Apple Pie and Dessert Contest

Where: Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion I Pie Dropoff: 3-3:45 p.m. I Judging: 4 p.m. (Closed to Public) I Community Tasting: 5-6:30 p.m. (Open to Public) Bayfield's best bakers will try to win over the judges in this delicious competition for the best apple pie or apple dessert. The…

October 2: Mayoral Proclamation

Start Time: Noon - Kick-off the weekend festivities with the Mayor as he officially proclaims it Apple Festival weekend in Bayfield.

October 3: Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay Wake Up Concert

Start time: 10 a.m. at Port Superior Marina, our proud sponsors of the Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay! Start off Apple Festival with a live performance from crowd favorite, the Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay!

October 3: Apple Peeling Contest

Start time: 1pm - Try your hand at creating the longest apple peel! The winner gets the glory of wearing the honorary apple-peeling champion hat and metal. The contest starts at the Grandstand Stage.

October 3: Queen Coronation

Procession: 6:45pm, Coronation: 7pm. Come meet the Apple Festival Royalty at the Queen Coronation. This long-standing tradition recognizes a high school student with ties to the orchards. Pictures, Mary Adams, 2026 Apple Festival Queen

Grand Parade

Start Time: 2pm Sunday - The Grand Parade closes out the weekend of festivities in Bayfield. This year we are proud to bring back The Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay and the Mass Band, crowd favorites!

Schedule of Events

*Last Updated Sept. 4*

Wednesday, September 23

Apple Pie And Dessert Contest - Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion

3 – 3:45pm: Pie/Dessert Drop-Off

4pm: Judging (Closed to the Public)

5-6:30pm: Community Tasting (Open to the Public)

Thursday, October 1

4 – 9 pm, Carnival

Friday, October 2

10am - 5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield

10am - 5pm, Bayfield Farmer’s Market featuring all local producers along South Broad Street

10am - 5pm, Live Music: Grandstand Stage at North 2nd Street

10am - Noon, The Working Man

12:30 - 2:30pm, Dan Scott and the Banjo Express

3 - 5pm, Molly and the Danger Band

10am - 5pm. Live Music: Memorial Park Gazebo

10:30am- Noon, Michael Vasquez

12:30 - 2:30pm, Triple Fiddle

3 - 5pm, Old Country Boys

10am - 4pm Anishinaabe Performance: Rabbit, Bird & Bear, 222 Rittenhouse Ave

10am - Noon, Anakwad Frank Montano

12:30 - 2:30pm, Native Expression Drum & Dance

3 - 4pm, Miskobineshii Nagamowin Kevin Soulier

Noon - 12:10, Mayor Proclamation: Memorial Park Gazebo

1 - 9pm, Carnival

5 - 8pm, Live Music by Linden 65 at Hoop's Dockside, 207 Wilson Ave

Saturday, October 3

10am – Wake-Up Concert, Pipes and Drums of Thunder Bay, Port Superior Marina

10am - 5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.

10am - 5pm, Bayfield Farmer’s Market featuring all local producers along South Broad Street

10am - 5pm, Live Music: Grandstand Stage at North 2nd Street

10am - Noon, Los Doc

12:30 - 2:30pm, Golden Era Jazz

3 - 5pm, Molly and the Danger Band

10am - 5pm. Live Music: Memorial Park Gazebo

10:30am - Noon, Warren Nelson

12:30 - 2:30pm, Sean & Ian Okamoto

3 - 5pm, Michael Vasquez

10am - 4pm Anishinaabe Performance: Rabbit, Bird & Bear, 222 Rittenhouse Ave

10am - Noon, Anakwad Frank Montano

12:30 - 2:30pm, Native Expression Drum & Dance

3 - 4pm, Miskobineshii Nagamowin Kevin Soulier

Noon - 9pm, Carnival

Noon - 2pm, Apple Peeling Contest: Grandstand Stage (Signup at Noon, Contest 1 p.m.)

12:30 - 2:30pm , Live Music by Nick Kuka and the Rocky Mountain Regulators at Hoop's Dockside, 207 Wilson Ave

5 - 8pm, Live Music by Old Country Boys at Hoop's Dockside, 207 Wilson Ave

6:45pm, Queen Procession – Begins in front of Old Rittenhouse Inn

7:00pm, Queen Coronation – Memorial Park Gazebo (Rain Location: Lakeside Pavilion)

Sunday, October 4

10am - 5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.

10am - 5pm, Live Music: Grandstand Stage at North 2nd Street

10am - 1pm, Blue Canvas Orchestra

3 - 5pm, Celtic Calling

11am - 5pm. Live Music: Memorial Park Gazebo

11am - 1pm, Marlee Paine

3 - 5pm, Sean & Ian Okamoto

10am - 2pm Anishinaabe Performance: Rabbit, Bird & Bear, 222 Rittenhouse Ave

10am - Noon, Anakwad Frank Montano

Noon - 2pm, Native Expression Drum & Dance

Noon - 6pm, Carnival

2pm, Grand Parade, followed by the Mass Band

5pm – Firemen’s Raffle Drawing, Grandstand Stage

5pm, Chamber Raffle Drawing, Grandstand Stage