Thank You For Playing in the Street at PlayDay South Orange!

The greatest day of play is back! The South Orange Village Center Alliance presents PlayDay South Orange presented by Rite Aid. If you were one of the thousands who joined us last year, get ready for an even better experience on Sunday, September 20, 2015. It's all part of Stay & Play Weekend in South Orange. Lots more info to come about PlayDay and the entire weekend, but don't make any plans to be anywhere else!

So excited!!!!!

Looking forward - was a great event last year

we are looking forward to this! Community Campout.... Newstead 5k..... PlayDay. What a great town! I'm happy we're raising our kids in South Orange

We are also finalizing a community picnic for September 19th from 1pm to 4pm! We are going to have yard games as well as a government and town employee flag football game! Ricalton's will be grilling burgers and hot dogs available for purchase! So come down and watch Sheena do her touchdown dance! Flyer and remaining details will be completed by the end of the week!

Save the date for Sept 18, 19, 20 as a part of stay and play weekend! Come camp out, run a 5k, picnic in the park and play in the streets! It it sure to be an amazing weekend in South Orange!

Please remember registration is required for the camp out and plots are limited in numbers. Sign up now to guarantee your spot!

So exciting!! There's also a terrific show at SOPAC on the 19th - Jerry Douglas and the Earls of Leicester. We are really looking forward to a great night of bluegrass!

Do you have a DJ? New Jersey DJ Services in Maplewood is great and does many community events!

Take a look at the amazing Event Map for Sunday's PlayDay South Orange presented by Rite Aid!

It's finally here!!! Sun is beginning to peak through and it should be a beautiful afternoon. Kids and I will be heading over later after oldest child's soccer game. See everyone there!

That was a lot of fun. I was worried that spreading out the full length of downtown would spread things out too much - but there were plenty of people to go around.

Thank you! We had a blast. And thanks for having an inflatable for the wee ones. My early walker loved it. You should have put that near the Breastfeeding USA tent. It would have been perfect! (That changing table and chair was a godsend!)

I did notice that two boys with skateboards showed up to the skate park and couldn't use it because little kids had turned it into a jungle gym. My husband thought a better use for the space next year would be an obstacle course. That's pretty much what it became!

Thank you for the copious amounts of sidewalk chalk, bouncing balls and hula hoops. We were there for almost five hours today!

I can't even imagine the insane amount of work this took to pull off. It's truly fantastic!

Yes...great event. Thanks and kudos to the organizers!

This was a really fun event!!

I echo Annemarie's suggestion of an obstacle course- how fun!! It seems like there's a lack of non-wristband physical stuff at that end of SO Ave. But please don't take this as a criticism of an awesome day- just ideas for an even better event next year

Thanks to the thousands who came out to play in the street today. The weather was perfect and the energy was incredible from end to end. We appreciate your feedback and are already thinking about what we can to to make next year even better. Thanks to our sponsors (especially Rite Aid and our Play Area Sponsors), our partners (like the Village, SOPD and Parks and Rec) and our tireless volunteers. Initial photos are on our Facebook page at Facebook.com/SOVillageCenter. The South Orange Village Center Alliance is proud to produce an event that is fast becoming an annual favorite!

I so wish we could have made it, it sounds like such a great time! Our block party was today....Is it going to be the same weekend(ish) next year? Gotta plan ahead!

Lots of fun, and I took 3rd in the Sloppy Joe competition. I never did competitive eating before but learned a lot in that 3 minutes. Watch out next year.

Had a great time. Thank you for all the hard work that went into it

It was really wonderful. Congratulations, SOVCA!

We had a blast! This is always such a fun time. Between Play Day and National Night Out, I'm so happy to live here.

lynnb said:
We had a blast! This is always such a fun time. Between Play Day and National Night Out, I'm so happy to live here.

LOL?

We had a great time. We especially enjoyed the arts area in spiotta park (good new location). What a great job! Kudos!

Oh, and we enjoyed smoothies at the dancing blender, drinks at the bubble tea place and a fabulous dinner at Ariyoshi.

It was nice to see so many local businesses involved.

Great event. One complaint. No Ferris Wheel!

It was a wonderful event and the weather could not have been more perfect. Proud to have participated. Upwards and onwards, right?