Scaled Down Fall Festival Held In Bensalem Over The Weekend
by Alex Lloyd Gross
Thousands showed up top the Bensalem Township Building this past weekend for the Fall Festival. Most had a good time and some brought family and friends. Still, there was something missing. Vendors. Where are the vendors? For the second year in a row, the township has held a Fall Festival without vendors.
They used to set up tables and for the first part of the day, people used to interact with representatives to learn more about their businesses in the area. If you wanted vendors, you had to attend the Parkland fest, or even Lower Moreland Twp. In nearby Bristol,there were dozens of vendors at their fall festival. According to hundreds of people on social media, it’s time top bring them back.
There were about a dozen food trucks, all with lines, doing a brisk business. A circus with acrobats was next to a petting zoo, where children of all ages could pet sheep, goats and an alpaca. Set up near Knights Roads was the motorcycle drill team and K-9 exhibition, where Bensalem Police showed off their skills.
As the night wore on, many fathered under the beer garden tent, for the Phillies. Many left in disappointment when they gave the game to the New York Mets. Not everyone went tome. Most went to the stage to watch Lords Of 52nd Street. These are the backing band to Billy Joel. They played on moist of the hit records of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Alex Lloyd Gross Photo-Delaware Valley News.com Russel Javors and Liberty DeVito Lords Of 52nd Street.
Richie Cannata , the horn player is sick and could not make the show. That did not stop them from playing as they blazed through a lot of songs people know. “The Stranger”, “”My Life” and of course, “Piano Man”. It looked like they had to cut the show short so the fireworks could start.
That meant the band was hustled off stage and fans that wanted to get records signed were denied. When the band played here last year,that was not the case.
Alex Lloyd Gross Photo-Delaware Valley News.com Children get to pet an alpaca.
Many in the community hope the festival will return next year to their old way of doing things and include vendors.