A New Exhibition at the Abington Art Center, Classic Cars on Easton Road, and Abington Fest Across Three Parks: Your Mid-September-October Guide for Rydal

Think Rydal is just a quiet suburb that empties out once the pools close and the leaves start turning? Not this fall. A brand-new exhibition opens at the Abington Art Center this week. The 26th annual Roslyn Fall Festival & Car Show closes Easton Road with vintage chrome next Saturday. And Abington Fest turns three parks into one big township-wide celebration the first weekend of October. Let us walk you through all three.

This is the stretch of the year when Rydal and Abington Township are at their warmest, with the calendar filling right along with the golden light. Whether you have called this area home for years or you are a family weighing whether to move here, these three events make a strong case. They range from free and walk-up to a full festival weekend, all within a few minutes of Rydal, and all built around neighbors actually showing up. Here is the rundown.

🎬 Hand-held shot walking up the flagstone path of the Abington Art Center manor on a crisp September morning, the historic stone house framed by mature trees and a sculpture on the lawn, warm daylight streaming across the gallery windows, no readable faces. Text overlay: "ON VIEW NOW | ART CENTER SHOW | SEPT 10-OCT 19."

01 A Fresh Show Opens at the Abington Art Center: Faculty, Staff, and Member Works, September 10 through October 19

Start with the art, because this one opens today. The Abington Art Center at 515 Meetinghouse Road, Jenkintown launches its fall season with the Faculty, Staff, and Member Show, on view from Thursday, September 10 through October 19. It is the perfect first exhibition of the season: the working artists, instructors, and members of the center all on the walls at once, a warm sampler of everything this place teaches and makes.

The Art Center sits on the grounds of the historic Alverthorpe estate, a stone manor house wrapped in sculpture-dotted lawn and mature trees, just a few minutes from Rydal on the same corridor as Alverthorpe Park and Meadowbrook Farm. Admission to the galleries is free, so you can wander in on a weekday morning or make a proper afternoon of it. It is the rare spot that feels both quietly grand and completely unpretentious.

If you have been meaning to see what the local art scene looks like, this is the friendliest possible on-ramp, and it stays up for more than a month.

🎬 Hand-held tracking shot down Easton Road in Roslyn on a Saturday afternoon, the street closed to traffic and lined with vintage automobiles, white vendor tents and families strolling beneath mature shade trees, warm autumn light, the low rumble of a classic engine, a quick push-in on a gleaming hood ornament. Text overlay: "SAT SEP 19 | 26TH ROSLYN FALL FEST & CAR SHOW | EASTON ROAD."

02 The 26th Annual Roslyn Fall Festival & Car Show: Saturday, September 19 on Easton Road

For a proper street party, mark Saturday, September 19 for the 26th annual Roslyn Fall Festival & Car Show, running noon to 5:00 PM along Easton Road in Roslyn, from East Avenue to Woodland Road. The street closes to traffic for the day and fills with dozens of vendors, food, live entertainment, bounce houses for the kids, and a big classic car show that draws thousands. Put together by the Roslyn Valley Business Association, it is the neighborhood at its most festive.

From Rydal it is a short drive over, and you can wander the length of Easton Road under the shade trees, grab lunch from a vendor, and let the kids bounce while you admire the chrome. It is the kind of community event where you run into people you know and leave with a full afternoon behind you.

A tree-lined street closed off for a whole neighborhood festival is one of the best afternoons on the fall calendar, and it is completely free to walk in.

🎬 Hand-held golden-hour pan across Abington Fest weekend, a family movie night screen glowing in the dusk at Roychester Park, then a burst of runners at the Roslyn Park 5K, then a cut to the fall festival at Crestmont Park with bounce houses, a fire truck for Touch a Truck, and kids in costumes, warm autumn light, slow-motion finish. Text overlay: "OCT 2-4 | ABINGTON FEST | THREE PARKS."

03 Abington Fest: One Township, Three Parks, October 2 through 4

And the capstone of the season is Abington Fest 2026, the township’s signature weekend running Friday, October 2 through Sunday, October 4 across three parks. It kicks off Friday night at 7:00 PM with a family movie night screening Halloweentown under the stars at Roychester Park (1837 Harding Avenue), where you bring your own chairs and blankets.

Saturday, October 3 is the big day. The morning starts with a Kids’ Dash at 8:00 AM and the Abington Fest 5K at 8:30 AM at Roslyn Park (2726 Fernwood Avenue), both registered through RunSignup. Then the centerpiece, the Fall Festival from noon to 3:00 PM at Crestmont Park (2595 Rubicam Avenue), with free family fun including Touch a Truck, Trunk or Treat (costumes encouraged, bring your own bag), bounce houses, crafts, live local music, and food trucks. Sunday rounds out the weekend with a third day of township programming.

Admission is free throughout, and it is the clearest single weekend of what life in Abington Township actually feels like: movie nights in the parks, a race through Roslyn, and a fall festival full of neighbors, trucks, and candy. Bring the whole family and see for yourself.