ValleyFest

ValleyFest 2026

Outdoor Concert

Friday, April 24 | 8 p.m. | Location: TBD

Friday night kicks off ValleyFest weekend with a concert! Food trucks and activities will be announced at a later date.

Festival

Saturday, April 25 | 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Sheridan Avenue & Social Quad

Come out on Saturday to enjoy the ValleyFest festival! There will be food trucks, craft vendors, music, games, activities, and prizes.

Performers & Vendors

To be announced at a later date.

ValleyFest brings a variety of food vendors to campus each year.

2025 food vendors included:

Italian Oven on Wheels
Auntie Anne’s
Grilled Cheese Truck
Philly Cheesesteaks on a Roll
Noel’s Cafe
Brickers Famous French Fries
East Coast Mini Donuts
Greco’s Italian Ice
Metz – Street Tacos

2026 Vendor list will be annouced at a later date.

ValleyFest brings a variety of craft and merchandise vendors to campus each year.

2025 craft and merchandise vendors included:

Erin’s Atelier Jewlery & Permanent Jewlery
Ginger Scents
Scentsy
oh & co Design
Knotting Ties
Windfall Jewlery
Paige’s Crochet Creations
MelzE&B
The Beach Botique
Kennedy’s Handmade Creations
& more

2026 Vendor list will be announced at a later date.

Students enjoy food trucks at ValleyFest 2023

What is ValleyFest?

ValleyFest combines a carnival-like atmosphere complete with games, inflatables, artisan food vendors, activities for children, and groups from the community. ValleyFest, usually held in April each year, includes a concert and outdoor festival.

With the continued tradition of music, ValleyFest has brought national recording acts like Emerson Drive, Eve6, the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Everclear, Tyler Hilton, Aaron Carter, Jon Belion, and Sammy Adams to the Lebanon Valley as part of the main-stage lineup. Attracting visitors from around the region, the festival sponsors local arts and craft vendors, exhibits such as the Juried Arts Show, theatrical and dance productions, local and regional music acts, food vendors, and much more.

Lebanon Valley College, like other colleges and universities around the country, has had its share of campus traditions. The campus is rich with traditions, from Hot Dog Frank to Dutchmen Day, many of which live on today.

ValleyFest is one of those traditions. First started in 1971 by former LVC student, Don Frantz, as the Spring Arts Festival, this annual celebration brings together the Lebanon Valley community and fills the campus with art and cultural exhibits. Attracting visitors from around the region, the festival sponsors local arts and craft vendors, exhibits such as the Juried Arts Show, theatrical and dance productions, local and regional music acts, food vendors, and much more.

The Spring Arts Festival continued until 2002 when the name of the annual festival weekend was changed to the Cherry Blossom Festival. The theme of the festival was changed to celebrate the beauty of the campus just in time for the cherry trees to bloom.

ValleyFest Begins: Fall 2004

Seeking to rekindle the College and community interaction that seemed to be missing from the festival weekend in recent years, students came together and changed the name and mission of the annual tradition to ValleyFest: A College and Community Festival.

Held during the end of April, ValleyFest has become the time when campus and community can join together to celebrate the return of spring and an appreciation for the arts.