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The 32nd Annual

September 12 & 13, 2020

Belvidere, New Jersey

Watch the Victorian-era come to life as we step back in time…

The fashion! The architecture! The history!

Join us for an unforgettable experience, full of discovery, learning, and entertainment.

“Always the weekend after labor day”

This past September saw the continued rebirth of the 31-year-old Victorian Days festival, with new ideas, a new board, and a new vision!

Several thousand people attended the multi-day event, enjoying and experiencing all that the festival has to offer.

Engulf yourself in the jaw-dropping array of musical acts, historical presenters, house tours and porch teas, carriage rides.

Discover the 100+ cars in the antique and classic car show around Garret D. Wall Park in Belvidere, NJ.

We are pleased to announce the 32nd annual Victorian Days will take place on September 12 and 13, 2020.

Due to COVID-19 safety precautions, this event will take place online! Stay tuned to our social media accounts on Instagram and facebook for updates!

Portrait of Ada Lovelace

The Executive Board of Belvidere Heritage, Inc. hopes all our followers are healthy and safe! We’re thankful to be part of the Belvidere community and are especially thankful for our first responders. We appreciate all the messages we’ve received asking about Victorian Days. It warms our hearts to know how many people care about an event that is close to our hearts! After some deliberation, we wanted to post some updates for all of you.

The images here are of Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine. Lovelace is widely seen as the “mother of computer programming,” dubbed so for her work on calculating Bernoulli numbers using Babbage’s device in 1843. Lovelace is a stand-out figure in Victorian history as she serves as a model of the excitement with which people of that era tackled problems and chased new ideas.

Just as Lovelace and her fellow Victorians embraced innovation, science, and progress, so, too, is Belvidere Heritage. While we are sad to announce that the 2020 Victorian Days will not be held in person in Belvidere this year, we are pleased to announce that the 32nd annual festival will still be happening online, in your homes via the magic of the very technology Lovelace helped develop! Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine

The safety and health of our community and the many folks who visit Belvidere for the festival are our top priorities, and we feel that we’ll be serving everyone best by moving to a virtual/hybrid event. While many of the activities you’ve come to love will be hosted online, a few activities that lend themselves to social distancing, including the car show and walking tour, will be scheduled as usual. We are using this as a time to be creative and bring you something new and remarkable!

We’ll be posting more about our schedule in the coming weeks. ***If you’ve already been confirmed as a participant for this year, please be patient with us as we reach out to everyone with more information via email.*** Thank you all so much for your continued support! We hope we’ll see you at Virtual Victorian Days this year, and in the park in Belvidere in September 2021!

(Images courtesy of @computerhistory and @britannica )