Young people paint pumpkins on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
The 38th annual Apple Festival was held on Oct. 6 and 7 at the Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum located at 9241 Ste. Rte. 38 in Newark Valley, N.Y.
Hosted and organized by the Newark Valley Historical Society, the two-day festival featured live music, multiple heritage and guild demonstrations, a tour of the homestead, horse-drawn wagon rides, children’s activities, vendors and artisans, historical interpreters, along with plenty of food choices, and, of course, fresh apples, apple cider and apple desserts!
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Young people paint pumpkins on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Young people try out walking stilts on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Young people make old-fashioned cornhusk dolls on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Families work together to grind corn on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Priscilla Schwarze, a long-time Historical Society guild member, chats with guests about how goldenrod as well as various nuts is used to make dye for yarn colors. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
A young boy is delighted to meet a baby duck on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
A young girl, with some assistance, gives shooting a try at the Old Hickory Long Guns demonstration on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Two young apprentices demonstrate their work at the Blacksmith tent on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
A member of the black powder guild, dressed in period attire, chats with guests on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Fest-goers stop by the Smith's cider press on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
A guest grabs a sample of apple cider on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
Fest-goers browse the multiple artisan and craft tents on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
The duo, DnT, one of more than a dozen musical acts at the Newark Valley Apple Festival, perform inside the Herrick Barn on Oct. 7. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
A member of the Cooking Guild offers fresh bread to guests made on the 200-year-old-hearth inside the Bement-Billings Farmstead on Oct. 7 at the Newark Valley Apple Festival. (Photo by JoAnn R. Walter)
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