Pickle Festival at The Apple Barn
Featuring the Big Dill Pickle Competition
If you love pickles, this one is kind of a big dill.
Join us for our annual Pickle Festival, a wildly fun celebration of the harvest season and all things brined, crunchy, salty, and delicious. This is the day we let ourselves have a little fun with food while still honoring where it comes from and why preserving the harvest matters.
Expect bold flavors, playful surprises, and plenty of laughs.
What’s happening
🥒 The Big Dill Pickle Competition
Think your homemade pickles have what it takes? Bring your best jar and compete for bragging rights and a cash prize. Judged by a panel of pickle loving humans who take crunch very seriously.
🥒 The Pickle Lab
Step into our interactive Pickle Lab and learn how pickles actually work. Touch, smell, and explore the magic of salt, brine, and time. It is food science, harvest wisdom, and a little controlled chaos all rolled into one.
🥒 Wild pickle foods
Yes, the rumors are true. Pickle milkshakes. Pickle slushies. Pickles on a stick. Classic favorites and questionable choices all welcome here.
🥒 Live music and festival fun
Music, scavenger hunts, kids activities, and plenty of space to wander and enjoy the day.
🥒 Mini Cider Donut eating competition
A fan favorite returns. Fast donuts. Big energy. No regrets.
🥒 Sir Pickton
Our beloved pickle mascot will be making appearances throughout the day, spreading good vibes and posing for photos. He takes his job very seriously.
Why Pickle Festival
Pickling is how we make the harvest last. It is a tradition rooted in necessity that somehow turned into something joyful and a little ridiculous. This festival celebrates that spirit. Good food, good humor, and the satisfaction of knowing nothing goes to waste.
Come for the pickles. Stay for the laughs. Leave with a full belly and a deeper appreciation for all things brined.
Bring your friends. Bring your sense of humor. Bring a jar if you are feeling bold. We cannot wait to celebrate with you.
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