2019 Roasting Ears of Corn Festival
Don’t miss the 39th Annual Roasting Ears of Corn Festival on August 17-18, 2019 at the Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown, Pennslyvania. The Museum invites the public to Pennsylvania’s oldest Native American Indian Festival. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and join us for a weekend of American Indian drumming, singing, dancing, food, and more. See Native American cooking and flintknapping demonstrations, artifact displays, a Plains Indian tipi, and mountain man fur trade encampments. Experience throwing a tomahawk or using an atlatl (spear thrower). Peruse the marketplace for Native American jewelry, fine art, and clothing.
Roasting Ears of Corn Festival
Savor Native American cuisine like buffalo burgers, Indian Tacos, Frybread, Corn Soup, Buffalo Stew and of course fire roasted corn. There is plenty to do with the kids at our children’s craft area, from making sand art pictures to weaving dreamcatchers, painting the festival mural or getting faces painted.
Hours
Gates open 10:00 am until 6:00 pm rain or shine
Grand Entrance is at 12:00 noon
Admission:
$10 Adults
$5 Youth 8-17 and Seniors over 62
FREE for Children 7 & under with membership card
Powwow Head Staff
Host Drum: Youngblood Singers, Shinnecock Indian Nation
Guest Drum: Black Bull Moose Singers, Anishnawbek Nation
Champion Hoop Dancer: Katrina Fisher, Cree Nation
Master of Ceremonies: David White Buffalo, Rosebud Sioux
Head Man: Garnet Okeese, Ojibway Nation
Head Woman: Kim Wheatley, Ojibway Nation
Powwow Activities
Recording Artist: Bill Miller, Mohican
Iroquois Social Dancing: Onyota’a:ka Dancers & Singers
Aztec Dancers: Salinas Family, Mexico City
Native American Cooking and Craft Demonstrations
Atlatl and Tomahawk Throwing
Flintknapping & Flute Making
Tipi Display / Primitive Fire Making/ Artifact Display
Native American Foods / Jewelry & Craft Vendors
Children’s Craft & Activity Area
Pony Rides
Location
Roasting Ears of Corn Festival Site
2825 Fish Hatchery Road
Allentown, PA 18103
610-797-2121
For More Information:
Museum of Indian Culture: 610-797-2121 info@museumofindianculture.org
Vendors will offer hand-crafted items such as handmade Navajo and Zuni silver jewelry, Iroquois wampum jewelry and bead work, Kachina dolls, pottery, leather clothing, moccasins and handbags, hand drums, soap stone carvings, dreamcatchers and other crafts. American Indian cuisine of Frybread, buffalo burgers, buffalo stew, Indian Tacos, blueberry wajopi, corn soup and more will be available.
Mark your calendar today so you don’t miss the next Roasting Ears of Corn Festival at the Museum of Indian Culture in Allentown, Pennslyvania.
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