Website Administrator: Heather Taylor

Page last updated: 8/28/2008 10:00 AM

NC Apple Festival

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To contact us:

 Phone: 828-697-4557

Fax:  828-698-1629

Email: apple@ncapplefestival.org

 

P.O. Box 886

Hendersonville, NC  28793

 

 

Website Administrator:  Heather Taylor

NC Apple Festival

62 years………………..August 29-September 1, 2008

Bushels of Apples from the

NC Apple Festival

2008 North Carolina

Apple Festival

The 2008 NC Apple Festival will be held on Main Street in downtown Hendersonville, NC over the weekend of August 29– September 1, 2008.  The festival not only features a street fair with arts & crafts vendors but it includes continuous live musical entertainment, apple growers and their apples, children’s & youth activities, special exhibits & open houses, food, and, to top it all off, on Labor Day, the King Apple Parade. Capture the spirit of a hometown celebration that has something for the whole family, with many individual events and entertainers throughout the festival. The festival is held annually, during the Labor Day weekend.

The Apple Festival’s Street Fair covers 9 blocks of Main Street with more than 150 vendors . Main Street is closed to traffic from 6th Avenue to Caswell Street.

Please leave your pets comfortably at home, Hendersonville City ordinance prohibits animals in the event area.

North Carolina is the 7th largest apple-producing state in the nation and Henderson County is the largest apple-producing county in North Carolina. The most widely-grown apples are Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Rome Beauty and Galas. In addition, many orchards grow a number of other varieties.  Fresh apples may be purchased at one of the many roadside apple markets or produce stands located throughout the county.

A beautiful, sunny day during Labor Day Weekend

Celebrate our Mountain Heritage with NC Apples

NEW! 2008 Official Apple Festival Brochure.

 

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