Northampton Day Festival This Sunday

This year’s Northampton Day Festival will be held Sunday, September 14th at 98 Upper Holland Road, Richboro at the sight of the old Richboro Middle School. The day will kick off with a Flag raising at 10:00 AM by the Marine Corps League Patriot Detachment and the festivities will end at 4:00 PM. The organization is not affiliated with Northampton Township government but are very grateful for the support it receives from the township administration, first responders and the public works department.

Northampton Days, Inc is a 501(C)(3) organization who sponsors the festival each year with the goal of furthering community spirit, as well as to provide a showcase for local talent, highlight small businesses and offer free family entertainment.

There are 120 vendors signed up for the event. The talent show is a huge hit every year with cash prizes and there will be a great array of food trucks attending as well as an all-day slate of entertainment that includes:

The Greater Kensington String Band

The Barn Nature Center

Northampton Police K-9 & Fire Dept Demonstrations

Fitzpatrick Irish Dancers

A Choral Performance by one of our elementary schools

Northampton Indians cheer squad

New this year is a kids cupcake decorating competition

An appearance from a Magical Unicorn, courtesy of Barclay Farm

Back after a long absence will be Belgian Horse hayrides

Northampton Parks and Recreation Kids Marketplace, which provides an opportunity for community youth to create and sell homemade crafts. This is a great project for future entrepreneurs and this aspect of the festival grows each year.

Giant Pharmacy will be on hand between 10 and 1 providing Covid and Flu shots free of charge. Remember to bring your Medicare, pharmacy and medical insurance cards.

Also free of charge will be inflatables, a pirate ship and a rock wall/bungee jump for the kids.

The raffle tables bring in much excitement each year. A few examples of what will be offered include a Sequon Barkley signed helmet, Kyle Schwarber signed baseball, big screen TV and much more.

There is a second and very important aspect of the Northampton Day organization, which is its philanthropic arm. Each year they provide two scholarships to graduating high school seniors who have volunteered at a Northampton Parks and Rec event.

In addition, last year they also donated $500 to each PTO of every Council Rock elementary and middle school in Northampton Township. They also donated $15,000 to local non-profits, such as Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth and Autism Cares.

The organization is very grateful for all the support received over the years, and would be remiss not to mention Sponsors without which they would not be able to continue this great community event:

Platinum Level

Gasper Landscape & Design and Team Toyota

Gold Level

B Blair Corp, Bowman Company, Jag Physical Therapy, National Maintenance and Buildout Co, Global Affinity and Whitetail Disposal

Silver Level

1SEO Digital Agency, Cordisco & Saille, Northampton Indians, Twining Construction, First National Bank of Newtown, Gilmore & Associates, and Swartz Culleton Ferris Law.

Handicapped parking will be available across the street at the Senior Center.

For more information you can visit their Facebook page or website at www.northamptonday.fun . They hope to see everyone who can possibly make it on Sunday, September 14th for this fantastic annual community event!