Autumn Fest in Cambridge Springs
Today is a great day for an Autumn Fest! The sun was shining this morning (partially), there’s a slight breeze, and Fall is in the air at Autumn Fest in Cambridge Springs! We’re bringing you this wandering as quickly as we can, simply because you only have this weekend to enjoy it!
Location:
Autumn Fest is located at 24225 Blystone Road, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403. Although Cambridge Springs is considered Crawford County, it is within extremely close distance to Erie County and the Edinboro area. In 2021, the dates and times for Autumn Fest are September 25 and 26, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days.
Property Description:
This Autumn Fest in Crawford County is situated around a small store called Tobin’s Country Style Gifts. There is a sign for a grass parking lot when you approach the festival, you will drive between the ropes and it will lead you to the parking lot. This parking lot is across the street from the actual festival, but also located near the tractor rides and pumpkins/mums for sale by local farmers. Once you cross the road, you will see many tents set up as vendors from the area showcase their crafts, food, and brands.
What to Do:
There are so many tents to visit at this Autumn Fest near Erie, PA! You can find jewelry, decor and other things for your home, Scentsy products, Thirty-One, chocolate candy cups, other delicacies, and so much more! It’s a pretty decently sized outdoor craft fair, and we had a really good time walking around and talking to all of the vendors. One thing we would recommend is bringing cash with you. While many vendors do take credit cards, a lot of them do not. Also, the service is not the best and we actually had a vendor try to swipe our card but couldn’t because of the lack of service in the area. So definitely stop by an ATM before you head out to Cambridge Springs!
You can also go into the store, Tobin’s Country Style Gifts. There are several things available for purchase inside, including decor and different types of cider and juices. Outside of the store, there is a pumpkin decorating contest going on, and you can take a look at all the pumpkins and see which one you like best! You can even enter one in, if you’d like!
Skeltontown Bible Church was there and provided a great opportunity to not only encourage the children to have fun while their parents are browsing, but also for parents to visit as many vendors as they could and truly experience what the festival offers. They are in the second tent to your right as you walk in, right after the Scentsy tent. You will be handed a sheet for your child to collect stickers on. Each vendor has stickers, and may give each child one sticker. Once they collect 10 stickers, they can come back to the tent and collect a prize, get a treat, and do a craft. We’ve never seen anything like this before at a festival, and we really liked this idea! Our littles got books, a sucker, and made a magnet after collecting all of their stickers! Herdsmen puppets was there putting on puppet shows, and a clown was making balloon animals for the kids!
There are also several inflatable decorations set up and Halloween scenes, with many spots to take pictures at! The kids loved Mike and Sully from Monsters Inc. and the Winnie the Pooh set up.
There is a good amount of food available, with Frank’s Fries being our favorite stop! They serve some very yummy fries that are made in peanut oil, and we highly recommend that you try them! At the Frank’s Fries stand, you can also purchase tickets for a tractor ride that is located across the street near the parking lot. The tractor ride tickets are $1 per person. We also tried a massive chocolate cake pop from Tasty Bakes. Our littles loved it; they described it as “so yummy” and ate it right up! And while at the Chocolate Candy Cups tent, we tried some excellent peanut butter cups and coconut cups! We also noticed many homemade pies for sale, chicken sandwiches, baked goods, and a cart out front selling soft pretzels.
There was also live music, as a stage was set up with chairs in front of it for people to relax and sit down. That area is also a great place to eat, along with the tables that they had set up in random places, such as the picnic table near the skeleton display.
Who Can Go:
This Autumn Fest in Cambridge Springs is welcoming of everyone and accessible to anyone. Please note that it is all located on grass, so if you’re pushing a stroller or a wheelchair, you may run into some rough patches or some mud here and there. We did not bring our stroller, and I think that was the right choice for us. However, we’re feeling the repercussions of that decision (holding our children at times) as I type this!
Final Thoughts:
This was a great fall festival in the Erie area to attend! We spent about 2 hours there; we enjoyed walking around and talking to vendors, and the kids actually had a lot of fun! We would recommend stopping by as something to do this weekend, especially if you like to support local vendors in the community!
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[Editor’s note: Please be aware that we are not affiliated with Autumn Fest in any way. This is true of all of our posts. We simply enjoy wandering around Erie as we know finding what to do in Erie, PA area can be hard.]
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