Apple festival gays mills

Crawford County Fairgrounds
17725 Hwy 131 - Gays Mills
Events

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Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/27/2024 - 09/29/2024
All Day

Location
Crawford County Fairgrounds

Categories

Vendors are invited to exhibit and sell their work along Main Street and at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Gays Mills, WI.

The Gays Mills Lions Club sponsors two vendor shows at the County Fairgrounds: The Arts and Crafts Show and the Flea Market. The Arts and Crafts Show is on Saturday and Sunday while the Flea Market is held all three days. For information on vendor spaces along Main Road, please call the Village Clerk’s office at 608-735-4341.

The weekend coincides with the heart of the harvest of some 1,500 acres of apple trees around Gays Mills. Southwestern Wisconsin’s fall colors are at their peak at this time. In addition to the Arts and Crafts Show and Flea Market, Apple Festival includes a carnival, music, dancing, the fun run/walk, the Sunday afternoon parade, many sustenance vendors and other festivities.

gaysmillslionsclub@gmail.com or by leaving a message in the Lions Club Voice Mailbox at (608) 735-4667. Mail may be sent to PO Box 56, Gays Mills, WI

Sunrise Orchards Events

Opening Day at Sunrise Orchards: 8am-5pm

August 18

We look forward to Sunrise Orchards 2025 Opening Day 8 am - 5 pm!

Honeycrisp Weekend

September 19-21

All grades of Honeycrisp apples will be on SALE! Plus, enjoy a Honeycrisp Queeen's Apple while they last. Sign up for a Honeycrisp offering box shipped directly to you!

Gays Mills Apple Festival 2025, Gays Mills, WI

September 26-28

66th Annual Apple Festival September 26, 27, & 28, 2025 Celebrating the apple harvest with parades, carnivals, arts and crafts, flea markets, music, dancing, fun run/walk, food and festivities. Located in Gays Mills, WI For more information: www.gaysmills.org/applefest.html

Sunrise Orchards parade truck will roll through Apple Festival - Sunday Sept. 28th procession at 1 PM!

Cheese Curd Weekend

October 4-5

Cheese Curd Weekend
Calling all cheese curd lovers .... shop all your favorite cheese curd varieties at Sunrise—and enjoy free taste tests! Plus, the Curd Mobile will be on-site serving up hot, fresh fried cheese curds and other tasty treats.

Calendar of Events

The Gays Mills Apple Festival – the 63rd annual – runs September 23-25, 2022! Gays Mills is cute much the apple capital of Wisconsin, and it celebrates the apple harvest with parades, carnivals, arts and crafts, flea markets, music, dancing, a 2K and 5K fun run/walk, food and festivities.

Get the rest of the details from their website or see the schedule below!

You’ll find Gays Mills in the heart of Wisconsin’s beautiful Driftless Area, where Highways 131 and 171 meet by the Kickapoo River. It’s worth going for the drive alone!

2022 Gays Mills Apple Festival Schedule of Events

FRIDAY EVENTS
Carnival: Wristband Night 5pm-9pm Fairgrounds
Lions Club Flea Market: 8am-5pm Fairgrounds
Main Street Vending: 10am-5pm Downtown
BMZ Church Food Stand:10am-5pm Fairgrounds
4-H Food Stand: Friday-Sunday Fairgrounds
American Legion Food Stand: 10am-5pm Fairgrounds
Societies Sons M/C: Music
Dante’s:Music Last Ride
Halver’s Town Tap: Music

SATURDAY EVENTS To See & Do:
Run and Walk:Registration 8am Main St Bridge, 2 & 5 Mi. Run; 2 Mi. Walk; ¼ Mi. Kids Fun Run: 9am
Lions Club Flea Market: 8am-5pm Fairgrou

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Apple Fest Run/Walk

Located in the scenic rolling hills of western Wisconsin sits Apple Region – Gays Mills. Every year this small town hosts an epic event, Apple Fest, which includes a 1/4 mile kids run, a 2-mile Run/walk, and a 5-mile dash along a beautiful wooded backroad heading out of town.

The Apple Fest Run/Walk course is an remarkable dynamic of hills with a few level areas to give you a break! With the Kickapoo on one side of you and fall colors all around, there is no end to the view as you sprint.
All races are chip-timed.

Join us every year on Applefest Saturday Morning!

Registration

Price Increase

Prices increase after September 12, 2025

North Crawford National Honor Society- Food4Kids Program

North Crawford Schools represents Gays Mills, Soldiers Grove, and the surrounding area. The National Honor Society runs a program at North Crawford that sends food place to kids with nourishment insecurities. This food is sent home weekly with the students to assist support them. Food4Kids
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