2024 Apple Festival Directory

OCTOBER 4-6, 2024

62ND ANNUAL BAYFIELD APPLE FESTIVAL • 1

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APPLE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OCTOBER 4, 5 & 6 • 2024

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3 •

4 pm – 9 pm, Carnival

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10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield

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10am-5pm, Bayfield Farmer’s Market featuring all local producers along South 1st Street 10:30am- Noon, Live Music by Warren Nelson: Memorial Park Gazebo

Noon-12:10, Mayor Proclamation: Memorial Park Gazebo Noon-2pm, Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street) 12:30-2:30pm, Live Music by Sonofmel: Memorial Park Gazebo 1-9pm, Carnival 3-5pm, Live Music by Old Country Boys: Memorial Park Gazebo

3-5pm, Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street)

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10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.

10am-5pm, Bayfield Farmer’s Market featuring all local producers along

South 1st Street 10:30am-Noon, Live Music by Warren Nelson: Memorial Park Gazebo 11am-1pm, Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street) 11am, Bayfield Firemen’s Fish Fry, Beer Garden and Live Music: Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion Noon-9pm, Carnival 12:30-2:30pm, Live Music by David Blong: Memorial Park Gazebo 1-2pm, Apple Peeling Contest: Grandstand Stage

2:30-4:30pm, Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street) 3-5pm, Live Music by Michael Vasquez: Memorial Park Gazebo 6:45pm, Queen Procession: Begins in front of Old Rittenhouse Inn 7:00pm, Queen Coronation: Memorial Park Gazebo (Rain Location: Lakeside Pavilion)

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6

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10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.

11am-1pm, Live Music by Warren Nelson: Memorial Park Gazebo 11am-1pm, Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street) Noon-6pm, Carnival 2pm, Grand Parade, followed by the Mass Band: Sponsored by Bill and Marilyn Van Sant 3-5pm, Live Music by Sean and Ian Okamoto: Memorial Park Gazebo 3:30pm-5pm Big Top Chautauqua at the Grandstand Stage (North 2nd Street) 5pm – Firemen’s Raffle Drawing: Grandstand Stage

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FEATURES

2024 APPLE FESTIVAL QUEEN............................................ 4 2024 APPLE FESTIVAL PARADE GRAND MARSHAL........... 5 ARTISTIC TRADITION MEETS MODERN INNOVATION: 62ND APPLE FESTIVAL POSTER CREATED BY ARTIST ED VOCKE......................................... 8

CELEBRATING 62 YEARS OF THE BAYFIELD APPLE HARVEST!................................................ 9 BAYFIELD’S AWARD-WINNING APPLE DESSERTS....... 10-11 A FLAT TIRE IN ‘62 PLANTED THE SEED FOR THIS, THE 62ND APPLE FESTIVAL!................................... 12 THOUGHTS ON THE BAYFIELD APPLEFEST...................... 13 2024 APPLE FESTIVAL ORCHARD ACTIVITIES.................. 15 SAVOR THE FLAVORS OF BAYFIELD’S 62ND ANNUAL APPLE FESTIVAL...................................... 18 BAYFIELD’S APPLE VARIETIES........................................... 22 APPLE FESTIVAL ROYALTY................................................ 24 GRAND MARSHALS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.............. 25 BAYFIELD: WHERE THE WATER MEETS THE SOUL........... 29

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2024 Apple Festival Queen MATT MILNER

Editor, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

Morgan Wroblewski has been attending the Bayfield Apple Festival for as long as she can remember. In her words, “since I was a baby.”

Never, during all that time, did she think she’d wind up as the Apple Festival Queen. It just wasn’t on her radar.

“I had no thought of even entering myself.

The chamber called and said I was going to be the Apple Festival Queen,” she said.

Her heritage might just have something to do with that. In a time when family farms and multi-generation ownership are fading, Morgan is different.

Morgan’s mom, Becca, was born a Hauser.

The family runs Hauser’s Superior View Farm, one of the older orchards in the area. According to their website, a number of original, heirloom trees still stand more than a century after their planting.

“We’ve been here a long, long time,” Becca said.

The site also says the farm has been worked by five generations. Well, it depends on how you define that. You see, Morgan is the sixth. She worked in the gift shop over the summer, mostly on weekends. During the week she helped out her dad, a plumber, with his paperwork.

That double dose of family occupations isn’t common, but it does help explain why Morgan is ready for what will be a very busy weekend with the Apple Festival.

“I’m going to be volunteering at the information booth and I’m going to be a judge at the apple pie contest,” she said. Along with that there’s the apple peeling contest, which she’ll help out with, her presence at the official festival proclamation.

If that’s not enough, Morgan is also “looking forward to the coronation and the parade,” which she’ll be in, of course.

The return every year for the festival also draws on family ties. A lot of festivals and celebrations run their

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course and fade away, but the Apple Festival is still going strong. Morgan has a good idea why.

“I think it’s a really good bonding opportunity for families,” she said. Families will go to an orchard and pick some apples, then head downtown for the fun.

The combination creates memories and ties that just can’t happen if the family isn’t spending time together.

“It’s a tradition, you know,” she said.

If you’re wondering Morgan does have a favorite apple for eating. Right now it’s the honeycrisp. She prefers a crisp apple, one with a bit of bite to it over the softer varieties, and the blend of sweetness and tartness are a treat.

And, yes, Hauser’s grows them.

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2024 Apple Festival Parade Grand Marshal MATT MILNER

Editor, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

When Kati Anderson, the public relations manager for the Bayfield Chamber & Visitors Bureau, told Mike Berg he had been nominated to be the grand marshal for the Apple Festival’s parade, she didn’t get the reaction she expected.

“I can’t do that because I have run the parade!” he said Fred Erickson, who nominated Berg, laughed when he heard about the comment. It was exactly the kind of thing he would expect Berg to say.

“Him and I have been very close for a number of years. He has been a mentor to me and just a very good friend,” he said.

A chat with Berg quickly tells you exactly why people are so fond of him.

Berg has organized the Bayfield Apple Festival parade for years, helping to promote the area’s orchards. He has a business interest in the area’s agriculture but it’s a blueberry patch, not apples. The name gives you a bit of insight into Berg’s sense of playfulness.

Rather than name it after the family or the location, it’s called the Garage Mahal orchard.

The same puckish sense of humor shows up when Berg talks about the parade: “It’s the one time in life that I can tell hundreds of people where to go — and they’ll do it.”

Berg is quick to laugh, and even quicker to give credit to others. He said the chamber does the “yeoman’s job” with the parade, getting people signed up and ready. Once that’s done he comes in and figures out spacing and organization.

“Early in the morning we stake out the road and mark out with numbers who is where. It just becomes a question of orchestrating everything into position,” he said.

A police car and fire equipment lead things off, and Berg said there’s good reason for that. They need space, and making their way through ensures the

crowd is back far enough so the bands can get through.

“We have a couple dozen very talented bands that come from throughout the area,” he said. “My favorite moment — it’s always fun — I find it interesting to interact with the band leaders and interact with the students, which is a lot of fun.”

To Berg, making sure things come together for the parade is a way of giving back to the community. He’s well aware it’s not just his effort, though.

Volunteers are the backbone of any effort like the Apple Festival. There’s usually no professional staff to rely on, especially in smaller communities. So keeping the festival going means people in the community have to come forward to help.

The fact the festival is in its 62nd year shows how well the community has done that. The enthusiasm isn’t lost on Anderson.

“We have so many volunteers who help us run the festival,” she said.

Even with that, though, Berg stands out. How could he not? When someone spends so many years wrangling entries, bands and who knows how many organizations into coherent parades, they’re indispensable.

It’s a level of dedication that impresses people, including Erickson.

“For a 90-year-old man to have the energy he does is really remarkable,” he said.

But one thing comes through in any conversation with Berg. He loves Bayfield and the surrounding area. He’s excited about the prospects of this year’s apple harvest, which he thinks should be a good one. He praised the “seriously talented growers” who take care of the orchards and hopes young people will step up to continue legacies that date back as much as five generations for some orchards.

The affection for the area developed fast. Berg said he “came up here in ’71 to go fishing and promptly fell in love with the neighborhood.” But he was also aware that, like many small towns, there’s a persistent difference between people who were born in the community and those who moved in.

Folks are nice, sure. They’re welcoming. But there sometimes seems to be a little gap that’s hard to overcome.

That makes this moment something special for Berg.

“I’ve made it,” he said. “I’m a Bayfielder.”

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Artistic Tradition Meets Modern Innovation: 62nd Apple Festival Poster Created by Artist Ed Vocke The 62nd Bayfield Apple Festival poster, crafted by artist Ed Vocke, vividly captures the essence of the region’s autumn harvest. This stunning artwork showcases the iconic apple orchards, vibrant fall colors, and the majestic expanse of Lake Superior. Vocke’s creation weaves these elements together to form a visual narrative that resonates deeply with viewers, reflecting the unique spirit of Bayfield.

A published artist with work represented in galleries across the region, Vocke’s journey into art began at an early age, as part of a generation that embraced emerging digital tools and platforms. These tools opened up limitless creative possibilities, allowing him to blend artistic traditions with modern innovations.

“For me, utilizing technology in art is about exploring endless possibilities,” Vocke explains. “Each decision, whether rooted in pieces of reality or flights of imagination, shapes the final piece. Transforming the real and familiar into something dreamlike or making something dreamlike feel tangible, that’s the artistic playground I like to create from.”

The Apple Festival poster is a testament to Vocke’s artistic philosophy, where every layer and element is carefully considered to contribute to a cohesive whole. “I wanted to capture the feeling of the harvest season: the orchards full of apples, the colors in full bloom, the beauty of the lake, the winding coastal road. It’s about the feeling that Apple Festival gives to those who live here and those who come from far and wide to experience it.”

Vocke’s poster won first place in the Apple Festival Poster contest held in 2023 at the Bayfield Festival of Arts. Looking to the future, he would love to engage with local schools, art programs, and organizations by offering workshops in digital art and storytelling.

“My goal is to inspire young artists and do my part to ensure Bayfield continues to be a source of creative inspiration for generations to come.”

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The poster and buttons will be available for purchase at the Bayfield Chamber and Visitor Bureau throughout Apple Festival weekend, October 4-6.

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Celebrating 62 years of the Bayfield Apple Harvest!

As the days get shorter, the weather gets chillier, and the leaves turn colors, Bayfield farmers are busy tending to their orchards in preparation for the autumn harvest. Dozens of varieties of apples are grown in the hills of Bayfield’s peninsula, and every year, this small city on the shores of Lake Superior celebrates the apple harvest with the annual Apple Festival. Be sure to take a drive along the Bayfield Fruit Loop and check out the orchard activities all weekend long.

The late James Erickson came up with the idea of the Apple Festival 62 years ago after his truck suffered a flat tire near Duluth. While waiting for a new tire, Erickson started selling apples out of his truck and realized no one knew there were apple orchards in Bayfield. Now, the festival draws anywhere from 30,000 to 60,000 people to Bayfield throughout the three-day weekend.

The smell of caramel apples, apple brats, and apple pie wafts through the jam-packed streets of Bayfield the first full weekend in October. Visitors are eager for a taste of Bayfield apples in their favorite dish or straight from the tree. You’ll find orchard booths down Rittenhouse Avenue and food booths along Rittenhouse, Manypenny Avenue, and South Second Street. Storefronts are decorated for the fall harvest and ready for the people who came to enjoy one of “USA Today’s 10 Best Fall Festivals.”

The exquisite musicianship of Big Top Chautauqua's house band, the Blue Canvas Orchestra, will fill the streets all weekend. Find them at the Grandstand Stage located on North Second Street. Enjoy a hot apple cider or hard cider while listening to local musicians in Memorial Park along the shores of Lake Superior. Music there will start at 10:30 a.m. on Friday.

Check out the schedule on page 2.

The Farmer’s Market will be available both Friday and Saturday this year during festival hours. See our local growers along First Street. The Grand Parade always wraps up the weekend festivities in downtown along Rittenhouse Avenue on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay are back and so is the Mass Band! Watch as area high school bands come

PHOTO BY JD BASS PHOTOGRAPHY Pictured Left to Right, Jeff Fuller, Marketing Manager, Carol Fahrenkrog, Executive Dir., Kati Anderson, Public Relations Manager

together to play “On Wisconsin.”

Please be mindful and respectful of each other to ensure everyone has an enjoyable and safe experience.

This festival would not be possible without our dedicated sponsors and volunteers! Thank you so much to all of those who put in the time and effort to make this year’s festival safe and fun for everyone!

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Purchase your tickets at Bayfield Apple Festival information stations!

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Bayfield’s Award-Winning Apple Desserts Every year the Bayfield community comes together for the Apple Pie and Dessert Contest to kick off Apple Festival. Contestants put on their aprons and head to their kitchens to whip up something delicious for a chance to be voted one of Bayfield’s best bakers. The contest is held a week before Apple Festival. A panel of people, with a pallet for dessert, judges each entry.

Featured are two of the 2023 winning recipes.

Home Baked All-American Apple Pie: Carol Marsh 2023 Winner Crust: 375 Grams Flour 1 tsp. Sugar 1 tsp. Salt 204 Grams Butter-flavored Shortening 1 Egg 1/3 Cup Water 1 tbsp White Vinegar Egg-white Wash Instructions: Combine flour, salt, and sugar, and cut in shortening until the mixture looks like coarse cornmeal. Whisk together egg, water, and vinegar. Gradually add wet ingredients to flower/shortening mixture.

Divide the dough into two equal portions. Form into round discs. Wrap and refrigerate for at least one hour.

Filling: 8 Cups Thinly Sliced Apples ¾ Cup Sugar ¼ tsp Salt 1 tsp Cinnamon ¼ tsp Nutmeg ¼ tsp Cardamom ¼ Cup Boiled Apple Cider 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice Zest from Half a Lemon 2 Tbsp Butter Cut Into Small Cubes 2 Tbsp Instant Clear Gel Instructions: Slice Apples. Toss with boiled apple cider, lemon juice and

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lemon zest. Mix sugar, instant clear gel, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, and salt. Toss dry ingredients with apple mixture.

Assemble: Roll out one of the crust portions and line a 9” pie plate. Fill with ½ apple filling and ½ butter cubes. Repeat with remaining apples and butter. Roll out top crust. Place

over apple filling and crimp upper and lower crusts. Alternately cut top crust into strips and weave a lattice crust. Apply an egg white wash and sprinkle with coarse sugar.

Bake: Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Reduce temperature to 375 degrees before placing pie into oven and bake for 55-60 minutes.

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Home Baked Apple Dessert: Harvest Sparkle Bomb made

by Matt Arnold 2023 Winner Dough: 11/3 Cup Flower 1 tsp Sugar ½ tsp Salt ¾ Cup Butter Cold and Cubed 6-8 Tbsp Ice Water Instructions: Whisk flower, sugar, salt. Work butter into dough with hands into large chunks. Add water through working the dough until it is shaggy. Press dough into a rectangle on a flowered surface and fold dough into thirds and wrap in plastic. Chill for 2+ hours.

Filling: 3 Wealthy Apples 2 McIntosh Apples 3 Tbls Butter ½ tsp Cinnamon 1 tsp Apple Pie Spice ¼ tsp Nutmeg 1 tsp Vanilla Extract ¼ tsp Salt

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¼ Cup of Sugar Instructions: Peel and dice apples.

Melt butter in the pan and add spices.

Stir apples in spices until well incorporated. Chill filling Assemble and Cook: Roll dough out

into large squares. Fill with apple filling in diamond shape. Fold corners in, overlapping, and fold the extra corners into the main body of the dessert. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar and sparkle sugar.

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A flat tire in ‘62 planted the seed for this, the 62nd Apple Festival!

In the fall of 1962, orchardist Jimmy Erickson had a flat tire outside Duluth enroute to North Dakota with an apple delivery. Waiting for a spare, he began selling apples from the truck and realized there were plenty of customers closer to home, if they only knew of the Bayfield orchards. Jimmy and a few others planted the seed for Apple Festival which has grown over the years yet retained the quintessential magic of a pristine small harbor-town celebration.

This marks my family’s 25th Apple Festival and we were hooked from the start. Little did I know then we would move into an old farmhouse in Bayfield with half a dozen remaining old apple trees. Their trunks, measuring thirty-six inches in circumference, are a reminder of the acres of apple trees that once grew within city limits.

Today, most of the old apple trees have died, and new ones planted in their place. We’re still newbies in town, as some Bayfield families have over a onehundred years of history. They will serve you caramel apples, cider, donuts and other delicious food, from their stands, all from the orchards where they still work and live. Bayfield is ceded territory, and the Ojibwe measure their connection to this place in generations going back to time immeasurable. While we are “new” to Bayfield, I must share, I’ve never known a place easier to

fall in love with, or neighbors more welcoming.

The careful, thoughtful, and intentional preservation of these lands, islands, water, and histories we share is the unifying thread that makes us slow to change and protective as mother bears of what we collectively love, and love to share. It is why Bayfield’s 62nd Apple Festival is very much the same as it was in 1962. The Erickson family is still here 62 years on, and while the faces have changed, the magic

has not.

On behalf of the greater Bayfield community, welcome to Apple Festival!

Absolute best wishes,

TED DOUGHERTY, MAYOR City of Bayfield

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Thoughts on the Bayfield Applefest

BY HOWARD D. PAAP Another year, another Apple Fest. This is our sixty-second gathering, the first being held way back in 1962. Much has changed over these more than six decades, but much has remained the same. Ours still is a small-town celebration, and even though we now see upwards of over 60.000 visitors on Apple Fest Weekend, we still enjoy a small-town feeling from beginning to end. Of course there have been changes over the years, changes that add a few welcome touches but in important ways the festival remains as it always has been. It still is a celebration of the apple, and of the small Bayfield and Red Cliff community, as well as our adjacent region of far northern Wisconsin and our big Lake Superior and its wonderful islands.

The history of several of our apple farms goes back well before our first festival, so many trees in today’s orchards were producing fruit for that very first get-together and are still at it, still offering delicious apples. And with a little effort–and perhaps persistence–you can find several varieties of old-time favorites like the Northwest Greening, Maiden Blush, Snow Apple, Northern Spy, and this writer’s childhood favorite, the Golden Russet. But, of course, the bulk of today’s crop includes the familiar Wealthy, MacIntosh, Cortland and several others.

A few orchards press apple cider and if it is ready, offer it for sale at the downtown festival. Also available are several types of bakery treats, like apple pies, scones, donuts, turnovers and more. And today you can also find

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an abundance of apple-based wines. But the apple itself remains the favorite at the festival, the apple you hold in your hand as you bite into it and enjoy.

Apple Fest Weekend is a great time to spend a day or two strolling along the downtown business-centered streets of tiny Bayfield. Good friends can be met and excellent Apple Fest food can be enjoyed by all. Each year seems to have a favorite vendor food, like a really special barbecued beef, or blackened Lake Superior whitefish sandwich. Delicious, and good enough to tempt a person to go for a second. And since it is never too late to enjoy a cob or two of roasted sweetcorn, that autumnal favorite must be part of a fest-goer’s food choices.

But it is the handheld apple itself, fresh, crisp and just sweet enough that is a favorite on Apple Fest Weekend.

Strolling through the streets of vendors while crunching a Cortland or Mac can be a lasting memory. And of course, the chance meeting of an old-time friend while moving along a downtown Bayfield street at Applefest is wonderful, too.

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2024 Apple Festival Orchard Activities Apple Hill Orchard – Open Daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Purchase pre-picked and pick your own apples at the orchard. Find our booths at Apple Festival all weekend long for our famous caramel apples, apple crisp, apple pie, apple nachos, and more!

Bayfield Apple Company – Open Daily, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Check out the Farm Store filled with locally made goodies including, but not limited to, fresh and sustainably made hot apple cider, hard cider, granola, jams, jellies, butters, and fruit mustards and hot apple brats! Visit a photo booth and self-guided orchard tours, including butterfly walking tour and cider house tour. Beat the crowds and come to the Orchard the weekends before and after Apple Festival (September 27-29 and October 11-13) to enjoy the popular Apple Dumpling Cart.

Bayfield Winery and Blue Ox Cider – Open daily 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. Enjoy wine and hard cider tasting alongside the grapevines. Also try hot mulled wine, nonalcoholic hot cider and non-alcoholic sparkling cider floats.

Blue Vista Farm – Open: Friday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., and Sunday, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Head up to the farm for honey samples from Kaiserson’s, flower picking with Bayfield Blooms, and fresh pressed cider available for purchase.

Erickson Orchard and Country Store – Open Friday-Sunday Apple Festival weekend, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Head up to Erickson Orchard and Country Store for fun for everyone! Check out a hayride and orchard maze for the kids. Live music on Saturday, Noon – 5 p.m. by Javier Trejo. Enjoy a famous apple stick from the country store, brats and hotdogs from food vendors, and beer from South Shore Brewery. Beat the crowds and head up to the orchard the weekend before for more live music, hayrides, and food booths September 28 and 29.

Hauser’s Superior View Farm – Open 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. all Apple Festival weekend! Enjoy festival food at the farm, including smoked pork sandwiches with apple butter BBQ sauce, caramel apples, jam, apples, apple butter, and Apfelhaus Cidery. Handcrafted hard cider and tastings daily. Hayrides and pony rides on Saturday and Sunday for the whole family.

Hillcrest Orchard – Open Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Come check out our gift shop stocked with apples, jams, jellies, pies, syrups, and baked goods.

North Wind Organic Farm – Open Friday - Sunday 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Enjoy apples, apple cider, squash, garlic, jams, and jellies along with other locally grown treats. Talk to the owners about organic farming and alternative energy!

Rabideaux Orchard – Open: Daily 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Rabideaux Orchard will be selling fresh apples, apple cider, baked goods, apple brats both at the orchard and downtown! Apple varieties include Cortland, McIntosh, Honeycrisp and Honeygolds. Pears, honey, and maple syrup are also available.

Sunset Valley Orchard & the Apple Branch Gift Shoppe – Gift Shoppe and walking trail open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. all weekend during Apple Festival. Stop by and pick up apples, jams, jellies, and more from our beautiful farm.

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Savor the Flavors of Bayfield’s 62nd Annual Apple Festival

One of the best parts about Apple Festival is all the delicious food you can eat while in Bayfield. Now in its 62nd year, we’re proud to feature mouth-watering fan favorites and some newly added fares. Find food vendors down Rittenhouse Avenue, the Corner of Manypenny and Broad Street and South 2nd Street.

Simply Apple-tizing Apple Brat: This unique twist on an All-American classic fair food is now an Apple Festival staple. Bite into a sweet savory Apple Brat topped with honey mustard or plain. Find this delicious treat at the Mt. Ashwabay Alliance stand, Pier Plaza, or the Rabideaux Orchard stand.

Apple Crisp: Start out Apple Festival first thing in the morning with this warm treat and a side of ice cream.

Bayfield apples make this one of fall’s favorite treats.

Find this appetizing dish at Apple Hill Orchard stands and Boulder Ridge.

Apple Dumpling with Rum Sauce: This Apple Festival favorite typically sells out, so don’t wait to grab this treat! It’s a peeled apple wrapped in pastry dough with cinnamon and sugar. Once deep fried, it’s smothered in a handmade rum sauce and served with a dollop of Tetzners Ice Cream. Find the original Apple Dumpling at the Boulder Ridge Stand along Rittenhouse Avenue.

Apple Pie: This American classic can be found all over Apple Festival. Try the pie slices from Sweet Sailing, Hauser's Superior View Farm, and Hillcrest Orchards.

Caramel Apple Sundae in a Homemade Waffle Bowl: Sweet and Salty is serving up something delicious at their booth. Roasted apple with ice cream, hot caramel in a homemade waffle cone with cinnamon glass. Head into the shop for locally made gourmet popcorn; try the Caramel Sour Apple Popcorn.

Other Great Apple Treats: Caramel Apples from Sweet Sailing, Harbor House Sweets, Sweet and Salty and a Caramel Apple Churro from Superior Taco Truck.

Apple Elixirs Apfelhaus Cider: From blossom to bottle, this craft cider is made right here in Bayfield at Apfelhause Cidery at Hauser’s Superior View Farm. It’s crafted in small batches with produce grown, picked, pressed, and fermented on the fifth-generation farm. Be sure to grab a crisp sip of this tasty Bayfield Cider at local establishments such as the Bayfield Inn and The Creamery.

Cider Donut Beer: This beer is a special partnership between local Bayfield Brewery Adventure Club and Earth Rider Brewery in Superior, Wisconsin. You can find this Apple Festival thirst quencher at Pier Plaza or at Adventure Club throughout Apple Festival weekend.

Hot Apple Cider: You never know what the weather is going to be like at Apple Festival, but there’s nothing like a warm apple cider on a cool October day. Find this classic fall drink at Boulder Ridge, Manypenny Bisto, the Bayfield Inn and the Creamery (alcohol and nonalcoholic options available). Sweet and Salty will also be serving hot apple cider floats.

Cider and Cedar Cocktail: Newly renovated and refreshed, Bates Art Bar is open just in time for Apple Festival. Head to the cocktail lounge for a Cider and Cedar, an apple cider and cedar gin cocktail.

New Eats at Apple Festival AK’s Homemade Treats: These award-winning treats will have your mouth watering. Try a fry pie, apple biscuits, Baklava, or stuffed cookies. They also offer glutenfree items.

Curbside Crape: From sweet to savory, these crapes are loaded with organic, local and fresh ingredients. Try the apple crumble or triple berry cheesecake to satisfy your sweet tooth, or pepperoni pizza or Italian crape for savory.

Manypenny Bistro: This year, find their booth outside the restaurant, where they will serve their homemade wood-stone-fired pizza by the slice. Head inside for a Bloody Mary and other apple treats.

Oasis Del Norte: A taste of the south is up north. Carnitas-made with apple cider, Mexican apple soda, and traditional street tacos will make the perfect lunch.

Ocean Blue: The apple shortcake roll with apple sweet and sour dipping sauce will be a new festival staple.

They’re also serving up Korean, Thai and Vietnamese foods that will take your pallet on a cultural journey.

Festival Staples Blackened Whitefish over Dirty Rice: Bodin Fisheries serves up this local festival staple made with freshcaught Lake Superior Whitefish over dirty rice. It will fill you up and keep you going all festival weekend.

Chicken Mac n’ Cheese Waffle Cones: Harbor House Sweets is back with this portable comfort food. The name says it all!

Fry Bread Shack: Native American traditional fry bread meets Apple Festival. Try the sweet and doughy frybread apple bites, or for a meal, the fry bread taco.

Island Noodles: This booth is a hit every year at Apple Festival. Noodles and veggies in a to-go cup make this the perfect meal to eat while you walk around the festival.

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Bayfield’s Apple Varieties Akane

Season: Early Used for: Eating, cooking, juice Notes: Sweet and sharp

Beacon

Season: Early Notes: Slightly tart, soft flesh and juicy.

Cameo

Season: Late Used for: Eating, salads.

Notes: Sweet with a touch of tartness. Thin skin with crisp flesh.

Resistant to browning.

Chestnut Crab

Season: Mid Used for: Eating, cooking and desserts Notes: Rich, nutty flavor.

Connell Red

Season: Late Used for: Best for eating.

Notes: A large crisp, juicy apple.

Cortland

Season: Late Used for: Eating, baking.

Notes: Very juicy, sweet flavor with a hint of tartness. Bright white flesh stays white longer than most

Delicious

Season: Mid-Late Used for: Eating, salads.

Notes: Sweet flavor and yellowish flesh. Somewhat firm.

Duchess

Season: Early Used for: Cooking Notes: White flesh, tart, firm.

Short storage life.

Dudley

Season: Early Used for: Baking, Applesauce Notes: Juicy and aromatic.

Firm, yet tender flesh.

Earligold

Season: Early Used for: Eating and cooking.

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Priscilla

Liberty

Red Delicious

Season: Early Used for: Eating Notes: Cross between McIntosh and Red Delicious. Sweet and a bit of acidity.

Lodi

Redfree

Fireside

Macoun

Notes: Sharp, tart apple with good storage life. Retains flavor well.

Early Redbird

Season: Early Used for: Applesauce Notes: Soft, juicy flesh. Balanced sweet/tart flavor with hint of raspberry fruit.

Early McIntosh

Season: Late Used for: Eating, salads, and baked.

Notes: Sweet flavor.

Gala

Season: Mid/Late Used for: Applesauce Notes: Mildly sweet with soft flesh.

Haralson

Season: Late Used for: Eating and cooking.

Great for pies.

Notes: Very tart flavor.

Crunchy, hard, and juicy.

Hazen

Season: Early Used for: Eating, cooking, dessert Notes: Sweet but mild flavor

Honeycrisp

Season: Mid Used for: Eating, firm flesh stands up well for baking.

Notes: Crisp, juicy, and very sweet. Slow to brown.

Stores for 7 or more months.

Honeygold

Season: Late Used for: Eating, salads.

Notes: Yellowish-white flesh, mild flavor, crisp.

Jonathon

Used for: Eating, balances sweetness in baking.

Notes: Crisp, great for those who like a tart flavor.

Season: Mid Used for: Eating, baking.

Notes: Sweet-tart. Comes from the McIntosh family.

Season: Late Used for: Eating fresh.

Notes: Good, well-balanced flavor. A bit of a sharper note.

Season: Early Used for: Sauce, salads.

Notes: Tart

Season: Mid Used for: Eating and pies.

Notes: Dark red apple with firm, juicy, and aromatic flesh.

Sweet.

Maiden Blush

Used for: Eating, baking, cider.

Notes: Crisp, tender yellow flesh.

A great all-purpose apple.

McIntosh

Season: Mid-Late Used for: Eating, applesauce, and recipes with shorter bake times.

Notes: This all-purpose apple has soft flesh and is very juicy.

Milton

Used for: Baking Notes: Unique sweet/tart flavor.

Northwest Greening

Season: Late Used for: Baking and applesauce.

Notes: Greenish/yellow flesh.

Mildly tart, firm apple. Keeps well.

Northern Spy

Season: Used for: Spies are great for pies (and other baking).

Notes: Yellowish/white flesh.

Slices keep its shape during baking.

Paula Red

Season: Early/Mid Used for: Eating and applesauce.

Notes: A medium-soft apple that is mildly sweet.

Season: Early-Mid Used for: Eating and storing Notes: Crisp, aromatic.

Stores for up to 3 months.

Season: Mid Used for: Eating and salads.

Notes: Sweet, yellowish-fleshed apple.

Season: Early Used for: Eating Notes: Juicy and crisp.

Nice, balanced flavor.

Regent

Season: Late Used for: Eating Notes: White and crisp flesh.

Snow (Fameuse)

Used for: Eating and applesauce Notes: Tender, juicy, aromatic.

State Fair

Season: Early Used for: Eating and cooking.

Notes: Moderately tart.

Sweet Sixteen

Season: Mid Used for: Notes: Crisp, juicy. Yellow flesh and very sweet flavor.

Tolman

Season: Mid Used for: Baking Notes: Very sweet.

Light yellow flesh.

Wealthy

Used for: Eating, baking— good all-purpose apple.

Notes: Mild, slightly acidic flavor.

Wolf River

Season: Late Used for: Cooking, drying, canning.

Notes: Moderately tart. Tender and juicy.

Zestar

Season: Early Used for: Eating, baking, applesauce.

Notes: Crunchy with a sweet-tart flavor. Stores well.

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For the Safety of Your Pets – Please Leave Them at Home Although it’s tempting to bring your pups along to enjoy the fall festival, we kindly ask that you leave them at home during your visit to Apple Festival. Here are some reasons why: Too many goodies.

Picture an ice cream cone at a dog’s eye level – most of the time your dog would probably be good and avoid it, but he might just go for it. If your pet does eat an illicit treat and gets sick, everyone’s good time is ruined.

So many new smells and new people.

Even the most well behaved canine can become anxious about unfamiliar smells, people and events.

If your pet does get separated from you, it will be hard to get them reunited. Many visitors to the area are from out of town and your pet may be picked up by someone who feels they are doing a good thing by taking an animal with them.

Caramel sauce and sticky apple cider are difficult to get out of dog hair!

Be good to your best friends. Please do not put them in a situation that may bring out the worst in them or may separate you and your pet permanently.

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Apple Festival Royalty 1962 - Mary Ahnen (Halverson 1963 - Jacqulin Sebastian (Johnson) 1964 - Beveryly Lampa 1965 - Annette Nourse (Peterson) 1966 - Susan Chape (Wangen) 1967 - Cheryl Gokee (Komanekin) 1968 - Lydia Hauser 1969 - Linda Lamoreaux 1970 - Jackie Wever (Cadotte) 1971 - Joanie Hauser (Cameron) 1972 - Cindy Erickson (Nourse) 1973 - Gina Soucheray 1974 - Diane Livingston (Kangas) 1975 - Debbie Lind 1976 - Kim McConnell 1977 - Debbie Siebold (Weber) 1978 - Pamela Compton (Foran) 1979 - Louis Hauser (Hulse) 1980 - Lori Kangas (Tracy) 1981 - Karen Wichlidal (Boutin) 1982 - Rose Betzold (Franco) 1983 - Tammy Weber (Curran) 1984 - Vicky Milligan (McAuliffe)

1985 - JoAnn Delk (Cottone) 1986 - Arla Neff (Kretlow) 1987 - Toni DeFoe 1988 - Jessy Farrell (Defoe) 1989 - Marla Powers 1990 - Karrie Erickson (Rasmusson) 1991 - Kelly Weber 1992 - Crystal Newago 1993 - Heather Defoe (Deragon) 1994 - Erin Cadotte (Zupke) 1995 - Angie Hanson (Lee) 1996 - Bridget Klein 1997 - Anna Meierotto (Leask) 1998 - Linda Defoe (Parent) 1999 - Jamie Goodlet 2000 - Janine Johnson 2001 - Channell Curran 2002 - Denny Edwards (She was 90 the year she was queen!)

2003 - Jenni Erickson (Carey) 2004 - Rita Carlson 2005 - Lesley Burg 2006 - Kateri Cadotte

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2007 - Malia North 2008 - Mary Thomas 2009 - Stephanie LaPointe 2010 - Esme Martinson 2011 - Carrie Nelson 2012 - Kelly Holmes 2013 – Emily & Ellie Hoopman 2014 – Emily Nourse 2015 – Madeline LaPoint 2016 – Kellie and Karli Ann Weidinger 2017 – Alyssa Hauser 2018 – Abigail Johnson – Sunset Valley 2019 – Jamee Hansen – (Erickson) 2020 ¬– Cancelled 2021 – Mardea LaPointe 2022 - Jake Hansen 2023 - Elvira Albert

Enjoy Apple Festival 2024.

Give thanks for fall’s bounty.

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Grand marshals throughout the years 1984: John Torbick 1985: ?

1986: Jack and Shirley Johnson 1987: ?

1988: James and Muriel Erickson 1989: Buck and Gene Franzen 1990: ?

1991: Mary (Ahnen) Halvorson 1992: ?

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1994: Leo Lafernier 1995: ?

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1997: Mary Hepner 1998: ?

1999: Charlotte Weber 2000: ?

2001: Ruth Moon 2002: Jerry & Mary Phillips 2003: Harriet & Vermont Johnson

2004: Laurie Nourse 2005: Sharon & John Johnson 2006: Len Erickson & Bill Deragon 2007: Tom & Linda Gordon 2008: Jim Hauser Sr. 2009: James & Muriel Erickson 2010: John & Libby Telford 2011: Julian Nelson 2012: Robert and Jackie Hansen 2013: Gary Connell 2014: Harold Hyde 2015: Mary Rice 2016: Don Albrecht and Jerry Carlson 2017: Bill & Claudia Ferraro 2018: Shirley Bodin & Shirley Hanson 2019: Tom Pulaski 2020: Canceled 2021: Celia Duquette 2022: Marilyn Van Sant 2023: Allen and Mary Jo Rabideaux PHOTO BY JD BASS

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Thank You To Our Apple Festival Sponsors: WOLF RIVER APPLE SPONSOR ($5,000)

Kim and Quito Rymer (Apple Festival Music Match Fund)

CORTLAND APPLE SPONSOR ($4,000)

HONEYCRISP APPLE SPONSOR ($3,000)

MCINTOSH APPLE SPONSOR ($1,000)

Broad Street Brokers (Apple Pie and Dessert Contest) Apostle Island Cruises (Apple Pie and Dessert Contest) #2 Septic Pumping and Excavating Inc. Port Superior Marina (Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay)

GALA APPLE SPONSOR ($500)

Wisconsin Public Radio (Seating Sponsor) Madeline Island Ferry Line Gichi Gami House – Daniel and Noemi Skenderian (Apple Festival Royalty) Republic Services The Washburn Inn on the Lake Queen's View Bed and Breakfast (Apple Peeling Contest) Garage Mahal Tamarack Health

FIRESIDE APPLE SPONSOR ($250)

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Bayfield: Where the Water Meets the Soul

The “Gateway to the Apostle Islands,” “The Berry Capital of Wisconsin,” and “The Smallest City in Wisconsin” are all accolades Bayfield has earned.

With a year-round population of 584 people, Bayfield is the smallest incorporated city in the state.

The unspoiled beauty of Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands make our city the best place for fresh scenery, stays, and experiences. Along the Highway 13 National Scenic Byway you’ll find some of the finest whiskeys, the most innovative retreats and the best fall festival; all features making Bayfield one of the best small Midwestern towns in the United States, according to USA Today readers.

Your adventure begins as you drive north to Bayfield along the Gitchigami shoreline through rolling hills, before it plateaus into the city limits. As you slow down, be sure to stop by Wisconsin’s oldest pottery studio, Eckels Pottery and Fine Craft Gallery, or grab a homemade pie or turnover from the Gourmet Garage.

When you turn the corner, you’ll be welcomed with a panoramic view of Lake Superior and Madeline Island before making your way down historic Rittenhouse Avenue. You’ll find a mix of historic buildings turned into modern lounges, galleries, and accommodations. You won’t find any big box stores along the main corridor; only locally-owned shops and galleries with friendly staff inviting you to take a piece of Bayfield home with you. Stay within walking distance in modernized historic buildings, renovated vacation rentals, or boutiquestyle motels.

At the end of Rittenhouse Avenue is your chance to get on the water with the Apostle Island Cruise Service. The narrated tour boats are filled with visitors gripping their binoculars in anticipation of getting a closer look at Eagles flying overhead and sea caves carved along the shorelines of the 22 Apostle Islands.

Walk along the path in Memorial Park and take in the sailboats and fishing boats coming and going from the marina. Walk another block north and catch the Madeline Island Ferry to see Bayfield from a new vantage point.

The ferry terminal connects travelers and their vehicles from the mainland to Madeline Island, the only currently inhabited island in the archipelago.

The ferry runs several times a day throughout the year whenever the channel is free enough from ice

to operate.

Back on the mainland in the winter, the heavy lake-effect snow makes the area a mecca for active outdoor enthusiasts. Mt. Ashwabay’s 40 kilometers of pristine Nordic ski trails make it the perfect winter destination. Cozy lodging facilities are a splendid home base for those who prefer to curl up next to the fire with a book from Honest Dog Books or Apostle Islands Booksellers. Our robust winter season offers plenty of opportunity to ski and snowshoe miles of forested trails or explore the extensive Bayfield County trail system on a snowmobile.

When the ground starts to thaw in spring, you’ll find Bayfield’s farmers and orchardists tending to their crops. With a climate tempered by its proximity to the greatest of the Great Lakes and protected by rolling hills, Bayfield is famous for its fruit production; a rarity in such a northern latitude.

Known as the “Berry Capital of Wisconsin,” you’ll find Bayfield cherries, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and currents. You can pickup a pint or more or pick your own at farms along “Fruit Loop,” located just two miles from downtown Bayfield. These fruits can be found in various dishes and drinks around Bayfield in your favorite homestyle pie, cider, jelly, jam, or craft drink of choice. Also in the “Fruit Loop” are a dozen apple orchards, which are celebrated every fall during Apple Festival. Join us the first full weekend of October to enjoy uniquely Bayfield apple creations and entertainment.

Just north of Bayfield is the tribal hub of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in GaaMiskwaabikaang (Red Cliff). The Anishanaabe (Ojibwe) First Nations people have long been stewards of the region. Their native culture is being studied, showcased, and preserved everywhere you turn. Take a hike at Frog Bay, the first Tribal National Park in the United States. After your hike, quench your thirst at Copper Crow Distillery, the first indigenous-owned distillery in the country.

There’s always something to do in spring (ziigwan), summer (niibin), fall (dagwaagin), and winter (biboon).

Lake Superior’s unmatched beauty is what keeps people coming back to experience all of what Bayfield has to offer. Come often and stay long. Explore Bayfield and the Apostle Islands for yourself. Start planning your adventure today.

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Not Your GraNdma’s apple pie

the Wapple Cone is guaranteed to check all the boxes on your apple festival treat list…warm, fresh local apples, mobile, and it’s a one-of-a-kind delicacy you won’t find anywhere else.

The Wapple Cone is a homemade waffle cone lined with a cheesecake mousse, filled with warm spiced apples, and topped with streusel and caramel – an apple pie on-the-go. The Wapple Cone was previously voted twice as Bayfield Apple Festival’s best apple treat. Levi and Anne leafblad, originators of the Wapple Cone, were inspired by other mobile festival favorites like caramel apples and corn dogs.

You could say the apple didn’t fall too far from the tree…Levi, a Bayfield native, is the grandson of Hilding leafblad, who was an orchard owner at the inaugural Apple Festival in 1962. This year will mark The Wapple Company’s 13th Apple Festival. the Wapple Company is a bit of a side hustle for the leafblads, and something they only do twice per year (apple Festival + Fall Festival on madeline Island). The other 50 weeks of the year Levi is a 3rd generation home builder, and anne does Hr & Payroll for Northern State Bank (Ashland, WI). they also have 3 young seedlings at home, Hap, Ole, and Lad. In 2021 they added apple cider mini donuts to their apple treat lineup. What makes their mini donuts so special is that they use fresh apple cider from sunset Valley orchard as well as apple sauce in the donut batter, along with special spices to enhance the apple flavor.

the leafblads would not get through apple Festival weekend without the help of their family. most of the workers in their booth are levi and anne’s parents, siblings, cousins, and the mini donuts are made by their nephews.

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• Special care was taken to choose the correct apple for the Wapple Cones; levi’s aunts, who have won multiple apple pie baking contests and were previous Bayfield Apple Festival Queens, unanimously recommended Cortland apples. Cortlands are crisp and maintain the appropriate ratio of tart and sweetness, and don’t turn to mush when heated.

• The Leafblads used to peel 15 bushels of apples by hand to get through an apple Festival weekend, which would take about 30 manhours to process; after they had their first child, they invested in a commercial-grade apple peeler that peels, cores, and slices a bushel of Cortland apples in 12 minutes.

• Anne is the primary cone-roller of the waffle cones. We estimate she has rolled around 14,000 waffle cones over the last 13 Apple Festivals.

• Levi’s red apple-hat that he wears belonged to his grandfather, Hilding leafblad, who was an orchard-owner at the first Apple Festival; his iv apple hat is the only apple not forr sal sale at apple a Festival.

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