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25th Annual Blueberry Festival

July 17th and 18th, 2010
11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Historic Bethlehem's Blueberry Festival returns for its 25th year! Join us for a weekend of great food, live music, and family fun at Burnside Plantation--our farm in the city.

Get directions to Burnside Plantation.
Burnside Plantation
1461 Schoenersville Rd.
Bethlehem, PA 18018

2010 Festival Pricing
Adult
$8.00 (1 day), $10.00 (2 days)
Senior $7.00 (1 day), $9.00 (2 days)
Youth, 6-16 $4.00 (1 day), $5.00 (2 days)
Children, 5 and under Free

Active military/reserves $3.00 off
HBP member with card $1.00 off

Note: Discounts may not be combined.

Children's Activities

  • Build your own bluebird house. (upper field)
  • Colonial crafts (meadow)
  • Colonial dress-up (Haas Barn-meadow)
  • Colonial games (meadow)
  • Hands-On exhibit (Haas Barn-meadow)
  • History scavenger hunts
  • Horse-drawn carousel (meadow)
  • NASBAR train rdes (upper field)
  • Petting zoo (meadow)
  • Pony rides (orchard)
  • RCN pie eating contests

Family Activities

  • Colonial beer brewing by Christopher Bowen (upper field)
  • Colonial cooking demonstrations (Summer Kitchen)
  • Guided tours of 1748/1818 Burnside House and Plantation (Information booth)
  • Tours of the Dimmick Colonial Garden (Buy blueberry bushes here!)
  • Tours of 1841 Johnson Barn-witness one of only two working high-horsepowered wheels in the country!

Speaking of horses, come see Raven, Pharaoh, and George of the Bethlehem Police Mounted Unit each day at 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM in the Johnson Barn!

Food and Beverage
Lower Meadow

  • Heaven on a Bun
  • Historic Bethlehem Tent (pies, ice cream, strudel, coffeecake)
  • Hillbilly Kettlekorn
  • Island Expressions

Upper Field

  • Apple Frankie's
  • Dolores and Buddy's BBQ
  • Historic Bethlehem Watermelon Stand
  • Little Jimmy's Italian Ice
  • The Original Corn Roast

Thanks to our dessert suppliers:

  • Tomblers Bakery (pies)
  • The Bakery Nook (strudel and coffecake)
  • Bethlehem Dairy Store (ice cream)






Don't miss these lively performances on stage. All performances are included with admission.

Lower Meadow
Saturday, July 17
11:30 AM.....John Samuels, Amy Forsyth, and Tom Montgomery (Acoustic)
12:30 PM.....Miss Maggie Sings (Children's)
..1:30 PM.....O'Grady Quinlan Academy of Irish Dance (Celtic Dance)
..1:30 PM to.Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus & Wahoo Strolling Show
..5:30 PM
..2:15 PM.....RCN Pie Eating Contest
..3:00 PM.....ValLEy Suzuki Strings (Baroque and Classical String)
..4:00 PM.....Dave Fry (Family Folk)
..5:00 PM.....Roy Justice-time-travelling minstrel (American Folk)
..6:00 PM.....Billy Bauer (Acoustic)


Sunday, July 18
11:30 AM.....Ray Owen-singer, songwriter, and storyteller (Heritage Folk)
12:30 PM.....Willow Park Ballet Theatre (Dance)
..1:30 PM.....Jay Smar (Coal Folk)
..2:15 PM.....RCN Pie Eating Contest
..3:00 PM.....Pennsylvania Youth Summer Theatre Review (Theatre)
..4:00 PM.....Ray Owen (Heritage Folk)
..5:00 PM.....The McManus Band (Celtic)
..6:00 PM.....Dina Hall and the Backbeat (Classic Americana/Acoustic Folk)


Community Tent Events
Saturday, July 17
12:00 PM to..Allentown Public Theatre (Master the art of storytelling from a wild acting duo.)
..2:30 PM
..2:30 PM to..Lehigh Valley Youth Drumline (Follow marchers through the festival and stay for
..3:30 PM......a brief introduction to "drumlining.")
..4:00 PM to..Boys and Girls Club of Bethlehem (Kids have fun here.)
..6:30 PM

Sunday, July 18
12:00 PM to..Lehigh Valley Summerbridge (It's never too early to prep for college.
..2:30 PM......For middle schoolers and their parents.)
..2:30 PM to..Girl Scouts of Eastern Pennsylvania (Discover what's cool about becoming
..4:30 PM......a leader.)
..4:30 PM to..Pennsylvania Youth Theatre (Q&A session follows performance on the main stage)
..6:30 PM

Artisans in Action

  • Colonial Quilters
  • Ed Youtz, Woodturner
  • Faron Shade, Clockmaker
  • Patricia Cobb, Wood Sculptor

No festival experience is complete without a souvenir! Visit our crafters for fantastic wares offered only at Blueberry Festival.




Many, many thanks our 2010 Blueberry Festival community exhibitors and sponsors:
Community Exhibitors

Sponsors

If you would like to sponsor this event, please contact Historic Bethlehem Partnership at 610-882-0450 ext.16.