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, September 27, 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. View a wide variety of historic
demonstrations throughout the village, including cider pressing at the Cider Barn, threshing, mattress repair and
stuffing, sheep shearing, natural dyeing, chair caning, grinding at the Grist Mill, woodturning by the Peterborough
Artisan Centre Wood Turners and Kawartha Wood Turners Guild, and more.
View an antique clock display brought by the Quinte Timekeepers, and see the many entries that were submitted for
the Peterborough Agricultural Society’s Homecraft Show in the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building.
Enjoy traditional music performed by Lotus White on the Weaver Shop porch, play apple tic-tac-toe, and participate in
old-fashioned schoolyard games. Children, enjoy story time and make a craft with the Otonabee South-Monaghan
Public Library.
If you are feeling hungry, visit the Peterborough County Agricultural Heritage Building courtyard, where the Bewdley
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 available for purchase to take home with you.
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, September 27, 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.