Area
EVENTS
Area
EVENTS
Photos Above: Festival of Ice | 4th of July Fireworks | Juniata County Fair
The biggest local event is held each week on Wednesdays. Sale Day in Big Valley attracts thousands of people each week from near and far to peruse the goods at flea markets, stop at antique and thrift stores and stock up at the shops in Big Valley. A calendar full of parades, carnivals, festivals, concerts, and community movie nights keep people of every age entertained all year-round. A few of our favorites are shown here.
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Juniata River Valley Visitors Bureau: facebook.com/JRVVB
Goose Day in the Juniata River Valley: facebook.com/JRVGooseDay
Festival of Ice – Juniata River Valley: facebook.com/JRVFestivalofIce
Country memories day
Normally held at the end of May. Featuring live music, blacksmith demonstrations, over 100 craft and food vendors, horse and wagon rides in downtown McVeytown. Free admission and parking. Find the event on Facebook.
Sale DAY & livestock auction
Held on Wednesdays, all year unless it’s a holiday. Seasonal flea market, food vendors, fresh baked goods, produce, antiques and wares. Watch as cows, sheep, and other livestock cross the auction block, or eat at the onsite restaurant.
harvestfest
Featuring over 50 vendors, including food, crafts, artwork, face painting and more. Bring your loved ones to this family-friendly event held in the beginning of October.
Farmers & flea markets
Brummer’s Happy Breeze Farm • Midway Market • Juniata River Commons Farmers Market • Juniata Valley Winery Farmer’s Market and more!
Festival of Ice
A multi-day event kicking off the holiday shopping season in downtown Lewistown. Watch chainsaws transform huge blocks of ice into beautiful sculptures. Featuring live entertainment, street vendors & more.
Fairs & Festivals
• Annual Embassy Theatre Spring Festival • Downtown Lewistown First Friday • Fayette Community Carnival • Grange Fair • Juniata County Fair • McClure Bacon Festival • McClure Bean Soup Fair • Mifflin County Youth Fair • Reeds Gap Fall Festival • Reedsville Apple Fest • Reedsville Third Friday • Richfield Dutch Days • Shining Light Through the Darkness and more!
To see more events and specific dates of events, please visit our website: JRVVisitors.com
Juniata River Valley Celebrates
AMERICA 250
Mifflin County
Juniata County
2026 marks America’s 250th birthday. Mifflin and Juniata counties are celebrating with painted Liberty Bells as part of Pennsylvania’s “Bells Across PA” project.
Mifflin County’s bell sits beside the courthouse in Lewistown. Juniata County’s bell, “Beauty of the Standing Stone,” is displayed inside the Pomeroy-Academia Covered Bridge.
Early settlers from this area provide inspirational stories from the founding era. Mifflin County is named for Thomas Mifflin – George Washington’s Quartermaster General during the Revolution and a signer of the United States Constitution. Dorcas Buchanan, the first European woman to settle in what is now Mifflin County, lived through those pivotal years and is remembered as the area’s founding mother.
Southern Juniata County offers an authentic, off-the-beaten-path Pennsylvania experience. Quiet country roads wind through rolling farmland and forested hills, offering a peaceful escape from tourist crowds. Explore Routes 35 and 75 and enjoy the unspoiled rural beauty.
Village Acres
Buttonwood Campground
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