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Blobfest Takes Over Bridge Street Starting Friday. Run, Phoenixville, Run!
Don't have plans this weekend? Check this out.
The festival, which celebrates the movie The Blob draws visitors from all over the country to the borough. Friday features the famous re-enactment of the “running out” scene at . Saturday’s street fair invites crowds to visit vendors, watch screenings of “The Blob,” participate in tin foil hat contest run and take part in a fire extinguisher parade, among other things.
Friday
- Run Out Sold Out: In the movie “The Blob,” crowds flee The Colonial Theatre, located in the 200 block of Bridge Street. That famous scene is one of the most popular parts of Blobfest.
- Tickets went on sale and quickly sold out as they do virtually every year. If you want to check out the running out, however, you can stop by Blobfest on Friday night at 9 p.m. There will be a viewing area set up right across the street from the Colonial Theater on Bridge Street.
Saturday
- There will be a street fair on bridge street outside the colonial. It's free and runs from 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
- The street fair features a Fire Extinguisher Parade, Costume Contest, Merchant Facade Contest, music, food, vendors and classic cars ’til 5PM
- Inside the Colonial, they're running a double feature of The Blob and Them. Show times are 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. You can read more about the films on the Blobfest Website.
Sunday
- There will be the weekly tour of the historic Colonial Theater at 12:30 p.m.
- You'll have another chance to see The Blob. This time it's a double feature with The Deadly Mantis. The double feature will feature Includes a Q&A with Keith Almoney (Danny) and a fun trailer reel by what the Blobfest website calls "our First Friday Fright Night friends."
A.V. Club Visits Phoenixville: Back in 2011 The Onion’s A.V. Club recently visited The Colonial Theatre to take a peek at where some of The Blob was filmed. The ensuing article included this quote: “The Philadelphia Museum Of Art has its statue, The Colonial Theatre has its bucket o’ goo.”
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You can read more details about the movies, the sold-out Friday night stage show and the history of Blobfest on the official Blobfest Website.
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