The annual event marks 30 years this weekend.
Phillipsburg's annual festival is 30 years Ole.
The Ole Towne Festival marks three decades this weekend with three days of events starting Friday.
There will be music, fireworks, hot-air balloon rides (weather-permitting) and a hot dog-eating contest. New this year is a beer garden and yard games for adults. The ribbon will also be cut on the town's new splash pad at noon Saturday.
The 2017 Ole Towne Festival will be held at Phillipsburg's Walters Park on Friday and Saturday. The festival runs 5-10 p.m. Friday, opening with music by the Swingtime Dolls and continuing with Flamin' Dick and the Hot Rods. Saturday's events go 11:50 a.m. to 10 p.m., concluding with fireworks.
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On Sunday, the festivities move to the Riverside Entertainment Stage with music by Bobby Clark and Play It Hard Country Band from 5 to 8 p.m. and an outdoor showing of the movie "The Boss Baby" at dusk.
A trolley will run hourly on Saturday from Walters Park, and hot air balloons will lift off from 6 to 8 p.m. that day.
Oh, and there's archery tag.
More information on Ole Towne can be found at the Ole Towne Festival Facebook page and www.phillipsburgnj.org/community-events.
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