Bethel Youth Hunt 2025

Bethel Youth Hunt 2025

The northeast Missouri region is known for its great hunting, and the Bethel Colony has been offering an annual Big Buck hunt for youth for 21 years. This year, the Bethel Colony “Youth Hunt” competition for the 2025 deer season will take place during...
Bethel Fall Market 2025

Bethel Fall Market 2025

Join us in historic downtown Bethel for the Fall Market, September 27, 2025. FREE ADMISSION! Held at 127 N Main St., Bethel, MO 63434 Bethel was founded in 1844 as a communal colony by Wilhelm Keil and his German-American followers. The community was early noted for...
Heritage Days

Heritage Days

Elementary and home school student groups are invited to join us on Friday, September 26, 2025 for Bethel’s annual Heritage Days event to “step back in time” and experience life as it was in a previous century. • • • SCHEDULE: Sept. 26, 2025 | 9:00am...
Wildlife & Outdoor Expo – August 2025

Wildlife & Outdoor Expo – August 2025

The 2025 Wildlife & Outdoor Expo (sponsored by Historic Bethel German Colony) will highlight a variety of educational seminars, exhibitors and vendors showcasing such items as hunting products and accessories, equipment, and outdoor related crafts for purchase....
Friday Night Old-Time Fiddling

Friday Night Old-Time Fiddling

In just a few short weeks, historic Bethel will again be filled with the sound of music as we welcome youth to Bethel Fiddle Camps 2025. The wrap-up to the week-long camp on Friday night is always a treat, as you’ll hear musicians play their favorite piece and...