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WELCOME  TO  LANSDALE, PA!

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Promoting Lansdale by connecting business, people and fun. Our mission is to galvanize and connect all sectors of our community — individuals, businesses, nonprofit organizations and government — by creating a unified movement that promotes, produces, and maintains a clean, healthy, safe Borough for our families, friends, and guests."
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He Arrived in Style! 
The Jolly Old Elf Himself marked his grand arrival at our famously mis-named Mardi Gras Parade on Nov. 19, now in its 71st year! You crowded the streets to watch!
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Business Directory
Our 2022-23 Discover Lansdale Business Directory is out, available all around town! We promote local businesses, and urge folks to Shop Lansdale First! 
FIND IT IN LANSDALE
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Cruise Night
We announce with great regret the cancellation of Cruise Night for 2022. We promise the popular ride will return — bigger and better — in 2023! 
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Christmas Tree Display
Back for the 2022 holiday season, our Christmas Trees are on display at Marvin's Home on Main, the home furnishings shop at 810 W. Main St. Come visit, and vote today! 
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The historic Freight House
Great news: Discover Lansdale has received a grant for construction of our beloved stately stone structure. Learn about the Freight House project and how to help!
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Oh What A Year!
From the Kickoff Gala in April right through the huge Founders Week with parade and fireworks in August, we celebrated the borough's birthday in style!
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Who we are
We are your neighbors, your friends and your co-workers. We are the business people and citizens of the borough. We are all volunteers, and your partners in helping Lansdale grow and thrive.
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So much to see and do in Lansdale!

Activities and attractions abound all year. Weekly concerts in Whites Road Park, a fabulous Farmers Market each Saturday, spring's International Festival and fall's Oktoberfest to benefit the Freight House Restoration, Lansdale Day, The Lansdale Beer Fest, Cars Under the Lights, Bike Night ... the list goes on and on. Visit anytime, and you'll find things to do, places to shop and dine, and some of the friendliest people around.
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A Borough on the move!

A strong community in the midst of a major revitalization movement. Learn all about our friendly village — then and now. Discover a great place to shop, dine, work, live — and experience! And enjoy everything Lansdale has to offer.
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Updated Dec. 2, 2022

The Holidays Are In Full Swing In Lansdale!

Festivities begin the Dec. 2-4 weekend, as Lansdale’s celebration of the holiday season kicks into high gear, starting Friday night. (Note: Event details, dates and times are subject to change; check social media and the respective websites for updates.)

Lighting Up the Night

The annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony — with old St. Nick flicking the switch, natch — will be at Railroad Plaza (Main and Madison Sts.) Dec. 2, starting at 6 p.m.. Holiday music will be performed by the North Penn High School Chorus, with the illumination by the Big Guy in Red set for 6:30. Donations of non-perishable grocery items will be collected for Manna on Main Street at all borough events.

Knockin' on Santa's Door

Speaking of the Big Guy, Santa’s back home where he belongs: After having been closed for waaay too long because of you-know-what, Santa returns to his traditional Lansdale house at Railroad Plaza for all good little girls and boys, with hours Thursday, Dec. 8, 6-7 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 16,  6-7  p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 17 - 10:30 a.m.-noon. You can leave letters for him anytime, by Dec. 15, at his mailbox right outside the Santa House. (Be sure you include your name and return address!)

Among other local sightings, Santa will be making an appearance at Manhattan Bagel, 401 S. Broad St., on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 9 to 11 a.m.

Voting for Your Top Trees

Lansdale’ annual Christmas Tree Display (click for details) also opens Friday, Dec. 2, during and after the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Railroad Plaza. This year’s display is Home on Main, 810 W. Main Street, through the holiday, during store business hours. Be sure to visit — and to vote for your favorites. Ballots will be available at the display. This year, trees decorated by 10 nonprofits will be featured.  

Visiting the Homestead

The Lansdale Historical Society will host its annual Open House on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Jenkins Homestead, 137 Jenkins Ave. This year’s theme will be A Victorian Christmas, with characters and scenes from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Meet Cratchit, Scrooge and more as you celebrate the holidays in 19th-century style with LHS. Free (donations accepted).

Catching a Concert With Brass 

For a musical presentation with oomph, stop by Railroad Plaza Sunday afternoon, Dec. 4, for the borough’s annual Tuba Christmas concert. Sixty or more of the most talented tuba, sousaphone, and euphonium players in the area will tackle many of your seasonal favorites. The North Penn High School Brass Ensemble perform at 1:15 p.m.; TubaChristmas tunes up at 2. Inclement weather location is St. John’s United Church of Christ, 500 W. Main Street at 2 p.m.

Heralding Hanukkah's Arrival

And last but definitely not least, celebrate the coming of the Festival of Lights with Lansdale's annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 18 at Railroad Plaza. The public is invited to help celebrate the Hanukkah season and the kindling of the first of the Menorah candles — and enjoy a performance by the Horns of Hanukkah.

Shopping for That Special Someone

The perfect gift for Lansdale lovers? Sesquicentennial commemoratives and collectibles designed for this year’s 150th anniversary of the founding of Lansdale, of course. (Thanks to Henning’s Trains for hosting our online ordering system.)   
  • The 128-page full-color Lansdale 150 history book, The Visionaries Who Built A Borough, is available for $30 at https://hennings-trains.shoplightspeed.com/lansdale-150th-commemorative-book.html.
  • The L150 Christmas tree ornament, designed by the same folks who produce the White House ornament every year, is $25 at https://hennings-trains.shoplightspeed.com/lansdale-150-commemorative-ornament.html.
  • And an unbeatable holiday special — the book, the ornament, an anniversary pint glass and button, plus the L150 parade button — is available for just $50. Visit https://hennings-trains.shoplightspeed.com/lansdale-150-holiday-special.html. Quantities are limited, so order while they’re still available.

And we hope we don’t need to remind you, as you enjoy all that Lansdale has to offer on this holiday season, be sure to shop, dine — and experience — Lansdale first. Your patronage means the world to our town’s businesses, and as you spend local, you help keep #LansdaleSTRONG!

State Awards Historical Grant To Freight House

We at Discover Lansdale are proud to announce that our civic nonprofit has been awarded a 2021 Keystone Preservation Planning Grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.
 
The $14,310 grant is designated for the planning, promotion, and development of historic resources. Discover Lansdale applied for the grant to help fund construction plans and design documents to prepare for the historic rehabilitation project at the stately stone Freight House on South Broad Street.
 
The grant is a 50% match; Discover Lansdale is required to fund the remaining half by donations, sponsorships or other means.
 
"This is pretty exciting for us,” said Bill Henning, who chairs Discover Lansdale’s Freight House Committee. “This project, near and dear to our hearts, has been slow going, but this Keystone grant is a much-needed step toward our goal of preserving and repurposing this historic building for use by the entire Lansdale community."

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Lansdale, PA 19446

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  • Home
  • Events
    • First Friday
    • Mardi Gras Parade
    • Founders Day
    • Christmas Tree Display
    • Bike Night (external site)
    • Turn of the Century Fun
  • Freight House
    • About The Project
    • Freight House Newsletter
    • The Historic Freight Station
    • A family's freight station story
    • Take a photo tour
    • How you can help
  • Business Directory
    • DL Business Directory
    • Advertising Information
  • THE MAGAZINE
    • Lansdale Mardi Gras History
    • Memorial Park 3-20
    • Giving Back 11-19
    • Holidays Then 11-19
    • PARKS 8-19
    • Whites Road Concerts 319
    • Houses of Worship 1118
  • Opportunities
    • Mural Arts
    • Lifetime Achievement
    • Hometown Heroes
  • Directions and Parking
  • About Discover Lansdale
    • We Are Discover Lansdale
    • Contact Us