{"id":244832,"date":"2026-07-16T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244832\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T13:19:10","slug":"food-fun-history-bethlehem-blueberry-festival-to-offer-tasty-treats-historical-activities-bethlehem-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/244832\/","title":{"rendered":"Food, fun, history: Bethlehem Blueberry Festival to offer tasty treats, historical activities | Bethlehem Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – If you’re looking for a sweet way to spend the weekend, Bethlehem has you covered.<\/p>\n

The annual Blueberry Festival is back, and it’s serving up everything from pies to live music and family fun.<\/p>\n

The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Historic Burnside Plantation on 1461 Schoenersville Road.<\/p>\n

People can enjoy blueberry-themed food and drinks such as blueberry-infused grilled cheese and blueberry lemonade, the\u00a0Historic Bethlehem Museums & Sites website<\/a> says. Dozens of artisans and craft vendors will also be on hand at the festival.<\/p>\n

Beth Beatty, Special Events Manager at Historic\u00a0Bethlehem Museums & Sites, said the festival really brings the\u00a0Historic Burnside Plantation to life.<\/p>\n

She said families and kids will be able to enjoy tons of activities, which is in its 39th year.<\/p>\n

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community,” she said.<\/p>\n

Museum Sites Education Manager Keith Sten said families will be able to check out animals at the farm, as well as historical activities and scavenger hunts.<\/p>\n

Destinee Schulz with Christmas City Spirits said the company been at the festival for a few years now. It will be offering various drink items, including a blush sangria with a blueberry and\u00a0blueberry lemonade.<\/p>\n

Chef Tommy Steel, co-owner of The Taste Budz, said blueberry shrimp tacos and\u00a0blueberry bourbon pecan jam chicken sandwich\u00a0will be among the items the vendor will offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHLEHEM, Pa. – If you’re looking for a sweet way to spend the weekend, Bethlehem has you covered.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,153,155,154,1391,5114,3705],"class_list":["post-244832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-bethlehem-area","tag-instagram","tag-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}