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Are you making travel plans for fall? Don’t miss a chance to attend at least one of these cranberry festivals taking place throughout the country this September and October.

We sure do wish we could attend them all! #CranberryGoals

WISCONSIN

Warrens Cranberry Festival
September 22-24, 2017
Warrens, WI
www.cranfest.com

Warrens Cranberry Festival – the world’s largest cranberry festival – is a three-day celebration of Wisconsin’s state fruit. Events include cranberry marsh tours, arts and crafts, antique and flea market, farmers market, food booths, a spaghetti feed, steak fry and pancake breakfast, a recipe contest, biggest berry contest, quilt block contest, needlework and quilt contest, photography contest and a gigantic parade.

 

Stone Lake Cranberry Festival
October 7, 2017
Stone Lake, WI
www.stonelakecranberryfestival.com

The Stone Lake Cranberry Festival salutes the cranberry growing region in northwest Wisconsin. Events include wine tasting, cranberry bake-off contest, cranberry marsh tours, pancake breakfast, pie social and bake sale, crafts, a parade, live street entertainment and a Krate Derby.


Cran-A-Rama
October 7, 2017
Manitowish Waters, WI
www.manitowishwaters.org

Cran-A-Rama celebrates the start of fall color and cranberry harvest season. Events include arts and craft fair, cranberry cooking contest, “Taste of Harvest” concessions featuring local restaurants and vendors, free cranberry marsh tours, free fall color Pontoon boat rides, bake sale, fresh cranberry sales, self-guided fall color tours, cranberry samples and more.

 

Eagle River Cranberry Festival
October 7-8, 2017
Eagle River, WI
http://eagleriver.org/featured/cranberry-fest/

The Eagle River Cranberry Festival has something for everyone. Events include a huge arts and craft show, the world’s largest cranberry cheesecake, cranberry cook-off, a fitness run/walk/bike tour, cranberry marsh and winery tours, farmers market, chainsaw carvings, fresh cranberry sales, antique market and much more!

 

MASSACHUSETTS

A.D. Makepeace Cranberry Harvest Celebration
October 7-8, 2017
Wareham, MA
http://www.seeplymouth.com/events/13th-annual-cranberry-harvest-celebration

Enjoy a New England tradition and see the beauty of the cranberry harvest during this old-fashioned family festival! The Celebration has been designated as one of the top 100 events in North America by the American Bus Association!

 

Harwich Cranberry Arts & Music Festival
September 16-17, 2017
Harwich, MA
http://www.harwichcranberryfestival.org/hcf_008.htm

This two-day event held in Brooks Park features 130 different vendors selling handmade craft items. Entry, parking and even the music festival are FREE!

 

Nantucket Cranberry Festival
October 7, 2017
Nantucket, MA
https://www.nantucketconservation.org/activities/cranberry-festival/

Come out to the Festival grounds and watch the berries being harvested, learn about the history of cranberry farming on Nantucket, participate in the family activities or just kick back and enjoy the music and the spectacular autumn scenery of one of the most unique and beautiful places on the Island.

Cranberry Harvest at Patriot Place
October 14, 2017
Foxboro, MA
http://patriot-place.com/2017fallharvest#.WdO5IFtyJrT

Autumn-themed activities include pumpkin and face painting, live music, appearances by the Patriots Cheerleaders, sidewalk sales and a Taste of Patriot Place with participating restaurants offer cranberry-inspired treats.

 

OREGEON

70th Annual Cranberry Festival
September 8-10, 2017
Bandon, OR
http://bandon.com/cranberry-festival/

Entertainment for the whole family at the parade, festival market, and street dance. Cranberry cooks compete for a culinary crown in the Queen of the Kitchen food fair, while hungry festival goers dive into the cranberry eating contest to win prizes. Farmers and artisans strut their stuff at Cranberry City and the Festival Market. Live music, from rock ‘n’ roll to classic country, will keep you hummin’ all weekend.

 

WASHINGTON

Cranberry Harvest Festival
October 14-15, 2017
Grayland, WA
http://westportgrayland-chamber.org/pdfs/Cranberry-2017-Schedule.pdf

Bog tours, cranberry cook off, and firelight parade

 

Annual Cranberrian Fair
October 14-15
Ilwaco, WA
http://columbiapacificheritagemuseum.org/cranberrian-fair/

A celebration of local harvest including all things cranberry will take place on the Long Beach Peninsula, centered around the Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum. Foods, crafters, vendors, and more will showcase the area’s rich heritage during the Annual Cranberrian Fair.

 

NEW JERSEY

Cranberry Fest
October 7-8, 2017
Bordentown, NJ
https://btowncranfest.com/

The Bordentown event combines the flavors of seasonal cranberries with a juried arts and crafts festival featuring 150 artists, crafters and vendors. In addition to traditional fair foods, there will be plenty of cranberry-flavored treats including baked goods, jams, jellies, ice cream and Miller’s Cranberry Hot Sauce.

The Chatsworth Cranberry Festival
October 21-22, 2017
Chatsworth, NJ
http://www.cranfest.org/Chatsworth_Cranberry_Festival/Welcome.html

The Chatsworth Cranberry Festival is considered to be one of the best festivals in the mid atlantic region. It is a colorful and fun filled celebration of the fall cranberry harvest. You will enjoy the delicious cranberry delites and hundreds of vendors selling their wares. Come early and stay late for the non stop musical entertainment.


 

Did we miss an upcoming cranberry event? Let us know and we’ll add it to the list! Visit this website to find bog tours in Massachusetts and this one to find marsh tours in Wisconsin.

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