KIDS’ CORNER

There were some other applerelated things at the festival, such as a red sports car (possibly a Ferrari) parked on the side of the road, face-in-hole cutouts scattered around the kids' bouncy castle area (which I’ll get to in a moment), and some people even wore red just to be in apple spirit that I guess you could say looked a-peel-ing, get it?

Food, Drinks, and More Food & Drinks

You read that correctly! The apple festival doesn’t only offer apple food, but other kinds as well from sandwiches to coconuts to fudge to ice cream! Sadly, I cannot name all of them so instead I’m going to highlight a few.

Speaking of ice cream, at the bottom of the festival there’s an ice cream truck titled Heavenly Dreams It’s blue so there’s a big chance you won’t miss it. They sold nearly everything a regular ice cream truck would sell from just the regular soft-serve ice cream to the classic popsicles. It's the best treat to help you cool down, hands down.

Back to the front of the festival was a prevailing hot dogs and sausages stand selling well, what do you think? Walking around, I realized that most of the vendor owners were eating hot dogs meaning they must’ve been popular and popular usually means good so obviously I tried it - and it tasted great!

But they weren’t the only people selling fast food. The St George Lions Club appeared selling yummy comforting food such as hamburgers (with a veggie option), fries, and drinks such as pop/juice/coffee/water “The Lions Club never disappoints whenever they appear someplace!” said Mason, a teenager attending the fair with his family. He was very happy with the result of the food he ordered and so was I.

Tropic Love’s Drink From A Fruit stand was also on site (where you could literally drink from a fruit: coconuts/watermelon/etc.) as well as Poutine Perfect (a popular food truck selling poutine); both appearing at the Paris Fair and here. I found that pretty interesting.

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Held the third weekend in September, the village of St. George opens its main street to vendors, live music, food trucks and even a mini petting zoo. There was no shortage of activities for the whole family to enjoy. Stephen apple-lauds the volunteers behind this event!

Photos by Stephen L

Lots Of Vendors + Conclusion

At the Budweiser Main Stage at the fest, the city of Cambridge’s Royal Canadian Air Cadets came and played some live music as a band ensemble in uniform. They played bagpipes, snare/bass drums, and more I have to admit, they had quite the audience! You could hear their music from across the main streets.

Vendors were all around selling all kinds of stuff from dreamcatchers made of fibre art and crochet to bird’s-eye-view maps of small towns around Brant such as St George, Waterloo, and even Paris! Even woodworking, believe it or not. All kinds of things there that are really interesting, and it spans across the main street even on both sides. A lot of tempting choices, eh?

At the back of the fair was the kids’ area. They had inflatable bouncy castles, inflatable obstacles for the smaller kids and a small petting zoo with goats! Don’t worry, they’re friendly and cute! (They might need to take a shower though… just kidding)

There was also very detailed face painting. And by detailed, I mean really detailed They hired some pretty good artists for that, and the end result was awesome! It was for everyone. Even some parents went and got their faces painted just because!

Conclusion: The St George Apple Festival isn’t just about apples. It’s way more than that. Vendors selling homemade products and art, cooks selling treats and comfort food, and even events with music and singing. Next time you go you should bring the whole family because there’s something for everyone.

-Stephen L

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