In the heart of Central Pennsylvania:
A celebration of heritage, artists,
and craftsmen.

Central Pennsylvania’s largest one day street festival features purveyors of fine antiques, arts, and crafts. Traditional Pennsylvania German and American festival food and drink will be available on the streets and at the adjoining Firemen’s Field. Entertainment plus an open house at The New Berlin Heritage Museum (the original 1815 Union County Courthouse).

 

Schedule of Events for New Berlin Day 2009

Time	Event	Location
9:00 am – 4:00 pm	39th Annual New Berlin Day (Early Set Up)	Historic Town Center
6:00 am – 4:00 pm	Let’s eat! Breakfast begins at The United Methodist Church at the corner of Plum & High. Coffee & pastry is found on the northwest corner of Market & Vine. Quiche and fruit crisp in Luther’s Garden (corner of Vine & High) are served from 9 am. Food court at Firemen’s Field featuring chicken barbeque, sandwiches, and desserts in full swing by 10:00 am. Beverage and food available at other points around the town center.	Historic Town Center & Firemen’s Field
7:00 am – 4:00 pm	Town Gazebo is open for information and sale of New Berlin memorabilia. Also, Union County Historical Society information and sales.	Intersection of Market & Vine Streets
9:00 am – 4:00 pm	New Berlin Heritage Museum is open featuring special exhibit “Everyday Quilts.”	Southeast corner of Market & Vine Streets
9:00 am – 2:30 pm	Silent auction featuring New Berlin memorabilia, antiques, and crafts. Place your bids up until 2:30 pm.	Northeast corner of Vine & Market Streets
9:30 am – 2:00 pm	Strolling street musicians will perform throughout the day in the historic town center. Featured performers include: *The Lowlander Highlanders will make a return engagement offering their fiddle and drum and then some, music from the Northern Appalachians. *Jim Wetzel & Friends stroll with “spastic” music. Jim’s father was a New Berlin Native. *New Found Sound will return again this year with their barbershop serenade.	Historic Town Center & Firemen’s Field
10:00 am – 11:00 am	“Meet & Greet” DJ Mapes at the New Berlin Heritage Museum as he shares stories about the Heritage Association’s 2009 featured block building “DJ’s Gas Station.”	Southeast corner of Market & Vine Streets
10:00 am	Company drill in camp, Civil War re-enactment featuring the 18th North Carolina Infantry, Company A "The German Volunteers"	Firemen’s Field
11:00 am	Battle of The Commons, Civil War re-enactment featuring the 18th North Carolina Infantry, Company A "The German Volunteers"	The Common’s town park by Penns Creek
11:00 am – 11:45 am	The Cloverleaf Cloggers dancing on stage	Firemen’s Field
2:00 pm	Company drill in camp, Civil War re-enactment featuring the 18th North Carolina Infantry, Company A "The German Volunteers"	Firemen’s Field
4:00 PM	39th Annual New Berlin Days ends.
Also, happening in the Susquehanna Valley this weekend August 21, 22, & 23, 2009
August 21, 22, & 23	Packwood House Museum Quilt Weekend In conjunction with the 2009 Summer Exhibit, "Pennsylvania Quilts: Studies in Color/A Century of Antique Quilts from the Packwood House Museum quilt Collection," Packwood House Museum will be sponsoring a Quilt Weekend from August 21-23, 2009. The event features lectures and workshops by Jeanette Lasansky (author of Pieced by Mother and In the Heart of Pennsylvania,) and Brian and Donna Ruppert (of "Piecing the Past.") http://www.packwoodhousemuseum.com/news.php?a=6	The Packwood House Museum, 15 North Water Street, Lewisburg
The Packwood House Museum, 15 North Water Street, Lewisburg	Dale/Engle/Walker House tours and quilt exhibit featuring the new exhibit, "Discreet to Flamboyant: Signatures in Union County Quilts and Coverlets," can be seen Sunday afternoons from 2 to 4 when the Dale/Engle/Walker site is open to the public, for tours of the historic house, the furnished wagon shed and newly designed milk production house. http://www.unioncountyhistoricalsociety.org/EVENTS.html	Dale/Engle/Walker House, Strawbridge Road, Lewisburg
August 22	Penns Creek Pottery is located just 3½ miles from New Berlin in the historic Sampsell’s Mill. http://www.pennscreekpottery.com/	Penns Creek Pottery, Route 104 and Wildwood Road, south of the bridge
August 21, 22, 23	Shade Mountain Wineryis located 6 miles from New Berlin and is open for tastings all weekend. http://www.shademountainwinery.com/	Shade Mountain Winery, Route 104 between Middleburg & Penns Creek.
40th Annual New Berlin Day – August 28, 2010

For more information regarding New Berlin Day: Contact the New Berlin Activities Committee:  Shirley Hummel at 570-966-2677 or Dianne Smith at 570-966-0131.   Antique vendor contact.  Arts & Crafts vendor contact.

Travel and Lodging: Contact Susquehanna River Valley visitors’ information at 1-800-525-7320, 570-524-7234 or visit the Susquehanna River Valley website.