You can celebrate the fall harvest season and all things apple by bringing your family to Lang Pioneer Village Museum in Keene on Sunday (October 6) for Applefest.
Running from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the popular annual event includes activities for the entire family and, of course, lots of apples.
Tour the village by horse-drawn wagon and find out how 19th-century settlers prepared for the winter by viewing a variety of historic demonstrations throughout the village, including cider pressing at the Cider Mill, threshing, mattress repair and stuffing, natural dyeing, chair caning, broom making, log hand-hewing, sheep shearing, wood turning by the Peterborough Artisan Centre Wood Turners, spinning by Shepherd Hill Farms, rug hooking by the Northumberland Rug Hookers Guild, and more.
You can view an antique clock and timepiece display brought by the Quinte Timekeepers and visit the Ayotte Cabin where historic reenactors, the 41st Battalion of Brockville Rifles, 1st Company, will be performing drills and demonstrating military marching.
Live entertainment includes harvest hymns in the Glen Alda Church, harvest dance performances in the courtyard by the Peterborough Scottish Country Dancers, traditional music performed by Al Kirby, and a crankie theatre — a 19th-century moving panorama — performed by Glen Caradus.
An apple festival wouldn’t be an apple festival without apples. Play a game of apple tic-tac-toe on the Village Green and make an apple craft to take home with you. Bushels of apples and fresh apple cider will be for sale to take home with you, and you can also purchase hot or cold apple cider and freshly baked apple treats at the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building and the Cheese Factory. Competitive apple enthusiasts can also take part in an apple pie-eating contest at 2 p.m. on the Village Green.
Other food options include chili and buns available for purchase in the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building, with traditional fall kettle corn and candy floss from Ben’s Kettle Corn, and fresh Empire Cheese curd and bread for sale in the Cheese Factory.
Admission to Applefest is $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors, and $7 for youth ages five to 14 (free for children under five). Family admission is also available for $40 and includes two adults and four youth. Tickets are available in advance online or when you arrive at Lang Pioneer Village. On-site parking is available on a first-come first-served basis, with overflow parking available at McIntyre Park.
For more information and for advance tickets, visit www.langpioneervillage.ca.
