Events include:
Home-Baked Apple Pie, Cake, and Pastries Contest
The contest is on the Saturday of festival. Judging begins at 5:30pm with registration one hour prior. Prizes are $75 for 1st place and $50 for 2nd place in each of the three categories..
Arts and Crafts Fair
This event welcomes over 200 crafters from the Four Flags Area and all around the country. Come out and enjoy homemade crafts and goods on both Saturday and Sunday the weekend of festival.
Beard and Mustache Contest
Window Decorating Contest
This is an event that started more than ten years ago. The downtown merchants decorate their windows following the theme of the Apple Festival. The merchant with the best design wins a traveling trophy, which can be displayed in their store for the next year. This event has been hosted for several years by Karen Alexander of Coldwell Banker.
Grande Parade
The Grande Parade is one of our largest events. It starts at 1:30 pm Saturday in downtown Niles on Second Street. The parade route is about 5 miles long through town, ending at Niles High School. Our community goes all out when it comes time for the Apple Festival Grande Parade.
Old Fashioned Log Cutting and Hand Sawing Contest
One of the more competitive events we have at the Apple Festival! This is where you can partner up with your pal and find out just what you’re made of. In this event your on one end of the saw and your partner is on the other, the logs range in size from 4” to 8” around and your jobs are to saw it in a give and take motion in the quickest time the team with the fastest time is declared the winner and has bragging rights for the year cash prizes are awarded and you can even have the piece of the log inked with the time it took to cut it, it yours for the asking. There are several teams in this event; boys & girls, men & women as well as seniors. There’s something for everyone. This is boasted as a Good Old Fashion Contest.
Biggest Apple Contest
The Biggest Apple Contest is just that. The entrants are from area orchards and devote time to a special tree in their orchard where they have discovered a large apple growing. They will keep an eye on this tree and give it just a little more attention. They will water this tree maybe a little more often all the while watching this one particular apple. Once it gets to just the right size, they carefully pick it and hand deliver it to the Apple Festival where it will be displayed until the time of the judging of the Biggest Apple Contest.
The apples are measured from the stem around the bottom and then back to the stem, as well as around the middle of the apple. Then after the measurements have been taken the Biggest Apple is chosen and the Award goes to the winner.
The apples are measured from the stem around the bottom and then back to the stem, as well as around the middle of the apple. Then after the measurements have been taken the Biggest Apple is chosen and the Award goes to the winner.
Custom Car Show
12th Annual Custom Car Show!
Date: Sunday, September 30th
Registration: 9:00 - noon
Cost: $10.00
Awards at 3:00 p.m.
The Custom Car Show is a big draw during the Festival with over 200 cars to see. This event is held all day Sunday. Trophies are handed out around 5 p.m. September 30.
Date: Sunday, September 30th
Registration: 9:00 - noon
Cost: $10.00
Awards at 3:00 p.m.
The Custom Car Show is a big draw during the Festival with over 200 cars to see. This event is held all day Sunday. Trophies are handed out around 5 p.m. September 30.
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The Harold Galbreath "Galley" Memorial Horseshoe Tournament
This contest is just what the name says it is, a Horse Shoe Tournament. It starts with 2 person teams and goes through several elimination rounds where the best keeps advancing to the next round, the winner is declared when the last team is standing defeating all other opponents. Next are the 4 person teams the same thing for them the last team in contention is declared the winner. Then it’s on to singles, person against person right up to the very end this makes for a long day and a lot of shoe throwing. This is fun to watch and even more fun to participate!
Apple Pie Eating Contest
This is by far one of the most fun Contests to WATCH. It sometimes gets a little messy! The contest has different age groups that will participate. Boys compete against each other to see who can eat their pie the fastest in the 1 minute allotted time. The pies are all weighed before the start and after the clock is stopped, the difference is… well you guessed it the amount that was eaten then the person with the most pie eaten is declared the winner for that category. Then it the girls turn to compete against each other. This gets pretty competitive to say the least. Next the same goes for the men. Wow you should see these guys eat! Next up is the women. These gals are very competitive. Some nibble at their pie and some just devour it! Sometimes it takes longer to cleanup than it does to hold the contest. After all of the contestants are finished, we invite our Festival Royalty to give it a try and words just can’t describe it. You have to see it for yourself. So come out Sunday afternoon and enter the Apple Pie Eating Contest. Registration is just prior to the contest.
Apple Peeling Contest - Sunday September 30, 2012
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