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!

Tickets

Desserts

Choose from a delicious selection of blueberry inspired desserts available for pickup to take home and enjoy!

Desserts Include:

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!

Blueberry Tavern Vendors

• Christmas City Spirits
• Xplorer Spirits
• McCall Collective Brewing
• Rebel Hive Meadery
• Brü Daddy’s
• Tasty Selections from Banko Beverage
• And More!

Blueberry Festival Vendors

Demonstrations

• Second Saturday Spinners
• Read to Dogs
• Dog Agility
• Lehigh Art Alliance En Plein Air
• 4-H Education
• Tinsmithing
• Daniel Jenkins Pottery
• Cider Demonstration
• Lock, Stock, & Barrel

Blueberry Entertainment Schedule

Saturday, July 13

*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:

• Flavor Aroma, taste, balance of flavors. 30 POINTS.
• Texture Consistency, doneness, and moistness. 25 POINTS.
• Outside Characteristics Overall appeal, uniform shape. 15 POINTS.
• Originality Creative use of ingredients and recipe. 15 POINTS.
• Process Ease/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) and at the Moravian University “X-lot” (1150 Mauch Chunk Rd). Shuttle buses will be 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.

Photos from Past Festivals

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