Patchtown Days & Bluegrass Dispatch
Saturday, June 14 & Sunday, June 15 | 10am-4pm
Celebrate the heritage of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s anthracite communities at Eckley’s 35th annual Patchtown Days!
Running Saturday, June 14, and Sunday, June 15, from 10am-4pm, Patchtown Days features hands-on history, handmade crafts, live music and dance, trade demonstrations, reenactments, and more.
Stick around on Saturday, June 14, for an after-hours Bluegrass Dispatch from Wood Flower and American Buffalo Ghost. The concert kicks off at 4pm and admission is $18 at the gate, or included in festival admission before 3pm.
Admission
$10 – Adults
$9 – Seniors
$8 – Youth (3-12)
Children 2 and under enter for free.
Bluegrass Dispatch tickets are $18 at the gate or included in festival admission before 3pm.
Make-and-Take Workshops
Meckley Brooms will offer a series of workshops throughout the festival! Learn about traditional broom-making, and take home your own handmade kitchen tools, whisk brooms, or cobweb brooms. A portion of the proceeds supports preservation and education at Eckley. Ages 14+.
2025 Participants
20+ craft vendors, including:
Patchwork Kitchen
Meckley Brooms
Tricorn Forge
Rosser Art & Glass
Madison’s Ceramics
Pittston Popcorn
Scheiße Katze
Robert McCormick
Eckley Stitchers
Food & drink from:
Alta Pizzeria
Wicked Foods
Woods Ice Cream
Conyngham Brewing Co.
Space Time Mead & Cider
Welsh Tea Shoppe
Music by:
Wood Flower
American Buffalo Ghost
Mike & Anne Baglione
Norm Williams & Russ Rentler
Dave Matsinko
SHEnanigans
And much more!
Patchtown Days Sponsors
Past Festival Highlights
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