East Passyunk invites you some spooktacular fun! Bring the whole family out for Fall Fest on October 26th from 11am to 4pm for pedestrian-only fun on East Passyunk Ave between Morris and Dickinson Streets and specials up and down the entire Avenue. There will be activities for kids and adults alike, including 70+ craft and arts vendors, costume contests paired with themes from your favorite businesses on the Avenue, pumpkin carving, arts and crafts, live music, trick or treating and food and drink specials up and down the Avenue, plus so much more.
Find your favorite vendors within our pedestrian-only “closure zone” between Morris and Dickinson Streets. Live entertainment will be held at the PPA Lot, Singing Fountain and Mifflin Triangle throughout the day - stay tuned for a full calendar of who’s playing! Pumpkin carving will be at the Gateway at the corner of Broad St and Passyunk Ave, sponsored by our friends at South Broad Street Neighborhood Association. Be sure to check out trick-or-treating and lunch specials along the entire Avenue.
NEW THIS YEAR: Window Dressing Costume Contest
Get into the Halloween spirit with this costume contest with a twist! Enter with 3 easy steps:
1) “Dress Like a Business”: Choose a guiding theme for your Fall Fest costume based on a window display of local East Passyunk business! For example, if the theme is “Barbie,” you could dress like anyone from the Barbie universe. Get creative with it! Here are the themes to choose from:
A Novel Idea: Vote For Your Life
Birds of Prey Artistry & Aesthetics: “Shed the Dead” (Beauty Vampires!)
Carolyn Zinni: Dinosaur Bride
Delicious Sweets: Casper the Friendly Ghost
Favors and Flavors: Ice Cream Shop of Horrors
Forever Valentine Beauty: Spooky Enchanted Forest
Frame Fatale: Insects
Good Buy Supply: A Haunting at Good Buy Supply (Ghosts!)
Headhunters Hair Design: “Not Staying Alive”: Dead Disco
Lucidi's: Spooky Halloween
N.R.S Boutique:
Nutmeg: Vampires
Sermania Jewelry: It’s All a Bunch of Hocus Pocus (Witches!)
Spellbound Studio: Astrology and Tarot
Stogie Joes Tavern: Beetlejuice
South Philly Studio at RE/MAX One Realty: Day of the Dead
Tildie's Toy Box: Haunted House
Urban Jungle: Fall Market
2) Enter the Costume Contest with a Donation: Enter the costume contest with a donation of at least $5 to the East Passyunk Ave BID! Winner of the costume contest receives 50% of the total donations for the day.
3) Take a Picture with your Business and Tag Us: During Fall Fest, take a picture of yourself in your costume in front of your chosen theme! Post the photo on Instagram or Facebook and tag us at @eastpassyunk.
Judging will take place at 3pm at the Singing Fountain!
Pumpkin Carving at the Gateway - 11am to 3pm
South Broad Street Neighbors Association will be hosting a pumpkin carving event at the Gateway at the corner of East Passyunk Ave and Broad Street from 11am-3pm, or until supplies last.
Trick or Treating - 11am to 2pm
Kids and ghouls unite! EPA businesses will be handing out candy and other goodies from 11am to 2pm up and down the Avenue. Check out the list below for participating businesses and/or look out for black and orange balloons in front of a store to know if they’ve got treats (or tricks) for you!
A Novel Idea
August Moon
Birds of Prey Artistry & Aesthetics
Cantina Los Caballitos
Cartesian Brewing
Creations by Coppola
Delicious Sweets
Eastern Pass Tattoo Co.
Ember & Ash
Favors and Flavors
Forever Valentine Beauty
Frame Fatale
Good Buy Supply
Headhunters Hair Design
Human Robot Süd
Latchkey
Laurel
Mecha Chocolate
Insomnia Cookies
Minimal Chaos
Movement Source Pilates Studio
N.R.S Boutique
Milk Jawn
Noir Restaurant & Bar
P’UNK Burger
Pistola’s Del Sur
Nutmeg
south fellini
Sermania Jewelry
Pizzata Pizzeria & Birreria
Spellbound Studio
Stogie Joes Tavern
Studio South Philly at RE/MAX One Realty
The Bottle Shop
Townsend
Tildie's Toy Box
Urban Jungle
Live Entertainment - 11am to 3pm
We will be hosting live music and other entertainment from 11am to 3pm at the PPA Lot, the Singing Fountain and Mifflin Triangle from 11am to 3pm. Full list of performers coming soon!
Special thanks to our sponsors: Acme Markets, MVP Hauling LLC, Passyunk Avenue Revitalization Corporation, Samuels Seafood Company, Circle Compost, South Broad Street Neighborhood Association and Grassroots Music and Arts.