2026 Event Information
Camp Bethel's 42nd Annual Brethren Heritage Day Festival is Saturday, October 3, 2026 from 7:30am through 2:30pm. This festival is FREE for everyone to attend, and 100% of all church sales of food, crafts, activities benefit the programs and operations of Camp Bethel in Fincastle, VA. This year, various outside vendors will join us as well! Free parking, free entry!
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026
7:30am: Breakfast in the Ark Dining Hall through 9:30 (chicken and waffles, baked apples and more!), and Breakfast all day at various booths!
9:00: Booths OPEN and Apple Butter available
9:15: Kids’ Fishing open; child 3-12 w/ adult (suggested $10 donation)
9:30: Kids' Train Rides begin
2:30: Booths close
We recommend
- Bring CASH or checks payable to CAMP BETHEL. This event raises funds for a good cause: Camp Bethel's programs!
- Please leave dogs at home, OR crate your dog in the shade near your car. With so many people present, even friendly leashed dogs pose problems. We DO, however, welcome you to bring your dog at another time to walk our many trails.
- Plan to eat breakfast AND lunch! So many good foods to try!
- Excellent Christmas shopping options, plus Christmas decor!
40 Vendors! What a selection: Heritage Day A-to-Z!
Apples & apple pies, apple butter, aprons, Baked goods galore, baby quilts, BBQ (3 choices), birdhouses, biscuits, blankets, bratwurst, Brethren & Camp Bethel history, Cakes, candies, candles, canned goods, chili beans, chips, Christmas décor, cider, cobblers, coffee, cold drinks, cole slaw, cookies, corn dogs, country ham, CRAFTS of all kinds, Danishes, dog treats, dolls, dried apples & dried foods, Dunkers!, Egg rolls, empanadas, Face painting for kids, flowers: mums & pansies, fried pies & fruit pies, fruit, Gingerbread, gourds, Ham biscuits, hats, Hokie-wear, holiday décor, hot breakfast, hot cider, hot chocolate, hot dogs, Ice cream, Jellies, jewelry, Kids' fishing, knick-knacks, Lanyards, Music, mums, Nachos, nutcrackers, Ornaments, Pickles, Pilgrimage Reunion, PEACE, photo booth, pies, popcorn, potholders, potpourri, preserves, produce, pumpkins, Quilts, Reuben sandwiches, Salsa, sauerkraut, sausage & sausage gravy, shirts, SIMPLICITY, sodas, soups, sweatshirts, Tie-dyed t-shirts, tea, TOGETHERNESS, tools, tote-bags, toys, trout fishing, team apparel, Udder!, Vegetables: fresh & canned, Walnut kernels, woodcraft, wreaths, X-ellent family fun, Yule-logs, youth and young adult booth, YOU, and Zucchini bread!
7:30am: Breakfast in the Ark Dining Hall through 9:30 (chicken and waffles, baked apples and more!), and Breakfast all day at various booths!
9:00: Booths OPEN and Apple Butter available
9:15: Kids’ Fishing open; child 3-12 w/ adult (suggested $10 donation)
9:30: Kids' Train Rides begin
2:30: Booths close
We recommend
- Bring CASH or checks payable to CAMP BETHEL. This event raises funds for a good cause: Camp Bethel's programs!
- Please leave dogs at home, OR crate your dog in the shade near your car. With so many people present, even friendly leashed dogs pose problems. We DO, however, welcome you to bring your dog at another time to walk our many trails.
- Plan to eat breakfast AND lunch! So many good foods to try!
- Excellent Christmas shopping options, plus Christmas decor!
40 Vendors! What a selection: Heritage Day A-to-Z!
Apples & apple pies, apple butter, aprons, Baked goods galore, baby quilts, BBQ (3 choices), birdhouses, biscuits, blankets, bratwurst, Brethren & Camp Bethel history, Cakes, candies, candles, canned goods, chili beans, chips, Christmas décor, cider, cobblers, coffee, cold drinks, cole slaw, cookies, corn dogs, country ham, CRAFTS of all kinds, Danishes, dog treats, dolls, dried apples & dried foods, Dunkers!, Egg rolls, empanadas, Face painting for kids, flowers: mums & pansies, fried pies & fruit pies, fruit, Gingerbread, gourds, Ham biscuits, hats, Hokie-wear, holiday décor, hot breakfast, hot cider, hot chocolate, hot dogs, Ice cream, Jellies, jewelry, Kids' fishing, knick-knacks, Lanyards, Music, mums, Nachos, nutcrackers, Ornaments, Pickles, Pilgrimage Reunion, PEACE, photo booth, pies, popcorn, potholders, potpourri, preserves, produce, pumpkins, Quilts, Reuben sandwiches, Salsa, sauerkraut, sausage & sausage gravy, shirts, SIMPLICITY, sodas, soups, sweatshirts, Tie-dyed t-shirts, tea, TOGETHERNESS, tools, tote-bags, toys, trout fishing, team apparel, Udder!, Vegetables: fresh & canned, Walnut kernels, woodcraft, wreaths, X-ellent family fun, Yule-logs, youth and young adult booth, YOU, and Zucchini bread!
BECOME A VENDOR!
We would love to have you as a vendor at our 2026 Heritage Day Festival! If you have homemade crafts, baked goods or other talents or activities to share, please consider joining us! Vendor form is below.
We would love to have you as a vendor at our 2026 Heritage Day Festival! If you have homemade crafts, baked goods or other talents or activities to share, please consider joining us! Vendor form is below.
CoB Church Vendors - Register Here!
Our church vendors make this festival possible. Church of the Brethren congregational vendors, please register using the form below.
Our church vendors make this festival possible. Church of the Brethren congregational vendors, please register using the form below.
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