Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival kicks off with Revolutionary Pub Crawl

The Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival kicked off on Saturday with the 4th annual Revolutionary Pub Crawl. More than 80 revelers trekked about the two towns enjoying drinks, light fare and a bit of history at Lambertville Station, Marsha Brown, the Logan Inn, and Great Barn Brewery.

Dressed in Revolutionary attire, crawlers engaged with George Washington, Ben Franklin, the Jersey Grays 3rd Regiment, historian Larry Kidder, and The Schooner Pursuit before heading to Havana for live music and dancing.

Dwyane Dunlevy Entertainment kept everyone laughing and dancing at the Fire & Ice ball Saturday evening, and the crowd also enjoyed seeing live ice sculptures by Roger Wing.

Upcoming events and family activities include the Winter Walking Food and Shop Tour, the “Jersey Shore” event and dinner at Karla’s Restaurant in New Hope, and Magical Musical Pub Crawl.

And coming up on Friday, Jan. 25, at 8 p.m., at the New Hope Winery is the Winter Festival Concert featuring storytelling, music and memories from one half of two iconic duos from the sixties, Peter Asher of Peter and Gordon and Jeremy Clyde of Chad and Jeremy. Together, they claim 30 Billboard Top Hits, including “A World Without Love,” “I Go to Pieces,” “Lady Godiva,” “Yesterday’s Gone,” “A Summer Song,” and “Everyone’s gone to the Moon.”

Also, don’t miss the Music Mountain Theatre event on Jan. 26 featuring a special children’s stage production of “The Snow Queen’s Frozen Adventure,” along with the Tucker Tales Puppet Show-Cirkus and the Mad Science Slime Booth.

On the food and beverage side, the Lambertville-New Hope Rotary hosts its annual Beef ‘n Brew on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 26, at the Triumph Brewing Company in New Hope.

Later that evening, New Hope Park & Recreation is hosting the first ever “A Cappella Extravaganza.” Local colleges will compete to win cash prizes, and the New Hope-Solebury High School choir will sing for us during intermission. Price of admission for the event includes pizza, salad, and dessert.

Topping off Winter Festival’s nine days of fun and games is the spicy hot Chili Cook-Off competition at Triumph Brewing Company on Jan. 27, 1-4 p.m., featuring some of the tastiest, tangiest and most original chili created by local restaurants and accompanied by local beers. Vote for your favorite chili in the People’s Choice Award competition and stay for the trophy presentations and for the Judge’s Choice winners. The competition and the chili will be lively and tickets get sold out quickly, so don’t delay.

Please be sure to visit Lambertville-New Hope Winter Festival online for the complete schedule of events and ticket information.