Harvest Fall Festival
This year, Harvest Fall Festival visitors will once again be treated to the sound of horse hooves when our popular Horse Parade returns. One of the largest equestrian events of its kind in Eastern Ontario, the Quigley Highlanders will lead the procession. It gets underway at 1:00 pm. Rain or shine, the Harvest Fall Festival is a delightful experience for young and old alike. Please leave your dogs at home and no smoking on the museum grounds.
Highlights include:
- Harvest Sale tent with home baking, jams, jellies, preserves, fruit, vegetables, plants and more
- Demonstrations of blacksmithing, spinning, weaving, apple pressing and other pioneer skills
- Vintage farm machinery brought back to life
- Local artisans explaining their crafts
- Cow Pie 50/50 raffle (noon & 2:00)
- Musical entertainment all day
- Supervised children’s activities (crafts all day & relay games at 11am & 2:30pm)
- Hot food, cold drinks and homemade pie
- Star Inn bar serving beer from Lost Villages Brewery & Stonehouse Vineyard onsite.
- Rooster Crowing Contest and judging. Please bring your prized rooster to the pavilion no later than noon on the day of the event. The judging is at 2:15. Roosters must come in a cage with food and water. Prizes courtesy of Alexandria Milling.
Admission is $12 per person ($6 for museum members and students aged 5 – 17). Special family rate is $30 ($15 for member families). Children four and under are free. To streamline admissions, we encourage you to purchase your ticket online. The “Cow Pie 50/50 Raffle” is back again this year. This event has been so popular that two draws will be held this year: one around noon and the other at 2:00.
Debit, credit and cash will be accepted at the entrance gates. Parking is available on the road, or nearby in the Kenyon Presbyterian Church parking lot. Accessible parking is also available in the first few rows at the south field entrance to the museum.
