Labor Day Weekend begins the fun apple festival season in the Southeast. Here is a round-up of some of the festival highlights and special apple events for the month of September.
September Apple Festivals
- North Carolina Apple Festival
Hendersonville, North Carolina - August 29 — September 1, 2008
The North Carolina Apple Festival, which is held annually on Labor Day Weekend, recognizes the apple and the apple industry in Henderson County and North Carolina. Events include entertainment, a Labor Day parade, street dance, vendors and more. One of North Carolina's most celebrated festivals, the North Carolina Apple Festival marks its 62nd consecutive year in 2007. - An Apple a Day Open House at Peaks of Otter Winery
Bedford, Virginia - August 30 - 31 and September 6 - 7, 13 - 14, 20 -2 1, 27 - 28, 2008
Enjoy eating and sampling many varieties of apples and taste Fruit of the Farm wine, plus kids can enjoy seeing farm animals. - South Carolina Apple Festival
Westminster, South Carolina - September 2 - 6, 2008
Beginning the week after Labor Day and running through the following weekend, the South Carolina Apple Festival celebrates the beginning of apple harvest season in Oconee County, the largest apple-producing area in the state. The annual festival has drawn thousands of visitors to the Westminster area since its beginning in 1961. Festival activities include arts and crafts and food vendors, kiddie rides, an apple pie baking contest, entertainment, a popular two-day rodeo and much more. - Clay County Golden Delicious Festival
Clay, West Virginia - September 18 - 21, 2008
Events kick off on Thursday evening and continue throughout the weekend. Highlights include vendors, amusement rides, lots of entertainment and contests, antique car and motorcycle shows, a parade, chili cook-off and bake-off, 5K run, quilt show, fireworks and more . - 9th Annual Apple Butter Celebration
Shenandoah National Park, Virginia - September 12 - 13, 2008
Freshly made apple butter, apple candy, apple art, apple crafts - apples are just everywhere. - 31st Annual Boones Mill Apple Festival
Boones Mill, Virginia - September 20, 2008
Plenty of food, fun, crafts, an art show, entertainment and fun and games for children of all ages. (Rain date is Saturday, September 27, 2008) - Stribling Orchard - Applefest
Markham, Virginia - Date to be announced
Stribling Orchard will be making fresh apple butter in the orchard, plus there will be local vendors, face painting and great B-B-Q. - Casey County Apple Festival
Liberty, Kentucky - September 20 - 27, 2008
Head to the streets of downtown Liberty where there will be entertainment, a full-size carnival, music, pageants, over 200 vendors, and a giant 10 foot apple pie on the last weekend of September. Other fun events include a parade and dog show on Friday evening and an antique engine display on Saturday. - Apple Pickin' Jubilee
Ellijay, Georgia - September 13 - 14, 20 - 21, 27 - 28, 2008
Pick your own apples, follow a nature rail filled with scenes from nursery rhymes and fairy tales, take a mule drawn wagon ride and enjoy live Entertainment including cloggers and country bands. Kids will enjoy the John Deere Derby, a pedal tractor trike track and farm games like apple bobbin' and corn shelling. - Fall Farm Fun Festival at Marker-Miller Orchards Farm Market
Winchester, Virginia - September 20, 2008
Pick your own apples from the tree and browse around the beautiful countryside of Winchester. Hot dogs and country ham sandwiches available for lunch, plus scenic wagon rides for all ages and the barrel train for the kids. - Annual Apple Harvest Festival
Winchester, Virginia - September 20 - 21, 2008
Enjoy arts and crafts, ethnic foods, the Virginia State Apple Butter Making Championship, a regional apple pie baking contest, Ole Tyme Apple Growers Exhibit and more at Jim Barnett Park in the heart of apple country.
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