Apple Fest opens Friday in historic Long Grove
Any way you slice it, visitors can expect to have bushels of fun at the annual Long Grove Apple Festival Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, in historic Long Grove.
Celebrate fall’s favorite fruit and the many delicious ways to enjoy it — from Long Grove’s famous brown bag apple pies and apple cider doughnuts to hot apple cider, caramel apple lattes, apple martinis and more.
Festival hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. all three days.
Village restaurants and outdoor food booths will carry a range of apple-inspired treats, as well as bushels full of tree-ripened apples. Visitors will enjoy outdoor ambience and the many activities and live music staged throughout the historic village.
The lineup of entertainment on the stage in Fountain Square and at the Covered Bridge and the Mill Pond will feature folk, bluegrass, country, rock and jazz throughout the three-day weekend. Families with children will find plenty of activities for kids, including pony rides, kiddie rides, face painting and educational booths.
Schedule of events
FRIDAY, SEPT. 30
10 a.m. Guyz With Bad Eyez, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
12:30 p.m. Back Porch Moon, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
1 p.m. Ian Leith, Covered Bridge
2 p.m. Blend, Fountain Square
2 p.m. Matt Stedman, Towner Green
3 p.m. Mister Frank, Covered Bridge
3 p.m. Steve Justman, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
4 p.m. Karen Hart Band, Fountain Square
SATURDAY, OCT. 1
10 a.m. Donna Herula & Tony Nardiello, Covered Bridge
10 a.m. Mark Theodore, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
11:30 a.m. Long Grove Performing Arts Academy, Fountain Square
Noon. Dayna Malow Band, Fountain Square
Noon. Old Town School of Folk Music presents: Jodi Koplin & The Jigglejam Band, Towner Green
12:30 p.m. Lee Diccon, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
12:30 p.m. Old Town Under Dogs, Covered Bridge
1:30 p.m. Apple Pie Eating Contest, Towner Green
2 p.m. Trevor McSpadden, Fountain Square
2:30 p.m. Ice Cream Eating Contest, Towner Green
3 p.m. Cover Story, Covered Bridge
3 p.m. Merv Collins, Mill Pond
3 p.m. Jazzy Blue, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
3 p.m. To Be Announced, Towner Green
3:30 p.m. Long Grove Performing Arts Academy, Fountain Square
4 p.m. 28 Days, Fountain Square
SUNDAY, OCT. 2
10 a.m. Donna Herula & Tony Nardiello, Covered Bridge
10 a.m. Gospel Sing a long, Gazebo Stage — at Beans & Leaves
Noon. Curbside, Fountain Square
Noon. Old Town School of Folk Music Presents: The Wren & The Whistler, Towner Green
Noon. Stas Golonka & His Chicago Masters, Covered Bridge
12:30 p.m. Prairie Sky, Gazebo Stage at Beans & Leaves
1 p.m. Kristina’s Studio of Dance, Covered Bridge
2 p.m. Doc’s Delorean, Fountain Square
2 p.m. Pete Jonsson, Mill Pond
2 p.m. Kristina’s Studio of Dance, Covered Bridge
2:30 p.m. Ice Cream Eating Contest, Towner Green
3 p.m. Wind Gypsies, Towner Green
3 p.m. Merv Collins … fingerstyle guitarist, Gazebo Stage — at Beans & Leaves
3 p.m. Kristina’s Studio of Dance, Covered Bridge
3 p.m. SF Penguins, Covered Bridge
4 p.m. 7th Heaven, Fountain Square