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Fort Hunter Day

Fort Hunter Park | 5300 North Front Street | Harrisburg, PA 17111     

 

Presenting Sponsor:

UPMC Life Changing Medicine Logo

Welcome fall with a festival celebrating the old-time ways of life. Join us for the 69th annual Fort Hunter Day!

Visitors will find arts and crafts, children's games and activities, historic demonstrations and exhibits, entertainment, a bake sale, festival food, and more!

Gain knowledge about native foods - pawpaws, persimmons, hickory and shagbark hickory nuts, and sassafras. 
Vintage vehicle enthusiasts will love the antique cars and tractors that will be on view. Go inside the Centennial Barn to see the Fort Hunter antique carriage collection not normally on public view. 

Get a peek inside historic Heckton Church and enjoy entertainment throughout the day.  

 

Fort Hunter Day History Programming is supported by:

The M&T Charitable Foundation Logo

Throughout the day, enjoy musical entertainment on the Corncrib Stage in partnership with the
Susquehanna Folk Music Society. 

2026 Corncrib Stage Entertainment:

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM   SUSQUEHANNA FOLK MUSIC SOCIETY JAM SESSION

12:00 - 12:45 PM    ACOUSTIC STEW

1:00 - 1:45 PM     MAXIMUM BUFFALO

2:00 - 3:00 PM      BIG SKY QUARTET

3:00 - 3:15 PM     PRESENTATION

3:15 - 4:00 PM     BIG SKY QUARTET

 

Stage Sponsor:

BRP Entertainment Logo

Heckton Church Entertainment:

 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM     TBA

12:30 - 2:30 PM     TBA

 3:00 - 4:00 PM     TBA

Highlights:

  • Arts and Crafts Show
  • Dairy Cow and Goat Milking
  • Antique Tractors, Vintage Cars, and Antique Milling Equipment
  • Children’s Hands-on Activities
  • Heckton Church Concerts
  • Walking Tours
  • Hayrides
  • Children’s Crafts, Games, and Play Area - with Miss Pennsylvania 2025
  • Quilt Exhibit: African-American Quilters Gathering of Harrisburg
  • Soft Pretzel Purveyors
  • Food Trucks
  • Mansion Tours
  • Craft Demonstrations - native foods demonstration, apple butter making, spinning, quilting, candle making, woodworking, beekeeping, artisan leather working, wheat weaving, and straw art.
  • Civil War Arms, artillery equipment, and artifacts

Blue Bear BBQ | Derby Dash Kettle Corn | Hall's Ice Cream | Mad Dash Artisan Grilled Cheese | Madeline's Sweets & Savories | TO Espresso | Williams French Fries

 

Supporting Sponsors:

Miter Foundation Logo                                                                                           

Visit Hershey & Harrisburg Horizontal Logo

Contact Name: Michelle McKeown Contact Phone: 717-599-5188, ext. 2117 Contact Email: Mmckeown@dauphincounty.gov Registration Link: https://www.dauphincounty.gov/government/support-services/parks-recreation/festivals-special-events/fort-hunter-day