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Annual Events In and Around PA

Here is what's on my radar.

Maybe I'll see you there!

Please check and confirm all dates.
This is a resource for myself that I am sharing with you.

I cannot be responsible for errors, changes, cancellations and all of that.

January:
Fire and Ice Festival, Mt. Holly, NJ * +My Blog Post  This is better than the New Hope Lambertville Winterfest IMO.  They are usually the same weekend.
New Hope Lambertville Winterfest, Bucks County +My Blog Post posting 1/31/12
Pennsylvania Farm Show, Harrisburg, PA

February:
Medieval Festival at Glencairn Museum, Montgomery Co., PA * +My Blog Post
Winter Fest, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA +My Blog Post
Maple Sugaring, Wissahickon Valley Watershed, Montgomery Co., PA
Washington's Birthday Weekend, Valley Forge National Park, Montgomery Co., PA
Lititz Fire and Ice Festival, Lancaster Co., PA
Perkasie Kiwanis Sled Dog Event,   +My Blog Post

March:
Maple Sugar Day, Peace Valley Park, Chalfont , Bucks Co., PA

Winter Muster, Peter Wentz Farmstead, Montgomery Co., PA
Mud Sales, Lancaster County +My Blog Post
Audubon Maple Sugar Festival
Daniel Boone Homestead Open House, Berks Co., PA
Pennsylvania Maple Festival
Graeme Park Charter Day, Horsham, Montgomery Co., PA Free Tours
School of the Soldier, Graeme Park, Montgomery County +My Blog Posts 1


March-April:
Cherry Blossom Festival of Greater Philadelphia  My blog post. My photos here.
Pennsylvania Maple Festival, Meyersdale
Tamagawa Taiko and Dance, Check local colleges for free concert dates.

April:
Sheep Shearing,  Peter Wentz Farmstead, Montgomery Co., PA
2011 April 16th Civil War 150th Parade - Philadelphia
Neshaminy Park Civil War Re Enactment, Bucks Co., PA**  + Read my blog post. My photos here. 
New Hope Fantasy Renaissance Fair, Bucks Co., PA


May:
Civil War Encampment, Mercer/Fonthill Museums, Doylestown, Bucks Co., PA (May29-30)
Mercer Museum Folk Fest Canceled for 2011
SPIRIT OF THE JERSEYS - a historical festival Saturday, May 7 at the Historic Village at Allaire,
Allaire State Park in Farmingdale. This free event,11:00 -5:00, rain or shine,
South Street Italian Market Festival, Philadelphia May 14-15, 10-5 ** Blog Post, Photos,
Ambler Auto Show, Montgomery Co., PA Blog Post

May-June:
2011 - Willow Grove Tricentennial Events


June:
Landmarks in Lights, Bryn Athyn, Montgomery Co., PA
World War II Weekend, Reading, Berks County  ** + Read my insider tips near the end of this post before going.
Chester County Balloon Festival
NJ Renaissance Faire

June-July:
Welcome America Philadelphia  11 days of celebrating Independence Day.

July:
Tinicum Arts Festival, Tinicum, Bucks Co., PA

Blueberry Festival, Bethlehem, PA
Celtic Heritage Festival, Graeme Park, Montgomery Co., PA
New Jersey Festival of Ballooning
Kutztown Folk Festival
Annual Ultimate Philadelphia Ice Cream Festival , Center Court, Reading Terminal Market, Philadelphia, PA
Blobfest, Phoenixville, Montgomery Co., PA http://theblobsite.filmbuffonline.com/
August
New Jersey Festival of Lights Burlington, NJ
Musikfest, Bethlehem, PA
Goshenhoppen Folk Festival, Frederick, PA
Annual Bluegrass Festival, Gettysburg
Corvettes at Carlisle
Philly 19c Baseball Exhibition and Fair (The Athletic Base Ball Club of Philadelphia)

August-September
Greene Dreher Sterling Fair, Newfoundland, PA
Bethlehem Octoberfest, Bethlehem PA

August - October
PA Rennaissance Faire, Cornwall, PA

September:
Celtic Fest, Bethlehem, PA
Mushroom Festival, Kennett Square, Chester Co., PA
Middletown Grange Renaissance Faire, Wrightstown, Bucks Co.,PA

October:
Fall Foliage Festival, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA
Battle of Germantown
Historic Fallsington Day, Fallsington, Bucks Co., PA* +Blog Posts  Photo Gallery

Leaf Peeping Hot Spots:
     High Rocks Vista, Ralph Stover State Park  * +
     Lehigh Gorge, Glen Onoko Run, Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA * +

November - December
Christkindl Market, Bethlehem

November:
Whitemarsh Encampment, Hope Lodge, Ft. Washington, Montgomery Co., PA
Brandywine Reenactment
Punkin Chunkin, Delaware

December:
Winter Wonderland at Fonthill Museum 12/1-1/2, Doylestown, Bucks Co., PA

*Denotes I have been there and give it two thumbs up.

This will be a smaller scale event, but well done.

** Denotes I have been there and give it two thumbs up.  

This will be a large scale event with a lot to offer.

+ I have written a blog post on the event.
Click the link to view it.

Anytime Things To Do:

Waynesborough
Home of Revolutionary War’s General “Mad” Anthony Wayne

2049 Waynesborough Rd.
Paoli, PA 19301 

Peter Wentz Farmstead

An authentic, working 18th-century Pennsylvania German farm

Shearer Road and Route 73 Worcester, PA 19490

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Where the spirit of the Revolution received its sternest test

1400 N. Outer Line Drive King of Prussia, PA 19406

Pennypacker Mills

Get a glimpse of Pennsylvania’s past

5 Haldeman Road
Schwenksville, PA 19473

Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center

The nation’s first municipal water treatment center

Waterworks Drive and Kelly Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19130

Arch Street Friends Meeting House

1804 Quaker meeting house is the largest of its kind in the world

320 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church

The oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African-Americans

419 S. Sixth Street Philadelphia, PA 19147

Christ Church Burial Ground

Visit the graves of Benjamin Franklin and other early American leaders

5th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Elfreth’s Alley 

The nation’s oldest continuously inhabited street

126 Elfreth’s Alley Philadelphia, PA 19106

Battleship New Jersey

Admiral “Bull” Halsey’s flagship and the nation’s most decorated battleship

62 Battleship Place Camden, NJ 08103
John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum
Pennsylvania’s largest remaining freshwater tidal marsh

8601 Lindbergh Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19153 

Washington Crossing Historic Park

Where Washington made his famous trip across the Delaware

1112 River Road
Washington Crossing, PA 18977 

Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

An early American “Iron Plantation” — a forerunner of today’s iron and steel industries

2 Mark Bird Lane
Elverson, PA 19520 

Ridley Creek State Park

More than 2,600 acres of gently rolling woodlands and meadows

1032 Sycamore Mills Road Media, PA 19063

Nockamixon State Park

The largest lake in Southeastern Pennsylvania, accompanied by a 5,283-acre park

1542 Mountain View Drive
Quakertown, PA 18951 

Morris Arboretum

A romantic Victorian landscape garden

100 Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118 

John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove

The place that inspired America’s first great naturalist

1201 Pawlings Road
Audubon, PA 19403 

Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College

A garden of ideas to inspire home gardeners
500 College Avenue
Swarthmore, PA 19081
Ephrata Cloister
Early German religious community
632 W. Main Street
Ephrata, PA

Graeme Park

Only surviving residence of a PA colonial governor
859 County Line Road
Horsham, PA

Historic Fallsington Village

300 year old Quaker village
4 Yardley Ave.
Fallsington, PA
Ringing Rocks Park
Large rock boulders, waterfall
75 Woodland Drive
Upper Black Eddy, PA
Bucks County
1858 Franklinville School 
Located on Morris Road, 3/10 mile West of Rte 202, Whitpain, PA
This is the only restored one-room school house in the area open to the public.

Check open house schedules.

And in NJ...
Thomas Edison National Historical Park211 Main Street
West Orange, NJ 07052