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Fall Festival Fever! Fairs & Festivals Art Craft & LifeStyle Show Dates: Oct. 24-27 Address: 200 Mall Circle Drive, Monroeville Contact: huffspromo.com This event showcases arts, crafts, specialty gifts and products and services to enhance your home and lifestyle. Exhibitors available all mall hours. Delmont Apple ‘N Arts Festival Dates: Oct. 5 & 6 Address: Shields Farm, 326 East Pittsburgh Street, Delmont Contact: delmontapplenarts.com, or 724.325.8867 must be 21 or over to consume alcoholic beverages. Visit the website for more information on purchasing tickets and other details. Ligonier Highland Games Explore East Liberty Wine Festival Join more than 5,000 people and experience exciting competitions in piping, fiddling and drumming, athletic events such as tossing the caber and the Scottish hammer throw, Highland dancing and Scottish country dancing, as well as the timeless tradition of Gaelic Mod. Shop for Celtic wares and visit the clan tents to explore the history and genealogy of Scotland’s families. Enjoy the Children’s Games, the Massed Bands (hundreds of pipers and drummers at once!), Scottish-breed dog exhibits, and Celtic performers from all over the world! Visit the website for more information. Date: Sept. 14 Address: Broad Street (from Highland Avenue to Center Avenue), Pittsburgh (East Liberty) Contact: eastlibertychamber.org/ Wine-Festival Food, fun and fantastic wine! The festival is about to take the neighborhood by storm again with its third annual installment. Enjoy local eats, live music and a tour of the region’s best wineries. This event is poised to host hundreds of visitors on the main streets of “S’Liberty,” ready to entice and entertain. Visit the website for information on purchasing tickets and other details. Fort Ligonier Days Dates: Oct. 11-13 Address: Downtown Ligonier Contact: fortligonierdays.com Take a bite out of fall fun at the Apple ‘N Arts Festival! It is a craft show featuring over 150 arts and crafts vendors and 30 food vendors, handmade items from local crafters, delicious food, hot apple cider, and homemade apple treats. Festival proceeds benefit the community. Visit the website for more information. Downtown Irwin’s Fall Craft Show & Sing for Their Supper Food Bank Fundraiser Date: Sept. 21 Address: Downtown Irwin Contact: irwinborough.org The streets of Irwin come alive with crafts and music as participants raise money for the Westmoreland County Food Bank. Please bring non-perishable food items. Visit the website for more information. Edgewood Oktoberfest Date: Sept. 28 Address: Koenig Field, 401 Greendale Avenue, Edgewood Contact: edgewoodfoundation.org Celebrate as Fort Ligonier Days enters its 60th year! This three-day fall festival commemorates the Battle of Fort Ligonier, a key engagement of the French and Indian War fought on October 12, 1758. Don’t miss the over 200 craft booths, 30 food booths, a community parade, reenactments, free outdoor entertainment and more! Visit the website for more details. Labor United Celebration Dates: Sept. 1 & 2 Address: Northmoreland Park, 280 Markle Road, Apollo Contact: co.westmoreland.pa.us Celebrating the proud tradition of labor in western PA, this event includes live musical performances, family entertainment, a one-ring circus, all-day carnival ride pass for $4, bingo, a tent arts and crafts marketplace, a giant flea market with over 150 vendors, and much more. Visit the website for more information. This event is a family-friendly afternoon of beer, cider and brats (lemonade and hot dogs for the kids)! Featuring a selection of seasonal beers and other tasty items from local companies. All proceeds raised go toward future community projects. Attendees 18 724.942.0940 TO ADVERTISE ❘ icmags.com Dates: Sept. 14 & 15 Address: Idlewild Park, Route 30, Ligonier Contact: ligonierhighlandgames.org Mount Pleasant Glass and Ethnic Festival Dates: Sept. 28-30 Address: 1 South Diamond Street and Washington Street and Veterans Park, Mount Pleasant Contact: mtpleasantglassandethnicfestival.com Mount Pleasant welcomes you to be a part of its autumn tradition! Don’t miss this annual street festival that celebrates the area’s glass making history and ethnic diversity. Featuring glass making demonstrations, great food and entertainment, contests, crafts, jewelry, clothing, a parade down Main Street on Saturday, “Mount Pleasant Lights up the Night” and much more! Visit the website for more details. McKeesport Rib Fest Dates: Labor Day Weekend Address: Lions Band Shell in Renziehausen Park, Tulip Drive, McKeesport Contact: mckeesportbands.com/ rib-festival Known for attracting some of the region’s best barbecue vendors, it’s easy to see why this festival has become one of the most anticipated events of the year. With live entertainment on the stage, an authentic car cruise, and a spectacular fireworks display to close out the celebration, the McKeesport Rib Festival is definitely one event you don’t want to miss. Visit the website for more information.