{"id":200989,"date":"2026-05-24T00:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200989\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T00:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T00:46:14","slug":"rain-cancels-collingswood-may-fair-during-memorial-day-weekend-nbc10-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/200989\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain cancels Collingswood May Fair during Memorial Day weekend \u2013 NBC10 Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/memorial-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Memorial Day <\/a>weekend may be the unofficial start to summer, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/weather\/stories-weather\/heavy-rain-and-chilly-temperatures-continue\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/weather\/stories-weather\/heavy-rain-and-chilly-temperatures-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">rainy weather changed plans<\/a> across the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/philadelphia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a> region Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/tag\/camden-county\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Camden County<\/a>, Collingswood\u2019s annual May Fair was canceled because of the rain. The event typically draws about 50,000 visitors to downtown Collingswood each year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking at weather, looking at safety, it was the call to make,\u201d Collingswood Mayor Jim Maley said. \u201cBut we had a lot of businesses that were already setting up, already ordered. If you are in the food industry, these orders are made far in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Businesses that normally count on the crowds were still hoping visitors would stop by despite the weather.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s a big loss for us,\u201d one business owner said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haddonculinary.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.haddonculinary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Haddon Culinary<\/a> was among several locally owned businesses offering specials throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far so good,\u201d an employee said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the rain, many people still spent the day walking around downtown Collingswood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust make the best of it,\u201d one visitor said. \u201cEven if the May Fair is ruined, you can still make the best of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To encourage people to visit, Collingswood made parking free Saturday through Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople love it in December, so we thought this would be a good way to just welcome everyone in,\u201d Maley said.<\/p>\n<p>In Philadelphia, some people escaped the rain by visiting museums offering free admission as part of Museum Fest.<\/p>\n<p>Participating museums included the National Constitution Center, the Betsy Ross House and the African American Museum in Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRain will not stop us,\u201d one visitor said. \u201cRain or shine you gotta get out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were looking forward to coming to this particular museum, and to find out that it\u2019s free today is the cherry on top,\u201d another visitor said.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said the rainy weather may have helped boost attendance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that museums benefit when the weather is cold, rainy and snowy,\u201d one organizer said. \u201cSo this couldn\u2019t have been better weather for this event.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that it\u2019s free \u2014 I have to thank my wife for that,\u201d another visitor said. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t have found out on my own. When we found out it was free, it was a good thing to do inside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported for broadcast by NBC Philadelphia. AI tools helped convert the story to a digital article, and an NBC Philadelphia journalist edited the article for publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memorial Day weekend may be the unofficial start to summer, but rainy weather changed plans across the Philadelphia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200990,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[27412,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-200989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-memorial-day","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}