Save the date: the 2025 Revolutionary Germantown Festival returns Saturday, October 4th!

Revolutionary Germantown Festival

Saturday, October 4, 2025 | 10am to 4pm, Rain or Shine

A free, annual community event for over 40 years

Commemorating the 248th anniversary of the 1777 Battle of Germantown

revolutionary germantown festival

Don't miss your opportunity to learn about our revolutionary history!

Save the Date: October 4, 2025

The Revolutionary Germantown Festival returns Saturday, October 4th, 10am to 4pm, rain or shine! Cliveden and the sites of Historic Germantown collaborate to highlight the diverse stories of the people who lived through the American Revolution and the Battle of Germantown, on October 4, 1777. Follow us here for updates in 2025.

The festival is free and open to all. Come out and explore our neighborhood's history!

Pictures courtesy of Ken Bohrer/American Revolution Photos.

Revealing Revolutionary Germantown

Revealing Revolutionary Germantown

Want to learn more about the 1777 Battle of Germantown?

Cliveden is piloting a new project, Revealing Revolutionary Germantown, which explores the Battle of Germantown and the sites in our neighborhood impacted by this historic event. Click the button below to access the project handouts.

Revealing Revolutionary Germantown is supported by the Philadelphia Funders Collaborative.

Getting Here

Driving Directions

Via PA Turnpike (I-276): Take exit 333 and follow Germantown Pike east for 7 miles to Cliveden Street on the left.

Via Schuylkill Expressway (I-76): Take exit 340 to Lincoln Drive. Turn right onto Johnson Street (third light) then left onto Germantown Avenue (fourth light). Take the first right onto Cliveden Street.

Street parking is available in the surrounding neighborhoods on a first come, first serve basis.

Public Transportation

Germantown is accessible through the following public transportation routes: 

SEPTA Bus Routes

  • 18 Bus: Fox Chase to Cedarbrook Plaza
  • 23 Bus: Center City to Chestnut Hill
  • H Bus: Broad-Erie to Cheltenham-Ogontz
  • XH Bus: Broad-Erie to Cheltenham-Ogontz

SEPTA Regional Lines

Chestnut Hill East Regional Line: Travels to and from Center City Philadelphia

Chestnut Hill West Regional Line: Travels to and from Center City Philadelphia

2024 Revolutionary Germantown Festival

Saturday, October 5, 2024 | 10am to 4pm

The 2024 Revolutionary Germantown Festival featured re-enactors, first-person interpreters, and new hands-on activities such as candle dipping, basket weaving and blacksmithing and family-friendly activities with member sites of Historic Germantown.

Thank you to our 2024 sponsors!

revolutionary germantown festival

We will see you on October 4, 2025!

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