(File Photo of Third Avenue in New Brighton)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(New Brighton, PA) Beginning on Friday evening and ending this Saturday evening, New Brighton will be holding their Christmas Fest. From 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday night, the seventh year of the Wassail Walk, which is a tour full of hearing carolers sing, along with serving both appetizers and wassail, will occur. The event has tickets worth $20, with children receiving free admission, while the New Brighton Public Library, which is also where the tickets can be bought, will receive the proceeds. The festival continues Saturday with a free look around the main street of New Brighton transforming into a Christmas themed atmosphere from 2 to 8 p.m. There will be several activities for both the adults and the kids. That night will have music, movies for the holiday season, games guests can interact with, vendors selling food, rides on horse-drawn sleighs, a petting zoo, a market with holiday items, a candy cane themed miniature golf course, an auction for wreaths held by the New Brighton Elementary School, a holiday light show with LED lights and drinks themed for the holidays for adults with identification provided. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Third Avenue and its vehicular traffic will be closed along with its side streets for the festivities on Saturday, and Fifth and Second Avenues will be the detour locations while Third Avenue is closed.