Apples, music and more at Lang Pioneer Village
Applefest happens Sunday, with live music nights in October
This fall season, Lang Pioneer Village hosts Applefest, a celebration of apples and the harvest. The event will happen on Sunday.
The pioneer village near Keene will also host two nights of music. Both local music history and A Folk Song History of the Peterborough Region in Words & Music will be performed on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13.
Applefest, which starts at 10 a.m. and runs to 4 p.m. Sunday, is a tribute to apples. Attendees can tour the village on a horse-andwagon ride, observing the sights, smells, and tastes of Lang. Samples of apple cake are offered. Mulled cider, apple crisp, pressed cider, and apples themselves are available for purchase. A demonstration of the making of apple fritters will be on display.
Applefest is also an immersive history lesson, states a press release from Lang. Guests can learn how settlers prepared for winter, listen to old music and observe ancient knitting machine and antique clocks. Broad axe hand-hewing, weaving, and natural dyeing demonstrations will also occur. There will also be a chance to see wheat being ground into flour. Kids will have the opportunity to take part in traditional schoolyard games.
Music
A Folk Song History of the Peterborough Region in Words & Music starts at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 12 and Oct. 13. It features local musicians Dr. Allan Kirby, Cheryl Cassleman, Howard Baer and Michael O’Toole.
Music history is important to Peterborough, states a Lang press release. The city is considered by scholars to be one of the richest areas in North America with folk songs. In the 20th century, more than 2,500 orally transmitted folk songs were documented in the region, making it an ideal place for to explore musical history, the release states.
Applefest admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students and seniors over 60, $7 for youths from 5 to 14, and free for children under 5. Family admission is $40 and includes two adults and up to four youths.
Tickets for A Folk Song History are $25 apiece, purchasable on www.langpioneervillage.ca or bit.y/historyofmusictickets. More information on both events can be found at www.langpioneervillage.ca.