Renaissance Jamboree
Saturday, April 27th
Downtown Bloomsburg
A completely outdoor event, Renaissance Jamboree features hundreds of craft vendors and delicious food from non-profit organizations in Columbia, Montour, and lower Luzerne counties. Enjoy FREE entertainment, kiddie rides, and games. Free parking with shuttle service will be available from the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. For the safety and enjoyment of all attendees, please leave your pets at home.
Check the Jamboree website for current information
Art Cart
Year round
Throughout the community
The Art Cart has arrived! Since the summer of 2015, the Exchange has brought art supplies to venues throughout our area, from the Bloomsburg YMCA and Kiwanis day camps and the Children’s Museum to Brookdale Bloomsburg Senior Living and Balanced Care, as well as the Danville Child Development Center; the Bloomsburg, Danville, and Berwick public libraries; and many of the special-needs camps at Camp Victory outside of Millville. We make monthly visits with the seniors living at Bloomsburg Towers, Vintage Knolls, Nazareth Memory Center, and other places.
Our facilitators bring projects in many media, including painting and drawing, cut-out paper, and sculpture. They tailor the projects to any age group and any size group.
For more information on this great program, check out the following website.
Backstage Pass to the Blues
Year round
Throughout the community
The Backstage Pass outreach program has brought world-class Blues musicians into close contact with students from pre-school through high school in Columbia, Montour, Luzerne, and Lycoming Counties since 2015. The Blues musicians who perform at Destination Blues share their talents, knowledge, and experience to promote love for and respect of music among young people, students at our public and independent schools.
We tailor the programs to each school’s needs, whether assemblies mixing “lectures” with a band playing, or individual performers conducting classes in Blues history, musicianship, and the music business. We support the programs through grant funding, sponsorships, donations, and income from the Festival, so we can provide it at no cost to the schools involved.
For more information on this great program, check out the following website.
Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau Covered Bridge & Arts Festival
October 3rd – 6th, 2019
Thursday, Friday, & Saturday: 10 AM – 6 PM
Sunday: 10 AM – 5 PM
Location: Knoebels Amusement Resort
391 Knoebels Boulevard, Route 487
Elysburg, PA 17824
Situated in the beautiful surroundings of Knoebels Amusement Resort, the 37th Annual Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau Covered Bridge & Arts Festival has something for everyone! The 2018 Covered Bridge Festival Brochure can be downloaded right here.
• More than 400 Craft Vendors & 38 Food Vendors!
• FREE Parking & FREE Admission
• Select Knoebels rides open ALL FOUR DAYS!
Destination Blues
February 8, 2020
Bloomsburg Restaurants and Pubs
Attracting people from far and wide, the annual Destination Blues Music Festival takes place in Columbia and Montour Counties, featuring acts ranging from solo acoustic performers to electric bands to a full Gospel choir. Most of the performances take place in family-friendly restaurants and bars with no cover charges; attendees enjoy the best of our area’s food and drink – think brewpubs! – in addition to the music.
In its first year in 2014, Destination Blues had musicians at five venues; by the third year, that number had grown to 19, in Berwick, Bloomsburg, and Danville, with 35 performances by 70 musicians – by far the greatest concentration of music that our two counties have ever seen.
For info on this years event check out the Destination Blues Music Fest website.
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