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Delaware River of the Year Festival: Wednesday, June 18

Join Us for a FREE Festival!

See Vendor & Speaker List Below!

Festival Schedule

2 P.M. Festival Opens

3 P.M. Remarks from Invited Guests

~3:45 P.M. Gather by the Stage for a Group Photo!

4 P.M. - 5 P.M. Shawnee Playhouse Performance

5 P.M. - 7 P.M. Roy Ramos Performance

7 P.M. - 8 P.M. Tom Riccobono Performance

8 P.M. Festival Closes - Thanks for Attending the Celebration!

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FESTIVAL INFO

A FREE community festival celebrating the Delaware River: the 2025 Pennsylvania River of the Year

When: Wednesday, June 18, 2 pm to 8 pm, rain or shine

Where: Minisink Park, East Stroudsburg, PA

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Vendor/Exhibitor & Speaker Info Below!

  • Food Trucks

  • Face Painting & Balloon Animals

  • Live Music

  • Flycasting

  • Inflatable Archery

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CONTACT

Please direct all questions about the Festival to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Monroe County Conservation District

    CONFIRMED VENDORS & ENTERTAINMENT

    FOOD TRUCKS

    Digger’s BBQ

    Ferrara's Family Concessions

    Jersey Waffle House

    ENTERTAINMENT

    Shawnee Playhouse

    Roy Ramos

    Tom Riccobono

     SPECIALTY BUSINESSES

    Precision Fly & Tackle

    Gary Letcher: “A Paddler’s Guide to the Delaware River”

    Drazil Designs

    Labyrinth Garden PA

    Wick It Candle Bar

    Liberty Tree Ranch

    Pocono Day Tripper

    Verdantas

     ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS & AGENCIES

    Lenape Nation of PA

    National Park Service: Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River

    National Park Service: Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

    Friends of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

    National Canoe Safety Patrol

    Northeast Wilderness Experience

    Delaware River Sojourn

    Delaware River Basin Commission

    Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center

    Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge

    Pocono Environmental Education Center

    Academy of Natural Sciences

    Lacawac Sanctuary

    PA Fish & Boat Commission

    Aquashicola Pohopoco Watershed Conservancy (APWC)

    Delaware Highlands Conservancy

    Delaware State Forest

    Evening Hatch Fly Fishing

    Monroe County Conservation District

    Monroe County Master Watershed Stewards

    Northampton County Conservation District

    Pike County Conservation District

    One for Nature

    TriVersity

    PennFuture

    Delaware Riverkeeper Network

    Pike Outdoors

    Pocono Heritage Land Trust

    Pocono Historic Trolley Tour

    Pocono Whitewater

    Lackawaxen River Trails

    Promised Land State Park

    SEEDS (Sustainable Energy Education Development and Support)


    CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

    Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary, PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

    Shelley DePaul, Keeper of Language; Treaty Signing Liaison, Lenape Nation of PA

    Tom Gilbert, President, PA Environmental Council

    Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission

    State Senator Rosemary Brown, PA-40

    William Gibney, District 7 Commissioner, PA Fish & Boat Commission

    Jacob Pride, Supervisor, Smithfield Twp.

    Monroe County Commissioners


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