Everything You Need to Know About VeloFest

VeloFest, the nation's largest outdoor cycling flea market, returns to Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Breinigsville Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Shoppers will find a wide array of new and used cycling gear and bike parts. Shoppers will find some of the best deals in the country on:

• New and Vintage Bikes
• Jerseys, Helmets, and Shoes
• Collectables
• Tubes, Tires, and Wheels
• Parts and Accessories
• Endurance Sports Gear
• Food, Beer, and Wine Specials

Admission for the public is $8. Wristbands can be purchased in advance at the Valley Preferred Cycling Center office, or at the gate the day of VeloFest.

Also featured in and around town this weekend:

• Grim's Greenhouse, located at 9941 Schantz Road in Breinigsville, continues its Fall Festival this weekend. Attractions include a new corn maze, apple picking, pumpkin picking, hay ride tours, a play corral, a hay slide, a tube slide, and later in the season, flashlight Maze Nights. Most attractions runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Maze admission is $8 for adults and $6 for children 3 through 12. There are also many homegrown farm market items and sweet treats to choose from. Call 610-395-5655 for more information.

• Dorney's Park's Boo Blast offers daytime Halloween fun for kids this weekend. Boo Blast is free with park admission and open noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. (Planet Snoopy is open until 8 p.m. on Saturday). New this year is the Mansion House Hotel where kids can wander haunted hallways in search of friendly ghosts.

Boo Blast also features:

Howl-O-Fest Cove

• Pumpkin painting
• Mask making
• Hay bale maze
• Petting zoo

Trick-or-Treat with Dinosaurs

• Extra $5 admission required

Snoopy's Big Treasure Hunt

• Kids can hunt for treasures on a life-sized pirate ship.

DaVinci Science Center hosts the traveling Tech City exhibition beginning Saturday, as part of the center's Year of Innovation by presenting a playful series of challenges that introduces visitors to the design and creation processes that generate innovative products and ideas. Sponsored in part byCity Center Lehigh Valley, Tech City also introduces DSC characters Julie and Zach, who will highlight how engineers around the world are meeting similar challenges. The DaVinci Science Center is located at 3145 Hamilton Boulevard Bypass. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, click here. 

In other sports action:

The Parkland High School girls volleyball team will take part in the Hempfield High School Tournament on Saturday.

The Parkland boys and girls cross country teams will participate in the Paul Short Memorial Invitational at Lehigh University Saturday.

The Parkland girls tennis team will participate in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the District 11 singles tournament at the West End Racquet Club in Allentown. 

Parkland winter sports physicals and IMPACT (concussion) testing will be held Saturday morning at 9 a.m. at the high school.

Visit the Patch calendar for other great events including:

Step Out 5K Walk/Run against Domestic Violence

Lehigh Valley Regional Lending Trends

Fall Basket Social at St. John's Lutheran Church in Fogelsville

Hunt for History: Fall Fest

Parkland Community Library's Daytime Book Group

Lehigh Valley Independent School Fair