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Best of the Fall Fests: Fort Ligonier Days & Brady’s Run Gear and Beer

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In case you need a reason to get outside and experience fall in western PA this weekend – here are 2 great fall festivals that are just a short drive from Pittsburgh. Fort Ligonier Days – October 12-14, 2012 @ Downtown Ligonier Parade (Saturday Morning) Reenactments of the battle of Fort Ligonier Festival food – in my opinion some of the best festival food around Craft vendors, kids activities and more Read more about Fort Ligonier Days food in the Tribune Review here Festival Facebook Page – facebook.com/FortLigonierDays   Gear & Beer Fall Fest – October 14, 2012 @ Brady’s… Read the rest

The Perfect Fall Weekend – Radio Round Up – Oct. 10, 2010

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You can listen to IheartPGH every Friday morning on WDVE at 6:45 am – here is a rundown of what we talked about this morning. PUMPtober Fest Celebrate 15 years of PUMP and the PSL (Pittsburgh Sports League) Friday, October 8 Pumpkin Fest at Dozen in Lawrenceville Saturday, October 9, 2010 Noon-5pm Pumpkin Carving Contest, Doggie Costume Contest Image by ryanophilly via Flickr Fort Ligonier Days October 8-10, 2010 Saturday morning – parade Reenactments of the battle of Fort Ligonier Food, Crafts, Fall fun 4th Annual Dormont Street Festival – Free Concert with Joe Grushecky Saturday, October 9 4-11pm, Joe… Read the rest

Parades, Reenactments, Festival Food and Fall = Fort Ligonier Days

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Image by IheartPGH via Flickr I was thinking surely there has to be a few posts in the Pittsburgh blogosphere about Fort Ligonier Days – but nothing.  I think this is one of the biggest and most spectacular community history celebrations in Western PA (and any where else I have been I try to stop at the local festivals when I am away from the burgh.  I can tell you the the Venice, FL Sharks Tooth Festival is nice but it is no Fort Ligonier Days. All of the festival details are available here: http://www.ligonier.com/fld.html 5 Reasons to attend Fort… Read the rest

Fort Ligonier Days – 250th Anniversary of the Battle

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Image by ryanophilly via FlickrEach year thousands of people head to Ligonier – just a quick 60 minute drive from Pittsburgh for a huge celebration that commemorates the battle of Ligonier which was one of the battles of the French and Indian War.   The fort is still there and you can even watch a reenactment of the battle. I try to make it to Fort Ligonier Days each year for the parade on Saturday Morning and the food – it is the most amazing festival food I have ever found. I definitly don’t want to miss the 250th Anniversary celebration… Read the rest

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