The regional Harvest Festival, previously known as the Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival, is taking place October 9-11 across various locations on the Olympic Peninsula, featuring self-guided farm tours, workshops, and events. Come enjoy a weekend of experiences from cideries and breweries to pumpkin patches, farms, and food producers; discover the people and places of the fall season.

Photo of ciders on deck chairs at Bird & Blossom Cider Farm

Self-Guided Tours: Tour the various open houses across the Olympic Peninsula at your own pace; pick your stops, and plan your route for a day or the entire weekend:

Cideries

Photo of pumpkins and squash at Wilderbee Farm

Pumpkin Patches & Meadery

Special Events: Below are a few of the special ticketed events.

  • Port Ludlow, Friday Oct. 9, 2pm-4pm – Apple Tart Tatin & Cider Cocktails Cooking Class, Register online HERE
  • Port Townsend, Friday Oct. 9, 3pm-5pm – Home Cider Making at Quimper Grange (1219 Corona), Signup HERE
  • Chimacum, Glendale Farm, Saturday, Oct. 10, 5pm-10pm – Lamb Harvest Dinner (431 Cntr. Rd.), purchase tickets HERE
  • Chimacum, Finnriver Farm, Sunday, Oct. 11, 12pm-6pm – Live music, cider-pressing demos, orchard tours, $10-$20 suggested donations (124 Cntr. Rd.), go HERE for more information

Photo of three cider tastings at Alpenfire Cider

Attendees planning to arrive by private boat at Port Ludlow, Port Townsend, or Port Angeles should make guest moorage reservations early. Farm locations are accessible by taxi. For a full schedule of events, locations, and local brewery parties, go to https://www.theproductionalliance.org/harvestfest

Header Photo Credit: Wilderbee Farm
Text Photos Credit:
    Bird & Blossom Cider
    Wilderbee Farm
    Alpenfire Cider