Applefest®

10/09/2025

Thank you again for all your support. We keep this page focused on the festival, so it goes a somewhat dormant in the off-season.

If you are looking to speak with anyone about the festival, vendor opportunities, entertainment, or joining the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce (organizer of the festival), please email [email protected].

See you next October!

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10/08/2025

Without jumping high up on a soap box and getting called all levels of hypoctital, it's disheartening getting on social media to read those comments by people complaining about this or that trivial...

10/06/2025

Here are some of our favorite photos from the weekend. (Check out our reels for a few more.)

But we couldn't be every where. If you have a picture you would like to share (delicious food, fun buys, fun moments), throw them in the comments. ⬇️

Thank you to the CORE Committee and the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce who organize this great event every year.

📸Also TY to Eight & 322 for helping us grab some of the things we could.

10/06/2025

🍎🥧🏆 Shelly Proper of Meadville - Winner of our annual Apple Pie Baking Contest. 🏆🥧🍎

Here is a picture of all 17 entries with our wonderful volunteers Sandy and Kevin.

10/06/2025

Sunny weather that felt more like late summer than early fall drew very large crowds over the weekend to Franklin’s Applefest.

10/06/2025

Applefest 42 by the Numbers:

75 apple dapple cakes
100 bushels of apples handed out
175 apple pies
300+ vendors
400+ vehicles in the car show
500+ runners/walkers in the 5K
700+ pancake meals
3,000 apple dumplings
1 million views on Facebook
TOO MANY VISITORS TO COUNT

The 3 Best Days of the Year.

10/05/2025

We couldn't have asked for a better ending to an amazing weekend. Our hearts of so full a gratitude for everyone who helped make it happen:
🍎Volunteers
🍎Sponsors
🍎CORE Committee
🍎City Workers
🍎Police
🍎Shuttle Drivers
🍎Chamber Members
🍎Business Owners
🍎Vendors
🍎And YOU!

10/05/2025

Q: Where are the apple dumplings?
A: Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce booth near the Egbert Fountain.
Sidenote: While they last.

If you have a hankering for apple pie, apple dapple cake or an apple dumpling (with or without ice cream) don't delay. Things are selling fast. Really faster. Really, really fast.

And they won't be back until Applefest 43.

10/05/2025

Holy moly!!!!! What a day!!!

So many wonderful faces from near and far. We so enjoyed sharing our beautiful town with you. The crowds were so big we ran out of apples before 3 p.m. 🍎🍎🍎🍎

Let's do it again tomorrow. We will have more apples, the vendors will be open again, and the car show will fill Liberty and 12th Streets.

We can't wait to see you!

Applefest - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Oct. 5, downtown Franklin, PA.

10/04/2025

For many people Applefest is a family tradition. And we are here for it.

❤️🍎 Holland has become one of our favorite Applefest attendees. He came to his first festival at 8 days old. Then last year his family shared an update and they did again today. 🍎❤️