Thanks to all — and the Weather Gods — for a wonderful Founders Day on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026!

Photos below by Bruce Schwartz
FOLLOWING IS PRE-EVENT PROMOTION

Collect Stickers and Win!

Visit at least 8 Founders Day sites and collect stickers for a chance at great prizes — and fill the whole card to earn a lovely Founders Day Tee!
The Day's Schedule

Keep in mind that Aug. 24-30 also is Restaurant Week! After family fun and before fireworks, we encourage visitors to enjoy one of Lansdale's delicious dining establishments. Click here for participants!

What a full day of events! Check out this incredible lineup, all around town:
  • Farmers’ Market, 9 am-12:30 pm, Penndale Middle School parking lot, 400 Penn St. (enter off Church Rd.) 
  • Health & Wellness Fair, 10 am-2 pm, Railroad Plaza, 201 W. Main St.
  • Lansdale Festival of the Arts, 10 am-3 pm, Memorial Park, 300 E. Main St. 
  • Opening Ceremony/Lifetime Achievement Award/Dedication of Chief Jay Daveler Way, 10 am, Fairmount Fire Company, 100 Vine St.
  • Classic Car Parade, 10:45 am, Vine Street/Chief Jay Daveler Way
  • Classic Car Show, 11 am-3 pm, Lansdale Freight House, 111 S. Broad St.
  • Eclipse Center Art, 11 am-3 pm, Lansdale Freight House, 111 S Broad St.
  • Lansdale Historical Society Open House and Attic Treasures Sale, 11 am-3 pm, Jenkins Homestead, 137 Jenkins Ave. 
  • Lansdale Library Fun, 11 am-5 pm, 301 Vine St.
  • Model Trains Display, 11 am-4 pm, Fairmount Fire Company, 100 Vine St.
  • Open House and Snack Donation, 11 am -2 pm, North Penn Valley Boys & Girls Club, 16 Susquehanna Ave.
  • Police Station Tours, 1 pm-4 pm, Lansdale Police Station, 1 Vine St.
  • Magisterial Judge Edward Levine will host an open house and tour of District Court 38-1-28, 430 Pennbrook Parkway,1-4 pm, with arraignments open to the public starting at 2:30. 
  • Family Fun Festival/Amusements, Music, Vendors, Beer Garden, Live Music by A Common Thread, 2 pm-6 pm, Century Plaza Parking Lot/Green Street, 100 W. Main St.
  • Fireworks Grand Display, 9 pm, Penndale Middle School, 400 Penn St.

Our 2026 Sponsors

Thank you so much to the Founders Day and season-long sponsors that help make this day and all our events possible:

Scenes from Past Founders Days

Lifetime Achievement Award 
For The Kids and Lansdale Historical Society
Lansdale Festival of the Arts
Car-Painting and Truck-Touching
Trains At The Fairmount Fire House
Food Trucks, Beer Garden, Music
The Grand Fireworks Finale
(All photos By Kyonia Mitchum,  Meg Currie Teoh, William Breish, Bruce Schwartz, Lindsay Beuke, and courtesy North Penn Now, Rep. Steve Malagari, Lansdale Library, Lansdale Historical Society, and Chamber of Commerce for Greater Montgomery County)