The Michigan Apple Festival

Come Enjoy All Things Apples


Sunday - September, 25 - 2011

 

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


12-5 pm Apple Smoked BBQ & Smoked Apples from Sacred Fire BBQ (Orchard Barn)

12-5 pm William Tell Crossbow Competition (Orchard Barn)


1:30-3:30 pm Live Music with the Thornapple Valley Strings (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- Eaton County Conservation District (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.


4:00 pm Hard Cider Contest Awards Presented (Orchard Barn) click here for entry form

 

 

hayrides

 

Apple Picking

 

Live Music

 

Kids Art

 

Hay Rides

 

Petting Zoo