Scroll down to see ticket information about the upcoming Taste of Home Cooking School & Expo on September 25, 2008.

Tickets are also on sale now for the National Dog Show by Purina in November.  Scroll down to see how to get them!

Your opportunity to win a WEE-U Bear!
Stop by a LIVE Broadcast and visit the WEEU booth for prizes from the WEEU Goodie Bag! We'll also have a limited supply of WEEU Journals at each event! Scroll down to see the listing of upcoming WEEU live broadcast events.

To see a directory of some community information click here.

Click here to enter Gerald Veasley's Jazz Base online!

 

9/5/08: 9am to Noon...

Join WEEU's Mike Faust for a live broadcast from the annual Hay Creek Festival on Route 10 at historic Joanna Furnace.  You'll enjoy a celebration of early-American life and see steam engines, antique cars, a saw mill and old machinery.  There's also crafts, antiques, traditional folk music, and hands-on activities for the young and young at heart!  The brick oven will be fired up and you can enjoy homemade pies and much more!

 

9/6/08: 8am to 1pm...

It's all about children & families!

Jack's Backyard with Jack Holcomb: 8 to 10AM

Radio Voices with Nick Lawrence: 10 to 11AM

Jo Painter: 11AM to 1PM

 

Join WEEU's Jack Holcomb, Nick Lawrence and Jo Painter for a WEEU SUPER LIVE BROADCAST event from All About Children Pediatric Partners, 655 Walnut Street, West Reading.  We'll be there to celebrate the grand opening of their new location and you'll enjoy a fabulous health fair!  For directions:  Take Penn Avenue into West Reading, turn on 7th Avenue towards VF Outlets to office at 7th & Walnut; entrance is on Walnut Street.

 

9/10/08: 9am to Noon...

 

Join WEEU's Mike Faust for another in our highly-popular series of FIRESIDE CHATS in the beautiful showroom at Steve Moyer Subaru, Route 61, Leesport.  Come and get on the air live and share favorite recipe, tell us stories about your home garden, let us know how you preserve the food you may have grown or bought locally at nearby orchards or market stands.

We'll have regional experts on home gardening and food preservation on had as well and they'll discuss great tips on how to get in on the growing trend to create and enjoy your own home veggie garden!

Come hungry and enjoy free food courtesy of Steve Moyer Subaru, WEEU Radio, Dino's Wings & Things, Jambalaya J's, and Philly Soft Pretzel Factory!  We'll have free breakfast and luncheon items and beverages too!

 

9/10/08: 3pm to 4pm...

 

Join WEEU's Jo Painter for a live broadcast from Columbia Cottage, 3121 State Hill Road.  Come and learn more about their wonderful place as they offer you a health fair in celebration of Assisted Living Week.
9/13/08: 8am to 1pm...

Jack's Backyard with Jack Holcomb: 8 to 10AM

Radio Voices with Nick Lawrence: 10 to 11AM

Mike Faust: 11AM to 1PM

 

Join WEEU's Jack Holcomb, Nick Lawrence and Mike Faust for a WEEU SUPER LIVE BROADCAST event from Hobbytown USA, Routes 61 & 222, Reading.  Come out and enjoy a fascinating HOBBY CONNECTION DAY!  Meet the fabulous Phillie Phanatic; bring your camera and get your photo taken with him!  Zeppy the Clown will be there to entertain you and so will Slapshot, one of the frolicking mascots of the Reading Phillies!  Take a rocket-building class! Participate in model rocket launches!  We'll be giving away more than $1,500.00 on door prizes and much more!

 

9/18/08: 3 to 5PM...

 

Join WEEU's Jo Painter for a fun-filled live broadcast from the annual Oley Valley Fair

9/19/08 & 9/20/08...Riverfest 2008!

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Reading's Folk Music Festival by the Schuylkill River

Pam Mc Intyre

Tim Dabbs

 

 

 

 

East Side Dave & The Mountain Folk Band

The Tartan Terrors

Jesse McReynolds & the Virginia Boys

Grand Old Opry Star Jesse McReynolds

IBEW 743

Sovereign Bank

 

 

Come and enjoy RIVERFEST - 2008: The River Sings - Reading's Folk Music Festival by the Schuylkill River!  RAIN or SHINE under a spacious tent with full amenities!

FREE ADMISSION!

The City of Reading invites you to come and enjoy a free, memorable two-day folk music event! 

Come and join many of our WEEU team throughout the weekend at Riverfest - 2008: The River Sings - Reading's Folk Music Festival by the Schuylkill River!

Admission is free and live bands will entertain on the schedule below...

Friday, 9/19: Main Stage Entertainment

3:15PM to 4:00 PM – Tent & Fest open

4PM to to 4:45PM- Pam McIntyre & Guest (Acoustic, folk, Celtic)

5PM  to 5:45PM- Blue Mountain Junction (Traditional Bluegrass Music)

6PM to 6:45PM- Tim Dabbs (Acoustic, folk)

7PM to 7:45PM - The Mountain Folk Band (Bluegrass, folk, outdoor-themed, yodeling, sing-a-long and mountain music)

8PM to 8:45PM – The Tartan Terrors (Crazy Celtic music & fun)

9PM to 9:30PM – Tim Dabbs (Acoustic, folk)

9:45PM to 10:30PM – The Tartan Terrors (Crazy Celtic music & fun)

Saturday, 9/20: Main Stage Entertainment

 Noon to 12:45PM Tent opens – Chucker Barr & Rich Dodson (Irish, folk)

 1PM  to 1:45PM- Tomm Dunn (Folk, Blues)

 2PM to 2:45PM- Dan Berggren (Folk, legendary story songs, mountain music, sing-a-long)

3PM to 3:45PM- Beyond the Pale (Celtic)

 4PM to 4:45PM- Jesse McReynolds & The Virginians (Traditional bluegrass; star of the Grand Old Opry!)

 5PM to 5:45PM- Dan Berggren

 6PM to 6:45PM –The Mountain Folk Band (Bluegrass, folk, outdoor-themed, yodeling, sing-a-long and mountain music)

 7PM to 7:45PM -  Beyond the Pale (Celtic)

 8PM to 8:45PM- Jesse Mc Reynolds & The Virginians (Traditional bluegrass; star of the Grand Old Opry!)

9PM – Fabulous Fireworks finale on the Penn Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River!

 

 

 

 

 

   Tomm Dunn                     Beyond the Pale                  Dan Berggren

In-between main stage acts additional live musical talent will be presented in the WEEU Stage Area...these musicians will provide entertainment while the Main Stage is being reset for the next act...

Friday 9/19

3:15pm to 4pm- WEEU Stage- Cara Wojcieshowski

4:45pm to 5pm- WEEU Stage- Michael Kropp

5:45pm to 6pm- WEEU Stage- Michael Kropp

6:45pm to 7pm- WEEU Stage-Michael Kropp

7:45pm to 8pm- WEEU Stage- Jody Rush

8:45pm to 9pm- WEEU Stage-Jody Rush

9:30pm to 9:45pm- WEEU Stage- Jody Rush

Saturday 9/20

2:45pm to 3pm- WEEU Stage- Jody Rush

3:45pm to 4pm- WEEU Stage-Jody Rush

4:45pm to 5pm- WEEU Stage- Jody Rush

5:45pm to 6pm- WEEU Stage-Chris Doney

Delicious fresh food grilled up and served up in our Beer Garden Tent by the GTV Edelweiss Group whose mission includes the preservation and presentation of traditional folk music and dancing, and other vendors!

  City of Reading

www.readingpa.gov

On Riverfront Drive in Reading, PA

Good food, cold drinks and live free music along a scenic stretch of the Schuylkill River!

Free parking along Riverfront Drive!

Free shuttle bus service all day Saturday from the "Fall Festival on the Avenue" in West Reading to Riverfest in Reading on Riverfront Drive! Park your car and come and enjoy two great events in the Penn Corridor for free on a free shuttle bus!

The main stage is set up in the style of a beer garden!  You'll enjoy the free music and entertainment while being able to enjoy delicious food and fresh brews!  Half of the proceeds from the sales of beer go to benefit the non-profit "Friends of the Liberty Firehouse."  Photo ID required to buy beer.  Yes...we will again have plastic souvenir beer mugs on sale!

Riverfest is a production of Berks Festivals, Inc.

Sponsored in part by The City of Reading, IBEW 743, Sovereign Bank and WEEU Radio.

 

9/25/08: 9AM to 11:45AM...

Wellness by Design!

Well by Design

Join WEEU's Mike Faust for a live broadcast of FEEDBACK at the OPEN HOUSE at Heritage of Green Hills, Route 724, across from Flying Hills in Green Hills. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/25/08: 4pm to 9:30PM...

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LIVE MUSICAL ENTERTAINMENT!

Tony Farina will be crooning in the theater from 4 to 6:30PM and The Wahl Street Band will be entertaining in the Food Court; Eddy Ray will be providing magical entertainment in the upstairs EXPO room!

 

WEEU's Taste of Home Cooking School & Expo is coming to the Scottish Rite Theater on Thursday, 9/25/08.  Tickets will go on sale on Monday, August 18th; see below for how to get your tickets!

Tickets are $10.00 each

Get Tickets In Person at WEEU Radio

Available in person weekdays between 9am and 4pm at…

WEEU Radio

34 North Fourth Street

Reading, PA  19601

Cash, Check, Money Order or Credit Card accepted for in person payments.

Get Tickets By Mail

Available by mail by sending your ticket order and payment along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to:

WEEU Taste of Home Cooking School and Expo

34 North Fourth Street

Reading, PA  19601

To be sure of return mail delivery we will not accept mail orders past 9/17/08.

Check or Money Order accepted for mail orders.

Get Tickets By Telephone

Available by telephone weekdays between 9am and 4pm

WEEU Radio

(610) 376-7335

Credit card is the only payment that will be accepted for telephone orders and a $5.00 processing/handling/mailing fee will be added to all orders, regardless of the number of tickets purchased.  To be sure of return mail delivery we will not accept telephone orders past 9/17/08.

There is no limit to the number of tickets any one person may purchase.  Tickets will be sold on a firstcome-firstserved basis, when they’re sold out, no further orders will be accepted.

Doors and the expo open at 4PM.  You can enjoy the expo and live bands on both expo floors from 4 to 7PM.  If you come hungry, go right to our food court in the lower expo hall. The Taste of Home Cooking School begins at 7PM!  As always, we'll have lots of door prizes including two brand new microwave ovens from Kasper TV & Appliances.

Expo exhibitors will include: Boyer's Markets, Berks Community Federal Credit Union, Berks Packing Company, B&G Glass, Chick-Fil-A, Mary Kay, Gilbert's Furniture, Gallo Wine, Subanashii Kudamono Foods, Educational & Fun, Animal Rescue League, Temple Greenhouse, Reading Eagle, Stirling Guest House, Berks Wine Trail Regional Vineyards, Rainbow-Environaire, Taste of Home Entertaining, Intimate Expressions by Heather, Eddy Ray the Magician, Moto-Photo, WEEU Radio and more!

 

10/5/08: 9AM to Noon...

 

Join WEEU's East Side Dave & Kaz for our 2nd Annual Live Super Alpine Broadcast, sponsored by the Berks Visiting Nurses Association, high atop Reading's scenic Mount Penn at the Reading Liederkranz German-American Club, 143 Spook Lane, Reading.  This broadcast will occur on the final day of their annual Oktoberfest celebration; a party on the mountain that is open to everyone!  You can come and enjoy the Oktoberfest Parade, live music, delicious food, folk music, dancing, sing-a-longs and much more! 

Come join us during our Live Super Alpine Broadcast and enjoy a traditional Bavarian breakfast or Frühschoppen!  For just $5.00 you'll get a grilled sausage, a Bavarian pretzel, and a delicious freshly-tapped beer!

For a complete listing of all bands and 2008 Reading Liederkranz activities, please click here.

Yes!  We WEEU Radio will again provide 144 souvenir beer pitchers!  We've partnered with Fehl's Home & Garden to create this year's official 2008 Reading Liederkranz Beer Pitcher.  They are a beautiful cobalt blue pitcher with white imprint.  While they last, you make a deposit on the beer pitcher and if you bring it back, you get your deposit back; if you keep it...then you have a great souvenir of this year's fest!

Prost!

 

10/11/08: 11AM to 1PM...

 

Join WEEU's Charlie Adams at the corn maze of the fruitfully-fantastic Ontelaunee Orchards, West Leesport Road.  You can explore two different corn mazes and Charlie will be telling ghost stories and entertaining with his own unique slant on many local legends! 
10/17/08: 11AM to 1PM...

Join WEEU's Nick Lawrence as we broadcast live from the mouthwateringly-good annual Greek Food Bazaar at St. Constantine & Helen's Greek Orthodox Church, across from Holy Name High School.  You can grab delicious take-out food, enjoy a scrumptious sit-down meal in the taverna or main hall, and enjoy live music, culture and fun! 

 

 

 

 

 

11/19, 11/20 & 11/21/08: Live broadcasts through each day!  Check back for specific times soon.

Tickets for the National Dog Show by Purina are on sale now!

WEEU is the major local radio sponsor of the National Dog Show by Purina, at the Greater Reading Convention Center.  We will be broadcasting live everyday!  Come and meet many of the folks you listen to on WEEU and enjoy thousands of dogs, interesting breeds, the expo and much more!

The National Dog Show by Purina is the most widely viewed dog show in America. It is broadcast nationwide in high definition on NBC on Thanksgiving Day immediately following the Macy's Parade. It reaches an audience of nearly 20 million viewers each year and is rapidly becoming an important American holiday tradition.

This two hour family entertainment special has become a major event in the dog show world. Hosted by the Kennel Club of Philadelphia during its annual cluster of dog shows which are sanctioned by the American Kennel Club, AKC, the show attracts over 2,000 of the top show dogs from across the country. Over 150 different breeds and varieties compete for best of Breed, First in Group and the coveted title of Best in Show at the National Dog Show Presented by Purina.

The show is hosted by John O’Hurley, former Seinfeld star, winner of Dancing with the Stars and purebred owner, with expert commentary by David Frei, the "dean of dog show commentators."

Visit our special website BERKS BARKS for "all things dog" in Greater Reading & Berks County and find out more about the National Dog Show by Purina. 

Thanks to our special local co-sponsors...

      WEEU  Reading Eagle Internet Services Spring Ridge Financial Group     

 

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