Enjoy a fun-filled celebration of apples and the harvest season with Applefest
at Lang Pioneer Village Museum! The Museum’s sweetest and most popular event returns
to the historic village on Sunday, October 5, from 10 am to 4 pm.
Tour the village by horse-drawn wagon courtesy of Highview Farm, and enjoy the sights,
tastes, and aromas of autumn and apples. Throughout the village, view a wide variety of
historic demonstrations including cider pressing at the Cider Mill, threshing, mattress repairing and stuffing, natural dyeing,
chair caning, corn cordage making, broom making, grinding at the Grist Mill, wood turning by the Peterborough Artisan
Centre Wood Turners and Kawartha Wood Turners Guild, rug hooking by the Northumberland Rug Hookers Guild, spinning
by Shepherd Hill Farms, sheep shearing, and more. Stop by Aabnaabin Camp to see how apple face dolls are made, view
an antique clock display brought by the Quinte Timekeepers, and be sure to visit the Ayotte Cabin, where historic
reenactors from the 41st Battalion of Brockville Rifles, 1st Company, will be performing drills and demonstrating military
marching.
If you are feeling hungry, visit the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building courtyard, where the Keene Lions
Club food truck will be selling BBQ goods (cash only), and Call Creations Catering & Events will have a variety of food
items available for purchase. Pick up some traditional fall fair fare from Ben’s Kettle Corn, which will be selling kettle corn
and candy floss. Enjoy apple cider and freshly-baked apple treats at the Keene Hotel. There will be bushels of sweet, juicy
apples, candy apples, and fresh apple cider for sale to take home with you, as well as fresh Empire Cheese curd and
bread.
Enjoy traditional music performed by Lotus White on the Weaver Shop porch, hear the tale of “1862”, a crankie theatre
performed by Glen Caradus in the Agricultural Barn, and listen to harvest hymns in the Glen Alda Church. Play a game of
apple tic-tac-toe, participate in some traditional schoolyard games, and make an apple craft to take home with you. Enjoy
harvest dances performed by the Peterborough Scottish Country Dancers, and see sheep-herding demonstrations (both
timed demonstrations). Do you think you can eat an apple pie the fastest? Participate in our pie-eating contest at 2 pm on
the Village Green! If you have over-indulged in apple treats, take some time to participate in some good old-fashioned
calisthenics.

Tickets for the event are available for purchase in advance online and at the door. On-site parking is available on a first-
come, first-served basis. Overflow parking for the event is available at McIntyre Park.

Immerse yourself in the colourful beauty of fall in the historic village and celebrate all things apple during Applefest,
Sunday, October 5, from 10 am to 4 pm at Lang Pioneer Village Museum. Admission is $17 for adults, $12 for students and
seniors (60+), $9 for youths (ages 5-14), and free for children under 5. Family admission is also available for $45 and
includes 2 adults and up to 4 youths ages 5-14. For more information, please visit www.langpioneervillage.ca.