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Historic Hendersonville is the official home of the North Carolina Apple Festival, a four-day celebration to recognize the importance of the apple industry to Henderson County and North Carolina. The Apple Festival is always held during the Labor Day weekend (Friday through Monday). The Apple Festival features a street fair on Historic Main Street and surrounding event venues with continuous entertainment, arts & crafts, children�s & youth activities, special shows, exhibits, open houses, fun, festival food, and, to top it all off, the King Apple Parade. Capture the spirit of a hometown celebration that is family friendly, with many individual events and entertainers throughout the festival.
The Apple Festival�s Street Fair covers 9 blocks of Main Street with more than 150 vendors. Main Street is closed to traffic from 6th Avenue to Caswell Street. Please leave your pets comfortably at home, Hendersonville City ordinance prohibits animals in the event area. North Carolina is the 7th largest apple-producing state in the nation and Henderson County is the largest apple-producing county in North Carolina, producing 65 percent of all the apples grown in the state. For tickets, applications and further information write the NC Apple Festival Office, P.O. Box 886, Hendersonville, NC 28793 or call (828) 697-4557. For times and locations of the events, check the North Carolina Apple Festival brochure or visit the web site at www.ncapplefestival.org. (Images provided by the NC Apple Festival.)
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