10/04/2026
🍎 And just like that… the 54th Four Flags Area Apple Festival has come to a close. 🍎
There’s always a little bit of sadness when the lights start coming down, the last rides leave, the tents come down and the festival grounds get quiet again.
But more than anything, we’re left feeling grateful. ❤️
Grateful for the incredible turnout. Grateful for the laughter, the smiles, the memories made, and the traditions shared. Grateful for the families who come back year after year and for those who joined us for the very first time.
A Festival this special doesn’t happen because of one group of people. It happens because an entire community comes together.
❤️ TO OUR SPONSORS: Thank you for investing in the Festival and helping us continue this tradition.
🙌 TO OUR VOLUNTEERS: Thank you for giving your time, your energy, and sometimes a whole lot of patience! From the early mornings to the late nights, you were there making things happen behind the scenes and out in the community. We could not do this without you.
🍎 TO OUR FESTIVAL BOARD: Thank you for the countless hours spent planning, organizing, worrying, solving problems, making phone calls, sending emails and doing all the little things most people never see. Your dedication is what keeps this tradition alive.
🏡 TO OUR COMMUNITY: Thank you for showing up. Thank you for supporting our local businesses, organizations, vendors, events, contests, parade participants, and one another. Thank you for reminding us year after year why this Festival matters.
And to EVERYONE who came to the Apple Festival, watched the parade, rode the rides, ate an apple dumpling, cheered from the sidelines, entered a contest, volunteered, sponsored, participated, or simply spent a few hours enjoying the Festival: THANK YOU 💚
For 54 years, the Four Flags Area Apple Festival has been bringing people together. Some of us grew up coming to the Festival. Some of us are creating those memories with our children now. And someday, we hope they’ll bring their own families back, too.
That’s the magic of a tradition. ❤️
So, as we close out another Festival, we’re tired, we’re probably a little sunburned and we have a LOT of cleanup ahead of us… but our hearts are full.
Thank you, Niles and the surrounding communities, for making this year so special. Until next year… see you in 2027 💚❤️
