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mer fun guide FAIRS & FESTIVALS
FFAUINR
fOOd, rides, musiC
and eXCitement
all summer
By Beth Orenstein
34 | indulge • june/july 2016 Music. Food. Art. Wine. You ■ Enjoy more Pennsylvania Dutch ■ Goschenhoppen Folk Festival is
name it, the Lehigh Valley has delicacies and crafts than you can celebrating its 50th annual folk
a summer festival celebrating it. Here imagine in one place at the Kutztown festival celebrating Pennsylvania
are a few to mark on your calendar Folk Festival, July 2-10, at the Dutch heritage during a two–day
that you won’t want to miss: fairgrounds in Kutztown. The 67th event, Aug. 12 and 13. The festival
■ The West Park Civic Association’s annual event also features cultural takes place at the Antes Plantation,
42nd annual Art-In-The-Park event exhibits, demonstrations and a July 4 318 Colonial Road, Perkiomenville.
features works by more than 100 parade. Kutztownfestival.com. Goschenhoppen.org.
regional artists (oils/acrylics, graphics, ■ Challenge yourself to excel at ■ Musikfest features more than
watercolors and photography as well SportsFest, now in its 20th year. This 500 performances on 16 stages
as music and dance performances). year’s series of games will be July 14 throughout Bethlehem over 10 days,
Festivities start at 10 a.m. June 18 at to 17 in Cedar Creek Park in Allentown. Aug 5-14. The Queen of Soul Aretha
16th and Linden streets in Allentown. Sportsfest.org. Franklin is on the Sands Steel Stage
Rain date: June 25. Westpark-ca.org ■ Celebrate all things blueberry — Aug. 8. Musikfest.org.
■ Easton Area Heritage Day, 10 from pie and ice cream to beer, wine, ■ Peach Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
a.m. to 10 p.m., July 10, begins mead, and more — at the Blueberry Aug. 6 offers the opportunity to
with the reading of the Declaration Festival, starting at 10 a.m. July 16- savor the sweetness of summer with
of Independence in Easton’s “Great 17 at the Burnside Plantation, 1461 everything peach: Cobbler, smoothies,
Square.” Enjoy re-enactments, music, Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem. preserves, pie and peaches by the
food and kids activities. Festivities end Event also includes kid’s and adult bushel at the Easton Farmers Market,
with musical performances at Riverside crafts, demonstrations, pony rides, Centre Square.
and Scott parks and fireworks over the music, and a pie-eating contest. ■ Summer wraps up with The Great
Forks of the Delaware. HeritageDay.org Historicbethlehem.org/blueberry- Allentown Fair at the Allentown
festival-2016. Fairgrounds Aug. 30-Sept. 5. This
■ The Carbon County Fair runs Aug. 8 year’s headliners include Kiss
through 13 and offers entertainment, (Sept.1), Chris Stapleton (Sept.
games, food, daily ride specials, 2), and Meghan Trainor (Sept. 3).
agricultural displays, a horse The midway features concessions,
show, a demolition derby and more. games and rides for every age group.
Carboncountyfair.com. Allentownfairpa.org.
FFAUINR
fOOd, rides, musiC
and eXCitement
all summer
By Beth Orenstein
34 | indulge • june/july 2016 Music. Food. Art. Wine. You ■ Enjoy more Pennsylvania Dutch ■ Goschenhoppen Folk Festival is
name it, the Lehigh Valley has delicacies and crafts than you can celebrating its 50th annual folk
a summer festival celebrating it. Here imagine in one place at the Kutztown festival celebrating Pennsylvania
are a few to mark on your calendar Folk Festival, July 2-10, at the Dutch heritage during a two–day
that you won’t want to miss: fairgrounds in Kutztown. The 67th event, Aug. 12 and 13. The festival
■ The West Park Civic Association’s annual event also features cultural takes place at the Antes Plantation,
42nd annual Art-In-The-Park event exhibits, demonstrations and a July 4 318 Colonial Road, Perkiomenville.
features works by more than 100 parade. Kutztownfestival.com. Goschenhoppen.org.
regional artists (oils/acrylics, graphics, ■ Challenge yourself to excel at ■ Musikfest features more than
watercolors and photography as well SportsFest, now in its 20th year. This 500 performances on 16 stages
as music and dance performances). year’s series of games will be July 14 throughout Bethlehem over 10 days,
Festivities start at 10 a.m. June 18 at to 17 in Cedar Creek Park in Allentown. Aug 5-14. The Queen of Soul Aretha
16th and Linden streets in Allentown. Sportsfest.org. Franklin is on the Sands Steel Stage
Rain date: June 25. Westpark-ca.org ■ Celebrate all things blueberry — Aug. 8. Musikfest.org.
■ Easton Area Heritage Day, 10 from pie and ice cream to beer, wine, ■ Peach Day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
a.m. to 10 p.m., July 10, begins mead, and more — at the Blueberry Aug. 6 offers the opportunity to
with the reading of the Declaration Festival, starting at 10 a.m. July 16- savor the sweetness of summer with
of Independence in Easton’s “Great 17 at the Burnside Plantation, 1461 everything peach: Cobbler, smoothies,
Square.” Enjoy re-enactments, music, Schoenersville Road, Bethlehem. preserves, pie and peaches by the
food and kids activities. Festivities end Event also includes kid’s and adult bushel at the Easton Farmers Market,
with musical performances at Riverside crafts, demonstrations, pony rides, Centre Square.
and Scott parks and fireworks over the music, and a pie-eating contest. ■ Summer wraps up with The Great
Forks of the Delaware. HeritageDay.org Historicbethlehem.org/blueberry- Allentown Fair at the Allentown
festival-2016. Fairgrounds Aug. 30-Sept. 5. This
■ The Carbon County Fair runs Aug. 8 year’s headliners include Kiss
through 13 and offers entertainment, (Sept.1), Chris Stapleton (Sept.
games, food, daily ride specials, 2), and Meghan Trainor (Sept. 3).
agricultural displays, a horse The midway features concessions,
show, a demolition derby and more. games and rides for every age group.
Carboncountyfair.com. Allentownfairpa.org.
