doan Exhibition
Join Mercer Museum gallery guides for an exclusive 60-minute guided tour of their major exhibition The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution and journey through a world of espionage, robberies, and lost treasures in Revolutionary Bucks County.
When: May 8 - 10
Where: Mercer Museum
Cost: $20
Spring Carnival: Take a Spin in Nature
Celebrate nature at their Annual Spring Carnival at Croydon Woods in Lower Bucks County. Enjoy refreshments, nature-based games and activities, and expert-led hikes into beautiful Croydon Woods.
When: May 8
Where: Heritage Conservancy
Cost: Free to attend
Small Living Things: The Magical Art of Eric Carle
The exhibition Small Living Things highlights the small creatures from Eric Carle’s collection with original artwork from his well-known books The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Very Quiet Cricket, The Very Busy Spider, The Very Clumsy Click Beetle, The Grouchy Ladybug, and more, as well as larger animals from the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? collaboration with Bill Martin Jr.
When: Through May 24
Where: Michener Art Museum
Cost: Prices vary
Live, Local Music Every Weekend
Join The Pour House at The New Hope Winery every Friday night for live music and delicious drinks!
When: Reoccurring weekly on Friday
Where: The Pour House at New Hope Winery
Cost: Free to attend
SATURDAY, MAY 16
New Hope Celebrates 2026 Pridefest
Come out for the annual NHC Pridefest! The New Hope Pride Festival connects two towns in two different states by the New Hope & Lambertville Bridge. The highlight of the parade is New Hope Celebrates’ very own 100ft. Rainbow Equality Flag in eight colors! The week-long festivities include special events, parties and educational activities, culminating with the parade and fair with Live Entertainment.
When: Through May 17
Where: Downtown New Hope
Cost: Free to attend
Arts Alive!
Arts Alive! is Quakertown’s premier fine artisan and craft festival, offering an all-day celebration of creativity and community for the whole family! Explore exhibitions by fine artists, crafters, and authors, enjoy six hours of live, on-stage musical performances, and visit their dedicated children’s courtyard.
When: May 16
Where: Downtown Quakertown
Cost: Free to attend
Upper Bucks 250 Heritage Day
Come out for the Upper Bucks 250 Heritage Day to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of our War for Independence. It will be a free family fun filled day with the Palisades School District who will be showcasing the art, performances and displays of their students, as well as over a dozen heritage organizations museums and societies represented. The event will feature performances by area musicians, military reenactors, traditional craftspeople, as well as historical exhibits.
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When: May 16
Where: Tinicum Park
Cost: Free to attend
The Bristish Invasion Years: A 60's Musical Revolution
This high-energy performance showcases the biggest hit songs of some of the top bands from the 60's, all culminating in a remarkable finale featuring Beatles classics, as if performed live by the Fab Four today. The entire show is so jam-packed with faithful renditions of the music you know and love, it’s like hearing almost three albums worth of ’60s greatest hits!
When: May 16
Where: New Hope Winery
Cost: $40
Honey Hollow Used & Rare Book Fair
Honey Hollow Nature Center is proud to announce that it will host its inaugural Used and Rare Book Fair. Expect to find many collectible items, including signed titles, first editions, oddities and obscurities alongside a fine crop of good-condition reading copies.
When: May 16
Where: Honey Hollow Nature Center
Cost: Free to attend
Herb Pot Workshop
In this fun and informative workshop, you’ll learn about common culinary herbs and how to plant and care for your herb garden at home.
When: May 16
Where: Andalusia Historic House, Gardens & Arboretum
Cost: $70
Wine & Live Music at Nissley Vineyards
Enjoy wine, live music and fun at Nissley Vineyards in Peddler's Village! Check out their website for a list of their performers.
When: Every Saturday & Sunday through November 1
Where: Nissley Vineyards
Cost: $10
Newtown Wine Walk
Sip, shop, and support the historic Newtown Theatre at the second annual Newtown Wine Walk. During the Wine Walk, you’ll sample at least 20 different wines at a wide variety of Newtown Borough shops.
When: May 16
Where: Locations throughout Newtown
Cost: $58.96
250th Anniversary Wlaking Tour of New Hope
Celebrate New Hope’s 250 years of history with a guided walking tour that brings the town’s past to life. This special anniversary experience is divided into five themed segments, each highlighting a 50‑year chapter of the community’s evolution—from its Revolutionary roots to its vibrant modern identity.
When: May 16
Where: Parry Mansion Museum
Cost: $15
Live Music at The Vineyard
Stop by and relax with a “Crossing Cocktail,” a frost craft beer, or wine by the glass or bottle while enjoying live performances from local artists! A perfect way to get “un-wined” after a busy work week.
When: Reoccurring every Saturday and Sunday
Where: Crossing Vineyards and Winery
Cost: Free to attend
SUNDAY, MAY 17
TileFest '26: Tiles of the Nation Maker
TileFest 26 brings those stories to life with a two-day event featuring a marketplace of tilemakers from across the country, hands-on experiences, and a look at how clay connects past and present. Visitors will meet artists from Alaska to Florida, California to Maine, browse and purchase unique ceramic tiles, and experience the processes that bring clay to life.
When: May 16 & 17
Where: Moravian Pottery & Tile Works
Cost: $10
Bristol Sunday Stroll
Enjoy a day of shopping at Bristol Borough's Sunday Stroll! Check out over 20+ food vendors and 100 shopping vendors along Mill Street in Historic Bristol Borough.
When: May 17
Where: Mill Street, Bristol
Cost: Free to attend
Grooves & Brews Vinyl Market
They’re back for round THREE! Come out for another crate-diggin’, beer-sippin’, beat-bumpin’ kind of day at the Grooves & Brews Vinyl Market. They’re talking 50,000+ records - from punk to funk, hip hop to soul, rock to reggae, jazz, metal, and everything in between.
When: May 17
Where: Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co.
Cost: Free to attend
Eugene Tyler Band
See the award-winning indie-bluegrass trio Eugene Tyler Band bring their 2026 Ride the Bike Release Tour to New Hope for two sets at Dharma Bums.
When: May 17
Where: Dharma Bums
Cost: Free to attend
Penny Fuller: A Life in Theatre in Conversation & Song w/ Alex Fraser
Come out for an unforgettable evening with Broadway royalty as the legendary Penny Fuller brings her unparalleled talent to the intimate Playhouse Barn Cabaret in conversation and song with Playhouse Producing Director Alexander Fraser and music director Bruce Barnes.
When: May 17
Where: Playhouse Barn
Cost: Prices vary
"Start Spreading The News," with Liza and Frank
Start Spreading the News is a one-of-a-kind performance consistently playing to sold-out crowds around the country and earning unanimous standing ovations! Experience Whitney Grace's dazzling renditions of Liza's iconic hits like "Cabaret" and "All That Jazz," alongside Tony Sands' smooth crooning of Frank's timeless standards such as "Come Fly With Me" and "My Way."
When: May 17
Where: Sellersville Theater
Cost: Prices vary
Sundays at Pennsbury Manor
Join Pennsbury Manor for a rotation of family programming every Sunday in April - October from 1 - 4pm. Each Sunday will feature one of the following: Living History Theater, Open Hearth Cooking, Beer Brewing and Garden Highlights, Historic Trade Demonstrations, or Animals at Pennsbury.
When: Every Sunday through October 18
Where: Pennsbury Manor
Cost: Prices vary
Tile Mosaic Exhibitions
Check out a series of historic Mercer mosaics, re-issues from the tile floor at the Pennsylvania State Capitol building, including Washington Crossing the Delaware, The Signing of the Declaration of Independence, and The Liberty Bell. The tiled pavement in the Pennsylvania State Capitol, designed by Henry Chapman Mercer, features close to 400 mosaics illustrating Pennsylvania history through scenes, native artifacts, indigenous flora and fauna, and colonial crafts & industries.
When: Through December 31, 2026
Where: The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works
Cost: Prices vary
The Doan Gang: Outlaws of the Revolution
Discover the untold stories of these outlaws at the Mercer Museum’s immersive exhibition, and journey through a world of espionage, legendary robberies, and mythical lost treasure in the heart of Revolutionary Bucks County.
When: Now through 2026
Where: Mercer Museum
Cost: Prices vary