Thousands of people are expected to descend upon Bristol Borough Saturday for the annual celebration of its history and heritage.
Historic Bristol Day will bring together a number of events across the community between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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There will be crafts, food vendors, music, art exhibits, a sailing regatta, a stilt walker, a car show, an archaeological dig, a balloon artist, a face painter, and the return of tall ship Gazela Primeiro. The bulk of the events will take place up and down Radcliffe Street and businesses on Mill Street along with the Delaware River waterfront.
The nearly 120-year-old tall ship Gazela Primeiro will be open for tours starting at 10 a.m. at the docks, but the line to board will close at 3 p.m., organizers said. The former commercial fishing ship returned to Bristol last year more than two decades since its last stop. The ship was used in the 1994 hit film “Interview with the Vampire.”
The popular sailboat regatta will set sail on the Delaware River around 1:45 p.m.
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The annual car show will be going on at Snyder-Girotti Elementary School and an archaeological dig will take place at the Friends Meetinghouse at 235 Market Street.
At the Margaret Grundy Library, there will be kids activities and the Shopping and Dining in Bristol: Then and Now exhibit will be open to the public.
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A number of cultural and historic sites will open their doors for the event, including the Centre for the Arts, Bristol Riverside Theatre, and Silver Lake Nature Center in nearby Bristol Township.
A ticketed tea and house tour event will take place at 205 Jefferson Avenue, 715 Radcliffe Street, 1002 Radcliffe Street, 1025 Radcliffe Street, and 922 Radcliffe Street.
Nick Russo of the Bristol Cultural and Historical Foundation, which is organizing the event, told Bristol Borough Council that there will be a “Gazelabration” Friday evening at the King George II Inn. The ticketed event will include dinner and drinks, and access to the tall ship.
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For more information, be sure to visit the Historic Bristol Day website.
