09/30/2026
The Annual Brushy Mountain 🍎 Apple Festival gets going as one of the state’s favorite events year in and year out!
Downtown North Wilkesboro will fill with visitors on Saturday, October 3, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for this free, rain-or-shine celebration of the region’s fall apple harvest. Several blocks become a huge outdoor marketplace packed with hundreds of artists, craft makers, food stands, and local nonprofit groups. You can watch mountain traditions come to life through woodcarving, pottery throwing, chair making, soap making, quilting, and other handmade work. Music carries through downtown from several stages featuring bluegrass, country, folk, gospel, and Appalachian sounds, while cloggers, square dancers, folk dancers, and rope skippers add even more action. Local growers bring fresh apples, c***r, and dried apples, and the food choices include sweet apple treats along with classic festival favorites.
Stop at the Brushy Mountain Ruritan Club booth at Main and Ninth streets for a program, maps, schedules, vendor locations, apple recipes, and local stories.
The fun begins Friday, October 2, with Apple Jam from 6 to 9 p.m. at Festival Park, where visitors can bring lawn chairs for live music and festival food.
