Join us for AmericanaFest on Saturday, June 20, 2026 -11AM-8:30PM  

Both the festival and concert will be held at the Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Road. Event is FREE and Open to the Public

Celebrate America's 250th with us at the Berks County Heritage Center! Day long programming will feature historic demonstrators, talks, and activities. Visit the Hiester Canal Museum and tour the historic Gruber Wagon Works. Stay for an evening of uniquely themed American music with our AmericanaFest Concert. 

Be sure to visit our Food Vendors onsite: PA Proud Food Truck, Greco's Italian Ices and Homemade Ice Cream, and Mugshot Coffee.

Schedule of Events:

11:00 am- 12:30pm | Wagon Rides, in field

11:30 am | Darius Puff Lecture, in Canal Museum

11:45 am | One Room Schoolhouse Lesson

12:00 pm | Wagon Works Tour, Self-guided.  Hit and Miss Engine Running.

12:45 pm | PA 1^st Regiment Volley Fire Demonstration, in field

1:15- 2:30 pm | Wagon rides, in Field

1:30 pm | Dwight Haldeman Lecture, in Canal Museum

1:45 pm | One Room Schoolhouse Lesson

2:30 pm | Wagon Works Tour, Self-guided.  Hit and Miss Engine Running.

2:45 pm | PA 1^st Regiment Volley Fire Demonstration, in Field

3:15- 4:00pm | Wagon rides, in Field

3:30- 4:30 pm | Dave Kline hosted ‘Americana Music Jam’, in Field near stage

Ongoing Activities 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM: 

The BAAAhd Girls Fiber Group | Berks Ag Center/BARN | Berks County Association for Graveyard Preservation | Blacksmith Ben Zacharias 

Civil War Sketch Artist Kevin O'Malley| Open Fire Cooking Demonstration | Darius Puff | The Hopewell Quilters | Long Rifle Making Demonstration| Master Gardeners | Mural Painting with Mike Miller | Nicholas Stoltzfus House | Printing Press Demo

 |Epler's Schoolhouse | Society for PA Archaeology Chapter 31 Hawk Mountain | Swartz' Roadside Farm| 

Experience Berks Visitor's Bureau | Wet Plate Collodion/Tintype Photography with Bill Vitiello |

AmericanaFest Concert Performers: 

4:45-5:30 pm | Valley Vision (folk & Americana) 

5:45- 6:45 pm | Wood Belly (bluegrass & Americana)

7pm- 8:30pm | Corey Arceneaux & the Zydeco Hot Peppers (Zydeco & Creole)

***Remember the day with your own FREE wet plate photo!*** Photographer Bill Vitiello will be in the Reeser Farmhouse taking and demonstrating the wet plate photo process from the 19th century. ***Pre-Registration is Required for the Photos***  

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