Summer Festivals and Fairs in Philly for Families

Festivals in Philly for Kids that Run All Summer

Blue Cross RiverRink Summerfest
Philadelphia - May 23 to September 1, 2025
Stop by Blue Cross RiverRink for Summerfest. In addition to roller skating, families can play mini-golf, go on rides, play games, and eat delicious treats. Visit the website here.

Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival
Philadelphia - June 20 to August 31, 2025
The can’t-miss illuminated fest in Philadelphia’s Historic District hosts dozens of massive, intricate, handcrafted lanterns such as dragons, tigers, rabbits, and more. Guests can expect to see new culturally-inspired lanterns and performances as well. Visit the website here.

Family Fun Fest
Grace Point, Newtown - June 6, 2025
FREE
Family Fun Fest is a family-friendly event for everyone! Enjoy a variety of carnival games, a petting zoo, crafts, face-painting, a car show, a K-9 demonstration, and more for free! Visit the website here.

The Roots Picnic
Philadelphia - May 31 to June 1, 2025
The Roots Picnic returns to the Mann in Fairmount Park for two days of music, art, and culture. The Roots Picnic is an annual music festival created and hosted by Philly's hip-hop group, The Roots. Visit the website here.

Strawberry Festival at Brecknock Orchard
Mohnton - Saturdays, June 7 to 21, 2025
FREE
Frolic through five-acres of strawberry fields and enjoy family activities, wagon rides, strawberry picking, and more. Visit the website here.

Strawberry Festival at Shady Brook Farms
Yardley - My 31 to June 14, 2025
Over the course of two weekends, Shady Brook Farms celebrates the bright red strawberry at its strawberry festival. Guests can expect inflatable attractions, pedal go-karts, rubber duck races, a new cow train, a playground, an animated chicken show, and backyard games. Visit the website here.

Odunde Festival
Philadelphia - June 8, 2025
FREE
Odunde Festival, the nation's largest African American street festival, is back, covering 15 city blocks with two stages for live entertainment and an eclectic mix of vendors, food, jewelry, and African art. Visit the website here.

Narberth Music and Arts Festival
Narberth Park - June 8 & September 8, 2025
FREE
Gather in downtown Narberth for a mainline favorite, the Narberth Music and Arts Festival, featuring music, vendors, food, and a dog parade kickoff. Visit the website here.

Flag Fest at the Betsy Ross House
Philadelphia - June 8 to 14, 2025
The Betsy Ross house brings back Flag Fest, with family activities throughout the week celebrating Old Glory. Each day begins at 10 am with an interactive flag raising. Visit the website here.

Ambler Arts & Music Festival
Ambler - June 13 to 14, 2025
FREE
This rain or shine festival offers art, music, and food wrapped into one festival for all ages. Guests can expect art such as photography, ceramics, jewelry, and face painting as well as free live musical performances. Visit the website here.

Chester County Balloon Festival
Toughkenamon - June 13 to 15, 2025
Ever seen a hot-air balloon up close? Chester County Balloon Festival is your chance. This family-friendly event offers activities for all ages on the ground and in the air. Visit the website here.

Upper Darby Pride Festival
Upper Darby - June 14, 2025
FREE
Upper Darby's Pride celebration is back, with kid-friendly activities including face painting, nail painting, and more. Enjoy local vendors, live music, a DJ, dancing, and other surprises. Visit the website here.

Pride at the Park
Narberth - June 14, 2025
FREE
Pride at the Park is a youth-led celebration featuring LGBTQIA+ and allied artists, performers, and organizations. Enjoy Drag Storytime, live music and vendors throughout the day, and even a free bike valet. Visit the website here.

West Park Arts Fest
West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia - June 14, 2025
FREE
Head to West Fairmount Park for an afternoon of music, live dance, and art activities for the whole family. Activities are led by community partners including Mural Arts, the Please Touch Museum, Shofuso, Franklin Institute, and more. Visit the website here.

Liberation Rising: Juneteenth Block Party and Free Museum Day at AAMP
Philadelphia - June 19, 2025
FREE
The African American Museum hosts its Juneteenth Block Party: Celebrating the Legacy of Emancipation. Join this daylong, outdoor festival, featuring live performances from international and local artists, a community marketplace featuring Black-owned businesses, vendors, community partners, food trucks, and hands-on activities including art-making and line dancing. Visit the website here.

Manayunk Arts Festival
Philadelphia - June 21 to 22, 2025
FREE
This rain-or-shine event is an annual tradition in Manayunk. Visitors can expect to see a variety of artists and exhibitors featuring jewelry, glass, ceramics, mixed media, paintings, photography, wood, and sculptures. Visit the website here.

Juneteenth Parade and Festival
Malcolm X Park, Philadelphia - June 22, 2025
FREE
Gather at the historic Malcolm X Park for the nation's largest annual Juneteenth celebration, attracting over 25,000 attendees along the 1.5 mile-long parade route and featuring over 2,000 participants and 20 floats. Visit the website here.

Too Many Games Festival
Greater Philadelphia Expo Center, Oaks - June 27 to 30, 2025
Pennsylvania's longest-running video game festival, Too Many Games celebrates video games and the music and art used to develop them. Head to the Philadelphia Expo Center for video games, guest signings, concerts, and more! Visit the website here.

New Castle County Ice Cream Festival
Rockwood Park, Wilmington, DE - June 28, 2025
You scream, I scream. We all scream for ICE CREAM! And, visitors can get their fill of ice cream at New Castle County Ice Cream Festival at Rockwood Park. Visit the website here.

Pennridge Community Day
Perkasie - June 28, 2025
FREE
Guests can expect watermelon-eating contests, hayrides, clowns, games, canoe races, concerts, rides, a water balloon toss, a baby parade, and a magician at Pennridge Community Day. The day concludes with fireworks. Visit the website here.

July Summer Festivals in Philly for Kids

Southampton Days and Fireworks
Southampton - June 30 to July 5, 2025
Join in on the fun at the Southampton Days Fair, June 30 to July 5. The fair opens at 6 pm each day, and families can enjoy unique entertainment each night. The 4th of July offers a full day of fun starting at 9 am including a baby parade, patriotic bicycle parade, live music, fireworks, and more. Visit the website here.

Independence Day Celebration: Living History Day
Washington Crossing Historic Park - July 4, 2025
Visitors to Washington Crossing Historic Park can see living historians demonstrate their crafts, tour historic buildings and view a military encampment. The highlight of the day includes a reading of the Declaration of Independence. Visit the website here.

Red, White, and Blueberries BBQ Bash
Peddler's Village - July 4, 2025
Visitors to Peddler's Village can enjoy an all-American barbecue picnic with live music, family entertainment, kids’ activities, a watermelon-eating contest, and shopping events. Visit the website here.

Fonthill’s Old-Fashioned 4th of July Celebration
Doylestown - July 4, 2025
Families can enjoy food, games, crafts, entertainment, and live music at Fonthill's Old-Fashioned 4th of July event. The Children's Decorated Bike Parade kicks off the celebration at 12:30 PM. Guests can expect a watermelon eating contests, sack races, tug-o-war, bucket brigade relays, town ball (19th century baseball) and the popular cakewalk. Visit the website here.

Wawa Welcome America Party on the Parkway and Fireworks Spectacular
Philadelphia - July 4, 2025
Hit the Parkway for the party of the summer and enjoy a day-long extravaganza of entertainment, games, food trucks, and giveaways, culminating in the city's signature fireworks display. Visit the website here.

Blueberry Festival
Linvilla Orchards, Media - July 12, 2025
Blueberries are back and ready for picking, so celebrate at Linvilla's annual Blueberry Festival. Music, pony rides, barnyard animals, hayrides, and more family-friendly activities make the festival a memorable event. Kids ages 13-17 can compete in a timed blueberry pie-eating challenge. Visit the website here.

Goshen Country Fair
West Chester - July 20 to August 2, 2025
Guests can expect games of chance, amusement rides, and delicious food. In addition, families can visit the dairy cow, sheep, goat, rabbit, and poultry exhibits. Visit the website here.

August Summer Festivals in Philly for Kids

Peach and Sunflower Festival
Linvilla Orchards, Media - August 10, 2025
Get ready to soak up the sunshine and indulge in the juiciest peaches ever during the ultimate festival day. Acres upon acres of sunflower fields will take your breath away, while pony rides, barnyard animals, hayrides, and a plethora of family-friendly activities will keep you on your toes. Visit the website here.

2nd Street Festival
Philadelphia - August 3, 2025
FREE
Held on the first Sunday in August every year, the 2nd Street Festival features live music, local vendors, crafts, food, and more. Visit the website here.

Kutztown Fair
Kutztown - August 4 to 9, 2025
FREE
Enjoy food, music, animals, crafts, contests, and rides at the 152nd annual Kutztown Fair! Check out this year's new Fun on the Farm tent to learn about the different aspects of the agriculture industry. Visit the website here.

Middletown Grange Fair
Newtown - August 13 to 17, 2025
FREE
The Middletown Grange Fair, a long-standing non-profit Bucks County tradition run by community volunteers, will feature livestock, judged exhibits and contests, carnival rides, commercial vendors, farm machinery, various foods, and countless other family-friendly events and activities. Visit the website here.

Peach Festival
Brecknock Orchard, Mohnton - August 2, 9 & 16, 2025
Have a peachy day with wagon ride orchard tours! Children can enjoy crafts and make a personal-size peach cobbler or a wood bead key chain. Want to take the deliciousness home? Learn to preserve your own pint of peaches through a guided step-by-step process and take home a sealed jar and recipe. Visit the website here.

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