Jersey County Historical Society Apple Festival

About this event

Join the Jersey County Historical Society at their 33rd annual Apple Festival on Saturday, October 5, 2024, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This annual festival features something for everyone to enjoy, including live music beginning at 9:30 a.m., lots of crafters and vendors, activities for kids, historical tours, and more!

Activities for Kids

Balloon Art by Mike Morten will be available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. From 10 a.m to 4 p.m., for $5 per child, kids can complete pioneer crafts and chores like churning butter, gathering eggs, shelling and grinding corn, milking a cow, etc. in order to earn "money," which can be used to buy candy at the Mercantile.

Historical Tours of the Grounds

Historical tours of Cheney Mansion, Lone Star School, Union Forest Church, the Log Cabins, and Museum will be held throughout the day with tickets being sold until 3 p.m. and all tours finishing by 4:30 p.m. Tour tickets will be sold for $5 per person. Children under 5 are admitted free-of-charge. All children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

Live Entertainment

• 9:30 - 11:30: JCHS choir students
• 12 - 1: Gibson Sisters
• 1 - 3: Cash Goetten
• 3-5: Jon Hetzel Family

Food & Drink

The Jersey County Historical Society will be serving vegetable soup, ham and beans with cornbread, fish, chicken strips, fries, hot dogs, desserts, drinks, and kettle corn throughout the day.

For information about this event, please visit jerseycountyhistory.org, the Jersey County Historical Society Facebook page, or call (618) 946-4240 or (618) 498-3514.