Applefest celebrates ‘everything apple’

Riversyde 83’s Nancy Carroll and Lynn Clare were selling delicious apple pies at Applefest in Simcoe on Saturday, Sept. 20. 

Chris Abbott

Editor

Downtown Simcoe Business Improvement Area (BIA) promised – and delivered - ‘everything apple’ for its annual Applefest on Saturday, Sept. 20.

“It was a good day,” said Les Anderson, Simcoe BIA coordinator, noting some of the key vendors at the Argyle Street festival included The Apple Place, with their apple donuts and apples; and Riversyde 83 with apple pies and juice.

“ABEL Enterprises came up with some neat things – apple popcorn and apple drink. I don’t know how they made it, but apparently it was pretty good,” Anderson smiled.

“A lot of kids today. Lucas Wilson performed today and we had the balloon guy.”

HALLOWEEN TREATS IN THE STREETS

The Downtown Simcoe Business Improvement Area’s big event is Halloween Treats in the Streets on Oct. 25th.

“That usually runs from 10 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon. It’s a great event.”

Dozens of businesses participate, handing out Halloween treats to eager children and adults dressed in costumes.

“We’ve been averaging about 800 people for that day,” Anderson noted. “Every year we’ve had it, we seem to add a couple more businesses. And the neat thing now is that even the parents are dressing up.”