Description
Every year, the Arden Fair and Antiques Market is held the Saturday of Labor Day Weekend. The Fair features children’s games and rides, handmade crafts by over 100 vendors (many of whom are local), an Antiques Market, used books (inside Gild Hall), plants, live music in the Shady Grove, delicious food and drink, an art exhibit, and more. Admission and shuttle buses are free!
The Arden Club is a non-profit organization. Proceeds from the Fair help maintain the Arden Gild Hall, where the public can enjoy concerts, musicals, plays, dances, Saturday evening dinners, and programs throughout the year.
Most of the event is outdoors which includes macadam, grassy hills and knolls, and the Shady Grove, and there are two indoor exhibit venues – Gild Hall and the Buzz Ware Village Center. There is a Food Court. Also, food and refreshments are offered for sale down in the Shady Grove, plus free live music all day long.
Friendly pets are welcome but the owners need to be aware that they are responsible for the cleanup of their pets. Pets must be on a leash at all times. The Fair has many tantalizing smells and sights โ which could prove very stressful to dogs. No dogs are allowed on shuttle buses except guide dogs (a.k.a. “seeing-eye” dogs).
Just a few of the Fair Highlights include…
โข Free Admission
โข Free & Shuttle Buses from the Hanby YMCA Camp
โข Over 100 Craft Vendors
โข Music all day in the Shady Grove
โข Food Court
โข Used Book Sale in the Gild Hall
โข 2023 Collectable Fair Tee Shirt
โข Antiques Market (suggested donation $3)
โข Childrenโs Games, Rides, and Facepainting
โข Gardenerโs Gild Plant Sale
โข Holistic Expo at the Buzz Ware Village Center ($2 Admission)
Shady Grove Musical Line Up…
10 AM –ย Diamond State Concert Band
11 AM – Skyler Cumbia & Sam Nobles
12 Noon – Bullette
1 PM – Hoss/Boggs
2 PM – The Sugar Maples
3 PM – The Brandywine Riders
4 PM – Carly Simmons
5 PM – Last Northern Tribe