Celebrate the harvest and the beginning of fall foliage season with artists & craft vendors, a farmers' market, an apple pie contest, live music, kids' activities, and much more on the town common of Bethel, Maine's most beautiful mountain village. Make a full weekend of it with lots of other events and attractions around the area.
Schedule of Events
On & Around the Town Common
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Art & craft vendors, music, and a farmers' market on the common
9:00 am-until they're gone!
Cookie Walk to benefit West Bethel Union Church.
10:00am-Noon
Free Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides leaving from the corner by the former Chapman Inn, 2 Church Street
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Chainsaw Carving Demos by Steve Stone on lawn of Robinson House, 10 Broad St.
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Kids' activities at the Hancock Lumber tent
10:00 am - 3:00 pm Museums of the Bethel Historical Society, Robinson House, 10 Broad Street
Cider-pressing (or until the apples run out)
Museum Shop & Exhibits open: "Bethel and Beyond," "The Golden Age of the Gehring Clinic," "The Mount Zircon Bottle at 100," "Oxford County Skiing History: From Jockey Cap to Jordan Bowl," and "Treasures from the Collection: Art and Crafts Across Time,"
Guided tours of the 1813 Dr. Moses Mason House available
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Food! Food trucks!
11:00 am - 4:00pm
Beer garden on the lawn of the Bethel Resort and Suites
11:30am until it's gone
Apple pie & crisp on sale. Grab a slice a la mode! (To participate in the apple pie contest as an amateur or professional pie maker, drop your pie off at the chamber's tent before 11:00am.) Sponsored by The Good Food Store
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Live Music on the gazebo - sponsored by Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy
