Brookston Apple Popcorn Festival

Two all-​American favorites play center stage on a day brimming with activities, including: over 200 craft booths, contests, entertainment, music & a great variety of food booths. There are yard sales galore all through town — over 200 this year! Brookston’s annual festival takes place the third Saturday in September. This is the time to celebrate the local harvest, rich with apples and popcorn. Attendance in 2012 was estimated to be between 20 and 25 thousand people. Come with your friends and family and enjoy the day.
There are many of activities for kids and adults all day long, including: pancake & sausage breakfast at the firehouse, family entertainment on the stage, 5K, 10K & fun run, apple bobbing, big wheel race, nail driving, prince and princess contest, hula hoop contest, jump rope contest, bubble gum blowing contest, water balloon toss, pizza eating contest, hot dog eating contest, car show, frisbee dogs, apple dessert contest, cake walk, pony rides, art show, photo show, men’s leg contest, book sale at the Brookston Public Library, and a fish fry at the middle school cafeteria in the evening.
2013 will be the 35^th annual Brookston Apple Popcorn Festival. It is scheduled for Saturday, September 21^st, 7 am-​6 pm. It is a free event. Applications will be available for festival events as they become available.
Handicapped Parking is available close to the heart of the event, between Second and Third Streets. Enter from the north. All paved surface from parking area on in is easily negotiated with a wheelchair or rascal-​type vehicle. Wheelchair-​accessable washrooms are conveniently located near the center of the event and ample portable toilets are situated in convenient locations.
We are proud to have made a serious effort at recycling for the last three years and collect plasstic, glass, and cans. We also require our food vendors to participate in recycling their cardboard and encourage the use recycled-​content food service supplies.
For contact information, please visit our web page. The Brookston Apple Popcorn Festival also has a Facebook page located at: Brookston Apple Popcorn Festival