Harvest Fair
Saturday, October 11, 10 am to 4 pm
Celebrate fall in Trappe at a family-friendly Harvest Fair held on the grounds of the Muhlenberg House and the Speaker’s House. Enjoy live music, delicious food, 18th century trade demonstrations, colonial kids’ games, and locally-made artisanal wares. Learn how to make sauerkraut and apple cider. Visit the Muhlenberg House to meet upholsterer Ann King and learn about 18th century bedding. Dewees Tavern will also be open for tours.
At the Speaker’s House, learn about the historic site's ongoing restoration on a behind-the-scenes tour and stroll through an authentic Pennsylvania German kitchen garden to learn about heirloom plants and raised-bed gardening. Visit the restored kitchen to learn about colonial cooking and food preservation.
Free parking will be available at St. Luke’s Fellowship Church, 200 W. Main Street (directly across from the Muhlenberg House).
Limited handicapped parking is also available on-site at the Speaker’s House and Dewees Tavern.
Cost: $10 Member Adult, $12 Non-Member Adult (includes all three museums). Kids are FREE.
Tickets will be available on-site.
There is still apple strudel by Catering by Brenda Carter available to purchase at the fair!
Pick yours up if you pre-ordered under the big tent at the Speaker's House!
18th-Century Demonstrations:
| Cider Making | Band Box Making | Gunsmithing | Colonial Medicine |
| Hearth Cooking | Sauerkraut Making | Tape Weaving | Herbs & Spices |
| Woodworking | Hickory Broom Making | Blacksmithing | Grain Harvesting |
Vendors/Suppliers:
| Bauman's Apple Butter | Loghouse Pottery | Steg's BBQ |
| Catering by Brenda Carter (Apple Strudel) | LT Short Folk Art | The Springerle House |
| Favinger Farmstand | Merrymead Farm | Troubles End Brewing |
| Frecon Farms | Perkiomen Valley 250 | Wilz Pottery |
| Huberhaus Pottery | Philly Pretzel Factory | Ralph Zollers (Wood Turned Bowls) |
Music:
| Toad Creek Ramblers |
Thank you to our in-kind donors!
