Millbrook Days Festival is next weekend

Celebrating 19th Century rural lifestyles BUSHKILL — Autumn has arrived and that means it’s time for the annual Millbrook Days folklife festival. This year’s event, celebrating 19th century rural life, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2, and Sunday, Oct. 3, at Millbrook Village, N.J., in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Millbrook Days will be held, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Admission is free. The festival is jointly sponsored by the National Park Service and the Millbrook Village Society. Costumed volunteers and park staff will demonstrate 19th century trades, crafts, and home and garden chores. The festival also features old-time children’s games and live, traditional music. Food will be available for purchase. Free parking and shuttle service are available. The shuttle buses will provide transportation from the Watergate Recreation Site to Millbrook Village from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day of the event. Millbrook Village is 12 miles north of I-80 on Old Mine Road (Exit 1) in New Jersey. For further information, call Park Headquarters (weekdays, 570-426-2452), Kittatinny Point Visitor Center (seven days a week, 908-496-4458), or Dingmans Falls Visitor Center (weekends, 570-828-2253). Information can also be found on the park’s website, www.nps.gov/dewa, under “News/Events/Closures,” and the Millbrook Village Society website www.millbrooknj.com .