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Join Peter Cottontail as you travel down through Oil Creek State Park on our first train ride of the 2010 season. Enjoy the beauty of the valley; a visit with the bunny and lots of photo opportunities with your children and grandchildren.
Fundraiser Auction to benefit the Oil Creek and Titusville Railroad, to be held at Perry Street Station, 409 S. Perry Street Titusville, PA. Starting at 10: A.M. – Donations are being accepted through April 17th
Celebrate the arrival of spring at the 10th annual May Garden Mart from 9 am – 4 pm in Franklin’s Fountain Park. One stop shopping for anything needed for your lawn and garden
Opening day of the visiting season with the election of the Honorary Mayor, food, auction, entertainment, and fun for the whole family, free admission, contact Drake Well Museum
The third annual Community History Days, sponsored by the Barbara Morgan Harvey Center for the study of Oil Heritage, will be held at Clarion University, Venango Campus. The two day festival features lectures, displays, story-telling, entertainment, great food and activities for all ages.
Every Weekend in June. The official opening of the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad 2009 season, the train takes a three-hour journey back in time through Oil Creek Valley. Please call for reservations.
Choose your favorite parking lot, pick your parking spot early, and enjoy the fireworks right from your car! 9:45 pm or dusk, sponsored by Cranberry Mall, 4 Your Car Connection, Oil Region Alliance, and numerous Cranberry area businesses. Contact: snowlarry@msn.com
This annual festival sponsored by the Oil City Arts Council will be held in Oil City’s Justus Park with a variety of events, food vendors, great entertainment, and a fireworks display. Contact Libby Williams
This week-long celebration features concerts, a fun Penny Carnival for children, a Pet Show, food booths, and an ice cream social. Join us Saturday, July 3, 2009, for Liberty Fest, featuring a Dance Extravaganza, the Liberty Fest Parade, food booths at Bandstand Park, and a live concert at the Bandstand. The week is capped off by a fantastic fireworks display at Riverfront Park Downtown Franklin will be bustling all week with something happening each day, concerts, great food, fireworks, and more. Contact Ronnie
Rumor has it that somewhere in Oil Creek Valley the OC&T will be robbed! Be part of the fun and excitement on this trip. Please call for reservations.
Friday enjoy yard sales, Saturday there will be kid’s games, crafters, vendors, food, fun, a parade and fireworks. Enjoy the car show on Sunday. Contact Lois Orton
Celebrate the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad’s anniversary at Perry Street Station, Titusville, from 10 am till noon and then onboard the train from 1 pm – 4 pm. Please call for Reservations.
Celebrate the railroad’s anniversary from 10am till noon at the Perry Street Station, and onboard the train from 1-4pm.
This community-wide celebration is held in various locations throughout Oil City and features nightly concerts in Justus Park, food vendors, arts & crafts show, parade at noon, and a fireworks display.
Contact: Venango Area Chamber
You’re on hand for the taping of the WRIP Network’s hottest TV game show, “You Bet Your Life” where any member of the studio audience can walk away with a million dollar cash prize. Unfortunately, someone is about to make a deadly wager and end up paying the ultimate price for it. Will your super sleuthing solve the crime? or will the culprit beat the odds and get away with murder?
Sample some of Franklin’s finest cuisine in Fountain Park; a motorcycle cruise-in and CATRO in concert.
Rumor has it that somewhere in Oil Creek Valley the OC&T will be robbed! Be part of the fun and excitement on this trip. Please call for Reservations
Enjoy the music of the many organ grinders on the streets of downtown Franklin, PA. Contact DeBence Antique Music World for detailed times
Come to Franklin’s Riverfront Park and enjoy music, crafts, food, boat rides, rock painting, great food, and great fun from 11 am – 4 pm. See professionals and amateurs alike compete for the state championship of skipping stones across the water.
You have been given a private invitation to witness the live broadcast of a new daytime soap opera, “One Life to Take.” However, a series of mishaps have befallen the cast and crew, leaving the future of the show in doubt. Someone seems to be eliminating the cast and crew…one unlucky victim at a time! Who will be next? Are you a good enough sleuth to discover the “phantom” culprit before the show becomes nothing but dead air?
Wealthy and aging cosmetics queen, Carrie May, owner of the incredibly successful Carrie May Cosmetics Company, is about to introduce a brand new perfume entitled My Elusive Desires. In conjunction with the unveiling of the new fragrance, she is also releasing a no-holds-barred memoir bearing the same title which promises intimate details about many of the people who have passed through her life. What she doesn’t know is that someone at the gathering is about to stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Will you be able to identify their odorous offender before My Elusive Desires becomes The Scent of Murder? Event begins at 5 pm at Perry Street Station, downtown Titusville.
You’re on hand for the taping of the WRIP Network’s hottest TV game show, “You Bet Your Life,” where any member of the studio audience can walk away with the million dollar cash prize. Unfortunately, someone is about to make a deadly wager and end up paying the ultimate price for it. Will your super sleuthing solve the crime…or will the culprit beat the odds and get away with MURDER?
This 9th annual festival held in Morrison Park, Seneca, features crafts, art show, children’s activities, food vendors, 5K run/walk, car & motorcycle cruise-in.
Contact: Venango Area Chamber
You have been given a private invitation to witness the live broadcast of a new daytime soap opera, “One Life to Take.” However, a series of mishaps have befallen the cast and crew, leaving the future of the show in doubt. Someone seems to be eliminating the cast and crew…one unlucky victim at a time! Who will be next? Are you a good enough sleuth to discover the “phantom” culprit before the show becomes nothing but dead air?
Wealthy and aging cosmetics queen, Carrie May, owner of the incredibly successful Carrie May Cosmetics Company, is about to introduce a brand new perfume entitled My Elusive Desires. In conjunction with the unveiling of the new fragrance, she is also releasing a no-holds-barred memoir bearing the same title which promises intimate details about many of the people who have passed through her life. What she doesn’t know is that someone at the gathering is about to stop at nothing to prevent that from happening. Will you be able to identify their odorous offender before My Elusive Desires becomes The Scent of Murder? Event begins at 5 pm at Perry Street Station, downtown Titusville.
Come to western PA’s premier festival with over 350 food and craft vendors, 5K race, apple pie baking and eating contests, free entertainment, kids korner, antique car show and much more. Remember the Appley Ever After wedding!
Contact: Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce
Ride the Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad through “the valley that changed the world.” This three-hour train ride departs from Perry Street Station, Titusville at 1 pm
July: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31
August: 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 28, 29
September: 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26
October: 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Come to downtown Franklin, for open house, caroling, Christmas tree extravaganza, electric lights parade and a fabulous fireworks display.
Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and all their helpers; enjoy the beautiful wintertime trip through Oil Creek State Park. Join in singing Christmas carols lead by local church choirs. Complimentary hot chocolate and home-made cookies at the end of the trip back at Perry Street Station
Visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus and all their helpers; enjoy the beautiful wintertime trip through Oil Creek State Park. Join in singing Christmas carols lead by local church choirs. Complimentary hot chocolate and home-made cookies at the end of the trip back at Perry Street Station
Drive through and see the beautiful Christmas Light display that Titusville has to offer, 6 pm – 9pm each night. Donations appreciated.
Contact: Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce
Enjoy this non-alcoholic, family oriented celebration offering over 70 different indoor performances located on Oil City’s North & South sides. Purchase your button in advance to get into all venues. Sponsored by Oil City Arts Council