BlobFest Events
BlobFest in Black and White (and Red All Over), celebrating our 10th anniversary festival, is set to descend upon Phoenixville July 10 -12. This page lists the actual events happening during BlobFest weekend. For more general BlobFest information and info on past fests, click here.
BlobFest Friday Night Running Out Re-Enactment Revelry
Tickets: $5 Click here to buy online til 5PM Thursday.
- Fri, Jul 10, 7:30 pm
- A live stage show hosted by Dr. Frank N. Stone & Ghoul-A-Go-Go
- Music by The Neanderthals
- Script Contest Winner Announced
- Shorty Award Contest Winners Announced
- Shorty Award Winning Films Screened
Click here to see the entries on YouTube. - The Running Out Re-Enactment
- Special Guest: Wes Shank and The Original Blob
- The Chamber (of Commere) Ensemble & much more!
- Please note that the Scream Contest is on hiatus this year.
- Also, the Phoenix Village Art Center has adopted the Tin Foil Hat Contest.
Doors open at 7PM. The shenanigans start at 7:30PM - whee! The Running Out Re-Enactment will take place at approximately 9PM. The stage show will continue afterwards. Schedule is subject to change.
Tickets are required for this event and are limited to 400. UPDATE: Advance online tickets will be available thru Thu, Jul 9 at 5PM. After that, tickets will be sold on a first come, first served basis at the box office. And, remember, we take cash only at the BO.
Second Annual Blob Ball
Tickets: $12 / $15 Click here to buy online.
Presented by Iron Town Productions
- Fri, Jul 10, 9:30 pm
Iron Town Productions presents the 2nd Annual Blob Ball featuring The Rivers Rockabilly Trio at Molly Maguires Irish Restaurant and Pub in Phoenixville. This event is the kick off party to the popular BlobFest Weekend at the Colonial Theatre. Dress up in your 50’s best, join the running out reenactment at the Colonial Theatre and then run on over to Molly Maguires 3rd floor for an unforgetable 50’s style party. Prizes will be awarded for best 50’s outfit (male and female), best scary movie costume, best celebrity impersonator, and best dancers. Molly’s will provide a thematic menu of delicious drinks. So put on your poodle skirts and saddle shoes, or your your bowling shirt and penny loafers and celebrate all things 1950’s with us!
This is a 21 and over event. The Blob Ball will start after the Running Out Re-Enactment which is scheduled to take place at approximately 9PM.
StreetFair
FREE.
- Sat, Jul 11, 11:00 am
- The Neanderthals will kick things off at 11AM
- The Fire Extinguisher Parade is set to start at 12PM
- The Costume Contest will follow at 1PM
- Our first Blob Trivia Contest will begin at 2PM
- The Phoenix Village Art Center will announce the winners of their Tin Foil Hat Contest at 4:45PM
- Music, food, vendors and classic cars ’til 5PM
- Don’t forget to check out all the merchants in town that are taking part in our Facade Contest!
- Schedule is subject to change.
Double Feature: The Blob and Invasion of the Saucer Men
Tickets: $6 - $10 Click here to buy online til 5PM Thursday.
- Sat, Jul 11, 11:30 am
“Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them, The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie. More »
Blob Locations Self-Guided Tour
- Sat, Jul 11 to Sun, Jul 12
Click here to download a map and directions for the self-guided tour put together for last year’s BlobFest by Dave Lentz. Please note that this is not a formal tour organized by the theatre. It is completly self-guided and you can do it according to your own schedule.
Double Feature: The Blob and Invasion of the Saucer Men
Tickets: $6 - $10 Click here to buy online til 5PM Thursday.
- Sat, Jul 11, 3:15 pm
“When a spaceship lands in the woods, Johnny and Joan accidentally run over one of the aliens. In retaliation, the saucer-men kill Joe (Frank Gorshin), an opportunistic boozehound who stumbles across the body. More »
Double Feature: The Blob and 13 Ghosts
Tickets: $6 - $10 Click here to buy online til 5PM Thursday.
- Sat, Jul 11, 8:00 pm
“A destitute family inherits a huge old house from an uncle they thought had been dead for years. It turns out the uncle was an eccentric scientist who collected ghosts, and they will be sharing said house with said ghosts. ” More »
The Blob
Directed by Shorty Yeaworth. US. 1958. NR. Running time: 82 min.
- Sun, Jul 12, 2:00 pm
“Whatever its flaws as a film, a none-too-scary monster chief among them, The Blob is a uniquely compelling monster movie. More »
Beware the BlobFest
Directed by Bill Creed. US. 2009. Running time: 24 min.
- Sun, Jul 12, 2:00 pm
Beware the BlobFest is a 24 minute documentary about the celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Blob’s release at BlobFest 2008. Produced and edited by Bill Creed of Duet Communications, LLC in association with the AARP. Featuring Shane Stone, Jack Harris, Maryann Decarlo and Dave Lentz. Beware the BlobFest was shown at Cannes 2009 as part of the Short Film Corner and was an official selection at the 2nd Annual Philadelphia Independant Film Festival in June, 2009.
Our scheduled 2pm screening of The Blob will follow immediately.