The Michigan Apple Festival

11 am- 6 pm Petting Zoo, Fish Pond, Kids’ Play Area, and Apple picking

12-5 pm APPLE WOOD Smoked BBQ (Orchard Barn)

12-5 pm Arts & Crafts Show (Orchard Barn)

1-3 pm Live Music (Orchard Barn)

1-5 pm Ride the Orchard Express Train (Orchard Barn)

1-5 pm Challenge your wits in our Corn Maze

1-5 pm Hard Cider Demonstration (Market, Cider Taps)

1-5 pm Healthy, Fast Cooking with Apples and " Cool Tools for You" by Pampered Chef's Melissa Norman (Orchard Barn)

1-5 pm Growing Apple Trees in Your Backyard- Tips from MSU Extension's Eaton County Master Gardener Program (Orchard Barn)

1-5 pm Live Honey Bee exhibit by a master beekeeper (Orchard Barn)

1-5 pm Carmel Apple Making Demonstrations (Market, Bakery)

1-5 pm Sampling of everything apples (Market, Apple Display) 

1-5 pm Antique Cider Press Demo (Market, Cider Press Area) 

2-4 pm The A-Peeling Apple Contest - Come see if you can peel the longest continuous apple peel and raise funds for the Live Life NSpired Fund in partnership with Hayes Green Beach Hospital.  All peeling is done with a paring knife.  The peeler with the longest peel wins a fee hand crank apple peeler and the title of the Apple Peeling Queen or King.

2:30 pm Cooking Presentation by Award Winning Michigan Cookbook author, Carole Eberly