The final touches are coming together for the 150th Sesquicentennial Celebration and Birthday Party!
On Saturday, May 27th from 10 – 7PM Buena Vista Township will celebrate 150 years of history at Saw Mill Park in Richland! At 12 Noon, a special dedication of our Tree Monument will be presented in front of all. The Chainsaw Carved Tree Monument features over 30 Carvings depicting the Town’s History.
Crafters, Vendors and Merchants of all kinds will be in the park all day. Food trucks of every different variety will line Main Avenue with the smells of smoked barbecue filling the air from The First Baptist Church of Richland Men’s Fellowship.
The Annual Toy Show with over 100 Vendors will be the talk of the town in front of It’s a Toy Store on Route 40.
The South Jersey Mustang Club will have its Car Show with hundreds of cars on display accompanied by Stewarts Root beer and their very own traveling LIVE radio show from WVLT 92.1 Lite in Vineland. There will also be a classic car parade featuring these cars, starting at 9:30am down Cedar Avenue to Saw Mill Park in Richland.
Musical Entertainment will be played throughout the festival all day featuring Ten Eddy Drive 11am-1pm, Pour Mouth Henry 1:30pm to 3:30pm and Jazz Band Eddie Morgan’s Jazz Trio REKD 4 Jazz 4pm-6pm!
Fun for the whole family with Two Bounce Houses, a Rock Wall and Bubble Balls for the kids.
Adult Beverages from the Tombstone Grill Beer Wagon!
A fifty/fifty will take place later in the day giving one lucky winner some Memorial Day Cash! Come Celebrate our Towns 150th Birthday with us and be a part of History!
For more information, contact Kristie Knapp in the Mayor’s Office at 856-697-2100 Ext. 8.