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July
JULY 31 – AUGUST 4
96th Annual South Mountain Fair
South Mountain Fairgrounds, 615 Narrows Road, Biglerville 717-677-9663 www.southmountainfair.com
August
AUGUST 10–12
Gettysburg Rocks!
Various locations around Gettysburg www.gburgrocks.com
AUGUST 10–19
2nd Annual Bounty of the County
Sponsored by Adams County Fruit Growers Association
Participating Gettysburg and Biglerville restaurants 717-677-7444
acfga.info
AUGUST 16–19
77th Semi-Annual Gettysburg Fall Bluegrass Festival
Granite Hill Camping Resort,
3340 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg 717-642-8749 www.gettysburgbluegrass.com
AUGUST 18
5th Gettysburg Brew Fest
Lutheran Theological Seminary Grounds, Gettysburg www.gettysburgbrewfest.com
September
SEPTEMBER 8–9
14th Annual Gettysburg Wine & Music Festival
Sponsored by Gettysburg Adams Chamber of Commerce, Gettysburg Gateway Gettysburg
717-334-8151 www.gettysburgwineandmusicfestival. com
October
OCTOBER 6–7 & 13–14
54th Annual National Apple Harvest Festival
THE Fall festival for your calendar. Taste all things apple, enjoy cider and wine tastings, shop hundreds of vendors, pet animals, and check out vintage cars and tractors. Don’t miss orchard tours, live music and tractor square dancing.
South Mountain Fairgrounds 717-677-9413 www.appleharvest.com
SEPTEMBER 15–16
World War II Weekend
President Eisenhower is a prominent figure in Gettysburg and WWII had
a definite impact on Adams County. Spend a weekend back in the 1940s and learn more about the war, the soldiers and the civilians. Events take place in New Oxford and Gettysburg. New Oxford Events, New Oxford Chamber of Commerce, www. newoxford.org
Eisenhower National Historic Site, Gettysburg, www.nps.gov/eise
SEPTEMBER 16
27th Annual Adams County Heritage Festival
Gettysburg Area Recreation Park, Gettysburg
717-334-0752 www.icpj-gettysburg.org/festival
OCTOBER 27
New Oxford Harvest Day Festival and Parade
New Oxford Square, New Oxford 717-624-2800
www.newoxford.org
November
NOVEMBER 17
62nd Remembrance Day Parade
Sponsored by the Sons of Veterans Reserve, the Military Department of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Downtown Gettysburg 740-369-3722 www.suvcw.org
NOVEMBER 17
Annual Remembrance Illumination
Gettysburg Foundation Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg www.gettysburgfoundation.org
NOVEMBER 19
Dedication Day
Soldiers’ National Cemetery, Gettysburg
717-339-2104 www.lincolnfellowship.org
SEPTEMBER 22
Gettysburg Fall
Outdoor Antique Show
Sponsored by the Gettysburg Area Retail Merchants Association
Lincoln Square, Gettysburg 717-359-0776 www.gettysburgretailmerchants.com
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2018 Events!
Get in the trenches Weekend
Time to Watch for treasures!