Annual Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival | What’s happening in Hartford

Annual Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival


*The event has already taken place on this date: Sun, 10/17/2021
The Glastonbury Apple Harvest & Music Festival features live music with local & touring artists, a full midway of amusement rides, food trucks/purveyors, a fully stocked Harvest Pub, and the 5K Road Race on the festival’s closing day. The festival is proudly presented by the CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce. Located at a bend of the Connecticut River, the Apple Harvest Festival and 5K Race has continually been ranked as one of the state’s most popular events. It’s an all-around experience that generations revisit year after year.

Please help us keep this calendar up to date! If this activity is sold out, canceled, or otherwise needs alteration, email mindy@kidsoutandabout.com so we can update it immediately. If you have a question about the activity itself, please contact the organization administrator listed below.

Click here to order your ‘Slice of the Apple Fest’ apple pies

Click here to Register for the Angry Orchard Virtual 5K/7M Orchard Run

This year’s festivities will include a full midway of amusement rides, food trucks, live music, an expanded Harvest Pub, and the 5k Road Race on Sunday. This year, as a thank you to the community for their continued support, entrance to the Festival will be FREE and open to the general public. There is a $5 cover charge for anyone 21+ to get into the Harvest Pub. Kids under 21 can enter for free with adult supervision.

  • The Festival will be open on Friday, October 15 from 6-10 pm, Saturday, October 16 from 10 am – 10 pm, and Sunday October 17 from 11am – 3pm.
  • The Festival will finish on Sunday, October 17 with the annual running of the 5k Road Race at 9:30 am. Registration for runners will open in June.
  • The Festival will also continue to be one of the most anticipated local music festivals in the state. This year over a dozen local, original music acts will perform inside the Harvest Pub on Friday night, all day Saturday, and Sunday afternoon.
  • The CT River Valley Chamber will also be selling apple pies in advance of the Festival. Orders will be placed online and can be picked up at the Festival grounds on Friday and Saturday, October 15 & 16. Order here!
  • The CT River Valley Chamber is currently accepting volunteers (ages 16+). Select sponsorship opportunities are also available. Any interested volunteers or sponsors can visit crvchamber.org or call the Chamber at 860-659-3587 for more information.
  • Due to construction taking place on the field there will be no craft Vendor Village in 2021, however we are using this time to make Vendor Village even bigger and better in 2022, complete with a new and better layout. Rides and great live entertainment remain for this year!

*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Location:

300 Welles St Riverfront Park
Glastonbury, CT, 06033
United States

Phone:

(860) 659-3587
Contact name: 
Pam Crouch, Festival Chair
Email address: 
The event has already taken place on this date: 
10/17/2021
Time: 
Friday, October 15 from 6-10 pm, Saturday, October 16 from 10 am – 10 pm, and Sunday October 17 from 11am – 3pm