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Things to Do: Blueberry Festival in Bethlehem
July 11th, 2024 | In The News
Written by Kathy Lauer-Williams for WFMZ 69 News
It’s the sweetest festival of the summer. The Blueberry Festival is set to return this weekend for its 37th year.
Held at the historic 6.5-acre Burnside Plantation — the site of an 18th-century Moravian farm complete with historic barns, a Colonial kitchen garden, a pollinator garden, and an apple orchard, and affectionately known as Bethlehem’s “Farm in the City” — the celebration will offer ways to enjoy all things blueberry.
Guests can visit the plantation at 1461 Schoenersville Rd. for great food, live music on two stages, fresh blueberries and desserts, Colonial cooking, gardening, and brewing demos, pony rides, kids activities, and much more.
They can also enjoy crafts by Whisker Biscuits, Keystone Farms Cheese, Rebel Hive Meadery, Soaps on Linden, Cheryl Baker, Moravian Star Maker, The Bake-A-Re, Mother Nature Minerals, Country Brooms, Dierdre Rose Designs, and more.
Food vendors include K’Town Pub, Xplorer Spirits, Christmas City Spirits, Heaven on a Bun, Taco Town, and DonutNV.
On the Brewery Stage on Saturday will be Matt Miskie from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; Sadie Pepitone from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; Russel Mason from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.; Jeff Penque from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; and The Beautiful Distortion from 5:45 to 7 p.m.
On the Community Stage on Saturday will be kids’ hour from 10 to 11 a.m.; Valley Collective Band from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; Moravian Music Foundation from 1 to 2 p.m.; pie-eating and adult culinary contests at 2:15 p.m.; Southern Lehigh Jazz from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.; Frank Porter from 4 to 5:15 p.m.; and Mark Hanning from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
On the Brewery Stage on Sunday will be Andrew Lobby from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Achille’s Heart from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m.; Lake of Orchards from 2:30 to 4 p.m.; and Sweet Hollow from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m.
On the Community Stage on Sunday will be kids’ hour from 10 to 11 a.m.; Tom Storm from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.; The Masons from 1 to 2 p.m.; pie-eating and youth culinary contests at 2:15 p.m.; Smooth Retsina Glow from 3 to 4:30 p.m.; and Michael Patrick from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m.
Admission is $10 for adults online and $12 for adults at the gate. Children’s admission is $5.
All proceeds help Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites to maintain 20 historic landmarks.
