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The Apple Festival was founded in September 1949 with the purpose of promoting La Crescent and its apple industry. The first Apple Festival was a huge success, drawing a crowd of nearly 20,000 people, and the festival has grown in size and quality every year. All profits made from the festivals are given back to the community for various projects.
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The first Kentucky Apple Festival was held on October 6, 1962, and was known as "Apple Day". It was guided by Elmon Davis, an officer at Citizens National Bank and apple orchard owner from Flat Gap. Davis not only created the festival to promote the county's apple production, but to compete with the Johnson County Fair, which had been held ...
The Friday night home high-school football game, at Jackson High School during the week of the festival, is dubbed "The Apple Bowl." Several parades are held during the festival. A school parade is held on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday evening is the Opening Parade. Thursday at noon is the Pre-School Parade.
The festival offers a variety of attractions. Its primary draw is its parade, and a street festival featuring fresh foods and local crafts. Other attractions include hayrides, a classic car show, live music, Kinsmen pancake breakfast, a firework show, and a children's amusement park. Vendors can be found around town selling local arts and crafts.
The annual Old Apple Tree Festival in Vancouver celebrated the tree's birthday in October with giveaways of cuttings by the city forester. [6] [7] The apple tree, which had been in ailing health for some time, died in June 2020 at the age of 194. [8] Although the tree's trunk was "declared dead", the root system remains alive.
The Apple & Grape Harvest Festival is a biennial festival held in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, taking place over 10 days at the beginning of March. It is one of Queensland's longest-running festivals, first held in 1966 as a celebration of the Granite Belt region’s wine and produce industry.
Apple Festival (Azerbaijani: Alma bayramı) is a cultural festival that is celebrated annually in Guba, Azerbaijan on the days of harvesting apples. [1] The inaugural event was held in 2012. The festival features Azerbaijani fruit-cuisine mainly the apples from Quba. Although the holiday is called "Apple Feast", it is dedicated not only to ...