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June 30 - July 8
Kutztown German Festival - Kutztown, PA
Venue: Kutztown Fairgrounds
This is a 9-day event that celebrates Pennsylvania Dutch folklore and fun. One of the most popular aspects of the festival is the world’s largest quilt sale. With over 2,500 quilts for sale, and an auction of the top 24 prize-quilts, it’s guaranteed to be an exiting stop for any visitor.
Children are not overlooked by this event: The festival boosts an impressing list of events for the kids. These include a baby-animal petting farm, puppets and puppet-shows, an area where kids can make and keep their own crafts, haystacks and mazes, singalongs, and all sorts of hands-on fun.
The Pennsylvania Dutch were some of the first settlers in the US and they have kept their history and heritage intact. At the festival you will see how things were done in the old days. Folk life, farming, gardening, weddings, church life, the unique dialect, spinning, weaving, cooking, blacksmithing, furniture making, candle making and more.
Many people come the festival for the food. Amongst the favorite foods are ox roast, sausage sandwiches, pies and all sorts of pastries.
The entertainment does not stop at the always-impressive list of musicians. There are also comedy shows, live auctions, parades, storytelling, cakewalks and historical seminars.
Two hundred of the nation’s best craft makers gather to display their talents. The visitors marvel-at and purchase handmade furniture, miniatures, pottery, clothing, musical instruments, hand-painted art, iron ornaments, weaving, brooms, baskets, florals, hex painting, jewelry, leather, cut-paper art, candles and many other varieties of American folk art and crafts.
www.kutztownfestival.com
August 25-26
Pocono State Crafts Festival - Delaware, PA
Venue: Shawnee on Delaware and Sun Mountain
Proceeds from this event are used to further the arts and crafts in communities throughout the US. Awareness of handmade items, the history and the basic importance of art is the top priority of the festival. For the past 21 years, as summer comes to an end, you can begin to feel the vibe of this annual event and the stir begins to brew through the Pocono’s. Craftspeople display their items and give demonstrations as to how they are made. Amongst them are jewelry makers, work workers, metal workers, stained glass, furniture, leather, basketry, pottery, clothing makers, and many more. With incredible food and some of the best Dixie and Bluegrass music ever heard, this is not an event you’ll want to miss.
www.poconocrafts.com
September 1
Pocono Garlic Festival - Stroudsburg, PA
Venue: Courthouse Square
Thousands and thousands of garlic lovers will be making a pilgrimage that day to partake in the joyous event in beautiful downtown Stroudsburg, which has proclaimed itself the Garlic Capital of the World. About 50 restaurants and other establishments, featuring the best chefs and cooks in the Poconos, are busily concocting dazzling garlicky dishes that Festival-goers can consume right there, or take home in coolers. And the Poconos' two vineyards will be there with wine to sample and to take home.
Headlining the entertainment, as always, will be the Garlic Eating Tuba Troubadours. Garlic-loving tuba players, dozens of them, play their instruments with savage abandon, but only after consuming liberal quantities of Pocono garlic. Their efforts will perfume the air of beautiful downtown Stroudsburg. And once people see the Troubadours, they'll know why they have been called "he world's smelliest band"by Disney Adventures Magazine.But there's more, much more. There's so much free entertainment waiting for you that we'll have four stages in operation all day long. Admission is free, but bring money.
September 7-8
Chili Pepper Food Festival - Saylorsburg, PA
Venue: Rolling Hills Farm
This festival is in its 11th year and is sponsored by Rolling Hills Farm of Saylorsburg. Each year people flock to this event to taste the many hot and spicy varieties of food. You can also purchase food and peppers to take home with you or just harvest them yourself. A unique attraction is an offering by Mennonite's farm where a visitor can pick their own tomatoes, peppers and other vegetables. Feeling brave? See how you stand up amongst the bravest. Why not enter the pepper-eating contest? If not, you can at least watch as competitors swallow dozens, if not hundreds, of the hottest peppers on Earth.
www.pepperfestival.com
October 6-7 and 13-14
Fall Foliage Festival - Bedford, PA
Venue: Fort Bedford Park
Artists display their work at over 400 booths lining the streets and square within Fort Bedford Park as top shelf musicians play their music for free. An antique car parade with over 100 vintage cars entertains the crowd on Saturday and a fine art exhibit displays the work of local artists (sculptures and photographers) at the historic Anderson House throughout the festival. Also throughout the festival is the display of 100s of handmade quilts presented by the Pioneer Historical Society. With plenty of food, art and entertainment for the kids, this festival promises to be an unforgettable time for the entire family. Festival favorites will all be here, including candied apples, apple cider, barbequed chicken and beef, hot sausage sandwiches, french fries, popcorn, hand dipped ice cream, apple dumplings, funnel cakes, homemade pies and candies ... all kinds of tasty treats.
www.bedfordcounty.net/fall
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