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Founders Day 2026

Founders Day 2026: Saturday, Aug. 29. Watch for Details. 

The 2025 Celebration Was Held Saturday, Aug. 23! Recap below. 

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NEW THIS YEAR: Pick up your Founders Day scorecard at Founders Day, or download your copy below. Fill it with at least 8 stickers by visiting the day's events, then bring your card to Discover Lansdale's booth on Green Street at the Family Fun Festival, for a chance to win great prizes!  
Founders Day Scorecard
Join us in a thrilling round of Community Wiffle Ball! To register to play, just click the button below.  
WIFFLE BALL REGISTRATION
Founders Day in Lansdale takes place on Saturday August 23, with this year's theme being "GAME ON!" Join us as we celebrate the incredible sports teams in the Philadelphia area, including our Super Bowl champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, our postseason favorites, the Phillies, and more!

Spend the day in the borough enjoying games, delicious food and drinks, live music, vendors, the Health and Wellness Fair, the Festival of the Arts by Lansdale Parks and Rec, Touch-A-Truck at the Freight House, tours at the Lansdale Borough Police Department, model trains on display at the Fairmount Fire Company, open house featuring a display of local athletes and coaches at the Lansdale Historical Society, fun at the Lansdale Library, and of course the best fireworks show around!

And even better: On-street and municipal lot parking is FREE on Founders Day!

Your Founders Day lineup:
  • Morning Exercise, 8 am & 9 am, Chamber of Commerce Courtyard at Lansdale Station Apartments, Madison St. 
  • Lansdale Farmers' Market, 9 am-12:30 pm, Penndale Middle School
  • Lansdale Festival of the Arts, 10 am-3 pm, Memorial Park
  • Chamber GMC Health & Wellness Fair, 10 am-2 pm, Railroad Avenue
  • Opening Ceremony / Lansdale Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony, George Adams, 10:30am, Weaver Field at Memorial Park
  • Community Wiffle Ball, 11 am-noon, Weaver Field
  • Lansdale Historical Society / Jenkins Homestead Open House, 11 am-3 pm, 137 Jenkins Avenue
  • Touch-A-Truck, 11 am-4 pm, Historic Lansdale Freight House Lot; Lansdale Street Band performs at 11 am
  • Sports Open House and Board Game Donations, 11 am-4 pm, North Penn Valley Boys and Girls Club, 16 Susquehanna Ave.
  • Lansdale Public Library Fun, 11 am-5 pm, Lansdale Library
  • Model Trains Display, 11 am-4 pm, Fairmount Fire Company
  • Pennant Crafts, 11 am-4 pm, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, 30 Vine St.
  • Mosaic Mural, 11 am-5 pm, The Art Studio, 51 E. 2nd St.
  • Police Station Tours, 1 pm-4 pm, Lansdale Police Station
  • Family Fun Festival (food/drink, vendors, games, music), 1 pm-7 pm, Century Plaza Parking Lot/Green Street
  • Live Entertainment: Music by Evans Entertainment (1-4 pm) and A Common Thread (4-7 pm), Century Plaza Lot
  • District Court Open House with Judge Ed Levine, 1:30 pm-3:30 pm, Station Square (430 Pennbrook Pkwy.)
  • Fireworks, 9 pm, Penndale Middle School

Our 2025 Sponsors

Thank you so much to the Founders Day 2025 sponsors that help make this day possible:

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2024 Founders Day Recap and Photos Below


We are grateful to everyone who helped make this day possible. We would like to thank the borough's Police, Parks & Rec and Public Works departments for their efforts, our many volunteers for their staffing help, our generous sponsors for helping bring it all your way, and most important, YOU — our friends and neighbors — for sharing the love.

And to keep the moments fresh in your memory, we've collected several photo albums below, so keep scrolling!
Early Morning Boot Camp and Yoga
Lifetime Achievement Award — Anne Henning Scheuring
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)
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  • Home
  • Events
    • Restaurant Week
    • Prom Night
    • First Friday
    • Baseball and Barbecue
    • Founders Day
    • Beer Tasting Festival
    • Mardi Gras Parade
    • Christmas Tree Display
    • Turn of the Century Fun
  • Business Directory
    • DL Business Directory
    • Dining Guide
    • Advertising Information
  • Opportunities
    • Vendor Signup
  • Buy DL Swag (External Site)
  • 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
  • Directions and Parking
  • About Discover Lansdale
    • We Are Discover Lansdale
    • Contact Us
  • Freight House
    • About The Project
    • Freight House FAQ
    • Freight House Newsletter
    • The Historic Freight Station
    • A family's freight station story
    • Take a photo tour
    • How you can help