SAVE THIS DATE . . . Saturday October 21, 2023 . . . Historic Bristol Day!
Come for a day of F-U-N! Always the Third Saturday in October!
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The newest feature for HBD this year is the Bristol Mural Arts Tour, celebrating Bristol’s history in an innovative, tasteful manner with its collaborative mural project!
Get to know the town’s stunning collection of murals by boarding a bus front of the Bristol Riverside Theatre, compliments of the Bristol Borough School District. The bus will depart from the BRT at 11:00AM and again at 1:30PM providing an incredible chance to see each of the impressive murals, including the newest one on Market Street of the old Bristol Waterfront created by freelance artist/ graphic designer/ muralist Jared Bader. Raising the Bar’s William Michael [Bill] Pezza hand selected this acclaimed, adept master to provide his work.
High visibility walls serve as creative canvases, a value-add to the community.
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The oldest of the murals, Coca-Cola [a testament to longevity: a beverage that’s been around for 130 years] was re-painted and restored by Bristol’s own Tom Rudesyle.
The Bristol Stomp mural, inspired by a sculpture created by Bridget Ennis Shaw of a couple doing the Stomp back in 1961, was painted by Tony Napoli, a longtime Pennsbury School District art teacher. He was assisted by Bristol Borough native John Ennis, a nationally renowned portrait artist, and borough resident AnnieRose Kruzinski, one of Napoli’s former students.
The Penn Community Bank mural, and the “Bristol Borough, Settled by the World’s People”, and the “O’Boyles Ice Cream Delivery” murals were created by artist Jean-Marc Dubus, a Langhorne Borough resident, featuring historic views of the town along with modern images of the community.
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Visitors are also invited to enter the Snyder-Girotti Elementary School to view a mural designed by school students, parents and teachers, along with muralist Dubus that depicts seven favorite books chosen by the students and hangs on the wall outside of the school library.
Several other murals will be included in these docent-led tours. All are welcome to come meet a couple of the muralists at the stops.
You can actually take this piece of artwork home!
An exceptional oil painting, capturing the spirit and essence of Historic Bristol Day along the 200 block of Radcliffe Street by artist John Brian Danks will be raffled on HBD. Raffle tickets [$1.00 each/ six for $5.00] are available at all Borough events up to and including Bristol Day.
This piece of artwork was used on all of the HBD marketing flyers this year.
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The CAR show will go on!
Stop by the renowned 12th Annual Bristol Day Car Show at Snyder – Girotti School, 450 Beaver Street held from 10:00AM to 3:00PM. Car registration [*fee for participants is $15 for one or multiple cars] begins at 9:00AM. No admission fee for attendees. Enjoy the beauty of the antique and classic cars on display, then vote for your favorite antique and classic with your cell phone. New this year: SCAN the QR code on the dash plaque of your two favorites and vote. *Paper ballots will still be available for anyone who does not have a cell phone.
Stay until 3:00PM! King George gift certificate winners will be drawn, best of show and people’s choice trophies will be awarded and a police led cruise through town will begin.
The Bristol Day shuttle bus stops at the car show, it’s the last stop of the mural tour bus! Stay, enjoy the show, have lunch, and then catch the next shuttle bus to the other HBD activities.
The 47th Annual Historic Bristol Day on Saturday, October 21, 2023, sponsored by the Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation will be held from 10:00 –4:00 PM.
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BCHF is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving over three centuries of Bristol’s history and increasing cultural opportunities for all residents of the community, promoting pride which translates into helping and enhancing the treasure that has been inherited.
Welcome Friend!
FREE parking is available in the Bristol Municipal Lot, behind Mill Street.
2023 HISTORIC BRISTOL DAY * MURALS and MORE * is the second article introducing the 47th Annual Historic Bristol Day to be held on October 21, 2023.
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Bristol Cultural & Historical Foundation
321 Cedar Street
Bristol, PA 19007
215.781.9895
http://www.bristolhistory.org
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