Apocalypse now (in Lansdale) as season finale invites creepy costumes, live music, food trucks, and a family-friendly fright night
(The following is a verbatim press release provided by Discover Lansdale)
The end is near!
This Friday is the final First Friday of the 2025 season. It also appropriately marks the annual arrival of the apocalypse, as the dead stagger right down Main for the ghoulish Zombie Walk!
Come as you are — or arrive early to become what you want — to compete for prizes for most convincingly creepy zombies (Best Zombie Couple, Best Kid Zombie, Best Survivor, Best Zombie). Grab your tattered clothes, perfect your zombie shuffle, and join us — no brains required!
Of course, all our favorite First Friday features will return, including the Photo Scavenger Contest and Philip the Lansdale Fox Hunt, kids' zone, food trucks and beer garden, and DJs both on the Main Stage and at Railroad Plaza.
Our highlighted organization in October: Lansdale Code Blue Shelter.
We at Discover Lansdale are honored to have won the 2025 Montco Happening List's Award for Best Outdoor Event. Thank you, and welcome!
The First Friday schedule:
· 4 p.m. - Zombie Make-Up Station - By Matt Phoenixx, In the courtyard at the Lansdale Station Apartments (ends around 6:30 p.m.) FREE! Just bring a non-perishable food donation for Manna on Main Street
· 6 p.m. - First Friday start time
· 6:30 p.m. - Zombie Walk (Begins at Madison St. and Wood St.)
· 7 p.m. - Thriller Dance (Madison St. in front of the main stage in front of the Dresher Arcade building. Led by Creative Edge Center for the Arts
· 8 p.m. - Zombie Competition, Railroad Plaza. Prizes for Best Zombie, Zombie Couple, Kid Zombie and Best Survivor.
· 9 p.m. - First Friday ends
On the Main Stage: DJ Tone Arm. At RR Plaza: Evans Entertainment. Balloons: Scott Myers, Myers Designs. Face Painting: Josep and Morgan. Bike Valet: Bike North Penn. Hearses by Postmortem Hearse Cub.
In the Kids' Zone: Giant Dual Lane Slide, Halloween Moon Bounce, Zombie Attack. Wrist Bands are on sale at both Discover Lansdale tables. Food Vendors: Jay's Joint Food Truck, The Clean Plate Club Food Truck, Wrap N Roll, Mostava, Big Red Bites, House of Cupcakes, Fiesta Churros and El Limon Lansdale (Sponsor).
In the Beer Garden: Well Crafted Beer, Boardroom Spirits, Local Tap, Round Buys Brewing Company, von C Brewing Company, Shotz of Love.
Photo Scavenger Hunt: Photos will be posted on Facebook by noon on First Friday. The Fox Hunt: Find Philip the Lansdale Fox hiding in one of our many businesses on West Main Street, between N. Wood and the railroad tracks. The November riddle containing clues also will be posted on Friday afternoon. Happy hunting! Prizes for both games will be dining and fun gift cards. Shirts for sale! Stop by the Discover Lansdale info tent at Madison and Main to shop our stock of Tees, and to enter our First Friday contests.
Remember that every First Friday runs from 6 to 9 p.m. sharp along Madison Street from Main to Wood Streets. Parking on Madison is prohibited, and area parking is affected; the SEPTA garage or other borough lots or on-street parking are available. Click here for a parking map. And for weather and other updates, keep an eye on the Discover Lansdale Facebook page. Vendor maps are available on our website www.discoverlansdale.org/first-friday.html
Discover Lansdale thanks this season’s generous First Friday sponsors: Platinum, Retroware Arcade and Legal Injury Firm; Gold, The Emerald Apartments at Lansdale, Black Heart Tattoo & Gallery, Penn Community Bank, 3 Hill Credit Union, East West Karate, El Limon Mexican Taqueria, and T Mobile; Silver, C&J Automotive and Tire, Soleil Luna Hair Salon, and Ring Consulting Group.
