The Narberth Parks & Recreation Board voted unanimously Nov. 18 to approve next year’s movie-night and food-truck plans, scheduling a spring event for Friday, May 15, 2026, with a rain date of Saturday, May 16, and setting a tentative fall movie night at Narberth Park on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026.

Chair Dennis Town said the board will begin vendor outreach before the end of the year and that a budget request for the movie portion of events has already been submitted. "I will send a memo to our manager and our council that this is what we planned for 2026," Town said after the vote.

The board settled on logistics to help vendors and viewers: food trucks would arrive at 6:30 p.m. and the movie would start at 7:30 p.m. for the spring date, allowing time for attendees to gather before dusk. Members discussed placing food trucks at the far side of the parking lot to minimize noise from vendors' generators and noted that tree shade and sunset times affect start-time choices.

During planning discussion, members considered combining the food-truck festival and a movie night as a smaller test event rather than launching a full food-truck festival in the fall, citing other heavy-event weekends in October (Oktoberfest and a music and arts festival) as a reason to avoid that month. After reviewing calendars and sunset times, the board endorsed the May and Sept. dates.

A motion to approve the movie-night/food-truck events was made and seconded; members voted "aye" and the chair confirmed he would notify the borough manager and council and continue vendor outreach.

The board also noted that the movie selection, exact run time and final start time for the fall event will be set later to match sunset and film length. The board confirmed it will continue working with staff and community vendors on logistics and vendor commitments in early 2026.