Annual Events In Jenkintown, PA.

June
Leedom Street

Show off your stride with Jenkintown’s annual USATF certified race in June. The Sunset Run brings around 650 runners to town for one of the most challenging 5k runs in the area. The runners wind through Jenkintown and celebrate crossing the finish line at Town Square with live music, food, and prizes. Free dash races for children make the Sunset Run a family affair. Registration fees are available to view on the Kiwanis Foundation's website.

June to September
Jenkintown Town Square

Tuesday is groove day in Jenkintown Town Square with live performances by local bands and a coexisting farmer’s market with locally sourced products. The live music ranges from jazz to rock to acoustic and more for a little taste of everything the local music scene has to offer. The foodie experiences and walkable shopping brings that charming, feel-good summer vibe right to the center of town.

July 4th
Jenkintown Town Square

Have a classic small town patriotic blast at Jenkintown’s 4^th of July celebration. The Volunteer Fire Department sponsored event features a parade of local fire trucks, color guard, bands, and decorated bikes for children. Best decorated bike wins a prize, so go wild with the red, white, and blue!

June to July
Abington Art Center

Dance under the summer night sky every Thursday throughout July at Abington Art Center’s Annual Concert Series. Attendees are encouraged to grab a blanket or lawn chair and cozy up on the center’s back lawn. Onsite food trucks and beverage vendors have a range of delicious food and drink or bring your own picnic to enjoy.

September
Jenkintown Town Square

Every fall, Jenkintown’s main thoroughfare and Town Square transform into an outdoor art gallery at Jenkintown Festival of the Arts. While there, visitors can stroll through seven blocks of the quaint downtown area to peruse a variety of goods while reveling in a festival atmosphere full of food, music and fun outdoors. Come visit Jenkintown’s historic downtown for the largest outdoor art festival in Montgomery County!

November
Jenkintown Town Square

Join Jenkintown for a combo of fall festival favorites at the annual Fall Jawn. Eat chili to your heart’s content at the Chili Cook Off, don a Halloween costume and play some spooky games for Scare on the Square, and watch the beloved Pumpkin Drop—picture leftover Halloween pumpkins exploding in a shower of seeds and meat!

December
Jenkintown Town Square

Santa is coming to town—Jenkintown that is! Join the Jenkintown Recreation Board and the Fire Department as Santa lights the tree in Town Square and then get a glimpse of the jolly guy on a firetruck as he drives around town.