Philadelphia Kennet Square Mushroom Festival - Courtesy www.gophila.com

The approaching season offers a smörgÃ¥sbord of events inviting you to experience Philadelphia’s charms. Its going to be an exciting time with the city reinventing itself to welcome the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, guaranteeing you every bit of fun! Watch out for the line up of festive fare.

The cool crisp air hinting at Fall should get you started to explore Philadelphia’s upcoming events. Forthcoming occasions mark out some wonderful entertainment along with special programs scheduled for the year end trimester. These events may give you even more reasons to fall in love with Philadelphia.

Here’s a round up on Philadelphia happenings about to take place. Besides doing museums and performing arts discover the fun of several inbred programs focussed on events exclusive to Philadelphia. For instance, with Halloween just around, the haunted attractions may get you going green in Philadelphia!

Philadelphia Thanksgiving Parade - Courtesy cache.daylife.com

But seriously, certain events have the typical Philadelphia flavor hard to ignore. For instance every September Kennett Square, known as the Mushroom Capital of the World, has been holding the annual Mushroom Festival for the past two decades. More mushrooms grow in Chester County than anywhere else in the U.S., and over 100,000 visitors join each year to enjoy this two-day culinary event.

Typically the Manyunk Annual Antique and Collectibles Festival is a gathering of around 250 dealers from across the U.S., offering antiques and collectibles, covering all genres. This event takes place in Philadelphia in late October. Apart from organizing traditional gaiety the city holds other special events, music and theater attractions, kid friendly events, seasonal soirées and more Philly fun than you can imagine. Take your pick.

The second Sunday in October is to showcase the much awaited Columbus Day Parade when Philadelphia celebrates with the legendary parade along Broad Street. All you need to do is find a good vantage point for yourself on the route and enjoy the fun focussed on unabashed merry making.The Philadelphia College Festival to be held in mid-November for one week, includes events like College Day on the Parkway, a concert and an expo. The event organized by Philadelphia Museum of Art will feature eleven of the City’s top arts and cultural centers.

September 24 should see you tasting the Real Wine of Germany if you happen to be in the mood for it when Expressive Dry Riesling is to present the finest produce from Rhineland. If this finds you in happy spirits you can be game for the Tutored Tasting of German Wines to be held later on September 30 at Sheraton Hotel. Also on would be the Harvest Dinner Celebrations at Longwood Gardens on September 26 as also the Garden Fair at Winterthur Museum and Country Estate on the same day. Make your choices!

German Wines in Philadelphia - Courtesy www.gophila.com

Certainly not to be missed by connoisseurs or foodies would be the Beer Tasting and Arts Appreciation on Sunday, October 19 by Philadelphia Brewing Company and the Art Alliance. The twosome are to partner in the launch of popular signature beers along with extended gallery hours for photographs of Southwest Alaska - A World of National Parks and Wildlife Refuges along with BioForms on display. The tasting event would anticipate such brews as Kenzinger, Rowhouse Red, Walt Wit, and Newbold IPA.

Oktoberfest on until October 20 creates the pre-Halloween festive spirit in the air drifting over from Oktoberfest celebrations! Everyone is going to be grabbing on to their Steins and donning Lederhosen to bring out their Bavarian spirits. From September until October you can check out the German-American Day events that will provide you some great entertainment, like Dora the Explorer, International Car Show, face painting for kids, car corral, car rally, and German food and beer.

Trick or treat events at Haunted Halloween Bash will have you partying the night away. Halloween kick starts with the Eastern State Penitentiary’s Terror Behind the Walls- Haunted House as prequel to the Halloween festivities, to last well until November 2. Perfect for Halloween is the Eastern State Penitentiary. This Gothic prison is the backdrop to haunted attractions like Terror Behind the Walls, Intake, Night Watch, Lock Down, 13 Rooms and The Experiment.

Philadelphia is known to celebrate life and living to the full. The Annual Thanksgiving Parade is the oldest in US that got started since the 1920’s. If you happen to be in Philadelphia during that time you would witness thirteen marching bands, floats, balloons, 1,000-member youth choir, tap dance troupe, and many popular cartoon characters that will make a memorable impression.

The December Holiday Light Show is a stellar occasion thats also been on since a long time. Now a multi-media holiday light show unfolds with water fountains, organ music and much more in the Grand Court at Center City. So you can well see that starting with the Thanksgiving Parade and ending with the Holiday Festival, myriad events throughout the period make this time of year especially entertaining in Philadelphia. With so much happening you might as well plan ahead by booking on line with Philadelphia Hotels for some well deserved rest after the revelry is all over. So whats going to be your pick for the good times ahead?

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