The 45th Annual Portuguese Heritage Day Festival in Bethlehem

Start: Friday, June 7, 2024 5:00PM
End: Saturday, June 8, 2024 10:00PM

The 45th Annual Portuguese Heritage Day festival that will take place June 7th & 8th 2024 at the Portuguese American Club of Bethlehem at 337 Brodhead Ave Bethlehem PA 18015.  The festival starts Friday the 7th at 5pm. We will be serving popular traditional Portuguese street foods. You’ll find grilled sardines, bifanas and Portuguese donuts just to name a few. Entertainment will be live music during the festival with local artists featuring Sound Voyage, Ricky Fernandes, Portuguese Star Music and Traditional Folclore dancing by Rancho Raízes de Portugal and a special performance by our very own Grupo Folclórico Portugal no Coração! The festivities resume on Saturday morning at 10am, beginning with a flag raising at City Hall on Payrow Plaza. Honored guests include the Bethlehem Mayor, Senator Lisa Boscola, the President of Portuguese American Club of Bethlehem Arnaldo Jorge, and traveling from Washington D.C we are honored to have the Portuguese Ambassador to the United States, Francisco Duarte Lopes. Immediately following the flag raising ceremony, a parade will lead from City Hall to the Portuguese American Club. All day celebration will include dancing, music, food, and a chance to win 2 round trip tickets to Portugal!