Every year in
early October, the
Salem Apple Butter Festival
is held at Depot Park in
downtown Salem, drawing young and old alike to watch apple butter being
made in open copper kettles over slow burning wood fires. Our rapidly growing
festival has become one of the area's most exciting and anticipated events. Each
year, new activities are added as the festival draws larger and larger crowds.
Have
an opinion you would like to share with us about our festival? We
would like to hear from you. Check out our
Survey. Need a festival application? Our
Applications page
has all our various
forms
available for download.
Please note the new QUILT SHOW RULES.
Check out our
Little Apple Dumpling Children's Pageant and
Junior Miss Pageant, pages in the festival
HISTORY
section!
The outdoor stage, adjacent
to the
Salem Depot,
serves as the center for festival activities. In addition to the large selection
of arts, crafts and foods, festival patrons can enjoy quilt and apple butter
judging, talent contest finals, celebrity auction, auto show,
bingo, pet show-off, children's games, and King & Queen pageantry, as well as a the Sam Warner
5 K Run and a bicycle poker ride that take place on the adjacent North Bend Rail
Trail.
The Salem Apple Butter Festival offers
free live
entertainment
throughout the four
day event. There is no admission charge to the
festival. No matter if you are visiting to learn about us for
the first time or are here to reminisce about your favorite feature of a past
festival, keep an eye on us as this site and
the festival grow.
Our 2010 evening entertainment
starts on Thursday with the
East Run Band
for some of the area's finest bluegrass music.
Friday headliners will be were
Band of Gold (‘60’s-‘90’s oldies rock ‘n’
roll), Glen Shelton (country). Saturday
features
Rick K. and The Allnighters (new
80's show)
with
D. C. Riggs Band (country variety),
and a special fireworks
immediately after the show! Sunday's
theme is gospel music with
Picture of Grace Our
Schedule for the 2009 25th edition of the
Salem Apple Butter Festival shows the diverse entertainment we offer. Next years
full schedule will be available as the opening date approaches.
