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Long Grove’s Apple Fest draws a big crowd

There's nothing like a festival to draw a crowd to downtown Long Grove and Apple Fest lived up to its billing as people lined up to buy apples, enjoy prepared food, visit vendors' booths and listen to live music Saturday.

  Apples line the bottom of a box during Apple Fest on Saturday in Long Grove. The annual fall festival features food, music, carnival rides, vendors and more. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com

The three-day event features fresh apples, apple pies, candy-covered apples, apple doughnuts and cider. In addition to apple products, a variety of food items including hot and cold treats are available.

  People line up to buy apples during Long Grove Apple Fest on Saturday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com

Music on the main stage between noon and 6 p.m. Sunday, the festival's final day, includes Acoustic Deficit Disorder, Chicken Dolphin Band and American English.

  People walk down Robert Parker Coffin Road, which was closed to traffic, in downtown Long Grove during Apple Fest on Saturday. The festival continues Sunday. Joe Lewnard/jlewnard@dailyherald.com