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5 Reasons Why the Blueberry Festival Turns Tongues Blue
July 7th, 2016 |
Looking for a sweet way to spend two beautiful summer days in July? Join us for the Blueberry Festival, “The Sweetest Festival of the Summer,” on Saturday, July 16, 10 am to 7 pm and Sunday, July 17, 10 am to 6 pm at the Burnside Plantation. Jam packed with great family-fun activities, fantastic regional crafters and artisans, and all things blueberry, this festival has something for everyone.
# 1 Reason: The Food
Blueberries, nature’s fruit, are sweet, colorful, and incredibly healthy for you. They are filled with Vitamin C, fiber, and antioxidants, proving that good things do come in small packages. “The Sweetest Festival of the Summer” will have all things blueberry to taste and expand your culinary palate: blueberry almonds, kiffels, pierogis, ice cream, pie, gluten-free treats, and so much more.
Do you have a great blueberry recipe? Enter the 2nd annual Blueberry Festival cooking contest. We’re looking for 2016’s Best Recipes for Gluten Free Blueberry Bars or Cookies, Blueberry Pie with Crumb Topping, Double Crust Blueberry Pie, No Bake Dessert, Blueberry Muffin, and Kids under 15 category. Prizes will be awarded for each category. The registration deadline is July 13, register here.
Enter our pie eating contests being held Saturday and Sunday, July 16-17, 2:15 pm at the community stage. Not ready to dig in? Stop by and cheer on the contestants.
Not only are blueberries are the perfect sweet ingredient for food, they make the most refreshing drinks.
# 2 Reason: The Drinks
We don’t stop experimenting with blueberry food recipes. The fun continues with blueberry-themed drinks. Our Blueberry Brewery keeps expanding with new recipes. Start off with sampling blueberry beer, wine, mead, and new this year vodka. After you find a favorite drink, grab a glass, listen to the live music, and enjoy.
# 3 Reason: Live music
Listening to music is a proven stress reliever, and what better place to relax than the Blueberry Festival. Get ready for sounds as versatile as our selection of blueberry dessert. More than 15 bands will be spread across the Blueberry Brewery Stage and the Community Stage both days. Tune in for Latin jazz, soulful blues, rock, country, and more while snacking on blueberry treats. Check these award-winning artists like folk singer Dave Fry, named “Best Folk Performer” in the Lehigh Valley Music Awards and “Bethlehem Fine Arts Artist of the Year,” or new-comer country singer Erin Kelly, winner of the Lehigh Valley Music Award’s “Best Album of the Year” for 2016. Folk-rock group Dina Hall Band has won “Best Singer/ Songwriter” at the Lehigh Valley Music Awards.
# 4 Reason: Kid and Pet Friendly Activities
Now the whole family can participate in the fun with activities for kids and our furry friends. Kids can go on pony rides, visit the petting zoo, make a pet bandana craft, compete in pie eating contests, and enter their own recipe in a cook-off.
Pets can join in the fun with Blueberry Festival’s first Pet Parade on Sunday, July 17 at 4 pm. Bring your furry friend dressed in anything blue. The best costume will win a prize. Register here to join the fun.
Looking for a furry member of the family? Meet your new best friend at Pet Adoption Day Saturday from 11 am to 4 pm. Logan’s Heroes Animal Rescue and Tails of Valor will bring dogs in need of a loving home.
And the # 5 Reason: Nature
Are you one with nature? The Burnside Plantation is a perfect venue for an outdoor festival. Burnside Plantation’s 6.5 acres of greenery adds another hue to complement the festival’s shades of blue. Just a quick drive away from the hubbub of Allentown, Philadelphia, New Jersey, or New York, come out and enjoy Burnside’s relaxing atmosphere, a stroll through the colonial summer garden in full bloom, and all the fun and excitement the Blueberry Festival has to offer. If you have a green thumb, consider adopting a garden plot to grow produce for the community. Learn more here.
Come check the Blueberry Festival out- it’s really the “Sweetest Festival of the Summer!”
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