Discover Festivals All Year Long
Join neighbors and meet new friends at one of the many annual celebrations
Italian Day Festival
September marks the end of summer and the time to celebrate Italian heritage and culture. The annual Italian Day Festival features popular favorites such as delicious homemade Italian food, carnival rides, live entertainment and more.
Celtic Heritage Foundation
For one day in June, Bristol Waterfront Park becomes the site of Celtic music, step dancing, kids’ entertainment, merchandise, and traditional fare like corned beef and cabbage and mouth-watering baked goods.
Puerto Rican Festival
Each July, the Puerto Rican Cultural Association hosts the annual Puerto Rican Day Festival with plenty of authentic cuisine, live music, dancers, and fun cultural workshops.
Doo Wop Concert
For more than a decade, Doo Wop artists have been treating Bristol Borough residents and visitors to amazing group vocal harmony for this annual concert that draws thousands of visitors from neighboring communities and states. Bristol Borough’s roots in doo wop run deep and date back to the recording of the “Bristol Stomp” in 1961. The song was originally performed in Bristol by a Philadelphia group, the Dovells.
Holiday Tree Lighting
Held every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving at the corner of Mill and Radcliffe streets, the annual community tree lighting event- with Santa as the guest of honor- is reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell painting. Other activities include live music, entertainment and refreshments, plus caroling along the decorated waterfront.
African American Day
A summer of exciting ethnic celebrations continue in August with the Annual African-American Festival featuring live music and entertainment, a special play area for younger guests, and a quiet place for prayer and reflection.
Two major car shows are held in Bristol Borough, one is in May and the other one is on Bristol Day (third Saturday in October). Both events have All American and foreign antiques classics, newer Corvettes, Camaros, Firebirds, Mustang, Challengers, T-Birds, and more....
