 Main Street Festival
May 15, 16 & 17
The weekend of May 15, 16 and 17 will be filled with many activities for the Main Streets of the Brandywine Valley Festival. The weekend will kick off with the Farmers Market opening on Friday. There will be live music at the market and the festivities will continue with a Spring Stroll on Friday evening. During the evening all shops will be open late and most will serve refreshments.
On Saturday the festival continues with the Kennett Run (online registration), followed by "A Taste of Kennett" where the downtown merchants and restaurants will be serving the best Kennett Square has to offer. Also on Saturday a Community Garage Sale will be held to benefit the Garage Community and Youth Center. On Sunday, there will be a children's concert with Steve Pullara on an outdoor stage outside of the Kennett Flash. Other activities will be added as the weekend gets closer.
Jeffrey Gaines will be live at the Kennett Flash both Friday and Saturday nights and tickets are available on the website www.kennettflash.org.
The festival is sponsored in part by the Chester County Conference & Visitors Bureau. In addition to Kennett Square, festivals will be held that weekend in West Chester and Phoenixville.
Main Street Festival Events
 May 15, 16 & 17
FRIDAY, May 15
- Farmers Market Opens with Live Music by Chris Kasper, Cowmuddy and Griz. Market hours - 2pm - 6pm
- "Spring Stroll" from 6pm - 9pm. Live music with Fiorenza & Dowlin and downtown open house.
- Brush & Palette is excited to offer a live painting demonstration by Sarah Yeoman, a master artist of Delaware, on Friday from 6-9 p.m. Yeoman is known for her unique versatility and experience with watercolor and mixed media and it should be a very exciting process to watch.
- Sunrise Cafe will be celebrating its 4th anniversary with an evening of dinner and music by reservation only and Smokehouse Ramblers will rock the house or sidewalk, weather permitting.
- Flickerwood Wine Cellars will have live music by Meltdown Unplugged from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
- Longwood Art Gallery will host a benefit for K-P Partners for Life. Come see pups galore, a kissing booth and lots of raffles. This benefit will continue throughout the weekend. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the raffle and 10% non consignment sales will be donated to the organization.
- Jeffrey Gaines at the Kennett Flash. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets at www.kennettflash.org
SATURDAY, May 16
- Kennett Run kicks off at 9am
- Car/Motorcycle Show 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
- An outdoor Street Festival from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the downtown; includes an art show featuring local craftsmen and artisans, live music, store and restaurant specials.
- A community garage sale will be held at the The Garage Community and Youth Center from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. to benefit The Garage.
- Beetle Creek Kids, will be offering free face painting on the porch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Art and Metal Works will have 2-4 artists outside in the courtyard. Painting on both Saturday and Sunday, so all are invited to stop and chat with the artists.
- Outdoor Art Show: Local artisans & student artists will be in the Genesis Walkway and Sycamore Alley
- Presbyterian Church of Kennett Square at 211 S. Broad Street will be open on Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. with live music, refreshments, games and prizes for the kids and tours of the historic building
- Jeffrey Gaines at the Kennett Flash. Show starts at 8pm. Tickets at www.kennettflash.org
SUNDAY, May 17
- Family shows with Steve Pullara; starts at 2 p.m. and will be introduced by WXPN's Kathy O'Connell host of Kids Corner; Butch Zito with Teri Dobra will follow Steve Pullara.
- Noon-5 p.m. Car/Motorcycle Show: on South Broad Street
- An outdoor Street Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the downtown, includes an art show featuring local craftsmen and artisans and student art. Live music, store and restaurant specials.
- Open mic night at the Kennett Flash -- doors open at 6 p.m.
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