Plans Coming Together In Doylestown For First Village Fair In Decades

DOYLESTOWN TOWNSHIP, PA — The popular Village Fair, first held in 1961, is returning to Doylestown later this month with an afternoon of fun, food, and excitement.

Organizers are busy finalizing the details for the fair, which will take place on Saturday, June 24 from 12 to 4 p.m. at Central Park in Doylestown Township.

The event will bring together local nonprofit organizations to raise money for community members in need of assistance with rising food, utility, and housing costs.

Like the old-fashioned country fairs of the past, the 2023 event will feature live entertainment and numerous activity booths staffed by participating organizations. There also will be a disc golf tournament and food trucks including Rooster and Chick (sandwiches), A Taste of Philly (sandwiches), and Kresha Kreations (desserts).

DJ Groove will kick off the live entertainment, which begins at 12:15 and continues throughout the afternoon with demonstrations and performances by the Bucks County Performing Arts, Action Karate, the Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance, and The School of Rock.

Planned booths and activities include skeeball, bean bag toss and cornhole games, face painting, a children's caricature artist, and more. There also will be sports memorabilia and basket raffles at other booths. Both the Doylestown Historical Society and the Civil War Museum will be setting up displays, while the Doylestown Rotary will offer a doughnut sale and doughnut toss game. And the Doylestown Nature Club will have a plant sale (cash only).

A rain-or-shine event, the Village Fair is being sponsored by the Village Improvement Association in partnership with Doylestown Township. Tickets are $5 per person. Children six and under are admitted free.

Helping to organize the event are Carol Shugars, VIA, Chair of Village Fair; Janice Kimenhour, VIA; Diane Smith, Soroptomists; Eileen Connor, Soroptomists; Myra Lisowski, Doylestown Lions; Lisa Boyer, American Legion Auxiliary; Ann Callahan, Doylestown Nature Club; Allie Grand, Civil War Museum; Kathy Loftus, St Vincent De Paul; Christina Minsky, Roxy Therapy Dogs; Dan Spirer, CB Kiwanis; Kathleen Waddington, Soroptomists; Ed Lisowski, American Legion; Mike Arenaz, American Legion; Tom Kaplan, Adventure Guides; and Sherri Belfus, DAA.

For additional information, a full listing of participating organizations and activities, and to register for the disc golf tournament, visit www.villagefaircentralbucks2023.com.