Avella area community festival set for Saturday
Mechanical bull rides, hay rides, and an inflatable costume race will be among the draws at the Avella Area Community Festival Saturday.
It gets underway at 4 p.m. at Little A Town Arena in Avella. Food and drink vendors will be there, along with live music, caricature and tattoo artists, a bouncy house, photo booth and duck pond. Fireworks will cap off the festivities at about 9:30 p.m.
Children visiting the festival will be able to get free Junior Historian passports and receive a swag bag. First, they will pick up a Junior Historian passport, then visit history booths at the festival, collect a sticker at each booth and turn in the completed passport to receive the free swag bag.
The festival is sponsored by Cross Creek, Hopewell, Independence and Jefferson townships, West Middletown and Little A Town Arena. More information is available at crosscreektwp.org.