The National Day of Puppetry Celebration at The Abington Arts Center!
Sat, Apr 26
|Abington Arts Center
Celebrate puppetry with the Greater Philadelphia Area Puppetry Guild! Lovers of puppetry this is your chance to get up close to puppets, puppeteers, performances. Come to watch, laugh, interact & build puppets. Puppeteers, this event is for you too! Lots of ticketing options! More below...
Time & Location
Apr 26, 2025, 10:00 AM – 8:30 PM EDT
Abington Arts Center, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA 19046, USA
About the event
This is going to be a GREAT day! Please check the full schedule to learn about what is included in the festival. There will be a lot going on! The goal of the National Day of Puppetry is to
Tickets are Required at the Door.
Bring a Puppet! - Everyone is invited to bring a puppet. Don't forget to encourage your puppet to use good manners during performances so as to not distract others. We will end the day with a puppet parade too!
Who Is This Event For: Everyone who loves puppets and the puppetry arts! Families with young children, tweens or teens! Puppeteers!
Lunch & Dinner - A food truck will be on the premises so LUNCH ON THE LAWN will be the idea. Please bring a blanket or chairs.
Parking - Is available at the Abington Arts Center for 70 vehicles. There is additional parking across the…
Schedule
20 minutesOpening Ceremony
The Pavilion
30 minutesPuppet Club Zoo
The Pavilion
Tickets
Social & Slam - Evening Only
This ticket provides entry to the evening Just Do It Puppet Slam which is an adult only puppetry arts event.
From $15.00 to $20.00Sale ended- $20.00+$0.50 ticket service fee
- $15.00+$0.38 ticket service fee
Workshop - Marionette
Gabe Hazuda will be teaching the art of marionette manipulation and performance in this workshop called Gy A String. Ages 10 and up. Attendance to this workshop will be limited.
From $10.00 to $15.00Sale ended- $15.00+$0.38 ticket service fee
- $10.00+$0.25 ticket service fee
Workshop - Build a Puppet
Trash to Treasure - Build a Hand & Rod Puppet from Recycled Materials! This workshop will be lead by Anthony Sellitto-Budney and is appropriate for ages 5 and up. We will provide you with a list of recycled materials that you will bring from your own home and we will supplement with do-dads! At the end of the workshop you will have a unique puppet to call your own. (Younger children can have parental supervision. If one puppet is to be build, please buy 1 ticket...etc.)
From $10.00 to $15.00Sale ended- $15.00+$0.38 ticket service fee
- $10.00+$0.25 ticket service fee
Total
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