Join the Downtown Bethlehem Association for the 9th Annual Bethlehem Harvest Festival. Head to Main Street at 11 am on October 11th for a day filled with great music on our Main Stage and on our Biergarten stage! Purchase a beer from the sampling breweries in our Biergarten for just $3 with any beer or wine passport! Don’t forget to head to the south end of Main Street for kids’ activities, including pumpkin painting and a petting zoo!
Back for 2014, beer sampling passports! Beer lovers will have the opportunity to purchase passports in advance or on the day of. Delicious and creative brews from Lehigh Valley Homebrewers, Bethlehem Brew Works, and 10 other local home breweries! Passports include up to 28 tasting samples. Samplings will be available from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wristbands are $20 in advance + online fee ($25 on day of event). WE WILL SELL OUT!
Enjoy wine samples with a passport along the wine trail from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wine lovers will be able to enjoy an array of wines, served in our downtown businesses. Passports available for $20. Limited number available- WILL SELL OUT!
For the sixth year, Downtown Bethlehem restaurateurs will be putting their best soup forward for the Harvest Soup contest. Festival-goers may purchase passports for $10; taste soups, vote for their favorite from 10 locations, and enter to win free soup from the winning location for your whole Thanksgiving Dinner! The Harvest Soup Contest is sure to bring the taste of fall to all who sample the various broths, bisques, stews and other concoctions at Harvest Festival. Tastings will be available from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Beginning at 1 p.m. the Bethlehem Harvest Festival will transition into the Sun Inn Courtyard where there will be live music, great food, beer and wine!
Stop by the Sun Inn Courtyard at noon to witness the 3rd Annual Harvest Festival Pie Eating Contest! 10 contestants will participate in an all-out competition to eat one whole pie with no hands the fastest!