Apple Harvest Festival

First Saturday in October, October 4, 2025, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Free admission, fortunaappleharvest.org

Enjoy the fruits of the fall harvest all over town:

• Downtown Street Fair 9th-14th Streets, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
• Clendenen's Cider Works, 96 12th Street, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Apple and cider tasting, apple dumplings, narrated hayride orchard tour, food truck, Scotia Band performs, retail store sells apples, baked goods, cider and more!
• Rohner Park 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Live Pumpkin Carving, Speeder Car Rides, Inflatable Maze, Teafairy, Face Painting, Craft Vendors, Food for Sale by Restaurants & Caterers; Concert by Erie Rockerz 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Come to the old fashion street fair in Downtown Fortuna during the Apple Harvest Festival. Check out the crafts and artesian booths including jewelry, woodworks, plants, wind chimes, clothing at the Downtown Street Fair. Local Downtown Merchants will be open with some offering Apple Harvest specials, discounts, sales, and apple food items on their menu. And of course, come to town and enjoy cider and produce and more at Clendenen’s.

Additional Apple Harvest Festival locations include Rohner Park and Clendenen Cider Works (clendenensciderworks.com)

The festival is a city-wide historical celebration and family fun day that includes an old fashioned downtown fair, farmer’s market, barbecues, live music, and lots of children’s activities.

From last year: On Sunday, the Timber Heritage Association will run railroad speeder car rides from Clendenen's Cider Works to 8th Street and back. Free hayride transportation allows you and your family to be carried from one venue to the next while enjoying the wonderful October weather in Fortuna.

 

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