SEVEN FIELDS — The annual Seven Fields Community Days Carnival is back for an eighth year with more entertainment and one more day to celebrate.

The carnival, hosted by the borough, will start Wednesday to Sept. 4 at the Towne Park, 390 Castle Creek Drive.

Bartlebaugh Amusements will provide rides, games and food daily starting at 6 p.m. Saturday rides open at 5 p.m.

“It's a great way to get the community together as an end of summer type of party,” said Dawn Servello, borough council member.

The carnival was expanded from five days to six this year, Servello said. Along with the traditional carnival attractions, there will be live entertainment Friday, Sept. 2 and 3.

Dancing Queen will return this year to kick off the live music Friday night from 6 to 10 p.m. On Sept. 2, the band Velveeta will perform from 6 to 10 p.m. The Doug Edgell Band will close things out Sept. 3, performing from 5 to 8 p.m.

Borough manager Tom Smith said they added a band on Sept. 3 this year to end the festival on a high note.

Before the carnival, Smith said a group of community volunteers organized a community day celebration over Labor Day weekend, but it was nothing on the scale of the carnival.

The carnival began in 2010 as a way to formally get the Seven Fields community together. It moved to be celebrated over Labor Day weekend a couple of years ago, and Smith said they've found success having it at the end of the summer.

The event doesn't compete with people's summer vacation trips, and people tend to be home and looking for a way to close out their summer.

They hope to get even better attendance this year as Seneca Valley School District students are still on summer break, Smith said. They go back to school Sept. 5.

Fireworks by Pyrotechnico will go off at 10 p.m. Sept. 2. Council President Jennifer Sikora said the residents enjoy the fireworks display each year.

The carnival has become a great way to foster community spirit, just like the food truck nights the borough organized each week through July and August.

“People long for that community spirit and it's hard because people live such busy lives,” Sikora said. “Any time you can do something close to home, it makes for a happier community.”