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Annual Events In and Around PAHere 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
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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
An authentic, working 18th-century Pennsylvania German farm
Shearer Road and Route 73 Worcester, PA 19490
Where the spirit of the Revolution received its sternest test
1400 N. Outer Line Drive King of Prussia, PA 19406
Get a glimpse of Pennsylvania’s past
5 Haldeman Road
Schwenksville, PA 19473
The nation’s first municipal water treatment center
Waterworks Drive and Kelly Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19130
1804 Quaker meeting house is the largest of its kind in the world
320 Arch Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
The oldest parcel of land continuously owned by African-Americans
419 S. Sixth Street Philadelphia, PA 19147
Visit the graves of Benjamin Franklin and other early American leaders
5th and Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19106
The nation’s oldest continuously inhabited street
126 Elfreth’s Alley Philadelphia, PA 19106
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
Where Washington made his famous trip across the Delaware
1112 River Road
Washington Crossing, PA 18977
An early American “Iron Plantation” — a forerunner of today’s iron and steel industries
2 Mark Bird Lane
Elverson, PA 19520
More than 2,600 acres of gently rolling woodlands and meadows
1032 Sycamore Mills Road Media, PA 19063
The largest lake in Southeastern Pennsylvania, accompanied by a 5,283-acre park
1542 Mountain View Drive
Quakertown, PA 18951
A romantic Victorian landscape garden
100 Northwestern Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19118
The place that inspired America’s first great naturalist
1201 Pawlings Road
Audubon, PA 19403
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