New events every morning, Monday through Saturday.
25 family events from Wednesday to Tuesday, 4 of them free, including Harvest Fest at the Elmwood Park Zoo and Ardmore Day 2026.
Wednesday has a Chocolate Party at the Upper Merion Township Library and Junior Book Club at the Conshohocken Free Library. Saturday is the big day, with the Conshohocken Farmers' Market at the Plaza at SORA West, Harvest Fest and Boo at the Zoo in Norristown, Ardmore Day, East FallsFest, and the Halloween Parade at Mary Wood Park House at 4:00 PM. Sunday brings Harvest Fest again plus a free Mill Open House in Ambler, and the Witches of Whitemarsh Hayride runs at Cedar Grove Park from Tuesday through Thursday.
Bala Cynwyd · Bala Cynwyd Library
A self-guided scavenger hunt around the library during open hours.
Conshohocken · Cedar Grove Park
A hayride to visit the Witch of Whitemarsh, who tells Halloween stories and jokes and gives each rider a treat, and it is not a haunted ride.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
King of Prussia · Little Theatre, Upper Merion Township Library
Elementary students hear a book read aloud, learn how chocolate is made and test candy at a chocolate themed party.
Conshohocken · CFL Community Room, Conshohocken Free Library
Readers in grades 4 to 7 discuss the book Holes, enjoy snacks and do an activity.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 3 to 5 paint a spooky background with acrylics and add a silhouette on top.
Ambler · Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler branch
Kids decorate a paperback book with bedazzling supplies, and the library has free books for anyone who forgets one.
Norristown · NPL Community Room, Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
Children hear a picture book read aloud, then make their own artwork inspired by the book's illustrations.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo, Discovery Center Classroom
Zoo educators open Bat Week with hands-on activities, games and an up-close look at bats.
Payment is taken at the start of the program and is cashless.
Conshohocken · Plaza at SORA West
Weekly Saturday farmers' market with 16 to 24 vendors, breakfast from 1874 Social, live music and outdoor seating in the plaza next to Hotel West & Main.
Free parking in the adjacent garage off West Elm Street.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall family festival at the zoo with carnival games, live music and face painting around the Stony Creek Stage.
Free to attend with zoo admission; games and activities may cost extra
Tickets must be purchased at the carnival games to play.
Ambler · Ambler Theater
The Family Matinee series shows the 2004 film Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed on the big screen.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Halloween event across the zoo with costumes, trick-or-treating, a straw maze, live music and games.
Free zoo admission tickets, discounts and community passes cannot be used on Boo at the Zoo weekends.
Ardmore · Schauffele Plaza
Downtown Ardmore holds its 75th anniversary community day with a dog parade, classic car show, family corn maze, trackless train, bumper cars, live music and face painting.
East Falls · Ridge & Midvale
A neighborhood street festival with live music, food, local vendors, a beer garden, free pumpkin decorating and other family activities.
Ambler · Wissahickon Valley Public Library, Ambler branch
Children read aloud to four therapy dogs from the Nor'wester Therapy Dogs organization, with quiet activity centers also set up.
Conshohocken · CFL Community Room, Conshohocken Free Library
A children's author leads a writing workshop on world-building for tween and teen writers.
Conshohocken · Conshohocken Free Library
A world building writing workshop for tweens and teens led by local writer Kathleen S. Zoll, with snacks provided.
The workshop will be rescheduled if there are no registrations five days before the event.
King of Prussia · Visitor Center at Valley Forge
The park marks National Fossil Day with hands-on activities and special programs about the Ice Age fossils found at Valley Forge.
Conshohocken · Mary Wood Park House
Costumed children, families, adults and dogs walk a short parade route around the block from Mary Wood Park House, with refreshments and costume prizes afterward.
Registration is in front of Mary Wood Park House.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A fall family festival at the zoo with carnival games, live music and face painting around the Stony Creek Stage.
Free to attend with zoo admission; games and activities may cost extra
Tickets must be purchased at the carnival games to play.
Norristown · Elmwood Park Zoo
A Halloween event across the zoo with costumes, trick-or-treating, a straw maze, live music and games.
Free zoo admission tickets, discounts and community passes cannot be used on Boo at the Zoo weekends.
Fort Washington · Historic Hope Lodge
A short film followed by guided tours of the historic mansion, with tours at 1:00 and 2:30.
Site closes at 4:00 pm. Cash, check, or PayPal only.
Ambler · Evans-Mumbower Mill
Tour of Montgomery County's water-powered gristmill with hands-on demonstrations of how water and gravity powered food production.
Free; donations accepted.
On-site parking. The platform lift at the mill is currently out of service.
Belmont Hills · Belmont Hills Library
A guest educator leads a hands-on early learning program for toddlers and their caregivers.
Lafayette Hill · William Jeanes Community Room
Children in grades 1 and 2 design and build an air conditioning and ductwork system as a engineering challenge.
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The zoning hearing on a proposed data center at 900 Conshohocken Road picks back up Thursday, October 15, after more than a two-month hiatus, according to MoreThanTheCurve.
Two months is a long intermission, even by zoning hearing standards. The material we have does not list a time or location, so check the borough calendar at conshohockenpa.gov before heading over.
Plymouth Township's council had a public comment policy on its October 13 agenda, meant to clarify how and when public comment works, MoreThanTheCurve reported. It is the rare agenda item residents might actually read.
In business news, the Philadelphia Business Journal reported on October 12 that Spring EQ is moving out of Conshohocken. On October 9 it reported that GSK plans a "nextgen flex factory" just outside West Conshohocken.
A new swim school in Conshohocken, Aqua-Tots, is teaching children from 4 months old up to 12 years, according to MONTCO.Today.
Four months is early to start swim lessons, I guess, but that age range stretches far enough to cover the baby and the sibling who thinks they are too old for this. Our material does not include an address, schedule, or prices, so the MONTCO.Today story is the place to start.
The Conshohocken Police Department has asked the public's help identifying a suspect connected to an assault, MoreThanTheCurve reported on October 9. Patch places the attack at the Conshohocken VFW and asks readers whether they recognize the man.
Anyone with information should contact the Conshohocken Police Department.
| Date | Events | Lead story |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 Tue | 23 | Data center zoning hearing in Conshohocken resumes Thursday |
| 2026-10-12 Mon | 25 | State issues Do Not Eat advisory for Wissahickon Creek fish |
| 2026-10-10 Sat | 9 | Conshohocken Police Ask Public to Help Identify Assault Suspect |
| 2026-10-09 Fri | 10 | Do Not Eat Advisory Issued for Fish in Wissahickon Creek Basin |
| 2026-10-08 Thu | 7 | Hallowell Street faces four to six weeks of paving and concrete work |
| 2026-10-07 Wed | 6 | Whitemarsh Supervisors Will Weigh a $12 Million Check Toward a 67-Acre Quarry |