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It's the sweetest festival of the summer ... and you're invited. Make a plan to visit Bethlehem's beautiful Burnside Plantation July 13 & 14 for great food; live music; fresh, delicious blueberries and desserts, Colonial cooking, gardening; kids activities; and much more!
Thank you for attending the Blueberry Festival!
Blueberry Festival Overview
It’s the sweetest festival of the summer…and you’re invited. Make a plan to visit Bethlehem’s beautiful Burnside Plantation July 13 & 14 for great food; live music; fresh, delicious blueberries and desserts, Colonial cooking, gardening; kids activities; and much more!
Desserts
Choose from a delicious selection of blueberry inspired desserts available for pickup to take home and enjoy!
Desserts Include:
Blueberry Pie
Large Blueberry Coffee Cake
Blueberry Strudel
Blueberry Tart
Small Blueberry Coffee Cake
Blueberry Sugar Cookies
1/2 Gallon Blueberry Ice Cream
Blueberry Cheddar Cheese
New this year! Blueberry Tavern
The Blueberry Tavern features tastings (ticketed) and full size pours from some of your favorite Lehigh Valley producers and distributors, including some tasty selections from Banko Beverage!
2:15 PM: Pie Eating Contest/Adult Culinary Contest
2:45 PM – 3:45 PM: Southern Lehigh Jazz
4:00 PM – 5:15 PM: Frank Porter
5:30 PM – 6:45 PM: Mark Hannig
Sunday, July 14
Tavern Stage
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM: Andrew Lobby
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM: Achille’s Heart
2:30 PM – 4:00 PM: Lake of Orchards
4:15 PM – 5:45 PM: Sweet Hollow
Community Stage
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM: Tom Storm
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: The Masons
2:15 PM: Pie Eating Contest/Youth Culinary Contest
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Smooth Retsina Glow
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM: Jack Murray Trio
*Entertainment Schedule is Subject to Change
Best Blueberry Dessert Culinary Contest
Contest Requirements:
Exhibitor must be 16 years or older and an amateur chef.
You are responsible for your own serving dish. No part of the entry will be returned.
If flour is required in recipe, King Arthur flour must be used with receipt of purchase included.
Entrants recipe, name, phone number, address, age, and email must be printed on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper and submitted along with their entry on the day of the contest.
Filling must include at least 1 cup of blueberries.
Recipe must include all ingredients, quantities, and preparation instructions.
Refrigeration is not available at the Blueberry Festival. If your entrée needs to be chilled prior to judging, please pack in a cooler.
Kids 15 + Under Culinary Contest
Contest Requirements:
Exhibitor must be 15 years or younger and an amateur chef.
You are responsible for your own serving dish. No part of the entry will be returned.
If flour is required in recipe, King Arthur flour must be used with receipt of purchase included.
Entrants recipe, name, phone number, address, age, and email must be printed on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of paper and submitted along with their entry on the day of the contest.
Filling must include at least 1 cup of blueberries.
Recipe must include all ingredients, quantities, and preparation instructions.
Refrigeration is not available at the Blueberry Festival. If your entrée needs to be chilled prior to judging, please pack in a cooler.
Judging Criteria for 15 + Under & Adult Culinary Contests:
FlavorAroma, taste, balance of flavors. 30 POINTS.
TextureConsistency, doneness, and moistness. 25 POINTS.
OriginalityCreative use of ingredients and recipe. 15 POINTS.
ProcessEase/Difficulty of recipe. 15 POINTS.
Pie Eating Contest
Join us for the annual Pie Eating Contest at the Blueberry Festival! Both Saturday and Sunday at 2:15 PM on the Community Stage there will be an adult (16 and older) and kids (15 and under) pie eating contest!
Sign ups are first come, first serve with a limit of 12 participants per contest.
Parking
Parking for Blueberry Festival will be available at Nitschmann Middle School (1002 W Union Blvd) with shuttle buses available on a continuous loop all day to take guests to and from Burnside. Please note that there are no dogs allowed on the buses, as well as they are not handicap accessible. Additional parking is available at the Moravian University “X-lot” (1150 Mauch Chunk Rd)
Photos from Past Festivals
Blueberry Festival Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Harvester Sponsor
Cultivator Sponsor
Seed Sower Sponsor
Gardener Sponsor
Planter Sponsor
Friend Sponsor
Culinary Contest Sponsor
Interested in sponsoring this event? Contact Lindsey Jancay, Interim Vice President & Managing Director for more information.
Blueberry Festival Dates & Times
If there are no dates below, check back soon for next year’s dates!