Getting Here
Handicap Parking Lot
On the corner of South 2nd Street and Manypenny Avenue
Schedule of Events
Where: Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion - Pie Dropoff: 4-5 p.m. - Judging: 5 p.m. - Community Tasting: 6-8 p.m. - Bayfield's best bakers will try to win over the judges in this delicious competition for the best apple pie or apple dessert. The event kicks off the Apple Festival…
Start Time: 10am - Shop locally sourced produce at the Bayfield Apple Festival Farmer's Market located on First Street.
Start Time: Noon - Bayfield Mayor Gordon Ringberg kicks-off the weekend festivities by officially proclaiming it Apple Festival weekend in Bayfield.
This event is to be determined for 2023
Start time: 1pm - Try your hand at creating the longest apple peel! The winner gets the glory of wearing the honorary apple peeling campion hat and metal.
Time: 11am - Help support our first responders at the annual Firemen's Fish Fry! Fish is available until sold out. There will also be live music and a beer garden!
Procession: 6:45pm, Coronation: 7pm. Come meet the Apple Festival Royalty at the King's Coronation. This long-standing tradition recognizes a high school student with ties to the orchards. Pictured is Jake Hansen, 2022 Apple Festival King!
Start Time: 2pm - 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
*Check back for updates as we get closer to the event. Listed Events are subject to change.*
Wednesday, September 27
Apple Pie And Dessert Contest
Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion
3pm – 3:45pm: Pie/dessert Drop Off
4pm: Judging
5-8pm: Community Tasting
Thursday, October 5 (TBD)
Friday, October 6
10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.
10am-3pm, Bayfield Farmer’s Market featuring all local producers along South First Street between Rittenhouse and Manypenny Avenue.
Noon-12:10, Mayor Proclamation: Memorial Park Gazebo
Noon-2pm, Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
3-5pm, Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
Saturday, October 7
10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.
11am-1pm, Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
11am, Bayfield Firemen’s Fish Fry, Beer Garden and Live Music, Bayfield Lakeside Pavilion
1-2pm, Apple Peeling Contest: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage
2:30-4:30pm, Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
6:45pm. King Procession – Begins in front of Old Rittenhouse Inn
7:00pm – King Coronation – Memorial Park Gazebo (Rain Location: Lakeside Pavilion)
Sunday, October 8
10am-5pm, Food and Craft Vendors line the streets of Downtown Bayfield.
11am-1pm, Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
2pm – Grand Parade
3:30pm-5pm Big Top Chautauqua: Essentia Health Grandstand Stage (North Second Street)
5pm – Firemen’s Raffle Drawing, Essentia Health Grandstand Stage