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Event/Site:
Black Walnut Festival in Historic Bethania
Date:
4th Saturday in October;
10:00am – 4:00pm
Type:
Day-long festival featuring music, food, tours, and
crafts in North Carolina’s first planned Moravian
settlement, which is a National Historic Landmark
district
Location:
Historic Bethania
Visitor
Center
5393 Ham Horton Lane
Bethania,
NC
27010
Click here for directions.
Click here for a map.
Cost:
Free
Parking: Free
Special Needs Access: Site is fully
accessible. Handicapped parking immediately adjacent to
festival area.
Signage: En
route and at site.
Sponsor:
Historic Bethania, Fiddle and Bow Folk Music Society,
and a variety of area businesses.
Web Site:
www.historicbethania.org
Contact:
Historic
Bethania
Visitor
Center
Phone: (336) 922-0434
E-mail:
visitorcenter@townofbethania.org
Fax: (336) 922-4744
Description
of Event:
Folk and old-time music is presented throughout the
afternoon courtesy of Winston-Salem’s Fiddle and Bow
Folk Music Society. Check the web site above for times
for organ and piano music performed in the 1894 Alpha
Chapel. Tour the Bethania National Historic Landmark
District and meet community artisans, merchants and
local authors selling items such as crafts, antiques,
medicinal herbs, and books. Other activities include a
guided nature walk on the Black Walnut Bottom trial.
Traditional foods and beverages are for sale. The 1894
Alpha Chapel displays an art exhibit, open throughout
the day. Visitors can also visit the 1790s Wolff-Moser
House museum and area shops.
History of
Site/Event:
The event began in 2007 to celebrate the Bethania’s rich
heritage.
Description of Site/Facility:
The town of
Bethania, about 15
minutes from downtown
Winston-Salem, is
a 500-acre National Historic Landmark district. It is
North Carolina's first planned
Moravian settlement, settled in 1759. It has many quaint
18th and 19th century homes and buildings set in a
Germanic-type linear agricultural village layout. Part
of this district is the historic Black Walnut Bottom, an
area abundant in Black Walnut trees and utilized since
1759 for agricultural production. Bethania is taking
great efforts to continue to preserve its historic
landscape and homes. In 2007, a visitor center
opened.
Significance of Site/Event to the
Community:
The festival adds another reason for town residents to
have fun and celebrate their town’s heritage. It also
brings in visitors who learn about an important part of
North Carolina's Moravian heritage while shopping in
town shops and supporting local artists.
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Photo
Credits: Photo and
graphics courtesy of Historic Bethania
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