{"id":113506,"date":"2022-09-06T22:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113506"},"modified":"2022-09-06T22:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T02:00:33","slug":"uptown-northampton-street-fair-returns-for-its-33rd-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113506","title":{"rendered":"Uptown Northampton Street Fair Returns for its 33rd Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Northampton Area Chamber Presents:<br \/>\nUptown Northampton Street Fair<br \/>\nSeptember 10th, 2022 | 11 AM \u2013 4 PM<\/strong><\/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 September 10, 2022! <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With all the elements of a great street festival, Uptown Northampton returns to Main Street with a bang! With over 100 craft and business vendors, live music, food trucks, children\u2019s activities such as rock climbing and ax throwing, giveaways, and more, the 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Annual event is sure to please.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic put a damper in planning 2020 and 2021\u2019s festivals, but this year\u2019s event <em>finally <\/em>feels back to normal!\u201d said Kylie Adams-Weiss, Assistant Vice President of Affiliated Chambers for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce, reflecting on the excitement surrounding this year\u2019s event. \u201cWe have an incredible group of volunteers and staff who work hard all year long to make this event special. Not only does this event celebrate our local businesses, but it also highlights the beautiful Borough of Northampton \u2013 we\u2019re excited to show the love this weekend and look forward to a great turnout!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival, which will feature over 100 vendors and food trucks, is returning on September 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022, and will feature rock climbing from LV Rocks, Angry Jack\u2019s Ax Throwing, beer and adult beverages for purchase, demonstrations from Elite Mixed Martial Arts and 3D Dance, tours of the Roxy Theater and live music on two stages, including performances from Adam Kinkaid (11:30 AM- 1:30 PM) and Andrew Lobby (2-4 PM) on the Gin Mill Stage and Chasing Daylight (11:30 \u2013 1 PM) and the Scott Marshall Band (1:30-3:30) on the Uptown Northampton Bandshell Stage. Attendees are encouraged to support the local businesses along Main Street, many of whom are participating in the day\u2019s festivities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not only a Chamber of Commerce, but a Chamber of Communities,\u201d said Jessica O\u2019Donnell-Gower, EVP of Affiliated Chambers, Easton Initiatives and the Northern Tier for the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. \u201cBeing a part of a time-honored tradition in Northampton is not only important to us as an organization, but to the volunteers and staff who make this festival come to fruition. We look forward to a beautiful day on Saturday!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the Uptown Northampton Facebook Event at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/922264318657023\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/922264318657023<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday, September 10<sup>th<\/sup>, 2022<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> Main Street, Northampton between 17<sup>th<\/sup> &amp; 21<sup>st<\/sup> Streets<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing Information:<\/strong> Free to attend with items to purchase<br \/>\n<em>This event has been supported by the Northampton County Hotel Tax Grant.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Thank you to our Sponsors:<\/strong> Horwith Trucks Inc., The Gin Mill and Grill, Precision Medical, Embassy Bank, Koehler Brothers Collision, 48Forty (formally Nazareth Pallet), Foster Jewelers, Roxy Theatre, Newhard Pharmacy, Lehigh Valley Press, Sam\u2019s Club of Allentown,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Food Vendors: <\/strong>Slide on By, RK Mobile Foods, Curd Zone, Smokehouse Food Truck, Island Expressions, Greek Street, Mattie\u2019s Strudel Haus, Josie\u2019s Fancy Funnels, Pies to Die For\/Pies in a Cone, Kona Ice of Allentown, Couchpota Doh!, Granny Jzs Authentic Jamaican Cafe<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nKylie Adams-Weiss<br \/>\nAVP of Affiliated Chambers<br \/>\nGreater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce<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>Northampton Area Chamber Presents: Uptown Northampton Street Fair September 10th, 2022 | 11 AM \u2013 4 PM Event Information: The Northampton Area Chamber, proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=113506\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Uptown Northampton Street Fair Returns for its 33rd Year<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113507,"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-113506","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\/2022\/09\/uptown-fair.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113506"}],"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=113506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/113507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}