The Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild’s FIRST-EVER National Day of Puppetry Festival at the Abington Art Center focusing on connection, creativity, and community.
The festival will include demonstrations, workshops, performances, and puppet venders. We'll be there with a bunch of Muppet and puppet related items for sale.
The festival will include demonstrations, workshops, performances, and puppet venders. We'll be there with a bunch of Muppet and puppet related items for sale.
This all-day event includes a vibrant lineup of puppet shows, hands-on workshops, puppet-building, a puppet film festival, and more. From morning until night, the art center will be alive with puppets in every corner — onstage, on film, in motion, and even on parade.
Below is a schedule of events and performances:
Vendor's Row (9:30 AM – 4:30 PM): Puppets, art, and handmade delights
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 8:30 PM
Vendor's Row (9:30 AM – 4:30 PM): Puppets, art, and handmade delights
● Opening Ceremony (10:00 AM)
● Live Shows All Day! Including:
○ Puppet Club Zoo (10:15 AM)○ Makin’ BreakFAST (10:45 AM)○ The Magic Pot with Digger & David (12:10 PM)○ Some Bunny to Love (1:30 PM)○ Billy Goats Gruff’kin (2:30 PM)○ The TRUE Story of the 3 Little Pigs (3:00 PM)○ OVERSOULED (3:15 PM – Ages 16+)
● Film Festival of Puppet Shorts (12:30 PM – 1:30 PM)
● Hands-On Workshops:
○ By A String with Gabriel Hazuda (11:00 AM – Ticketed)○ Recycled Rod Puppets (1:00 PM – 2:30 PM)○ Stop Motion Puppetry Animation (2:30 PM – 4:00 PM)
● Food Vendors: FlatBelly Veg & Jillan Bakes (11:30 AM – 6:00 PM)
● Puppet Parade (4:20 PM)
● Closing Ceremony (4:30 PM)
● Evening Events:
○ Pre-Slam Social (6:00 PM)○ Just * Do It – Adult Puppet Slam (7:00 PM – Ticketed)
Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 9:30 AM – 8:30 PM
Abington Art Center – 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA
Tickets Required
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https://www.greaterphillypuppetryguild.org/event-details/gpapgs-national-day-of-puppetry-celebration
https://www.greaterphillypuppetryguild.org/event-details/gpapgs-national-day-of-puppetry-celebration
More Info: greaterphillypuppetryguild.org and be sure to follow @GPAPG and @AbingtonArtCenter on Instagram.
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