Here is the Gettysburg Events schedule. Want to know when the next living history reenactment will be? Or what festival will take place during your visit? The Gettysburg Events schedule has the answer!
I suggest you print out this page each month, highlight the calendar events you want to attend, and hang it on the refrigerator.
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July 2016
Reminder
The reenactment does not take place inside the battlefield national park because this area is to be respected as the final resting place of bodies that were never recovered.
1-3 153rd Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg
1-3 153rd Anniversary Gettysburg Battle Reenactment on Pumping Station Road. For tickets, call the Gettysburg Anniversary Committee at 717-338-1525 or see the reenactment website.
1 Spend an evening with the Cyclorama painting at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from 6pm to 8pm. Learn about the history and conservation of the Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and spend time viewing it with a historian. Call 1-877-874-2478 to order tickets.
4 Independence Day
7-10 Bike Week celebrating motorcycling in and around Gettysburg. Live concerts and contests held at the Allstar Events Complex. Parade of Chrome on Saturday leaving the Allstar Events Complex at 5pm and fireworks at 11:30pm.
16 Annual Adams County Irish Festival in Moose Lodge Park at 100 Moose Rd. just of US 30 from 10am to 5pm.
16-17 7th Annual Gettysburg 19th Century Base Ball Tournament at the Schroeder Farm on 695 just outside of town. See vintage base ball clubs play using the same rules, customs, uniforms and equipment that players did in 1864. Call 717-334-0349
23 Spend an evening with the Cyclorama painting at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from 6pm to 8pm. Learn about the history and conservation of the Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and spend time viewing it with a historian. Call 1-877-874-2478 to order tickets.
24 13th Annual Old Fashioned Corn Fest at the Historic Round Barn from 11am to 3pm. Come and enjoy fresh from the field corn roasted in the husk over an applewood fire, BBQ chicken, pulled pork, peach sundaes, apple dumplings, hay wagon rides, pony rides, music, and more! Free parking and no admission fee.
August 2016
13 Spend an evening with the Cyclorama painting at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum and Visitor Center from 6pm to 8pm. Learn about the history and conservation of the Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama painting and spend time viewing it with a historian. Call 1-877-874-2478 to order tickets.
18-21 Fall Bluegrass Festival at Granite Hill Campground. Call 1-800-642-TENT or 717-642-8749 for reservations.
20 Gettysburg Brewfest on Seminary Ridge featuring 50 brewers.
If you notice an error here or have an event that you would like added, please contact me and I’ll add it to the Gettysburg Events schedule. I will keep this list as accurate and up to date as possible!
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