Making our Treasured Past Come Alive for a New Generation

Each year the Danville Heritage Council organizes the Danville Heritage Festival to celebrate our storied past and make history relevant to a new generation of residents. Centered around Mill Street in Danville with special events at other locations throughout the Danville community, the Heritage Festival is a lively blend of past and present. Held in conjunction with the Danville Business Alliance’s Fall Arts & Crafts Festival, the event includes living history presentations, historic tours of Danville, live music, vendors, great food, fireworks, hikes, and much more!

The Danville Heritage Council is already hard at work for next year’s festival! Plan to join us on the first weekend after Labor Day for a 3-day festival packed with activities for the whole family, and check back often for updates and information!

Heritage Festival Highlights

5K

Join us for a community 5K run/walk event to kick-off the Danville Heritage Festival! The course will be on the Hess Field loop trail in Danville, PA. The trail is a scenic wooded path crossing a beautiful creek that features a covered bridge and overlaps with the J. Manley Robbins Trail, the oldest documented rail trail in the United States! The terrain is mostly flat with limited road areas. Miles will be marked.

  • Start: 8:30 am
  • Location: Danville Middle School, 120 Northumberland Rd, Danville, PA 17821
  • Overall Awards: 1st, 2nd, 3rd overall male and female.
  • Age Groups: Any
  • Entry Fee: $20 pre-registration. $25 race day registration. Race swag guaranteed for the first 150 entrants.
  • Race day registration and packet pick-up are in front of the Danville Middle School Gym from 7:30 to 8:15 am.
  • Parking and restroom facilities are available at the Danville Middle School.
This event benefits the Danville Cross Country Teams.

 

Fireworks

Join us near the PA-54/Danville-Riverside Bridge for fireworks over the North Branch Susquehanna River.

  • Saturday, September 12th, 2026 at 9 pm (dark)
  • Held in conjunction with the 2025 Danville Heritage Festival, Friday, September 11th – Sunday, September 13th, 2026

Danville Heritage Festival

September 6-8, 2024

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Arts, Crafts, and Food Vendors


9am - 4pm

Mill Street
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Outhouse Privy Dig


9am - 4pm

Watchbox Park/Lower
Mulberry Street
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Live Music


9am - 4pm

Canal Park Stage
473 Mill Street
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Historical Speaker Series


9am - 4pm

Watchbox Park/Lower
Mulberry Street
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Time Traveler Tour: Danville Then & Now


9am - 4pm

CVS Pharmacy
(tour starting location)
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Train Excursions


11am, 1:30pm, and 3:30pm

Danville Middle School
(252 Northumberland Street)
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Mine Mule Presentation


11am - 11:30 am

Montour County Courthouse
(253 Mill St, Danville)
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Eel Dam River Walk w/ Van Wagner


1pm - 2pm

F.Q. Hartman Recreation Area
(400 W. Front Street)
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Danville Heritage Concert


7pm - 8:30pm

Danville Area High School
(733 Ironmen Lane)
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Fireworks


9pm (dark)

Susquehanna River
Brief description of the business goes here. What type of product they sell, where it’s grown, etc.

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm

Living History Demonstrations


9am - 4pm

Mill Street

Historical Speaker Series

• 10am - Canals
• 11am - Prohibition in Montour County
• 1pm - Historic photos of Danville
• 2pm - Local Iron Ore Mines
• 3pm - The Declaration of
Independence, made July 4 1776 in Jersey Shore, PA, under the Tiadaghton Elm
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