The Weekend Ahead: Kansas and a Drag Fundraiser in Collingswood, a Haddonfield Food Tour and Diggerfest in West Berlin

This weekend in Camden County: the classic-rock band Kansas plays the Scottish Rite Auditorium in Collingswood on Friday night, the same evening the Animal Welfare Association holds its drag show fundraiser in the building's Grand Ballroom. Saturday brings a guided food tour through downtown Haddonfield, a photography walk through Downtown Camden and a men's spirituality conference at Paul VI High School, and Diggerland's Diggerfest runs Saturday and Sunday in West Berlin. County libraries fill in the rest with story times, yoga and kids' programs, and food drives in Cherry Hill and Gloucester Township are collecting for Thanksgiving.

Friday: Collingswood night out

• Kansas, Scottish Rite Auditorium, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, 8 PM. The "Carry On Wayward Son" band brings its fall headlining tour to Collingswood. Details
• Drag Show Fundraiser, Collingswood Grand Ballroom, 315 White Horse Pike, Collingswood, 7 PM. Parodies and performances from Drag Queen Entertainment, benefiting the Animal Welfare Association; tickets $50. Details
• Valkyrians EP Release Show: Versions of You, American Legion Tatem-Shields Post 17, 622 Atlantic Avenue, Collingswood, 7 to 9 PM. Singer-songwriter Cris Valkyria and her band celebrate a new four-song EP. Details
• Dino-vember Bingo, Haddonfield Public Library, 60 Haddon Avenue, Haddonfield, 3:45 PM. Bingo and prizes for kids. Details
• No Cook Recipes for Kids, Camden County Library Ferry Avenue Branch, 852 Ferry Avenue, Camden, 3:30 PM. Details

Saturday

• ManUp South Jersey 2026, Paul VI High School, 901 Hopkins Road, Haddonfield, 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM. The Diocese of Camden's eighth annual men's spirituality conference; Mass at 7 AM, conference begins 8:15 AM. Details
• Watercoloring On-Site at Evans Pond, Evans Pond, Bortons Mill Road, Cherry Hill, 9 AM to noon. Free instruction from the Haddonfield Water Trails Association for all ages and levels; registration closes Friday at 5 PM. Details
• Make & Take: Botanical Beverages, 508 Lakeland Road, Gloucester Township, 10 AM. Details
• Yoga for Adults, Camden County Library South County Branch, 35 Cooper Folly Road, Atco, 10:30 AM. Details
• Saturday Stories with Mr. Tate, Camden County Library Merchantville Branch, 130 South Centre Street, Merchantville, 11 AM. Details
• ¡Hablemos Español! Conversational Spanish for Kids, Camden County Library Voorhees Branch, 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, noon. Details
• Haddonfield Food Tours, downtown Haddonfield along Kings Highway, 1 to 4 PM. A three-hour guided walking tour with tastings and local history; $85, ages 21 and up, reservations required. Details
• Cooper Street Workshop: Writing Ethically About Others, Writers House at Rutgers University-Camden, 305 Cooper Street, Camden, 1 to 4 PM. Poet Peter E. Murphy leads a workshop on writing fairly about the people in your life. Details
• Photography Walking Tour, Camden County Library Nilsa I. Cruz-Perez Downtown Branch, 301 North 5th Street, Camden, 2:30 to 4 PM. A 1.5-mile walk with photographer Tamika Newell past City Hall and the Rutgers-Camden campus; a phone camera works. Details
• Good Skin Knowledge, Camden County Library Voorhees Branch, 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, 3 PM. Details
• Live Music: James "Teddy" Dewalt and 2EZ, Girl with a Grill, 200 North Broadway, Camden, 6:45 PM. Details

Sunday

• Italian Card Group, Camden County Library Voorhees Branch, 203 Laurel Road, Voorhees, 2 PM. Details

All weekend

• Diggerfest Fall Festival, Diggerland USA, 100 Pinedge Drive, West Berlin, Saturday and Sunday. Hay rides, fire truck rides and the chance to drive real construction machines; the Parade of Machines is at 1 PM and Santa visits 12:30 to 2:30 PM. Check park hours before you go. Details

More events are on the Camden County events calendar.

Around the county

Thanksgiving food drives. Cherry Hill Township is collecting non-perishable food through November 22 at the Municipal Building, 820 Mercer Street, the fire department headquarters on Marlkress Road and the Cherry Hill Public Library, Patch reports. Gloucester Township police are taking canned and non-perishable donations at the headquarters watch desk, 1261 Chews Landing Road, through Tuesday. Cherry Hill details · Gloucester Township details

Clean water question passes. County voters approved raising the open space tax from 2 cents to 3 cents per $100 of assessed value, about $7 million more a year, to help pay for a $50 million effort on aging sewer lines, sewage overflows and flooding, WHYY reports. WHYY

Collingswood lifts its alcohol ban. Voters ended the borough's roughly century-old ban on alcohol sales on Election Day, but sales will wait until officials decide how many liquor licenses to issue. 94.3 The Point

Echelon Mall plan falls apart. The roughly $250 million plan to redevelop the former Echelon Mall in Voorhees has collapsed, NJ.com reports. NJ.com

Oaklyn's outdoor rink is coming back. Oaklyn has cleared the site of its shuttered outdoor hockey rink and is reviving it with help from the Camden County Parks Department and Flyers Charities, NJ PEN reports. No opening date yet. NJ PEN

Save the date. Gloucester Township's Christmas Village and tree lighting is Saturday, December 12, at Veterans Park, with actress Beverly D'Angelo of "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" on hand. Patch

Monday morning: the Camden County Town Hall brief, with the week's meetings ahead and what local boards took up last week.