Whitpain Township and Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) team up again to offer an exciting day of family friendly fun at the annual Whitpain Community Festival. The community is invited to the festivities on Saturday, Sept. 28, starting at noon on MCCC’s beautiful Blue Bell Campus, 340 DeKalb Pike, Blue Bell.

During the evening before the Festival, Sept. 27, the Township and College will host the Big Rig Roundup in the Morris Road parking lot from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Children of all ages can climb on and explore the huge vehicles and equipment used by the local emergency services and public works departments. The event includes a minimal noise hour from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., during which time, there will be no sirens, horns or loud engines running.

On Saturday, the Festival activities start at noon with local craft vendors, pumpkin painting, petting zoo, pony rides, hayrides, children’s games and a rock wall. Food trucks will line the festival beginning at noon and a beer garden will be open for visitors over 21 years old from 2-8 p.m.

MCCC students will also host a health expo with display tables of health care information during the day. Additionally, students will help register volunteers for the National Bone Marrow Registry. Anyone between the ages of 18 and 60 can submit a cheek swab and complete the required paperwork to be added to this life-saving registry. All MCCC alumni are invited to enjoy the Festival and visit the alumni table to catch up with the latest news about the College.

The Whitpain Festival will have plenty of live performances throughout the day as well. Fort Washington School of Rock will hit the stage from 2:30-3:15 p.m. followed by a MCCC student band from 3:30-4:15 p.m.

The Yer So Dad band will entertain from 5-6 p.m. before Love Seed Mama Jump (LSMJ) takes the stage at 7 p.m. LSMJ is a six-member pop-rock band from Dewey Beach, Delaware, who delivers a blend of modern rhythms with dynamic vocals. The band has shared the stage with such notable acts as Dave Matthews, The Beach Boys, Beck, Matchbox-20 and the B-52s, among others.

The Festival finale features a dazzling firework display with music behind MCCC’s College Hall at 8:15 p.m.

Festival updates are available on Whitpain Township Parks & Recreation web page.

MCCC and Whitpain Township thank the many volunteers and sponsors who make the annual family events possible. This year’s sponsors, including presenting sponsors RW Baird, Montgomery County Community College and Whitpain Township Parks and Recreation Department; platinum sponsors Henkels and McCoy; silver sponsors MidAtlantic Construction, Janney Montgomery Scott, American Heritage Credit Union, and Sesame/Rockwell Day Camps; bronze sponsors The DePaul Group, GD Landscaping LLC, Bowman Consulting Group; McCaffrey’s Food Market, Professional Data Solutions, KeyBank, Santangelo Contracting and Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin.