{"id":106649,"date":"2021-05-13T22:33:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-14T02:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106649"},"modified":"2021-05-13T22:33:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T02:33:21","slug":"not-so-mini-may-uptown-street-fair-returns-in-northampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106649","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNot-so-Mini\u201d May Uptown Street Fair Returns in Northampton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Northampton Area Chamber Presents:<br \/>\nUptown Northampton Street Fair<br \/>\nMay 22, 2021 | 11 AM \u2013 4 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Event Information: The Northampton Area Chamber, proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce invites you to join the fun &amp; festivities at Uptown Northampton Street Fair on May 22<sup>nd<\/sup>! <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When COVID-19 struck down Uptown Northampton Street Fair in September 2020, the community felt its absence \u2013 the annual festival lines Main Street with vendors, food trucks, offering live music and performances for thousands of visitors and residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile understandable under the circumstances, it felt like a true loss,\u201d said Kylie Adams, Assistant Vice President of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. \u201cUptown Northampton is a staple in our community and postponing in September was tough; however, at the end of the day, the safety of our town comes first. Now with vaccinations readily available, we\u2019re ready to move forward, reopen the festival, and kick off spring with a bang!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rescheduled from September, the date for Uptown Northampton is scheduled for May 22, 2021 and the festival will run from 11 AM \u2013 4 PM. The festival will feature nearly 80 vendors and 10 food trucks, making the festival smaller than a typical year, but not by much.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen replanning our festival for the spring, we called it our \u2018Mini-May\u2019 Uptown,\u201d said Jessica O\u2019Donnell, Executive Vice President of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. \u201cWe focused on keeping it smaller, but the want and need for this festival is evident \u2013 applications for vendors were received up to the due date, and we\u2019re excited to see our festival come back to life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival will feature live music from Kendal Conrad (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kendalconradmusic\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kendalconradmusic\/<\/a>) and Chasing Daylight, as well as performances from 3D Dance (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.3ddancestudio.net\/\">http:\/\/www.3ddancestudio.net\/<\/a>) and Elite Mixed Martial Arts (<a href=\"https:\/\/elitemmactr.com\/\">https:\/\/elitemmactr.com\/<\/a>). The Mario Andretti Indy Car and LV Rocks\u2019 Rock Climbing Wall will offer additional draws and entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the Uptown Northampton Facebook Event at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/547967939294504\">www.facebook.com\/events\/547967939294504<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, May 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2021<br \/>\nWhere: Main Street, Northampton<\/p>\n<p>Pricing Information: Free<br \/>\nThank you to our Sponsors: All Things Framed, Newhard Pharmacy, Omega Protective Services, Horwith Trucks,<\/p>\n<p>Gin Mill &amp; Grille, Embassy Bank, Home News, Times News, Precision Medical, Affordable Pet Care Center<\/p>\n<p><em>About the Chamber: The mission of The Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce is to improve the economy and quality of life in the Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Area.\u00a0 We accomplish this through business-to-business networking events and marketing products, affinity programs and exclusive, money saving member benefits, training programs, government affairs initiatives and public policy advocacy, and community development enterprises.\u00a0 With nearly 5,000 members who employ more than 200,000, the Chamber is the largest in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and in the top ten nationwide.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nInformation provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKylie Adams-Weiss<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce<br \/>\nAssistant Vice President of Affiliated Chambers (WACC, GNLCC, NCC) &#038; Carbon Chamber &#038; Economic Development Corporation<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/\">https:\/\/www.lehighvalleychamber.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Northampton Area Chamber Presents: Uptown Northampton Street Fair May 22, 2021 | 11 AM \u2013 4 PM &nbsp; Event Information: The Northampton Area Chamber, proud partner of the Greater &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=106649\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cNot-so-Mini\u201d May Uptown Street Fair Returns in Northampton<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/uptown-northampton.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/106651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}